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Good article but 1 gripe. Hockey suck at talking about skating. Saying "Skinner skating is average at best" is just so lazy. Skinner has great edges and balance, he's not fast and that's what the writer means. It's the same ***** Pronman pulls. Not fast doesn't mean can't skate.

I mean this team is basically one giant buoy.

Tuch should be captain! Wait...

Drafting 1st overall doesn't really do it anymore huh?

He's played for 3 different teams in the last year and wants some stability. He has 2 kids and is divorced, his wife is from Minnesota, so idk why Buffalo but if he wants to be a 50pt guy again next year and support the kids, I am good with him.

The difference between pick 16 and 22 in the draft is minimal at best. That said, I still would have drafted Ohgren because he was a very different skillset compared to Östlund. Nathan Gaucher was taken 22 overall and he is in year 2 of the AHL. He has 6pts in 35 games. Idk if Östlund will make it, he isn't big enough or strong enough but the underlying skills (skating, handling, positioning, passing) are all there. Honestly if you flip Kulich and Östlund's order, it looks way better. Either way, Östlund probably has 2 more AHL years left before we need to worry about him and that's fine. If they trade him, so be it, if they don't maybe he pans out. All the players taken between Östlund and Kulich. People can decide for themselves which one's they like better.

That's fine if that's your argument but you said, he didn't "enough experience" and that's not true. You want to argue he isn't a good leader or what not, fine. But Rasmus Dahlin is a veteran NHL player at this point.

Dahlin has played 471 games over a 7yr NHL career to date.

No line rushes this morning because it was an optional skate. I would expect the exact same forward lines based on yesterday: Zucker-Cozens-Thompson Peterka-McLeod-Tuch Benson-Krebs-Quinn Malenstyn-Kozak-Lafferty Extra: Aube-Kubel My guess would be that Samuelsson would take Bryson's spot if he is ready to go. Dahlin-Byram Power-Jokiharju Bryson-Clifton Samuelsson-Gilbert

Good news: Carolina has lost games this year Bad news: they are one of the best possession teams in the league and give up almost nothing when playing defense Good news: puppies and beer exist

Lmfao. Yea our HoF defender lost to a HoF center. He doesn't do it several times a game. In fact he actually is excellent but you got him here, he got his pocket picked. Of course this play happens to every nhl defender at times but the difference is their teammates help. There's no mutual support on this team, it's a major problem. You know this play solely because it ended in a goal. I hope he gets traded. I can't imagine how good he'd be on a real team without Wilford coaching the defense.

Not every piece of media is created, produced, and targeted exclusively to you and your tastes. Food for thought.

My favorite part about this play is how Alex Tuch is not in position, Jokiharju is not in position, and I think Benson comes in late on Kopitar. Still, Dahlin needs to be better there.

Better question, why does Samuelsson still have an A or why does Cozens?

But what happened after that?

I see a poster who was wrong about a player they never wanted using any excuse to view that player negatively.

Patton couldn't lead this team.

This is the same argument that was used when Murray went all dumbass in 2015... and 2016... and 2017. If anyone from those 3 drafts outside of Mittelstadt had been truly good, the Sabres might still have Eichel and Reinhart and be a playoff team. God the 2014 draft was a ***** draft for Buffalo. The lag on drafts is 5-7 years sadly. You are right though, we shouldn't expect anyone to be drafted in june and to come save us. We need to trade assets we have for real NHL players.

You always need draft picks, the issue is we haven't added anything other than draft picks.

yea, I would guess it was about Östlund/Savoie/Rosen, maybe Helenius who this board still thinks of as small

Zach Benson at 5v5 compared to every forward on the Sabres... 1st in CF% 2nd in xGF% 6th in HD CF% (gotta work on that Zach) 5th in goals for per 60min I mean at 5v5 for a 19yr old, he's basically the best forward on the team not named Tage Thompson.

Actually we don't need to wait for it. Numbers show now that Benson is top 3-4 on this team for forwards and 2nd on the team in getting pucks to dangerous areas. Can't imagine poking fun at 19yr old Zach Benson when we should be thanking all the stars above he dropped to us in the draft.

I would bring him in to support Karmanos and ditch Forton but we know that won't happen. I fire Adams in this scenario as well.

Dahlin is tied for 3rd on the Sabres in points even though he has played the least amount of games. The losing streak encompasses 8 games I believe where Dahlin was out injured. Rasmus Dahlin is first on the Sabres in Cf%. He is 2nd on the Sabres in xGF%. 3rd on the Sabres in HD CF%. Dahlin is first on the Sabres defense in all these metrics, by quite a bit at times. Sure, take the C off his chest. I hope Rasmus Dahlin immediately demands a trade so I can watch him win a cup and Norris trophy somewhere else.