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If Cozen's and Mitt's lines really are: JJP-Cozens-VO Greenway-Mitts-Tuch ...then Cozens' line is probably going to play less than Mitts' line, unless JJP and Cozens have both taken major steps in their defensive games. This seems like an odd result, although DG has clearly and frequently stated that he really likes Mitts.

Rammer! Yes — retire it. And they shoulda hired him after they stupidly fired Lindy.

I think there is zero possibility that R. Johnson makes the team out of camp. His D-zone decision-making is miles away from NHL-ready.

Yes and also a well increased number of blitzes out of the secondary this year. Like it or not, she is one of maybe the 5 most famous people in the world. Her being at the game to cheer on her new boyfriend is an event of huge worldwide interest. NBC would be foolish not to show plenty of shots of her, and the NFL is very happy for this as well.

McD is a great coach. The defense was outstanding today. Get well soon Tre.

This reminds me of the famous Jim Kelly vs Steve Young shootout that ended in a thrilling 34-31 (I think) Bills win. No punts in that game.

JFC.

Well, he sure looked like he was ready for the NHL last night — and kinda like a future star for that matter. He’s earned the 9-game look for sure.

Andre Savard, I believe? Decent 2-way center who still was not nearly enough to get back for Peter McNab, who became a perennial 40-goal scorer as soon as the Sabres traded him to Boston for Savard (after only his 2nd full NHL season)?

Well, Ryan Johnson made a few blunders, and he's made quite a few this preseason, but still: I was worried he'd be another Pysyk at best, but he has much, much more game than Pysyk had. He can handle it better, he can skate with it better, he can shoot it better, he's a better passer and he has much more confidence with the puck on his stick. Now, of course, he needs to learn to make the right decision in the d-zone vs NHL pressure consistently. There's no guarantee that happens, of course. He'll need patience and good coaching in Rochester. I could see him becoming a mainstay in the top 6 though and maybe taking Joki's spot if Joki doesn't raise his game.

This brings up a question that occurred to me: does releasing him from his PTO mean that they are done with him, full stop? Or is it a necessary step in the process to get him to Rochester? If they are totally done with him, then I too would be surprised as I thought he looked pretty good and certainly good enough to get another look in Rochester this year.

The Covenant fits the bill IMHO. It’s a pretty new war movie by Guy Ritchie.

I agree that he won’t be high on Tampa’s list, but if UPL is waived, someone will definitely claim him.. I hope you’re right, but I think they would waive Jost and Bryson before waiving UPL.

"Bad Sisters" on Apple TV was pretty good. It's a dark comedy set in Dublin about 4 sisters conspiring to kill their 5th sister's husband, who is awful in every way. The creator and co-star is Sharon Horgan, who similarly was a co-creator and co-star of "Catastrophe", which was a great comedy on Amazon Prime. Anyway, I give "Bad Sisters" a B-plus.

Good stuff here. Unfortunately, after reading it, I'm left with the conclusion that the most likely outcome is that they keep 3 goalies.

If Comrie plays well in his next start and UPL stinks in his, which I think is quire possible, they are going to be hard pressed not to keep Comrie. I generally agree and would just add that I'm glad the Sabres didn't trade Savoie, Benson, Kulich or Rosen (not to mention Quinn or JJP) for one year of Hellebuyck.

I may have mixed up the 2nd and 3rd goals — Power also got completely dusted on one of TO’s goals (separately from the one Johnson screwed up on).

The first TO goal was a gift from UPL and the 2nd was one from Ryan Johnson, who sent a poor pass into the neutral zone on a failed exit and then got blown past flat footed by a Leaf who set up the goal. I watched about half the game and wasn’t impressed by any of them. Yuck.

Anyone got a link to the stream? Why isn't just on sabres.com?

I heard that Taylor Swift only took up with Travis Kelce because Benson wasn't returning her calls.

I think the most likely outcome is that he gets 9 games and then goes back to juniors, but there a non-negligible chance that he makes it crystal GD clear that he is, right now, one of the 12 best forwards in the organization and if so I would not be shocked if they keep him.

It's not clear from sabres.com whether the game will be streaming there. But what is clear is that a bunch of key guys will be playing, including TT, Dahlin and Levi, and of course Joey "two times" Cecconi: Forwards (12) 9 Zach Benson 15 Brandon Biro 49 Filip Cederqvist 85 Mason Jobst 48 Tyson Kozak 20 Jiri Kulich 37 Casey Mittelstadt 81 Brett Murray 63 Isak Rosen 53 Jeff Skinner 72 Tage Thompson 89 Alex Tuch Defensemen (6) 3 Joseph Cecconi 38 Kale Clague 26 Rasmus Dahlin 83 Mats Lindgren 23 Mattias Samuelsson 61 Riley Stillman Goalies (2) 27 Devon Levi 62 Devin Cooley

It was borderline unbearable.

I agree that it will most likely be Rousek. If I have to choose one of Rosen and Kulich, I would say Rosen, although that is based solely on the prospects tournament, where he looked terrific and Kulich looked good but not great IMHO.

Look at that hair!