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I’d take him over Olofsson just to give our team a legitimate dirty player

Honestly, Cozens should’ve just tripped the guy instead of trying to catch up after a minute plus shift. Literally the worst outcome is a delayed penalty and Power 1v1 with Strome

That really doesn’t make sense, we weren’t going to exactly get older on average even with a vet goalie and Levi being in Rochester. If Quinn’s healthy we likely would have dealt Olofsson and used another younger player, like Rousek, in that roster spot. Certainly, they just need to settle in more. We aren’t sinking; we are merely treading water presently

Honestly just depressed that we never seem to catch a wave. It doesn't matter what we do; it will just blow up in our face anyway. #1 overall picks don't play in the AHL; it just doesn't happen. Plus he played a year in college which is also very rare for a #1 overall pick. He's still solid analytically but seems to be have frequent brain farts; definitely a sophomore slump. Benson is truly an enigma on what to do with him. Benson is NHL ready in all but physicality and generally makes us a better team when he's on the ice. Sending him back to the WHL feels idiotic due to how it would likely hurt the team yet simultaneously he'd likely be better served with more time to physically prep. Levi is similar to Benson in that he has NHL talent but he also has the unenviable job of a goalie whom historically requires a ton of time prior to readiness.

Just can’t have nice things can we. Outplay a team for 45 min and never look bad yet lose thanks to a couple lucky bounces a jackass and a last second winner.

Why did it have to be that jackass Wilson

Cozens is most certainly being effected by his mask, his shot issues show that he’s having some issues with depth perception or timing based on the puck’s movement when it gets within stick range.

To me it would depend a ton on what some of those players look like at years end and if we can scrape out a playoff spot. For instance if UPL keeps playing about average and Levi settles in; then goalie wise we’d look stable. Has Jokiharju gone the whole year looking solid? What is his contract? The forwards are theoretically better in regards to skill and speed but I’m unsure how we’d get much of any use out of Rosen playing on line 4

They did fine in their first match up

The one explanation I'd have would be that the primary difference was the effect the offenses had against the "league" I don't mean PR, I mean something akin to the sanctity of the game. Gambling, contractual offenses, and illegal trades/signings all give doubt to the legitimacy of the "game" and the general "fairness" of the league . What happened with the Blackhawks, while both a heinous act and a PR nightmare doesn't fit into the same category. Effectively the league could/should of fined them far more and potentially looked to force a sale of the team.

Effectively that was akin to 07-08 until our tank years.

Feels like everyone magically gets extra points while we never so

I'm utterly sick of being jobbed by the refs; how many ***** times do we need to see our team get screwed royally on chincy calls late in games to prevent us from tying or winning? Benson gets whacked by 3 guys yet he's the only penalty; what a croc of *****. If I had the power and resources I'd sue the NHL into the ground for the sheer absurdity of their frequent bias against the Sabres.

What a joke

I’m m so done with the ***** refs

Benson has no fear of driving the net, need more players to do that consistently

Dear lord Olofsson

What a ridiculous bounce at the end of that PP

Dahlin heard your calls for skill

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Sabres and Bills because I'm a Buffalonian Blackhawks and NY Giants are my secondary teams since those are my Dad's favorites. No real interest in the NBA but I do root for the Knicks like my Dad does occasionally Baseball my team is the SF Giants due to my Papa(grandfather) grew up in Jersey while the SF Giants were the NY Giants. He moved to Buffalo before the Giants went west so his loyalty stayed. Thus my father is a big SF Giants fan and I am definitely a fan although not quite as hardcore.

It wasn't truly this way all the time but since February of last year it certainly has been. Starting 2/1/23 Olofsson has a terrible 5g6a last season + 2g1a this season over a total of 35 games. However the most damning part is where those goals came from. He scored 2 in the final 2 games once we had been eliminated. Scored 2 in a Philly game similar to the recent Boston game, was down 4-0 and 5-1 when he scored. Scored 1 during the Dallas blowout (10-4) Scored 2 in the recent Boston game So its part recency bias and part legitimate.

Would Nashville at least consider BUFs 2024 1st Top 10 Protected, Krebs, UPL and Rosen for Saros That would be a 1st, a recent 1st and a former 1st plus a goalie Thats at least 2+ 1sts in value. My other intriguing idea would be Boone Jenner if the Blue Jackets keep spiraling. He could be a very solid 3C until Thompson returns and then shift to wing. Adds grit, experience and some solid depth

Can’t trust the Ducks after what they did two years ago. Also 9-7 vs 7-8-1 isn’t exactly a huge disparity

So does anyone have some targets the Sabres could realistically go after and then extend if needed?