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Casey isn’t a part of the solution. They need more engaged, intense players. I know Zucker has rubbed some the wrong way with the Tage hit but Jason is more of what we need than what we don’t need. We need more professional men on the team as opposed to the kiddie lineup we keep icing year after year.

We drafted two players 1st overall and and two players 2nd overall and are no better because of it. Honestly, those 4 players should be the cornerstones of the franchise. Instead we currently have a very good defenseman, a kid struggling to acclimate to defensive zone play in the NHL, a minor league goalie, a nice looking prospect but he’s only 21 and just starting to blossom, a 2nd line winger, and a 4th line center. Not exactly what you’d build a franchise around.

Literary references? I can’t make it past one sentence on a message board. Know your audience man. 😀 Mmmm hmmm

I’ll keep beating the drum until I can’t anymore. The Sabres are the Washington Generals. The patsy here for everyone to chide and rag doll as their real team makes them look foolish. We are the league’s doormat. Wipe the ***** off your skates all over us, we practically enjoy it. Laugh at us, beat us up, score the dumbest goals you’ve ever seen. It’s all here.

McKinnon’s disposition has me slightly aroused. My lord what I would give for someone like that on the Sabres.

In case anyone needs a push over the end it all today line…

Quite frankly, I think McCabe is twice the player Samuelsson is. Jake wasn’t perfect but he was more than serviceable in a 4/5 dman role. His problem here is that he was often asked to be 1/2 dman. Not ideal. Samuelsson might and I mean might be a 5/6 but he’s probably best suited as 7/8 dman.

I had to find my reaction in that thread. Cautiously optimistic but certainly not overwhelmingly excited about it. I guess more of us should have realized how much Rasmus was impacting his game. It’s blatantly obvious at this point. Is this what you want, what you think will happen or do you have evidence indicating it is fact?

Anchors are a good thing. I think the issue started when everyone dropped “boat” from the phrase making autistic people like me go nuts. (I don’t think I’m really autistic but stuff like this is like a road block in my brain that I can’t move past)

For guys who love each other, they certainly have a funny way of showing it on the ice

Argh Friedman and Marino are the bane of my existence. Constantly purporting opinion as fact. My apologies.

Boom https://thehockeywriters.com/sabres-need-to-extend-bowen-byram-before-july-1st/#:~:text=Byram Wants to Be a Number One Defenseman&text=Byram would eventually like to,the team's number two defenseman. There happens to be one issue with the Sabres signing him to a long-term contract. Byram would eventually like to become a team’s number one defenseman. With the Sabres already having Dahlin and Owen Power on the blue line, that is tough. With Dahlin being the team’s number one defenseman, right now Byram is the team’s number two defenseman. Who knows, maybe if Byram signs a long-term contract in Buffalo, Power will surpass Byram and become the team’s number two defenseman and Byram gets stuck as the number three defenseman.

Do you think that’s something this team would actually do?

I said I’d celebrate the end of the drouht. Immediately followed by the realization this team still needs a lot of work.

I can’t get there. Glad they won but the amount of F’s I give about this team is almost depleted.

I missed the stupid staged fight from Gilbert as my wife decided to unplug our WiFi right before the game started. Probably for the best. I would have skewered this org more than I already do which is saying something.

I got no problem keeping and paying Byram but think dude has 1.5 skates out the door.

Do RFAs get dealt at the trade deadline?

I’ve been thinking about EEE-sock. What makes him a great AHL player. It’s his awareness. Always seems to find the puck in space. Hope he makes me look prescient.

Hiney Stroka!

Let’s just fantasize they actually do what you are laying out. This team gets smoked like a brisket at inkman’s house in the first round. I guess we can all celebrate ending the drought but they’ll be gassed by then and their roster is exactly opposite of a playoff team. A third of our players won’t even be able to finish the series as they’ll get physically abused right out of the playoffs.

Future Sabre Cameron Schmidt.

I wouldn’t have used the MSG app if they paid me $30 a month. Probably not even $300. It was easily the worst steaming experience I’ve ever had and I subscribed to AHLTV.

Sheltering him from what?