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Now the refs are calling penalties on our goalie again……

God, I wish it were possible to get ROR back this offseason..... he'd literally solve our vet, lack of playoff experience, defensive forward and faceoff guy in one fell swoop.

He actually kinda has a Peca like thing going with the shorter guy playing a big man’s game

Subtract out the 2 Boston and 1 Dallas game and the numbers are far less ugly. -19 goals are from those 3 games. 12-16-4 vs the top 16 with a -20 isn’t exactly awful for a young team. It means they were mostly within 1.5 goals in every game

Kulich and Savoie are the next wave; we need them as replacements and skilled fillers. Levi is our future in goal If this years 1st is a Dman, then he'd likely also be in that untouchable category due to our lack of D prospects. A protected 1st in 24' and all the other picks or prospects would be available.

This year: Finish the season good, break out of this slump Next year: Make the playoffs barring crippling injuries to Dahlin/Thompson for half the year Use everything at your disposal besides Savoie, Kulich, Levi and (likely this year's 1st prospect) to generally upgrade the team as a whole.

To those who only give negative commentary, leave… obviously something less involved is more your speed.

Feels like the game isn’t as one sided as the score shows. Rather, they get a good chance they score. We do and we muff it.

Victor Olofsson, the scorer of all worthless goals

Sabres have one large Achilles heel and it’s defensively set up teams that block shots. Dahlin’s injury may have legitimately ended our year

Quick question, how well would Levi need to be over his career for his trade to top Hasek’s? My guess is his 1st start is in a week or so. He’ll need some time to acclimate to the NHL’s ways of operating and some time to face NHL level shooting.

I honestly think he is waiting until Sunday to see if NEU sneaks into the tournie

I’ll take A only because I would fear Bs cost

Can we once just have something go smoothly?

To be honest I didn’t see much of any there with Tuch. He brushed him. Refs jobbed us; UPL is bloody inconsistent and stresses me out in net.

I can't exactly comment on his parenting when his son is no longer at home and is in college. I doubt Danny told his son that partying > hockey and pushing wheelchairs down stair cases is ok. At minimum he needs to be suspended and required to pay for the repairs.

I’d trade 24s 1st, Rosen and a 2nd for Saros but neither Demko and especially Hart deserve anywhere near that value. Demko, I’d offer Comrie, Rosen and Philly’s 2nd. Hart, at most Rosen and Comrie. Trading 1sts for goalies is rarely a good move. Demko would be a buy low situation and Hart has been better as of late and as a rookie but terrible in-between. Only Saros deserves a 1st since he is both a consistent higher tier goalie and is playing well. I don’t hate the Orlov idea, if you can get him at 4x5.5 I’d certainly accept barring significant playoff injury. I think Dahlin stays around 10mil at 8 years. Haula is also a pretty good idea if you can sell him on the role. I might keep both Girgs and Okposo and send Clague to Rochester for extra depth.

Love the ever increasing water bottles. Skinner’s area now literally has a picture of a Staal brother on either side of him. Dahlin made a meme with his translated Swedish words. Good ole dry humor

No, he is far from worth the price he'd require

I have a feeling that if/when we are eliminated; that Dahlin will likely go on IR. He's obviously gutting it out in a desperate attempt to get a playoff spot which I commend.

A few things on Greenway: He looks slow but was faster in the past. Probably needs an offseason to get back into a Granato style player. Defensively he is what we needed; might even rub off some defensive skills on the roster. Most evident on PK He hasn't been running around hitting people like I had hoped but has certainly been a bull wherever he goes. Very good net front presence; if at minimum thanks to his size. Greenway is effectively, for now, a larger more physical but slightly slower Asplund for the team.

They didn’t draft 3 centers to draft 3 centers. We know for a fact that Savoie and Kulich were BPA for them at their respective picks. Östlund is more of 2-way center and was likely a better choice than a random offensive defenseman. After Nemec and Jiricek there wasn’t a solid 2 way Dman left at 16

I think like us, Adams was also rather pissed about how the Chychrun thing went down.

I'd be in the targeted camp; especially after Husso's rights was traded to Detroit I doubt Adams had much if any interest in either Campbell or Kuemper. Their contractual demands were huge for their caliber of player.

Effectively 1/2 spots are open on the D at most. Samuelsson - Dahlin is more or less a lock Power - ??? In theory Power can also play his off hand and play with Muel but then we’d need another 1LHD ??? - Jokiharju. While much maligned, he is usually average The Bush as our 7 seems like a very solid role for him due to his injury frequency and having a specific physical role when playing. What we have already: Riley Stillman - could possibly be a solid 3LHD if he can return to his Florida play. Otherwise we likely carry 8 D next year. Jacob Bryson - seems to be on the outs based on both Adams attempting to get Chychrun and acquiring Stillman. May hold minor value in a trade akin to a pick in the 4th possibly? Kale Clague - brought in to be depth and Rochester’s player. Ended up being a pleasant surprise but isn’t more than a depth player at best. Ryan Johnson - as long as he signs, he’s another young LHD with solid skill and possible NHL readiness. I’d like him to stay in Rochester for a year though to give Levi at least 1 defensively stable youngster to work with Ideally we bring in one vet RHD to play with Power who can give us a vet playoff presence back there. To be honest, I liked the idea of Ekholm more than Chychrun only because he’s a far more seasoned player who has experienced playoff hockey. So at minimum I’d like to see a depth chart of Dahlin Power Samuelsson Vet RHD Jokiharju Stillman/Bush Stillman/Bush Clague (or a similar tweener for the 8 slot) Johnson Possibly another AHLer with NHL experience Trade Bryson