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Heck of an effort. Very nice & needed W.

Girgensons was the other guy out on that line.

Sweet!

With 2 NHL D-men, a 7, & and 2 AHLers against the injury depleted defending Stanley Cup champs.

Yep. 2 really nice backchecks there.

Mainly channel 2 in the early days, but 7 had them 1 or 2 years. 29 didn't get them until the mid/late 80's.

What about Larry though?

Vejmelka has played very well in the MMArena. Interesting that the advanced stats say that wasn't some fluke. Would not mind seeing the Sabres land him.

Dang, you are the master at finding cool YouTube stuff. Dave Allen & 3 of the Sabres Habs games. Sweet & thank you.

They're a little late to the party, but better late than never.

Nah, TO would take the Otters & Moe-ray-all. Sabres would get the Pens & BJs. 😥

Is he better than Farrance?

Born in 69? Huh? Isn't that what mom & dad do when they don't want any special delivery packages? Nobody's born in 69. 😉

Fair enough.

But INITIALLY, when FA opened, Adams had a deal w/ Ullmark that if nobody else beat that offer, he would sign it. And apparently Adams didn't expect anybody to top it. AND apparently Adams didn't make his best offer to Ullmark at that time. We know that because he then offered to match the Bruins offer. Really don't see where Ullmark was in the wrong asking Adams to now top the Bruins offer. THEY were the ones that initially gave him that offer. It sure seems he gave them the same courtesy he had offered Buffalo. Give me your best offer & if nobody tops it, we're good. Players only get in that spot 1 or 2 times in their career. Don't blame one for looking out for himself especially if he found out the GM he'd negotiated the "best deal" from then comes back w/ a better offer once a rival beat that original best offer.

Ullmark told Adams he would sign the Sabres offer if nobody beat it. What in that was he not "forthright" about? Either he would've signed had Boston not beat it or he lied. Which was it?

Not sure why. He had a deal w/ Buffalo w/ a caveat that if somebody beat that, he would take it. Boston beat that original deal & it seems he had the same deal w/ them. If nobody beats it, it's good enough that he'll sign. It never was reported that the Sabres would merely have to match any better deal. IF that was the original agreement between Buffalo & Ullmark, why even bother w/ the months long negotiation? If Adams was really willing to match the B's offer, and that appears to be the case, then THAT should've been the offer.

All true & hope it as well. But it doesn't change the fact that when Skinner comes back neither is in the top 6. And if they DO start playing like top 6 guys, this team becomes REALLY fun to watch.

There absolutely is question as to whether Ullmark lied in the negotiations. (Frame it in pretty words if you'd like, but don't believe he wasn't "forthright.")

And not to beat another dead horse, but considering Adams WAS willing to match what Boston offered AND Ullmark had agreed to sign the offer Adams did originally make PROVIDED IT wasn't topped; Adams should've STARTED w/ the offer Boston made. The Sabres had the cash & cap rto easily absorb it w/ zero affects to the rest of the cap. The Bruins would've been hard pressed to beat that offer. They already had Swayman, thought there was a possibility that Rask could be back later in the year (might be misremembering that part), & were fairly tight to the cap. With Ullmark's injury history, don't believe they could've beat the deal he did sign for.

If they keep playing him every 3rd game, they could very well have him playing & playing well all season. Bump him up to #1 & hope you like watching Malcolm Subban because that's what you get if Comrie isn't ready to go by the time Craig breaks. And break he certainly will.

But were they DeLuca 0.500? That's what REALLY matters. 🙃

But, and granted now Eichel missed much of that season, but in Jack's last season playing for the Sabres the team was on pace for 54 points. Pretty sure there WAS an immediate & impressive improvement. 😉

Like Dahlin?

To the bolded, guess it's a good thing that when everybody is available neither is in the top 6. 😉