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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.

Worst part about this game was the Sabres didn't actually play half bad. We deserved a win over Toronto yet are 0-2-1 this year against them.

He also mentioned their bad blood started with Anaheim at Babcock's start of his career. So Babcock was an ass even prior to him winning a Cup. To me a coach can be an ass to his players; but he should never take that over to staff unrelated to his position. They aren't being paid millions to put up with his attitude.

6th > nothing Also you can only hold onto so much depth. This strikes me as a favor

Del Zotto also only fetched a 6th so it appears to have been the depth Dman price this year.

Pittsburgh probably asked us to take Pearson hence the lesser return on Beaulieu

There may still be something since Botts won't say they're done

Hopefully he'll take 8x9

8x9.5mil officially

Skinner will want 8x9 based on Stone's contract

That would be an awesome nickname, we already have a Samson. Corner the market on mythological story names and creatures. RIP Montador, I hope you continue your career in heaven

I could see Sergachev being Buffalo's target or something akin to Foote, Raddysh and Callahan for Risto

Yes, but he played with Domi for 3 years with no improvement of character or results.

Duclair is supposedly unwilling to listen and has got himself in the doghouse with at least three separate coaches.

Reinhart can't play center due to his lack of footspeed but from the wing he creates much like that of a centerman. Give him some speed and competence at center and LW and he can run your 2nd/3rd line. As a winger, Reinhart can do things centers can't usually do such as screening the goalie on a consistent basis.

I honestly can't be mad with the Sabres tonight. They played hard, and took it to the best team in the league. We had a few lucky breaks with posts, their goal was started off a lucky bounce too though, and Hutton played like he had in November. Eichel was dog tired in the OT and I'd assume he expected Sheary to go to the net on that pass in OT. He also should of drawn a call on Killorn the one time seeing as he was being held up like crazy around the net. Dahlin scored Risto played great for the first time in a month and a half. I just wish they'd play this way against all the other teams as they do against the Lightning, Jets, and Leafs.

Its a joke then if there is 0 consistency in what is and isn't possession. Granted, I'm not surprised, refs will always get the call right/wrong if its against the Sabres. We almost never get a break in terms of reviews going our way.

Nope, had he not touched the puck prior to going in then yes. However he was the last player to make a play with the puck, the only player who touched it prior to going in, and was the player to touch it in the zone. I have seen that ruled as possession in other games. Hell I've seen a defenseman sliding on his back, a puck hitting his skate over his line, called "possession" so possession is very subjective.

We were cheated out of two goals and the team effectively imploded after the PP just couldn't get the puck in after the 2nd disallowed goal. Eichel wasn't offside as based on multiple other similar cases where what he did was perfectly legal. Last year we had another team do that to us, we challenged and lost because they ruled that him punching the puck and then retouching it inside the zone counted as possession. Yet here the same thing happens and it isn't somehow possession. Its asinine to say the least. The other goal was disallowed because the ref blew the play dead thinking Reimer had the puck on the delayed call but in actuality Girgs put the puck in off a rebound. Eichel looking dejected after this game makes sense. He tried to claw them back into the game but was always stifled by some assorted means and has watched the year's playoff chances evaporate.

I have to agree with you there. Tonight showed that when they play strong and get solid goaltending they can swing with the big boys. They now did it for two games in a row, go get a win against the Rangers and play a solid overall 60 minute game again!

I proposed the higher of SJS/St.L's 1st, Nylander, and Guhle for Hubs. He'd be too perfect for our needs in the Top 6, even without a true 2C yet, to ignore.

Wow, why in God's name would we help our division rival?

Kane, we don't really need the headaches he caused. ROR we could really use from an on-ice angle but I also get the sense we needed to get him out of the locker room due to off ice stuff. Honestly ROR's problem may have been as simple as refusing to accept this was Eichel's team on paper. After all we know for certain ROR was angered by Landeskog getting the C in Colorado and he may have felt the same way about Eichel getting it over him. Once the Blues captain leaves via FA or trade, if it goes to another guy, do we see ROR turn into a depressed lump again?

The last goal isn't on Eichel at all; he was dog tired and had already blocked a shot which seemed to slow him as well. Okposo got picked and then Wheeler found a soft spot after running the Sabres in a circle. I'm angry we couldn't get one point out of their great effort; they truly went to the finish with a Stanley Cup Contender. We still have work to do, and the Sabres still are not out of the hunt by any means. Hutton played well and didn't have any freaky goals go in on him so hopefully that's over with. Can someone please trick Sobotka and Scandella into thinking they won a cruise to the Bahamas and keep them there. Did Laine play?

I don't need to trade him, I'm just curious as to what Edmonton would give us for him since we have some other young wingers in the AHL who could technically fill his role.