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Actually, trying to get Quinn & Peterka less ice time. Shift before that Jost sat & Cozens took his spot. Looked like had there not been the PP altering the rotation that that Jost line would've been the Cozens line w/ Mittelstadt & Jost alternating as the LW.

Is OK. It balances out Mittelstadt's 7G 20A.

But @Eleven isn't arguing to play Comrie over UPL. UPL isn't getting the start tonight. With that being the case, how about we find out if Comrie can play hockey behind this team? Absolutely would rather see Comrie play than Anderson. Hoping this is just a case of the Sabres getting Anderson to a milestone (it's his 700th game) & that they'll move to find out wtf they have in Comrie the next time UPL is getting the night off.

He's played exactly 1 NHL game since November. On a night he was not supposed to get the start. It's almost as compelling a point as saying Anderson's last W was in December. He's only played thrice since then.

From Adams camp, Vegas', or Eichel's?

Am going to be very disappointed if the messaging isn't geared towards legitimately competing for the Stanley Cup.

2 OTL, 0 RLs, & 16 or so Ws after heading into the 3rd w/ a lead.

Would agree they have 1 coordinator that should be replaced and another who should be on a short leash. The rest of the list though ...

Thank you. Don't agree McDermott should be on the block. He is the Bills winningest coach for a reason & he even had a winning record w/ Tyrod Taylor as his QB. Absolutely want Frazier replaced but not a fan of canning Dorsey after 1 year. He ABSOLUTELY has to be better and if he doesn't learn from his mistakes can him next year. Expect he will be better if the Bills have a legit slot receiver. McKenzie can be punted into the sun, they never use him on gadget plays anymore & he isn't a reliable receiver. Crowder is an injury waiting to happen. Don't know if Beasley or Shakur can be that reliable slot receiver, but if not thay need to fill the role via FA. They really missed Beasley's 80 catches. Doubt Singletary is back at what he'd cost and him being gone could also help w/ giving Allen check downs on 3rd. Want to see OL the focus in the draft this year but if a monster RB is available at 28 grab him. Want the OL the focus in the draft next year as well. DB's & WR's late in the draft. If a MLB makes sense for the draft slot grab him. Could see them falling back slightly next year (~13-3 is going to be tough w/ the schedule) but still in the playoffs but can see them as a leading favorite again the following year.

So there was somebody else that didn't see that play. Cool. 😉

Expect a big part of a transition to "shut down mode" is transitioning to paying attention to opponents in & near the crease and clearing them away. Expect we'll be seeing that more often moving forward. Doubt the C swap was for shutdown purposes but more to try to get Thompson to simplify his game and get lesser opponents to work through and also to keep from benching Krebs who had been playing well and deserved to still be getting shifts. Can make the 1st move w/out the corresponding one unless somebody is getting double shifted. Will be watching to see if either happen as the game moves on tonight.

Really believe they've got another win streak in them, but wouldn't be surprised if we don't see it before the AS break.

Have no good feelings for how this one'll go. Hoping @Doohickie & @Spoonman get to see a good game & a W. Will be interested to see if the defensive play from the 3rd period of the Aisles game will continue. Was busy w/ other stuff during the Anaheim game so couldn't focus on how they played in their own end that game. Hoping they bring that play back. Which is something they'll been to do to play "playoff" hockey.

So what "good things" are you advocating they move on from?

Which coincidentally corresponds to a modest rise in the cap followed by an explosion there as well.

If Cincy REALLY needed tickets sold in Atlanta as a motivator to be up for this game, KC is going to stomp them even if Mahomes is severely limited.

Stinks that they needed to get through both KC & Cincy to get to the Superbowl and especially that they were unable to get that 1st W for an opportunity for the 2nd. But this team was LITERALLY within a botched snap in either of TWO games being clean from only having to get by the Jags & then play the winner of a KC-Cincy game to advance to the Superbowl. And that's w/ all the injuries & off field adversity they dealt with this season. Get a clean snap at the end of the 1st half in Miami & the Bills kick the FG there & pull that one out. Get a clean snap on the goal line vs the Vikes & the game is over w/ 1 more clean snap. Win either of those & even if the league had made them forfeit in Cincy & they're still the #1 seed. Win them both & they don't even need the tiebreaker to be ahead of KC w/ a loss in Cincy. For all the handwringing about how horrible they are, they were that close to hosting the AFC Championship game.

Likewise. Might be the only person in America that didn't see Beebe strip the ball from Lett live. Just sat down amongst the Cowboy crowd when Lett started heading to the end zone. Friggin' Pokes fans chanting Three Beat on the way out of the Rose Bowl. Morons, YOUR team lost 3 of these too; yes, your boys are three beat. Can't be cheering about THEIR team's win but rather were rubbing our loss in our faces. Don't want that team to ever win another championship.

He's good buddies w/ Gretzky. When things don't work out in Van City he'll get his old job back.

And that 1st Cowboy game in large part came down to their cleats. They didn't expect it to have been raining the better part of the week in Pasadena. The NFL literally had helicopters hovering over the field the day before the Superbowl trying to dry it out. The Pokes were prepared for it, the Bills not so much. The 1st INT happened because Metzalars fell down making a cut while the ball was in the air.

Walt Corey himself would refer to it as a "bend don't break" D. The plan was to force teams to chip away w/ no big plays and expect thatebentually either through Bruce or Biscuit causing a disruption or Odomes or a safety eventually getting a pick they'd force a turnover or eventually the opponent wouldn't get a 1st down. It was a dumb strategy w/ Kelly, Thomas, Davis, Reed, Lofton, Beebe, McKeller, & that line because it kept the ball out of their hands. It also was a dumb strategy because other than having an undersized NT, and a subpar CB2, that D was loaded & could've been deadly attacking. Those teams sadly were outcoached on the biggest stage 4 years in a row.

They'll definitely get Dahlin inked this summer, so they'll know what they're up against. Hoping they can get Power inked this summer too, but expecting he'll follow Cozens path and wait until the offseason where he'd become an RFA to ink a deal.

Welcome back. Don't follow Twitter, so no answer. But pretty sure there's a similar thread to this (though it may be for pod casts). And, @Brawndo is the master at getting Sabres news fresh off the wire. If you're lucky, he'll share some good follows.

O-zone, the D often flip as well as just the wings. Typically, Quinn is listed as the RW, but there have been a few where he's been listed at LW (& Peterka's listing was adjusted as well). Those 2 play fairly interchangeably, but they are each at their best when actually going to their off wings. Noticed that they do tend to get replaced by a W listed at the same side they are listed as playing. Why Granato lists them & deploys them at their strong side W when both sure seem to be better on the other side is one of the myriad of Q's would love to ask him.

Whether those three here get extensions or not is going to come down to whether any of the kids are ready to supplant them or not. Or if somebody the pro scouts & analytics departments covet somehow become available. It really is that simple. Have nearly no doubt thar all will be back next year. Expect 1 or 2 will be gone the year after that (Jost could be gone too then) but doubt all 3 go.