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Definitely enjoyed though how the montage showed him grow up as well as throw some checks, block a shot and score/assist. Loved Allen narrating it; I'd bet Dawkins is happy about this too seeing as they are at very least acquaintances He proved his "captain" qualities last year because even as the season slipped away, he continued to block shots with the empty net and throw himself into scrums as he tried to will the team forward. Supposedly he's a natural born leader type as he has had leadership roles on other teams through his youth.

One oddity, in 2022, both teams in the Global Series played a game against a local Euro-team This year only the Sabres are while the Devils don't appear to be playing anyone but us in Europe.

They leave supposedly September 29th and have no European exhibition games We have an exhibition game with Munich this Friday thus requiring us to be there earlier.

No, RJ did one game from 716 to which I went to and even got a handshake and hug from the late great announcer. (6 people in a row hugged him and I guess he just got into a rhythm because I hadn't intended to lol)

Vanek was never a physical player but was certainly a tough player in that he would take beatings in front of the net and keep going back.

In this case I don't think its being cheap; I think its just standard practice for the international games.

Frankly I wouldn't be surprised either way.

As long as he plays with a guy who makes up some of his shortcomings I couldn’t care less how he puts up points. If Thompson put up 70 goals and 30 assists would that bother you?

When healthy, Tage is definitely Top 15 in terms of offense. As a whole when including defensive play, which did improve a bit last year, he's likely somewhere between 15 and 20 OA in the league. Stamkos wasn't a center in Tampa the last couple years. Last year, his specific injury greatly impacted his greatest asset in his stickhandling and shot. Imagine if McDavid lost most of his speed for a year; he'd still put up points for sure but wouldn't be the same player in the slightest.

I think it’s more the idea than the actual push-ups. The idea that you’re effectively being punished like a child has a strong connection their youth hockey days. It also scales with the length of the practice. Begs to question what the team even did with Krueger at practice. Granato definitely had a more tempo and teaching style to his practices while Ruff is hammering them into a Sabre ready to wield in battle through a combo of physical activity, tempo and a nigh zero tolerance to dumb mistakes. Were they just doing the hockey equivalent to NFL walkthroughs?

We just can't have nice things

Well at least this random story is done

definitely, d look tired Helenius was a dog on that Wahlberg goal

Good 5v3 kill, then Pitt scored on a rather random play.

Frankly I wouldn’t even say the first two games indicate anything when it comes to Kulich making the team. They may have him play the 2 Czech games as long as he plays well enough and then send him down once they get back to Buffalo.

Kulich looks like he really wants the Sabres to take him to Czechia to play in front of his family and friends

Well acquiring all 3 isn’t exactly something that happens in hockey

Kadri and Weegar are interesting candidates; Andersson would likely be a bit rich for my taste based on the present roster makeup

How exactly does bringing up their issues solve them? I'd rather not drive myself batty over every grievance with the team. Yes the Sabres have issues; anyone with eyes can see that. But turning every possible thread into a rant and raving thread about the evil Pegulas and KA's subservience to them is unnecessary. Endless doom & gloom is unnecessary and frankly rather depressing. I want the Sabres to make the playoffs and understand they have a myriad of issues but rather than endlessly harp on the "Why it's impossible?" can't we just ask "Why it could happen?" We can only rehash the same grievances so many times before they become a nuisance in of themselves and unless you happen to have 3 billion laying around; we can't do anything to fix many of the grievances but we can reduce the sheer level of darkness that permeates the forum.

I honestly hope Byram knocks our socks off this year not only for the team's success but to end the endless Mitts talk.

A portion of the team is in town, not exactly how many. We do know that many are skating however.

Where are you seeing this exactly?

He'd get close to max if not max; unsure where that lands next season.

My guess is arguing on semantics is the way most forum posters try to deal with a tragedy.