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IMHO Jokiharju is an adequate partner for Power but not a good one. Absolutely want that slot upgraded. Again, IMHO, Jokiharju is an ideal 5 and if he can get slotted in there on a regular basis the Sabres are a goalie (maybe 2 if Adams is wrong about UPL) & depth at the checking C role away from being legitimately in the mix to make the playoffs even in the stacked east.

Yes.

Between the owners' wealth & their challenging the cap floor, every contract for a guy that might fit into their future should be a 1 way contract if he's at a spot it is allowable.

Only problem w/ having a Krueger-less 2 seasons is we might very well now have Botterill overseeing the team. Which would still leave the team w/ no goaltending but a glut of RHD rather than LHD. (Sometimes it's like we're living through a really bad hockey themed Twix commericial.) Also, expect we'd have a plethora of 3rd liner wingers getting asked to play C &/or on the 2nd line. We'd also likely have suffered through just as bad a HC as J Botts only other hire was just as bad. Though he likely wouldn't have run a soccer team. We'd be in roughly the same spot except we'd probably still have all the cliquishness we ended up w/ during J Botts tenure any way so the future would still be Eichel & a prayer w/ no guarantee Reinhart would've signed whatever offer J Botts made w/out going to arbitration making it a 1 year deal.

Thanks. For us, it's all over except for the post recovery self-quarantining. Which will be over soon. Doubt covid will ever be "over." But, doubt we'll see it go back to being the killer the original strain was either (for myriad reasons). Really hoping that latter is correct. Expecting it'll turn out to be.

Yikes! To the hernia. You're where wifey & yours truly were last week. Hoping you're nearly over it. Fortunately, wifey didn't get it as bad and the kid living at home never got it. 4 days of random bad summer cold symptoms w/ every day being unique in what the main symptom was. OTC meds kept it in check for both of us. Weirdest symptom was losing the sense of smell for about 4 hours on that 4th day. Wifey only had it for 3 days. Found out the day symptoms showed up that a friend had had it over the weekend. 99% sure that's where it came from.

So, noticeable in a good way. 🍺

The playoff run definitely boosted Peterka's stock & it'll be interesting to see how (if) it affected R2 Rou2's. They were the offensive leaders this playoff run. Murray finally became visible (in good & bad ways) that final game and hopefully he can build on it. Quinn's stretch drive & playoffs was disappointing but it just seemed he'd run out of gas though he was finally noticeable at moments in the final 3 games. Would like to have seen Krebs shoot more often. We know he can pass, still remains to be seen if he can develop an NHL quality shot. Thought Rousek looked good in his limited action, will be watching him & Biro next year to see if they can keep developing. Doesn't look like there's places for them at the next level, but circumstances change & even if the Sabres don't have room for them maybe a team closer to the cap would have a spot & make an offer Adams can't refuse if they continue to grow. Fitzgerald had 1 bad game but overall wasn't too noticeable which is what you want from him. Still not sold on Appert but several guys did develop which is what he was tasked with. And, so nice to see the barn full again.

Thanks for the reminder this is Monaco weekend. Agree w/ you that the race doesn't come anywhere close to the hype. But just don't see them taking it off the schedule. There doesn't seem to be anything they can do to fix it as the course is so tight, but if they threw enough $$$ at it, expect they could improve it.

Pretty sure the alternates were Marner & Strome; 1 of which was a total bust, but highly rated heading into the draft.

Pretty sure this kid is calling it. Will watch the 3rd & 4th OTs in the AM while checking e-mails & planning the day.

And we're going to ttttrrrrrriiiipppple oooooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrtime.

Yep.

How do you figure? No way Murray would've actually MADE those picks. He'd've gotten in the history books as having been the guy that managed to trade away 7 of the top 31 picks in the deepest draft in more than a decade.

Don't know about them. This guy is exhausted & have only been watching.

And then Amerks nearly have 1 going right back the other way.

HUGE stop on the breakaway by Dell,

How late are they going to be able to hit guys?

And we're going to dooooouuuuble oovvvvvveeeerrrrtime.

Nice pair of saves by Dell. 7:00 minutes left. Another nice pair of saves after a bad turnover on the rush. 5:57 left. Faceoff to Dell's left.

Prow's point shot trickles wide. 😞 No data. Laval feed hasn't changed.

15 seconds left in PP, so 2 D out. Davidson was the extra w/ Fitzgerald.

1st unit out now. Quinn's attempt blocked into the crowd. Ice cleaning stoppage. 9:31 left.

PP coming up as Tischke was tripped. 11:16 left. 2nd unit starts it.

14:00 to go. Krebs behind the back backhand pass somehow finds Quinn but he can't find Peterka after starting to cycle. Faceoff to left of Dell. 12:48 left.