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Funny you used this phrase. Earlier today I had a long layover in Dallas on my way home. I’m at the bar of an airport restaurant and the guy next to me orders Buffalo style bonless wings and ranch dressing, and the exact phrase that immediately came to my mind was, an abomination against God. For both the boneless wings and the children’s dip he ordered with it.

Who?

It feels like scheme to me. They were consistently not aggressive with pressure on the puck, and often susceptible to cross ice plays down low.

Interesting. From where I sat, those teams were beloved during the run and after. The only bitterness I recall was bittersweet when we knew it was over. Once the immediate raw emotions of the loss ended, I don’t recall anger among the great majority. I think when the Sabres win one, the fanbase will canonize the entire team and staff.

The 4 consecutive super bowl years suggest otherwise.

That has some serious hard to play against vibes, and still allows for a fair amount of fire wagon hockey.

You can’t even get it write for other teams’ games. LOL

It would be interesting to get inside Krebs head regarding this. He had to surmise that with Tage and Cozens he’s a 3rd line center at best. Add in the Mitts wildcard and….. You have to know that bottom 6 isn’t what he aspired to. Does he have the confidence to go somewhere else and beat someone else for a top 6 role, or does he like the situation here and be happy with a needed role on a team that appears headed upward? Personally, I think if he chases a top 6 role he’ll be disappointed.

With the current state of the team, I actually find anything they might offer to likely be uninteresting. They aren’t going to lay out a plan for us, at least not in the kind of detail we’d want. They aren’t going to identify players they will move on from. I doubt they even suggest positions that are expected to be upgraded. Really, with absolutely no end of season drama, I’m expecting about 1 hr of platitudes we expect, and very little if any meat. It’ll be toast. Without Miss Emma’s marmalade.

Yeah, it is waaayyyyyy too soon to proclaim the goalie problem solved.

This smells truthy.

If Krebs is moved to fill a hole elsewhere, it is probably not because their mind was made up on him too early. You gotta give to get. If Krebs is moved to fill a hole elsewhere, it is probably not because their mind was made up on him too early. You gotta give to get.

Devon Levi is the maillard reaction we need. Unplug the toaster before sticking a knife in there.

It’s not a double standard for 3 kids who lack NHL experience. At least not for me. I perceive a difference in skill levels and ceiling. Quinn has 1st line talent. I’d say JJ is next in terms of talent and dynamic play, but he’s closer to Krebs than Quinn. When I agreed with SDSs post, it was to acknowledge that Krebs right now is 3rd out of the 3 kids, and there are quite likely 2 more kids with more talent and dynamic play that are breathing down Krebs neck. That isn’t criticism of Krebs game. Its just one fan’s analysis of the pecking order. If he differentiates himself from the others with 2 way play and a more bottom 6 related game and carves a niche here, I’m all for it. But those guys are easier to find and makes his spot on the roster more tenuous.

He has the kind of skating that keeps a player relevant well past the careers of most. As lo g as he doesn’t succumb to lower body injuries I think he’ll be able to play ad long as he is willing to adapt his game.

I would be genuinely shocked if it turned out any other way.

Apparently I don’t contribute anything, so you set the bar low.

I think this is stated more harshly than I would state it, but I can’t really disagree with it either. Of the young forwards we have, he is probably most at risk of being supplanted.

I suspect I have a higher opinion of Stillman than most. I really like what I’ve seen of him. Really solid under the radar pick up IMO.

Yesterday I mentioned that Mitts may be the Sharpe we thought Sam might become. Not sure which thread. So we had the same line of thought

Hasn’t he scored every time he’s been back into the lineup after a break? Seems like he needs the reset.

Have you guys seen this lineup? Looks like the last preseason game.

I think Power was as impressive, but in a different way. He was so smooth and steady, whereas Dahlin was chaos. I can imagine these two in a couple years being out together in the late stages of a game that matters, just dominating the ice in different ways.

I’m assuming they promised the kid X number of games.