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I think he'd rather be playing in the NHL 😉

I don't buy that it hurts players to get NHL experience. At this level you don't get better playing against worse competition. If Peterka looks capable then challenge him.

Peterka might stick.

I don't know what to tell you. They're going to have to get really good at playing defense I guess.

Don't expect any changes to the goaltending situation. These guys will just have to accept that there's no help coming, either in net or anywhere else on the ice. It'll suck at first but they'll get used to it, expectations will be adjusted accordingly, and playing for moral victories will be the raison d'etre.

Granato is going to have to be Herb Brooks to get these guys looking like anything resembling a hockey team. Woof.

There is a thread it's just not pinned yet for some reason Edit: what the hell. I started one the other day and it's just... Gone?

So sub Bjork in for Peterka and Anderson for UPL and that's pretty much the roster isn't it. Yikes.

It'll screw their cap hit up in 2026-27 but I don't know if they can afford to keep him around for 5 more seasons after this one.

I'm with you. I think he's toast. He should have bounced back last year if it was going to happen at all. I think that ankle injury ruined him.

I don't think his skating looks good at all. He's constantly getting knocked down and he doesn't seem nearly as agile as in the past. Either he's unable to skate like he used to or it's in his head.

The problem becomes what to do about it. If Skinner is injured so badly he basically can't play at the level he was when he signed the contract what do you do with him?

None of us thought he was coming back into that game. He yelled like he broke his leg. It looked horrible in real time.

I want to point to one specific thing that has been prescient, which is that his play fell off a cliff after he rolled his ankle against the Capitals on February, 23 2019. A lot of us were there that night because it was the Sabrespace Meetup Game. If you look at his game log he literally hasn't been the same since that night. Something happened.

I don't see that at all with Jeff. By all accounts he's a team player and well liked. People criticized Jack for being lazy when it was very clear that he was willing but unable, and I see the same thing here. Skinner is trying, but he just doesn't seem to have that extra gear anymore. Maybe he just needs a few games to get going, but I admit that I'm worried.

Pretty good third period. Jeff Skinner might be washed.

Huh. You might be right.

I gotta give Okposo credit, he doesn't really have much game left anymore but he plays with that stubborn old guy strength compared to the kids.

Little more jump to start the third...

Alright unless the Sabres get something going off the bat here I'm out

This is putting me to sleep

Colin Miller blew that badly

Supposedly

This is some boring hockey Nice garbage goal lol