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I’m all for giving Power the time he needs to grow and develop into the defenseman we all want to see and he has shown some glimpses in the midst of some gaffs, but what is this about this team being “competent and good” since he got here? We’ve been inconsistent at best. At best.

Isn’t that what we said last year?

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Buffalo certainly won’t be the only place marred by cloud cover for the eclipse, as most of the center of totality in the US has clouds in the forecast. While not optimal, it doesn’t have to run the event for people.

Collins is less than a year and a half away from his ACL/MCL tear and surgery when he was with the Bengals. Seems like his career has been stunted by one injury or incident after another. But he has started 86 games in this league despite that. If he can stay healthy (a big if, imo), his position flexibility can really help. We were interested in him before he signed with the Bengals, so Beane finally got his man.

Like it was yesterday. Sometimes it’s hard to believe I was 16 once.

“Huge” is a relative term to begin with, but previous contracts in history really don’t have any bearing, anyway. As I said, if Diggs lights it up in Houston some team is gonna offer him big money, regardless because, again, they just can’t help themselves.

Some team will throw big money at him if he has a great year. They just can’t help themselves.

Is the boi-oi-oi-oing moment the same as the schwing! moment?

Benson needed to be on the Amerks roster by 3pm on trade deadline day to be eligible for the playoffs. I believe he would be eligible to return to the CHL only after his NHL season ends, but junior teams would already be in the playoffs by then and I don’t know if they have similar playoff eligibility rules.

Speaking of D prospects, Ryan Johnson is looking good with the Amerks, too. Especially his skating, which is already elite, imo.

While McD certainly has influence on deals, player transactions are outside of his purview, so it’s really not surprising that he wouldn’t comment publicly, at this time anyway. I’m sure he, Brady, Josh and others will all make comments at some point in the future. I think we will come to learn that there was a ton of internal friction buildup over the course of the last year and it simply reached a boiling point because that’s the only explanation I can think of for why they would do this a year before it made any sense to do it. I think you’re absolutely correct about the value judgement they made, too. I heard some comments from a talking head about how this offseason saw a huge locker room leadership drain with exits of Morse, Tre, Hyde, Poyer, etc, and the Bills didn’t want that void being filled with a malcontent. Given the comment from Kromer’s daughter, I think there my be something to that.

Savoie with his second of the night and fourth of the series to put Moose Jaw up 4-1 at the end of two.

Another stellar performance by Levi tonight.

Skates very well, too.

Agree entirely, which is why I dare not say they’ve turned a corner defensively.

Our Boy Savoie with a goal giving Moose Jaw a 3-1 lead after one as the Warriors look to go up 3-0 in their opening round playoff series with the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Dare I say it looks like the Amerks may have turned the corner defensively these last few games? I dare not. And Walhberg looks like he belongs.

I still have to wonder why the daughter of a coach would choose to add her two cents to the discussion. I don’t recall that ever happening before on any team. Which makes me believe this has far less to do with Diggs’s performance than it does some behind the scenes conflict.

Gotta wonder why the daughter of the O line coach decided to chime in with this gem:

He’s driven every line he’s played on this season. He’s a driver on the ice, that simple.

What a play by Benson.

Sure he’s been knocked around a bit, but he’s also been winning his share of battles on the boards as well. He actually uses his size as leverage. For a smaller guy, he’s pretty strong on his skates. And his size will never be as big an issue as it was this season unless he’s already finished growing.