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This team 100% needs to lock up Zach Benson before July 1 so they can do an 8yr deal.

Honestly, I don't think the pp is fixed or will maintain this pace. Teams will start fronting Doan more and there's still too much stand around and pass. You have to have players move because that gets the defenders to react. The PK though, that looks good.

Right now, I would be more excited to sign Benson to an 8 year extension than Tuch. And I like Tuch.

I just watched a podcast they Lindy did on Friday and said they ma send him to ROC for conditioning. 🤷‍♂️ plus in think UPL lost his starting job IMO

And his willingness to do it. I brought this up in a previous thread but watch the replay of his 2nd PP goal last night. Right off the faceoff he goes immediatly to the net. He doesn't look around, he doesn't skate to the slot and wait for to get his hands on the puck there. Nothing fancy. Its like right before the faceoff he is repeating in his head over and over "get to the front of the net, get to the front of the net" and when the puck drops that is the only action he takes.

exactly agree. A short term extension for Tuch is a dream scenario for the team.

Once a league is finalized and ready to draft, you can’t delete your team. I ended up with 2 additional basketball fantasy teams because Yahoo is wacky when I use my iPad.

Probably gives KA some false sense of security.

I find this very odd. Sign him up for 3 years and everyone will be happy. Maybe 4 years. I don’t understand why we would want him under contract at the age of 35+.

What I really think he tried to impress on his players is how not to run an NHL PP. Really got his hands dirty to make it as horrible as possible. Once the players understood the ins and outs of truly sucking, he then told them to do the exact opposite. It became very clear to the players what they shouldn’t be doing.

I know the reaction to acquiring Lyon wasn't too strong/favorable, but when I heard we got him I was pretty excited. I'm not sure he's a long term answer but he certainly has shored up the position for now.

Paraphrasing his remarks at the end of the interview: "JJ who?"

I think the players that deserve letters, thinking of guys like Benson and Zucker, are just as effective as leaders without an extra jersey patch. I think some day it will naturally fall on Benson, but as has been said in the past about other recent captains/assistants, let him grow into it; don't thrust it on him.

I hope your assessment is right. I would love for them to be the veteran leaders of this young team. I'm just not seeing it so far this season. I heard the problem with Tuch's signing is length of contract. They want to lock him up for as long as possible and he wants a shorter term.

Look who the poster children are for that tweet. No surprise. Among the forward ranks this will soon be their team.

The difference is Doan knows how to play net front. No more no less, but it changes everything.

I'm just happy it was one of our guys.

Oh hell no. Barkov is the best 2 way center in the league. You don't replace that and they are not anywhere near the same team without him. Norris? Well it's hard to comment since he can't finish a game. He's basically just dead cap.

5 games in and we are all feeling better about the start. 0-3 w a -8 after 3 games has given way to 2-3 w a -1 after 5 games. Benson coupled with Doan seems to have raised the team’s competitiveness. Lyon is hanging in there in goal, the PK has been improved since game 1, while the PP was executed the last two games after a terrible start. I’m glad the team is showing some backbone and climbing out of the pit of despair. Now go 4-1 in the next 5 and prove to the fans there is some there there.

PP has looked good for 2 games thanks to Benson’s return and a complete departure from idle passing and hoping Thompson puts the puck through the goalie, net, boards, and the unlucky fan in the 1st row.

If you bring up Rosen you can bench Quinn. But I think 5 games is a little quick for a hook on a kid, give him 10 before you put him in the suite. We've seen Rosen in the NHL and... nothing. Geertsen didn't scare anyone today except the refs. And the status of the game -- close score, Florida constantly getting PPs -- they weren't going to entertain any fights from him. Maybe if it had gotten out of hand, but they're a savvy, well-coached team. Only Marchand ever lost his cool. But Greenway will take his spot on line 4 soon enough.

They finally got some hard-nosed two-way players (Benson, Zucker, and now Doan) to support the established top six scorers, including the only skater on the team capable of 45+ goals, and we're already looking to move on from the scorers already? Do we want another perpetual rebuild?

It takes a special breed of stupid to have that “I want to go after the 18 year old” mentality.

Greenway is close to coming back. Kesselring is skating on his own. Norris was reported as 8 weeks out.

Doan has been good and shows a lot of promise, lots of hockey left too. Benson could emerge as a scorer this year. He is creating, soon we will see more finishing. The Sabres should not move Tuch for not singing long term, they should prefer that add 3 or 4 years. Tuch is a good player. The season is 5 games old and Thompson and Tuch are not outsiders.