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He was a 14 overall that spent a good chunk of his career as a middle 6 player. I’d say he lived up to his selection.

But, I thought he wasn’t good enough for a playoff team? Good for you, Z.

And there is your next ex to win a cup.

The question shouldn’t be “are they better than last year”. It should be “are they better relative to the teams that they will be fighting for that 6-7-8 playoff spot”.

This hurts.

Too close to call. Our bottom 6 now has depth. Our top 6 is as thin as Canadian shield topsoil. Any injuries in the top 6 and this roster is severely lacking in players well suited to step up. And we are still 1 center short.

Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart. Boston would have found a way.

OK? And they’ve been successful ever since Drury and Briere left FFS. Maybe the Sabres need to model the Bruins instead of attempting to point and laugh. This is what an organization thst refuses to accept losing looks like.

I have questions.

I don’t know how any Sabres fan can mock Boston’s methods. They continue to emphasize winning and then….. win.

We got him? We got Jacob Bryson?

And Robinson.

Maybe Dunne on the 4th line situationally? Looks right as of 12:30 anyway.

We’re at deals for the Rochester team already? It’s not even 12:30 FFS

Not ready, or not widely seen as valuable commodities?

And I am with Wookie, that this on the precipice of becoming a nearly unbrealable cycle due to the piling up of errors since the Pegula’s bought the team.

I have this concern. Is KA refusing to move them, or is demand for them less than we believe?

I think Bryson actually has the skillset to play against NHL players. He’s not at all standout in any area, but he’s not sub NHL in general. Clague is the definition of not quite NHL talent. Bryson needs a team that is talented enough that his warts don’t show so readily. Ruhwedel found that team and had a nice career. Will be interesting to see if Bryson can find a similar fit.

Krebs is likely going to have to devote himself to becoming a shutdown forward to maintain an NHL career. Otherwise, he is Europe bound at the end of this contract.

Not surprising, and not upset about it at all. Still could see him scrounging out an NHL career ala Chad Ruhwedel.

Relative to the rest of the race field, the reliable truck is still in the back half.

Give it a week FFS

My suspicion is he becomes notably less gritty on a team without backup. Shades of Connor Clifton.

In the spirit of the ask, I’ll say deadline day. That is the day you learn whether the team is mailing it in, running with what they have, or going for it. After 14 years of watching the team sell at the deadline I get pretty ***** ornery at the happenings on deadline day. #2 is Free Agent day, for similar reasons, but there is still some level of inherent optimism because a fresh nee season is still yet to begin. Draft day is still a day of relative optimism. Shiny new toys that haven’t displayed their warts to us yet.

I don’t read it that way necessarily. If KA uses up alot of your time and energy buy won’t budge on demands to move a deal along, I could see GMs being less willing to work with him. Do I believe that Arizona willingly chose to accept less because Adams? No, I don’t.