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Not gonna lie. This feels pretty good. Feels like a team came together to give some comeuppance to a guy that was keeping them from coming together. Too bad we lost Sam in the process of moving on from Jack.

Dylan Cozens with a very Peca-esque open ice obliteration of Jack, middle of the 1st period. Jack goes off for observation and doesn’t return to the game. Jack plays the next game with a Rick Vaive horse collar, Cozens is fined $5k for the hit. Half the fan base in Buffalo buys Cozens jerseys on Saturday.

Where is Krebs? I can’t find him anywhere? If only someone could point him out to me…

Sounds to me like a coach that undervalues mentors.

We’ve seen essentially that roster already. It wins 1 out of 4 games.

He quoted me.

Got it. Thx. I agree it is a huge risk to bring in an inexperienced head coach when the franchise is at such a low point. The hope that does exist has to be quite tenuous at this point.

Never occurred to me. Definitely should have.

If only there wasn’t an entire continuum between Eric Staal and waiting for all inexperienced lineup.

Define rushing. We have a critical mass of kids already. It’s not rushing to bring in a handful of good vets and begin showing them what it takes to win next season.

If this turns into a long-ish war you can kiss last years draft goodbye.

I’m not sure of what you are getting at with this. Elaborate please?

And shiny new toy syndrome.

I don’t know how anyone can form a firm opinion of Donny G as a coach when we’ve never seen him operate in an expectation of winning environment. Im not on board with not blocking the kids and not prioritizing wins, but that’s Donny Gs marching orders. It definitely sets up a how-can-you-evaluate-him-as-coach scenario, though.

Oh man. Gotta be Zemgus, right? He’s the elder statesman of the tank era. And how about angry Larry?

And PAs contention is that coaching is one of the deficiencies.

Oh damn. That is an awful day. So sorry to hear.

Good luck. Fortunately, modern trauma treatment is amazing.

Like that’s ever stopped the Sabres. We had a pretty good run of trading captains while they were captain.

I'm going for the longevity pick. Craig Ramsay.

That’s about as narrow an interpretation as you could make.

Yes please. Hockey trades AND weaponized cap space. I know, right? It moved.

I guess I am blissfully ignorant of this. What is the storyline? Or dare I say, narrative?

Me either. That’s a piece of trivia I never knew.

There is a date where the players will need to be on Rochester’s roster, but it can be a paper move and they can be put right back on Buffalo’s roster immediately after and remain there until season end. As long as they are on the Amerks roster on that date they are eligible for AHL playoffs. I don’t recall the exact date.