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Fair enough.

In his 1st preseason game w/ the Browns opposing fans were chanting "you sick ####." The Browns said he won't be playing in anymore preseason games. Expect that has am much to do with that decision as his additional 5 games. Will be interesting to see how the NFL & the Browns react when that chant is picked up again in Houston. Expecting the strain will be tremendous & in large (full?) part self-inflicted.

You honestly think that my embracing Tuch & what he represents is BECAUSE he was traded for Eichel? We have spoken with each other before, right? 😉

True dat.

Tuch's a 50/60 point guy, but will give absolutely everything for this franchise. It's his & Kyle's team. (Hopefully Dahlin is the 3rd of the "lettermen." Would really like to see him not just the best D-man but also the leader.)

Exactly this. And if things didn't work out in Buffalo with him he either becomes additional assets at some point this season or becomes the Amerks best C in ages.

So sorry for not getting back sooner. Been a crazy 2 weeks. Don't believe I'll have the time to do it this fall. Someone else can take my spot. Again, sorry for the late notice.

Yeah. The only way he gets loaned to Europe or the Q (that's where the Jr team w/ his rights plays, right?) is if we are well past US Thanksgiving and he simply isn't getting it at all. Meaning he's getting scratched nightly or only a couple of shifts/ period/game, which just doesn't seem to be in the cards.

And Peterka was in over his head in his 2 game call-up IMHO. Would he still have been in over his head at the end of the year? Personally doubt it, but with Adams saving his 1 call-up, we'll never know.

Can very easily see Monahan having said no to coming to Buffalo. Am sure that Adams let Treliving know he was interested in helping grease the skids for the Flames landing Kadri.

Quinn's look got messed up due to the injury & then them saving 1 non-emegency call-up at the end. Doubt Kulich get much, if any, time w/ the Sabres this season; but not basing it on Quinn's experience last year.

FTFY. 😉

They might now and really expect that in a year they will and that they're 2 years from really being able to do some damage. But see nothing at all wrong with having some additional assets to account for the inevitable injuries & to make sure they don't end up just wasting well over $10MM in cap space & to give even more internal competition. Probably really sounds strange, but looking forward to teams poaching a player or 2 the Sabres try to send to Ra-cha-cha; when that starts happening again, it'll almost definitely correlate to the Sabres being able to roll 4 lines & 6 D even w/ an average amount of injuries. If Adams isn't going to use the space on assets that can help today he needs to buy some more Bishops and the accompanying picks to not just watch that cap space evaporate come April.

Really expect Okposo to have essentially the season he did last year. Is he the the next captain? No figgin' idea. He's the conscience of this team & Tuch is it's heart. One is the representative of the past that stayed professional while all around him was falling apart the other is the representative of the future where all the little details matter and letting things fall apart will in no way be acceptable.. Which does Granato and Adams want wearing the C? Again, no friggin' idea but either will be an obvious choice in hindsight and the one that gets the A will be the other guy's biggest supporter.

And am very interested how Lyubushkin fits in during year 1 here for a similar reason. D very often take a year of acclimation to a new system before fitting in. He, hopefully will be but, could be an exception as he stepped fairly seamlessly into TO's mix last year. Regardless, am expecting more out of him in year 2 than we see this year. (And that's from someone pushing for him to be Power's primary partner.) Could definitely see Detroit, the Otters, & Joisey all have growing pains trying to work all the new guys in together. Hoping for it at any rate because if they all do and any of Bah-stan, the Caps, or the Pens falter; this season could be better than expected if Comrie is all we hope Bales could make him.

Never seems to be a problem for Tua.

Absolutely hoping it's not the case and it very well might not be the case but just read the tea leaves wrong. But until he actually goes after a goalie that is clearly likely to be what we're all hoping for, he hasn't done so and regardless of our hoping he'll do what he's going to do.

IMHO, that would be a ridiculously dumb move. Granted small sample size, but that pairing has been the 1st time the Sabres have iced a legit top pairing since at least Ehrhoff's departure & likely since Myers magical rookie season which owed an awful lot to Tallinder.

Still have the same Q as before. Ain't breaking up Samuelsson-Dahlin. Which of Jokiharju, Lyubushkin, or Subban are you sliding to the left side or out of the lineup w/ him in the fold?

Not crazy, just dumb. Be a STH for over 1/4 of a century.

Wtf does Aaron Rodgers have to do w/ the Buffalo Sabres analytics department? 😉

Ha! That was the 2nd song they played Thursday. They actually played both as bookends around Enter Sandman.

Thanks for that. Personally, don't see Krebs' gaffes as being as spectacularly 'watch me, I'm the best player out here' which was always my take when Connolly screwed up pre-lockout but more of the 'I've got a teammate w/ a great opportunity if I can thread this through.' Thought Connolly was a selfish player early and don't see any of that from Krebs. Also, though Connolly was only a little bigger than him, he increased his strength tremendously before coming back from the lockout. Not convinced Krebs has the frame for that to be possible. (Would be very pleased to be wrong about that.) Timmy matured greatly after the lockout. Guess the younger Connolly is too etched & it is so different than Krebs to fully see where Krebs path might follow Tim's. (And hopefully minus the injuries.)

Talentwise, he is at best the 14th skater on this team. But unless they decide they're going to force Asplund into the 4C role when it seems they see him as a 2 way winger, or they decide they're going to roll 4 offensive lines (including a line w/ Cozens-Okposo on it) rather than 3 w/ either a checking/ energy line, fully expect him to be the 11th or 12th F on opening night.