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@Thorny, that enough? 'Cause there's more. Oh, yes, there's more.

And a clue as to who some of those other 5 players are. Would say that only 2 of the 5 are players that people would think of as Sabres when they hear the name.

Olofsson's been replaced by Greenway. Hinostroza? Right now, it looks like Rousek. But if Adams grabs a 4C then Vinnie was replaced by Jost.

He certainly does. But, until he actually fixes the goaltending (and maybe it is fixed) he hasn't fixed the goaltending. And that is a glaring hole on an otherwise shining resume.

And set a cutoff of 30 games for goalies and none met that criterion; so it looks like there are 8 total. And am NOT counting current Sabres because they could end up getting traded / leave via FA.

Haven't looked up the goalies yet, but only came up with 8 total skaters that meet that criteria. And had totally forgot 1 of them was ever a Sabre. (Rather unremarkable career.) And as mentioned upthread in one of the edits, 1 of those 8 played a long time overseas but only played with the Sabres in the NHL.

I am accepting any player that played at least 80 games. (Haven't set a cut off for goalies yet.) They can have played in other non-NA leagues and can have played in the minors (before or leaving the Sabres). Basically, am looking for players that never left the Sabres during their NHL days. Was thinking about carving out an exception for Dudley and guys like him that only played in the WHA if they weren't on the Sabres, but expect that will be too hard to verify. Right now, there are 3 that have been identified and at least 3 others that meet that criteria.

There is are at least 1 5 more. (Still working on the whole list.) Though 1 of those 5 had a very long career overseas.

Am actually researching that right now. (Probably should've picked something easier.) The 3 that immediately spring to mind have been identified already. (There have to be more than that though.) As for a cup of coffee - would say Morris Titanic had a cup of coffee - 19 games. Will look for players that played at least 80 games in their career.

What players that had more than a cup of coffee in the NHL went "cradle to grave" with the Sabres? (Have to do some review on my own to make sure none are missed.) Will even give people the 1st one: Perreault. 😉

Would someone please come up w/ him soon? Going friggin' nutz trying to think who the last one is.

It's been stupid as #### that they don't have a way of getting their games carried on the NP. A huge part of what should be their base fan base simply getting given to the Loafs for no price whatsoever.

Absolutely. And he should be answerable for the results (good or bad).

And Doug Gilmour must be in the HHoF too.

Make that 11. Nearly forgot Tommy 5 Hole (aka Tom Barrasso).

Have 10 of them. Drawing a blank on the other 3 embarassingly. Can't figureout how to hide text / set up spoilers, so apologies for posting them here. Horton Perreault Gillies (the one most people will forget) Fuhr LaFontaine Hawerchuck Turgeon (why, Santy Claus, why?) Housley (see above) Hasek Andreychuk

Because the technology for that does not exist. 😜 Or at a minimum, those working in the MMArena aren't aware of the technology existing.

Normally am all for 4 or fewer preseason games (though they have fallen into 6 games being the norm the past several years) but with all the potential line combinations Granato can play around with am ok with 7 games this year. (We were going to be on the hook for 3 of the regardless. THAT's the real tragedy of the exhibition season.)

There are a lot of combos that Granato can try. It is likely that Greenway and Mittelstadt will be a thing and could see any of Quinn, Peterka, Krebs, or Savoie, or even Rousek rounding it out. But could also see Mittelstadt getting to play with either Cozens or Tuch (doubt the 3 of them would become a line but who knows) in which case Greenway becomes redundant and he might find himself on another line. But this is so much more entertaining trying to come up with lines that maximize a good forward unit rather than trying to come up with lines that hide 2 or so lines worth of dreck to maximize the unit.

Thing is, there are options via UFA (Varlamov, Andersen (yuck)), trade (Ullmark, Hellebucyk, Saros (?)), or offer sheet (Swayman). And that's just ottomh. For once, the areas the Sabres need to shore up (goalie, 4D, and ideally 5/6D & PKing 4C) actually seem to be available in reasonable abundance. (Not sure there's abundance at the 4C spot, but there almost always are 10th F's available as FAs, so that one should be available as well should Adams want to address it.)

Girgensons may have hands of stone, but he is NOT slow by NHL standards. He's no Peterka but he isn't a slug eithre. Would be shocked if Miles Wood even allows his agent to answer the phone from Adams. His dad hated the Sabres for the way he was dispatched and pretty sure that the hatred is shared by the son. Stepan is a guy that makes a lot of sense as a possible 4C for this team. Good leadership, good on FOs, good on PK, veteran w/ playoff experience - checks a lot of boxes. Greenway is definitely going to be in the top 9. Am not convinced that the Thompson nor the Cozens lines are set in stone (though they may be when all is said and done) so am not convinced that Greenway and Mittelstadt are definitely a thing. If Olofsson gets traded (and he likely will), there's still an outside shot they bring in that 4C they need. Still expect they'd be looking at a Stepan rather than a banger for that role.

There is too much smoke and it makes far too much sense for that NOT to be the case. The question becomes does a goalie become available that Adams believes makes sense to bring in to pair with Levi over the 2 guys they currently have. Hoping the answer is the same as for the D, but it is less of a certainty. And there are guys that make sense to bring in via UFA, trade, or offer sheet. Just pick one and make it happen Mr. Adams.

One is written in permanent ink, 1 in pencil, and 1 to 2 more may be able to get written in. Would only have money on the 1 in permanent ink.

Was pretty sure he would until his 2 game stint in the AHL. He'll need to play much better in camp to earn those 9 games. He could very well do so, but the way he played in Ra-cha-cha indicated he has a long way to go to get there.