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USA vs Germany tied at 2 after 2 Eichel has an assist with one of his patented faceoff plays with Keller playing as Skinner.

Also 06 leaves me bitter. I do however like their style and rebellious feel to their marketing. Can’t stand though how fair weather the majority of their fans are

I hate them for their uncanny luck. They make the playoffs twice a decade and yet make it to the conference finals every time

Supposedly they want to make a living and have insurance like the men. So effectively let's say they each want a minimum of $20,000 with additional insurance. Each roster would likely hold 23 players + maybe a couple extras due to a lack of any minor league. $20,000 * 25 = $500,000 Add to that, let's say $100,000 in insurance and equipment So we are already at $600,000 per team and we haven't even touched stadium costs, transportation costs, etc. Let's sum it up at 1 mil per team to keep it simple; can the NWHL make 1 mil per team + profit at its current format? Not really. They play one/two games a week and only 16 games per season plus a potential two for the playoffs. They would need 2000 tickets sold per game at $10 each to hit $20,000, 4,000 to justify the salaries for both teams. Additionally you would need to add at least 9 more games to the regular season so that the potential to break even with salaries alone is possible. Any amount of ticket price hikes would only hurt the attendance further so their max ticket price probably sits around $15. Most NHL teams struggle financially as it is; how do they hope the NHL will convince owners to almost certainly toss another million per year into a furnace? Not to mention, how do you have the NHL universally support the NWHL if the number of actual NWHL teams wouldn't even surpass 1/3 of the NHL's teams? Why should the Sabres, Bruins, and Leafs owners need to support the NWHL if the Stars, Panthers, and Coyotes don't? There's just so many questions that would need an answer.

The NWHL has all but one team owned by it's league. This strikes me as women trying to force the NHL to prop up their league akin to the WNBA. Biggest problem I see immediately is that the NHL has its own labor dispute around the corner thus the women will likely be more of an after thought.

I wonder if they bring Tippett as HC for structure and Gronburg as an AC as a way to invigorate the team while also giving him the entry to the league he desires.

I just don't understand how we could do so well in regular season but completely fall to pieces in the playoffs. Honestly how is it that we cannot even back into some success? It's like everyone is conspiring against us to endlessly fail at every turn.

Damn Blues and O'Reilly to hell. Now we must rely on whomever wins the Dallas/Nashville series to save us from being stuck with a bottom 4 pick in the 1st

No interest in trading Risto in the division, especially to Tampa. Nothing they'd be willing to give us would be worth the huge risk.

I don’t think Kessel will be worth a ton at this point. He’s 31 and making 7 mil for 3 years until he’s 34/35. He’s a one trick pony who if he loses his scoring is a cap Hell scenario. I’d offer Scandella and a 4th and nothing more. They save money, I take a high risk reward player who’s on the wrong side of 30.

You and Blue can continue to think ROR was scapegoated but I honestly will always believe there was far more to it than that. Thus I will always despise him for that and for seemingly re-finding his love in St. Louis. So I pray the Blues lose by round 2 not only because of him but for their draft pick which if one of CBJ, VGK, DAL, or COL make it out of the 2nd round we'd get the 19th pick.

It isn’t hard to come to the conclusion he quit on the team. He literally stated he fell out of love with the game and had difficulty motivating himself. If I were his teammate I would suddenly begin to wonder if he wasn’t working his hardest. Minor inconsistencies suddenly become reason to not trust him, regardless of the truth. Combine that with his brother’s infamous quitting on the Amerks and you can easily conclude he wanted out and had quit on the team.

ROR quit on our team akin to his older brother did with the Amerks. I will never forgive him for that. You don’t tell the media that you didn’t give a full effort all 82 games and then claim to want to stay. He’s a snake and needs to burn in Hell. Lehner I’m less angry with only because I feel bad for his previous problems and we were nice enough to keep that private while giving him a fresh start. WPG and TBL wake the hell up! Im starting to worry about the worst possible scenario of a Leafs vs Blues final which I wish it could end inconclusively due to a Spanish Flu outbreak like the one in the early part of the 1900’s

1. A guy with head coaching experience in professional hockey 2. Trade Risto for one 3. Yes 7/8 years for about 8 mil 4. Trade for 2C but not in the Conference. If he finds himself he’ll be a great dman. 5. Banish Sobotka to Grand Island and tell him he can’t leave it until his contract is up.

Offer him Matthews contract and he likely does. Better taxes too

Dammit, they're on to me! In actually, I don't really feel angry. We got a generational talent in Dahlin last year so I'm not exactly hung up about not winning twice in a row. Plus no one else in our division got even stronger thanks to the lottery.

Happy to win again in regulation Sad from Pommers' interviews Glad the year is nearly over Angry we blew our chance at the playoffs yet again

Worst part about that period was both Toronto goals were purely luck. It seems as if regardless of if we play hard as possible or pack it in like wimps; the bounces will always favor our opponents and I can honestly understand if some of the Sabres feel that way at this point. Effectively why bother playing hard if the other team will score off a triple deflection.

I wonder if we could convince Housley to serve as an associate coach under Quennville? As in demote him without changing his salary and letting him focus on player development and teaching

Aside from the Risto trade I like it. Have no interest in trading Risto in the division to a team notorious for magically fixing players.

I'd sign a goalie and a winger to add reinforcements to both Rochester and potentially Buffalo.

I will always have a soft spot for Ristolainen for his physicality and pesky play but if I can swing Risto for RNH I’d do it in a heartbeat and seek physicality to replace his. With that I’d sign Stralman for 2 year at about 6 million to be Dahlin’s partner. Id like to sign Ferland for under 5mil a year if he’s willing to give us the following Top 6 (assuming Skinner signs) Skinner - Eichel - Ferland RNH - Mitts - Reinhart

We have no team culture to buy into where as Boston does. It all stems back to the loss of Drury and Briere and how the team as a whole never recovered. The tank in of itself was a double edged sword as it allowed us to get super talent, but jettisoned our identity. Old players from a franchise are what makes a team. What we need is a small old guard of Buffalo players, who want to play here and want to teach and help lead. Veteran stars can still support teams very well as a team retools since they were stars to start and have a level of respect and authority with every rookie that walks in the door. The pre-tank Sabres really couldn't have done that either with our sheer lack of high-end aging talent and our terrible drafting. Eerily enough, there is a small chance that had we brought Vanek and/or Stafford back with Pommers; we may have seen a better overall season. Not because they are great players anymore but because they all experienced what its like to play in Buffalo during our mid-2000's runs and that identity of "never giving up" may have rubbed off more. The problem is, Pommers is alone and we need an identity. The one thing Tim Murray tried, that was very smart, was bringing in Gionta and Gorges at the same time to be a leadership group and try to instill a culture. Problem was, Gorges' knees became shot so quickly that he went from the competent shot blocking dman to a pretender and his clout fell with it. If anything, this offseason we need to empty spots and find a combination of savvy vets and young blood to create an identity. At the moment we have a single savvy vet in Pommers, a load of youngsters, and a bunch of rift-raft who don't fall in either category. I think Berglund's departure hurt them more than we suspect. He wasn't a great player but he seemed to bring our defensive line together and had played a while. Sorry for the somewhat incoherent rant.

13-3-1 Boys, lets go get it done!!!

I wish we could convince Quennville to come here and Housley to take a role as an assistant coach until a new opportunity arises. I feel Housley is likely a solid assistant but lacks the personality to play the bad cop.