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Literally our best hypothetical OT Center is Mitts who has been injured almost the entire season.

The team lacks 2 things, skill and consistency. A skilled team without consistency is a middling team that impresses one day and perplexes the next. A consistent team without skill is also a middling team but actually has a slightly better chance at the playoffs because they tend to win the games they should. The Sabres are neither presently, they neither have the skill to win games at will nor do they have the consistency to plug away at the standings game after game. At this time we have a smattering of skill with the only somewhat consistent top end skill coming from Dahlin. Olofsson had top level shooting skills but since his injury has arguably been one of the worst players overall. (He's likely trying to avoid a surgery that will be a season-ender) Arguably our team is akin to the spotty skill team but with too little skill to win most times. Case in point being the Nashville game where we played a great 60 minute effort, got timely goals and beat one of the best teams in the West. Then turned around and got beat up by Detroit; then where a more skilled team wins today's game, we fell short in the 51st minute.

It could legitimately be that Adams wanted to have his analytics staff together before actively taking on payroll. Why acquire the wrong players when you could can just take on band-aids for a year while you assemble your analytics team.

Militaristic Windsor

It’s not as if the Oilers team D is worlds better than ours lol

Tuch is a Mid6 winger who is an incredible asset because he steps up his play in the playoffs. He’s the type of player you pretty much require in order to win a Stanley Cup, a Mid 6 winger who becomes a Top 6 winger in playoff competition.

Stalock went to waivers for Edmonton to get him back; should we poach him?

I would bet every owner in all the leagues found ways to get their checks. This is a non- story

Olofsson will get 4x5.25 mil or so and we’ll all move on to other topics

He’s a guy who could squeeze into the NHL if not for his frequent injuries

I’m hoping he has a healthy life but never gets a Cup or gets to play in Boston. Essentially I’m hoping his doctors will recommend he retire at his contract’s end for safety concerns. Is that wrong? I don’t wish any bodily harm on him; I don’t think he’s evil incarnate; but I want him not to succeed or ever play for Bawstan.

This is pretty much my ranking. Laaksonen reminds me a lot of TJ Brennan

Quick, go to the game Saturday Thorny. Or someone needs to convince the Sabres that Detroit is back in the Central Division again.

I'm starting to notice he takes about 21 games or so to get up to 1D level; then he tends to do well the rest of the time he plays.

Great win Dahlin played a great game in both ends; even threw a giant hit on a guy with about 7 minutes left Dell got a win, he certainly earned it. Any idea why our team seems only interested in playing teams in the Central lol? We are 4-0 against the Central thus far

Megalomaniacal Woodpecker

Quinn makes 7-2 with a PP goal. Laaks has 4 apples now

Quinn with 3 apples R2 with 2 goals

Shouldn't it be 6-2? It was 4-2 after 1 There was that deflection goal on Fitzgerald's shot and then the Eliot goal

Leave them in college for 1.5 more years and there is a good chance one or both leave. I do honestly think Levi might be ready for AHL hockey. Plus at least then Rochester actually has a prospect goalie instead of a myriad of randomly generated names.

So what price are you willing to pay?

Dell is our 5th string goalie at this point He technically doesn’t need to be an NHL goalie. Anderson is 40, he wasn’t a greatly durable 1G but one would of thought we could get 25 games out of him. Tokarski was our 2G and ended up getting serious enough COVID to keep him out 6+ weeks. UPL was supposed to be out 1G but ended up out 3G. Played well, now he’s hurt as well. We grabbed Subban for free to force Dell down to 5G. He’s been spotty but now he’s hurt. There isn’t a team in the NHL that has 5 goalies deep depth that does so purposely.

Can't blame the GM on that one in regards to goaltending lol.

Well he could endlessly sit on the bench in Vancouver if he prefers. Also Halak reported from what I recall, he was the backup for one game before we sent him to Washington for Neuvirth.

Trade for Halak? I can honestly say I've never seen a team go down so many goalies.