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And getting a lot of help from his 2 best buddies. Unfortunately.

They could easily have 4 goals this period. Tuch's shot wide, the Mitts line's post, the Okposo line's post & Dahlin's spinarama. Joisey really only had that great Anderson glove save as a counter.

No, Dahlin is NOT in his prime. He is still improving as he gets stronger & wiser. The rest of the league should be shaking at how much better this kid can be and how long he'll be good. There are 4 Sabres past their prime: Anderson, Okposo, Skinner, & Girgensons. (Though would say that the way he plays, Skinner is still in his prime.) There are 8 10 Sabres in their prime: Tuch, Lyubushkin, Thompson, Hinostroza, Olofsson, Bryson, Fitzgerald, Pilut, Jost, & Comrie. There are 5 Sabres on the verge of their prime: Mittelstadt, Asplund, Dahlin, Jokiharju, & UPL. The rest aren't even close to their primes: Power, Samuelsson, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, & Krebs. Yes, they may be wasting a quality year of Skinner, Thompson, Tuch, Olofsson, & Lyubushkin. But only 2 of those are expected to be true parts of the core of this team. The entirely of this team's core, except for those 2 are not in their prime. And some of what likely will be parts (such as Savoie & Levi) aren't even playing pro hockey yet.

22 year old Rasmus Dahlin is "in his prime?" Really?

So, what are the odds he gets a QO this offseason? Slim and completely non-existant? You've watched him a lot more than most. What happened to him? Did he just stop developing or was he unable to adjust to the organization's higher tempo offensive thrust? When he was starting out, looked like he might develop into that PITA to play against that the Sabres so often lack.

Even during the 1-7-1 streak they went on right after St. Patty's Day?

And after they aren't playing his dad's team, Fitzgerald will go back to the 7th healthy D-man. Pilut & Bryson are essentially the same guy. Neither is 'it,' but unless a piece that Adams sees as a LT fit, one of them will be the 6 when healthy, at least until Johnson gets his end of season ELC burn games in.

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Doubt Adams is bringing anybody in w/ the intention to flip him at the deadline. So, though an ability to recoup some value might have merit in bringing a guy on an expiring contract in, don't see it moving the needle for KA. And, after the Devils are in the rear view mirror, Pilut slots in in place of Bryson as they're essentially interchangeable. Did want another D in the offseason brought in; thought we could see a move right before the season opened. But after watching them play a month w/ Dahlin, Power, an injured Lyubushkin, & a bunch of 6-9's don't see anyway that their 6th being out for a month or so will move the needle. And, much to your chagrin, they don't want Bryson expendable, they see something in him that makes them think he could grow into a useful contributor.

Would guess Krebs. But, again, who knows?

Yeah, Granato is definitely a players coach. He always lets guys have their moments in games that are important to them. Wonder if we would've seen this D even if Bryson weren't out?

Might we be seeing a passing of the IR torch? If not somebody will be on their way to Ra-cha-cha soon.

Pretty sure they're giving you flack for poorly wording your Q. It seems you meant to ask 'if somebody has only scored 20 can they still be called a 30 goal scorer' but you actually asked if they can become a 30 goal scorer. The answer to the 1st is 'no' except arguably in extreme circumstances such as a season cut significantly short. The answer to the 2nd is 'of course.' Happens often as players mature.

That name, created on the day on this side of that pond that people make turduckens, is friggin' awesome! Hope it sticks. Cozterkinn. Genius.

According to the Sabres website the only 2 on IR are Okposo & Comrie.

Yup. Certainly did. Thanks for correcting that. Too much tryptophan.

Tell that to my kid's boss. Opening puck drop is overrated anyway. Nothing ever happens in the 1st minute or 2. 😉

Not quite precisely accurate. As both goat heads are on the black backgrounds, the outline around the logo was white; it wasn't silver. The silver outline was only used on the whites.

Doubt it, but who knows? Anderson will get Detroit & UPL gets the Avs. Which would likely give Anderson the Mickey Mouse Club & UPL the Bolts. Were it still Comrie, would expect him to get the next 2. Doubt they're ready to give UPL the majority of starts yet. But, development something, something, something.

They won't know for sure until after the MRI, but right now the early indications are a "sprain." Which would mean some missed games but not season ending. There are also indications that Hyde has a remote possibility to be back before the season ends too. (Doubt it, but would be really sweet & could get them back into the driver's seat.)

FYI, the tix claim 8PM as well.

#6 is kind of surprising. Always thought by his last 2 years in Buffalo he was significantly better* in his own end than he got credit for but never thought we'd see the day people considered him one of the 10 best defensive F's in the league by any possible stretch. * Provided he wasn't on the ice with Ristolainen. Those 2 together were a series high danger chances against just waiting to happen.

Taking the "Turkeys Away" break from football. It's a tradition in this household. Happy Thanksgiving (to all) from Douuubbblllle Ewwwwwwwwwweee ... Kkkaaaaayyyyyyy ... Aaaaaarrrrrrrrreeeeereee ... Peeeeeeeeee.

The amazing thing is, in that 1st Sabres training camp for a 3v3 between the blue lines drill, he was using that exact toe drag stick handle to simply destroy the drill. His hands were amazing that day. Then he tried using it in games for 3 years and had it work, what, twice in all that time. He gets moved back to C and suddenly rather than making himself look stupid he's making some really good players look like they have hockey IQs in the low 60s. Who besides Granato realized he needed to be able to fully extend to the right along w/ the left for that to work? Literally, even Thompson didn't see himself as a C in '21. He seems like a good guy. Really glad that Granato kept believing in him. After he tore his shoulder apart was certain he didn't understand the game well enough to succeed at this level. Yeah, sure, he'd be a 4th liner for a couple more years or, considering the lack of talent in Buffalo, a 3rd liner for a while, but completely did not expect him to become a legit 1C. (Even should he regress, didn't see 2C in his future either.) Like many of the other Sabres, he's fun to watch.

He and Hjalmerson Hammarstrom were pretty much the advance scouts for the Euro Invasion that the WHA then promoted & really took off in the '80's sfter the merger. RIP Borje. Hockey was better for your presence.