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Eakin gambled and lost on the draw. Carter won it and immediately attacked. Okposo was not prepared for losing the draw and failed to cover Carter. Letang immediately attacked and threaded a beautiful pass across. Jokiharju failed to block it. Carter perfectly timed his redirect. Subban failed to stop it. Like most goals (and scoring chances), plenty of blame and credit to go around.

Maurice always comes across very well and is a career coach. Couldn't have been an easy decision. Few people are wise of enough to recognize when it must be made, or privileged enough to be in a situation to make it.

Pretty much every Sabre on the ice, including Dahlin could have played that McGinn goal better. But singling out Dahlin for a goal that pinballed off two players directly on to a 3rd player’s stick off an original shot taken by a man that 2 backcheckers failed to pick up, while Thompson and Skinner were both closer to the goalscorer, and Subban is sliding out of his net and into the corner is exactly the kind of irrational finger-pointing I’m talking about. https://www.nhl.com/video/mcginn-finally-puts-puck-home/t-326244582/c-9939113 Watch how fast that play unfolds in real time, then watch the slo-mo and how perfectly the puck bounces for the Pens.

Loved his reaction to tying it up last night. He cares. There is nothing more that I want to see this year than him giving a big middle finger to the irrational hatred.

Dougie? 😜

He’s off the COVId list. Practicing in Buffalo to “get in shape”

Leafs, with the Bruins right behind

Thank you! Mentioned it immediately to my daughter in the moment. Its been a long time since we’ve seen that kind of swagger in a Sabre not named Eichel. Even with Jack, the losing often seemed to beat it out of him. In my view it’s what Dahlin needs. Quinn has it. From what I’ve seen of Power, he has it too.

I would expect Power’s journey to be similar to Dallin’s and most highly drafted defencemen - a good but flawed NHL defenceman at 20 trending toward elite status by his mid-20s.

Tonight we take down Sullivan.

Work hard ✅ Develop the kids ✅ Entertain me ✅ And nice of them to add a win as well 🍺

Pretty sure he is. He's the son of NJ GM Tom.

A handful of people are clamouring for a more Bruin approach to hockey. On the ice, Casey is a Masshole to the core. And I mean that in the most complementary way.

If I was a GM of a contender in the market for a depth player of their type I would pay a: 3rd for Miller 3rd or 4th for Hagg, Pysyk or a healthy Anderson 4th or 5th for Hinostroza, Eakin, Butcher or Caggiula Miller will be moved for sure. Adams will move any of the others if there is a market, but there is no guarantee there will be. Don't sleep on Olofsson if someone makes a juicy offer. His cap hit is small for a top six winger and the extra year of control will have strong appeal.

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You're calculating the starting 13. Adams will be looking a little deeper than that for depth — competition, injuries etc. I think it's likely he (re-)signs/acquires/promotes ~5 people to replace his departing UFAs. Personally, I would be surprised if any are better than a Hinostroza level How Adams uses his considerable cap space will be interesting. And your numbers show he will have to spend some money in order to reach the floor. He can certainly afford a top-4 RHD and a competent goalie. I don't foresee an internal cap, but they won't spend just because they can.

FYI, if the season ended today, the Sabres would be picking: 4, 19, 30, 36.

Yes. I hope that's the kind of expectation the majority of the fan base has for him.

There are 5 spots available next year, right now barring any moves. OUT: Eakin, Hinostroza, Hayden, Caggiula, Jankowski, Tuch gets one of them. Murray, Quinn, Peterka Krebs and R2 are in the mix for the other 4. We might add/retain 1 or 2 bottom-sixers, but I doubt we make another Tuch-level commitment.

A more likely outcome is the Kyle Okposo of this season. Tuch's best season is 20 goals and 32 assists. 18 goals and 36 assists is what Kyle is pacing for this year. The level of toughness and hard work is similar.

I wish Sabre fans would show some restraint for Tuch the same way they are for Owen Power. Guy is going to be a very nice piece, but I get the sense some people are anticipating the 2nd coming of Mike Foligno. He is not going to score 30 and he’s not going to beat people up.

There’s no way he can maintain a sub-2.00 GAA and a S% of nearly .940. The big test will be rebounding from the games that don’t go his way and not allowing them to turn into streaks.

Starting next year we will have following between the ages of 20-24 available to start the season: Thompson, Bryson, Asplund, Murray, Mittelstadt, Lukkonnen, Jokiharju, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Portillo, Krebs, Cozens, Johnson, Quinn, Levi, Peterka Coming behind them are: 6 1st rounders and 6 2nd rounders between the ages of 17 and 19, including one and very likely 2 top 10 picks. We don't know what any of them will become, but Adams has bet his job on them becoming something.

Mule sure didn’t play like he was wanted to get called up tonight. Very lethargic effort with some Dahlin-like moments of nonchalance. If I found out tomorrow he’s been sharing water bottles with Quinn it wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Worst game I’ve seen him play.

We don't care. We want our Mule. Also, I wonder if Fitzgerald gets the call. I expect he will at some point this year, he's a righty, and they have a better feel for what Mule can do at the NHL level.