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I don’t see how further enyoungifying the roster is in any way ideal. Ideally, Rosen has a great start to the season in the AHL and some other team that isn’t in win now mode wants him in exchange for a good middle 6 veteran.

I really hope his offense takes a jump. He's got some slick skills, and a better shot than I think he's shown. Tends to be OK going to dirty area's which is something the team lacks. Absolutely needs to improve his skating and conditioning - which i think is somewhat normal for an 18-19 year old (hence why they usually don't play in the NHL). Either way, a jump is needed on the wheels for both him and Quinn.

Bad day for Bolton

I'll take a stab... Benson - Norris - Thompson Zucker - Kulich - Tuch Doan - Mcleod - Quinn Greenway - Krebs - Danforth Byram - Dahlin Power - Kesselring Samuelsson - Timmins Extra skaters - malenstyn and bryson If/when norris goes down i'd probably bump everyone up a line and shift tage to C. I don't think you should bring rosen up to play with krebs/greenway for 8 minutes a night. If there's an extended absence i'd say bring rosen up and find a place for him in the top 9. Ideally rosen (whos played almost 200 AHL games and was close to a PPG player there last year), just makes the roster outright and forces their hand re: danforth/malenstyn. In that scenario where he plays his way onto the roster - i'd imagine he has to fit in the top 9, which would shift doan down.

McD almost always gets the most out of the secondary. Not worried yet

Not a bad issue to have, better than not having a QB, D-Line, O-Line. That is an acceptable hole to have on this team.

Greenway isn't a top 6 player.

for better or worse, he was charting as CB2 on the outside. and that’s before the rookie was injured. this injury leaves them in a bad spot. the lack of a competent safety to pair with rapp makes the defensive backfield the team’s biggest issue.

It is crazy when you realize Zach Benson has played 146 games, almost 100 more than Nazar. Risky contract for sure, especially when you look at Nazar's underlying numbers. He was very meh.

I don’t know if the contract will work out, but it’s stupid to give out big$ contracts to guys with 53 games on experience and only 26 pts in those 53 games. When did Adams take over as Chicago’s GM?

The Sabres just don’t have the depth to absorb injuries that is required when the inevitable injuries happen. And when a critical player such as Dahlin is sidelined, there is a cave in. Regarding your projected lineup, I would prefer Norris in the 2C spot and Tage in the 1C spot. I see Greenway more as a third or fourth line player. It’s going to be interesting to see how Ruff assembles the lines. I expect a lot of experimentation and jumbling of the lines in the beginning of the season.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-talks Putin tells Trump to step away from peace talks until Putin has more control over Ukraine. Give me an eyeroll if you think I am right.

Games become so cheap people will go just for something to do. Also need to make sure the fans of GOOD teams that come visit have a good time.

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There's nobody on this roster that will "save" them. They need several of the guys listed to have good seasons just to compete and not be complete basement dwellers.

I think this year all of our returning players will have incremental improvement that comes with another year in the books. Kesselring will solidify our D, which will be very good this year. But my vote for the player to "save" them is Norris, who will play to his potential. If we get average goaltending, we're in the playoffs in my opinion.

And nobody should ever ignore the fact that Pegula has been responsible for the maintenance for 14 years now. He's a huge part of why the infrastructure sucks.

It's not good enough but I'm currently thinking: Zucker - Norris - Thompson Greenway - Kulich - Tuch Benson - McLeod - Quinn Doan - Krebs - Malenstyn The idea being mixing veterans not developed in the Sabres system with youngsters and Sabres who just don't get it yet. It's not good enough but it's best I can come up with and of course it all falls apart when Greenway, Norris, Zucker all get injured.

Oof...not a playoff team there...

The advantaged of staying longer in the lower league is that the prospects will be playing higher roles and more minutes than if they were more quickly brought up. That extra ice time will accelerate their development even more than if they played limited minutes with lesser roles with the big club. When you watch some of the young developing players play against experienced NHL men players you can see the contrast when boys play against men.

I mean... I wasn't really thinking he would be starting anyway.

Tuch is a two way player, he had good defensive stats and he led the league in blocked shots last season. He scored 36 goals last season, 94 in the past 3 seasons. He is certainly gritty enough for an Olympic All Star team. Why are you so negative on Tuch? He was 1 of 44 players invited for a shot at the Olympics, that alone puts him in a category that deserves more respect.

I agree, but I'm just hoping one of them will be far above a PPG and showing themselves better off in the NHL. Unlikely I know, but this is hope season!

Bringing in young players from Rochester to replace vets on an already young roster will continue plaguing this roster i.e. inexperience. Let the upcoming young players continue maturing in the lower league so when they do move to the next level they will be better prepared.

Oh I don't think the Dylan Cozens comparison is accurate but we shall see what they are this year wherever they are. "Solution to the Sabres problems"? Well heck no, and you already know I hate what Adams has built, don't think the future is bright, hate our roster plan, and could go on and on with the issues they have BUT since Pegula doesn't fire Adams and he won't sell the thing and nothing there is likely to change you either quit and find a new team or try to be realistic around what we have. You also have to look at what's available. Is McTavish a perfect answer to everything? Heck no, but if he's available you look into seriously and if you can get him for picks/prospects you definitely do it.