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But his contract may be higher than an apples to apples comparison would suggest across the league. I don't see anyone suggesting he get lowballed and to walk away if he balks.

Oops. I meant either just over one or less than two. ?

50 sounds like a lot, until you try to acquire one of them. That's less than two guys per team and we have two of them. So, if those 50 are essentially unavailable, then you have a scarce resource with a need to fill. He may not be worth the price compared to others, but if you can't get the others - what are the choices?

Math is hard.

Moving away from the Sabres/Avs game to the more general hit/response meme that gets played over and over... I have a lot of thoughts on what appears to me as fan speak, stemming from some programming they received when they were fans in the 70s. I don't see anything compelling about these responses. Why? Because what *actually happens*? Sam Reinhart tackles someone? Someone throws an errant punch or two against a helmet or a shield? Two players pull jerseys and spin on the ice for 20 seconds? Are these really payback events? Are these actual deterrents? Am I actually scared someone is going to pseudo-wrestle with me after delivering a dirty hit? When was the last time you saw the celebrated "response" and thought to yourself, "Wow, that guy learned his lesson! They will NEVER do that to us again after THAT brutal response!" I went looking for opinions and answers. Here is an article I found from 2015. It confirmed my thoughts and it is 4 years old. The conclusion would be magnified today. https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/how-do-teams-respond-to-dirty-hits/ One quote: That's what I saw against the Avs. The team was far more physical the rest of the game, but got out shot 3 to 1 and was shutout. Yet the old guard needed a bigger, more grandeur response because of the Code written 50 years ago.... I don't think it really works that way anymore.

What does anyone here know about what Nelson saw on the play? Did he see the whole play? Was his sight line obscured by the Avs player in front of him? Did he comment on this?

Sorry to hear about your brother. Cancer sucks. FWIW, even if you handed out the Stanley Cup to every team, in alphabetical order, the most cups we could expect is between 1 and 2. The fact that they haven't won one is not that remarkable. 12/31 ~ almost 39% haven't won one yet. Which means only 19 have won it and many of those teams are older than the Sabres.

I think the whole argument is more fan generated fan speak. Are the Avs fans going nuts about the ZERO scrum response to Soderberg? Soderberg got up and skated away and didn't defend himself either.

So weird that there would be more Avs fans in the crowd considering it was played in Denver. ?

The two bolded statements are in direct conflict. You claim no one immediately responded and then praised the two that immediately responded.

I guess it depends how you define principle point of contact. If my arms are in and not extended and I hit your chest and shoulders and I have a hand on your face at the same time what does that mean? I don’t think his head experienced any additional force than did the rest of his body - beside the forearm that went up and over his face. The force certainly wasn’t concentrated on his head.

I have watched it a dozen times. I think he hits Jack in the chest and then when he slips and starts to fall he continues to push his forearm under his chin and up and over his face and knocked off his helmet.

If you call a face wash with his left arm targeting the head… His right shoulder went into his chest.

Does anyone know what the big bad Colorado Avalanche did when Eichel delivered this suspension-worthy blow to Soderberg’s head?

We have plenty of notifications: https://www.sabrespace.com/community/notifications/options/ You mentioned the Boston Red Sox having 4 championships… Care to comment on the previous 80 years or whatever it was?

No leeway with what made contact with the head?

The hit looks worse than it was. The head contact is with his back, not shoulder, arm or elbow. Should have been 0 games.

Given that Eichel’s back is what made contact with his head, despite Eichel skating forward, he may get off with nothing. It’s hard to be convicted of head hunting with your scapula.

Garbage plates after you graduate from college should probably not be a thing.

To be fair, we lost a ***** load of posts after the server crash that lost a years worth of data.

Sabres outhit the Avs 36-26. Y’all should be happy. They won!

1. Agreed. People should stop wishing for players from previous eras to come back and play the modern game. 2. The hyperbole is not supported by video evidence.

I know right? Did a toe drag even exist? What you would essentially have is a guy who can barely skate backwards with any fluidity, lunge at a guy flying at him that toe drags around him and does some crazy trick goal because 50% of the net is wide open.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/nhl-players-keep-getting-faster-stronger-and-more-skilled-how-far-can-hockey-evolution-go Players of the 70s are not stronger than today. Casey Mittelstadt notwithstanding.

I would consider that the same size, like I mentioned, but since they skate faster and would hit with more force.