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Didn't know the Amerks Kin-ig-hit Hawks came back against Albany. They were down at the half. Thanks.

And had they gotten even 3 points in that situation when in scoring range down in Sunstroke City they'd be 12-2.

But they got Husso, Copp, & 2 other guys people heard of. 😉

Been too busy to watch much Amerks last month or 2. What are your thoughts on Kozak? When drafted he seemed to have a shot at being an instigator/ 4th liner. Think he can get there or is he a shorter Murray?

And it needs to be said in all 3 GDTs. 1st time EVER Bandits, Bills, & Sabres all won on the same night.

Absolutely one could argue that. And they could argue that he lucked into Thompson & Dahlin & Cozens & Peterka & Quinn panning out. Just like it was argued early in his NHL & Sabres career that Hasek lucked into the puck ALWAYS hitting him. At some point luck ain't luck. It's actually skill.

Adams had not given up on Thompson. A majority of Sabre fans had given up on him. Why would the mythical other GM NOT have given up on him? Remember, even Thompson didn't see himself as an NHL center. That was ENTIRELY Granato. So, why wouldn't the new (non Adams) GM have not sent him (or Quinn or Peterka or ...) packing for what they needed then?

Magic 8-Ball nailed it. 1st time EVER all 3 won on the same night. Never a doubt in any of them. 😉

1st time ever Bamdits, Bills, & Sabres won on the same day!

Good. We don't like them either. But as said earlier, wished it would've snowed earlier. Fishies folded as soon as it did,

Awesome. The 14 year olds found this thread. Welcome young masters.

Was worried it would NEVER start snowing. Fish friendly warther: 21 - 29. Snow globe weather: 11 -0. Net: Bills in the playoffs. Fishies hoping they can beat the Jest week 18. 2 down 1 to go.

1 down. 2 to go. Bandits win - 11 - 8. On to the Bills game.

9-4 through 3. The elder Robinson w/ the only goal that Q.

8-4 at the 1/2. Only Rock goal in the 2nd was a shorty. Vinc w/ 25 saves on 29 shots. Nanticoke w/ a Hattie. Priollo missed last game w/ the flu. Good to have him back.

3-3 after 1. Bandits got out to an early 3-0 lead but a ton of penalties let the Rock back into it.

It's not like that snow was there a week ago and they did nothing about it. It's all from today and there's going to be an additional 4-8" coming down during the game. It's Buffalo. It's December. Deal with it.

Not going to happen. The sooner good posters realize that, the sooner the others get bored and go away.

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Downside of selling out every game. No tix available to bribe shovellers with. Upside. Ready made supply of snowball making ingredients. 😉

Better Q: can the Bandits, Bills, & Sabres pull off the rare triple? Magic 8-Ball: Yes, definitely.

Before getting to the point want to restate (not from the post you quoted, but have said it several times) that yes Adams has not handled the GT well. The point is that Adams gets credit for not just the moves he made but also the ones he didn't. (And on the GT front both for the most part work against him.) As you say, other GMs would've been adding to the core the team was left with. At the end of that summer hat "core" was Dahlin, Skinner, Cozens, Mittelstadt, & possibly Jokiharju and Olofsson. Power would definitely join it, but he wasn't even leaving college at that point. There was no 1st line to speak of and almost no top D pairing. As GA so often states, other GMs would've almost certainly been far more active trying to get a reasonable team now. That almost certainly would've cost them something that has blossomed in the past 2 years. Why is not trading away Thompson not worthy of credit? Said he very likely could've been a piece of a trade to get a C for the present. Didn't say nor imply he could've gotten 1 on his own. That's kind of the point. Somebody else easily could've gone in yet a different direction and the Sabres would've been floundering yet again.

Expecting the Sabres to have that 1st meeting still in their craw and to jump out to an early lead & shift into cruise mode. Expect UPL to get btb wins for possibly the 1st time at this level. (Not expecting a particularly good game from him, but expect the Sabres skaters to be superior enough to the Yotes skaters & backup that it won't matter,)

You sure other GMs wouldn't have seen an underperformed baby giraffe of a 24 yo winger and not wanted to move him in a package for a legit C to man the fort while waiting for Mittelstadt & Cozens to step up to top 6 down the middle? Sure, it's obvious to use him as the centerpiece of the offense today. But was it 2 years ago? Not convinced it was and that's just one example of a move that could've been made that would've set this rebuild even further back.

What's the over/under on # of snowballs hurled at the Fishies tonight? 200, 300, 1,000? If the line stays in triple digits am definitely taking the over.