Two or less

Thats what was reported yesterday, but then this tweet came earlier this morning... So, Ellis didn't go?

It was supposed to be on TWCS but idk what happened since it's not.

I'm torn on the idea of tanking because i truly don't believe in it too much. Darcy tried to do the closest thing to tanking with the Sabres, by forming a young team that wasn't NHL ready. But, i don't really believe he knew they'd be that bad and there isn't any evidence that suggests losing in the fashion as they did was his plan. I also don't believe Ron Rolston would sacrifice his career and legacy as a NHL head coach to go along Darcy's plan as his puppet and lose. Losing is contagious, and i don't think neither RR or DR really were willing to ruin Girgensons, Myers and some other kids just for the simple fact of getting Reinhart and McDavid. Theres no way DR/RR felt they had 4-5 years to work with. And i will never buy that players tank. These are athletes who have been playing to win at a very high level since they were kids. No way do they start now to play soft so the team they are on now, will be getting a McDavid, just in time for that player to be kicked to another organization. What PLF and Nolan are doing now is the exact perfect plan. You teach these guys to play hard. "Kill for each other" so to speak. They need to develop guys and see who out of this group is good enough to carry over into next season and to the future. This is the tryout season. Its very important to lose but also important to develop our youngsters. Give it a month or so, and there will be some very tough decisions to be made. They will have had enough time to see some of these guys play and it will be time to make decisions on Ott, Moulson and Miller. It will also be near the end of the season and will be time to start bringing in some other talent, such as Grigorenko, back into the lineup, once you've established an idea of where the current guys are at. Is that "tanking" or is that just a wise-organiztional decision to see and develop some other talent for the next season and beyond?

Per Amerks.com, Matt Ellis and Johan Larsson en route to Switzerland to meet up with the Amerks.

I'm not saying he's terrible but not going to throw him a parade either. He played against Germany. They are not exactly world beaters.

English isnt my first language, so i'll take blame for the bad grammar.

lol you guys are a hilarious bunch, thats for sure.

haha sick. 4-5 others are sick too, but Nolan only confirmed Omark as one of the sick players.

Agreed its not good. Nolan said hes home sick.

Yea, let's blame our historically bad offense on Omark. Team scores 8 goals in 2 games and fans quickly forget that we had only scored 2 of less in the last 12 of 14 games.

Ted Nolan on Omark's debut: “Eh, he has to be better”

For sure, with the puck he looked pretty solid. Very crisp passer. Tape to tape. He played with Porter and Ellis so his chances were limited but as the game went on and he started to create on that line, he was moved with better players once Porter got injured. He also didn't see any PP time until late in the game which i was disappointed in. I knew he would struggle on 5v5 and be limited, as he hasn't even practiced with the team yet (Sabres had no morning skate due to Celtics game) but thought he could do some damage on the PP. As Omark said on Sabres.com "hockey is still hockey just different teammates". The penalty he took was bad though. Just a lazy play by Omark. The Bruins scored on that PP.

To honor Max Afinogenov? haha

Yeah i know, but that's what he chose. I'm guessing his first couple options were not available so he took 33 to honor some Finn. Though thats a pure guess, i have no idea why he picked #33. No problem.

In Europe, they honor numbers very highly. Much more then they do in North America. For example, they don't retire a # in Europe unless a player dies on the field or something. Great players always end up with the legendary numbers as a show of respect. So, with this in mind, the Sabres honor players from Europe and don't pick random numbers for them. Risto as you said got the #55, Girgensons got his, Grigorenko got his #25. Armia got his #33. Larsson got #22. Novotny got #13. Not sure if Zadorov took 61 or was given it. Also, during the Sabres down years, Golisano/Quinn decided to scrap the tradition with Pominville, Roy, Miller, Vanek in hopes of selling more jerseys, thats why they also got to pick.

Myers. Flynn, if he stays with Buffalo, should get a number of his choice for next season. He's earned it now, but it's mid-season.

#23 with 22 players. #3 has been wore by 19 players. #19 in second place with 21, though, with Hodgson here long term, i think other numbers will surpass it pretty quickly. #3 has had several long term guys though (Mike Robitaille, Grant Ledyard, James Patrick, Garry Galley). Huh? No. They've earned it. Just because we're down on them sometimes doesn't mean they "didn't earn it".

Yeah, i mean i get the tradition thinking behind it. You wear whatever # you get, unless you've earned it, then you pick your own. Works real well on some teams, like the Ducks (Getzlef 51, now 15, Perry 61 now 10, Cam Fowler 54, now 4, Bobby Ryan 54) but the difference is, our guys never switch. So it becomes lame.

I think #10. Dale Hawerchuk, Criag Ramsey, Brad May, Henrik Tallinder and Christian Ehrhoff.

I wish, but i think he's staying with #82. When it was time for him to change to a "real" number, instead of the one Rip gave him, he decided to keep #82 because he said he would of felt bad for all the fans who had bought an #82 jersey his rookie season.

I'll be in section 112. Cant wait!

Not with the first overall pick, that is Reinhart all day long, but if the Islanders somehow give us their first this season, then i think William Nylander is exactly the type of playmaker this team will need going forward. The offense is horrid and has no flow. Nylander is a playmaker and creates offense like no other in this draft class and has a real speed burst to his skating. Plays a similar style to Alex Ovechkin.

It's too early to tell for sure, and i appreciate your feedback and i value it highly, but i do think there is reason to start to worry about Armia. Ever since his injury last season, he just hasn't been the same. I don't have his statistics from the Finnish Liiga after his injury but i remember reading it was atrocious. Then he followed a bad end to the season with a pretty sub-par playoff performance. He came to state-side and played in the prospects tournament with the Sabres in Michigan and was one of the worse player on the team. I don't even know if he got any points in that tournament? Logon Nelson and Colin Jacobs got several points while Armia did nothing. Now he's not scoring with the Amerks and stuck on a line with 2 veterans, which to me (only speculating) tells me they don't feel he can be a game-changer on offense and feel the risk to too high of him being a liability defensivly if he played with more offensive players.

Corey Perry scores a very beauty goal tonight vs. Thomas Vanek's Isles.

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