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If you look closely you can see the oil and slime oozing out of every pore of Mark's body.

After 14 years of missing the playoffs it’s already on fire. As for Sparta IF is more possible with a capable top 6 forward added to the group than what appears to be right now

Oh in terms of that I have no idea. I haven't followed them so am not familiar with how they develop young players as a whole. Don't even know which AHL team is there's. What I do like is how they are constructing their roster. Seems a better balance and better defined roles. let me ask you this. Who will have more points end of next season? Utah or Buffalo?

Stop living in fear.

If we are firmly in a spot at the deadline, go ahead. Otherwise if they trade it, miss the playoffs and then their pick wins the lottery the city will likely burn.

Nazim Kadri... Nazim Kadri.... We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) You could never back down, you never learned to take your time... Oh, Naaazzziiiimmm Kaaaadrrriii (Naaazzziiiimmm Kaaaadrrriii) When Buffalo sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The Sabres will never be the same, oooohhhh... The team is in the harbor center now, see if you can spot him... Another immigrant coming up from the bottom His enemies destroyed his rep, the Leafs forgot him... We fought with him Me? I played with him Me? I trusted him Me? I loved him And me(Kevyn Adams)? I'm the damn fool that didn't sign him! There's a million things he hasn't done But just you waaaaaiiiit.... What's your name, man? Nazzzimmmm Kaaaddrriii!

Maybe a better title would have been is Kulich the lynchpin for the offense. There I might agree.

I'm trying to wrap my head around this. What exactly is the problem you have with Key Bank signing up for ten more years of naming rights? Isn't the joke, as you put it, more on Key Bank? Obviously they aren't worried.

I'd be over the moon if he scores 20 goals and ends with 35-40 points. I expect 15-15 from him. And will be happy with that in his sophomore season. And No, a 43 point season does not get them in the playoffs. Coaching D a goaltending will undo them regardless

To quote Sparta, "if"

I might be in the minority, but I still consider him more of a winger than a center. I think the team really needs him to hit the 20g minimum mark to make enough of an impact, which IMHO his shot is good enough to do. That being said, I'd still like to see the team make a deal to get a 2C.

Why??? If they make the playoffs it will be 17-25th pick. They’re not making it with this lineup and if they don’t do something to make the playoffs, the fan base may never come back

Fair deuce. But regardless of the reason why, he WAS the guy that was playing with Thompson down the stretch and if Norris and Thompson don't click, he's likely the "next man up."

And to be clear, Kulich doesn’t belong there ahead of McLeod

No one doubts that. Kind of curious what you think Utah has done differently in terms of development choices.

I would trade those 6 for their 6 in a heartbeat.

Oh to be absolutely clear, I have no issues with Doan added to the roster. We could have used a few more. I'd like some competition for roster spots and a gritty player is welcome. I'm merely going against any idea that he's automatically some big addition or game changer. I will decide what i actually think of him after I see him play a few games. wait and see.

You read the site and you see plenty of references to him as the 1st line centre. I don’t recall the Sabre brass ever referring to him that way. He did play with Tage Thompson down the stretch when the guy they actually referred to as a possible 1C was hurt, but he was playing 4 minutes a game less than McLeod and 30 seconds more than Krebs.

Fair points, except for the last - you have been around long enough to know someone will always take exception to anything this franchise does 😁- and rightfully so, until they prove us wrong! I know I would not be as frustrated with the trades of young talent (and I am only really at a 4/10 on that - with a cap of 7/10 for anything the team does. 3 point penalty for the fourteen year drought), if they were actually the young talent, not THE talent. Two more Zucker/Tuchs and trading JJP for D help looks a helluva lot cleaner on paper.

Don't believe it's so much that the guys entering their 3rd year are penned into the lineup so much as we might see a 3rd year guy and a 2nd year guy penned onto Thompson's line which will essentially be the 1st line. AND it's possible that Quinn, after as awful a start to a season as you can have and NOT get sent back to Ra-cha-cha MIGHT be on the 2nd line. And Doan could find himself in the top 6 in place of one of those other 3. That is a LOT of youth to give significant roles to. Now if they were spread across the 2nd - 4th lines, nobody would really bat an eyelash at them provided the guys stepping up actually get the job done.

I sense a strong contingent of SS feels that the quality of the 3 year NHL "Vets" that are penned into the line up in Buffalo are not the type that might be penned into the line up for a true playoff contender. I think there is some merit to that line of thinking. However, the Sabres regularly get rid of "fringe players" that go on to serve very nicely in appropriate roles on playoff teams. This leads back to the same old song and dance of "if it ain't the players, it must be the team" And GM and Owner own the responsibility for what the "team" is. Sigh. And before LGR gets mad - I love love love me some Zack Benson. I don't think it is a stretch to think he will get some serious Selke consideration at some point in his career. Would he have cracked the lineup of a strong playoff team 3 years ago? Probably not. But again - team failure.

Umm, don't believe it is the fanbase that is giving serious consideration to lining him up next to Thompson (particularly if Norris & Thompson don't gel). He should not be the #1 C at least until he gets a little stronger in his own end. But whether he's 1C, 2C, 3C or 1/2LW; none of us have any say whatsoever in which of those he's lined up into.

The 2026 1st isn’t on the table, period.

Few if any besides maybe SJS and Chicago

You know a great way to increase the event count? Extended playoff run. Done laughing yet?