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Leafs goaltending is so unpredictable and their defense is pretty bad...I have no doubt they;d trade their defense for our defense straight up in a heartbeat. Our's has potential which theirs doesn't. They play the Peg tonight should be another big test for them...

All is not doom and gloom although that is what it appears to be on here right now...Granto has this team getting better leaps and bounds and each individual player is clearly improving in every aspect of the game and this clearly is a work in progress... Boston is playing very well right now and if not for goaltending we may have won this game. I have no doubt Boston were impressed with the diference in the Sabres. We are not going to win every game here on out and we are playing teams that are the elite of our division thus I see no reason to suddenly jump off the bandwagon. I am on and I like what we are seeing. If Rask hadn;t stopped that crazy save on Dylan in the 1st things may have gone differently. Either way it's all good...they keep improving and showing that what we've seen is no fluke. Gives hope and hope is a really good thing about now considering we had none just a while back before DG...

Guess Torts has forgotten Laine now it is Domi... https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tortorella-doghouse-update-max-domi-healthy-scratched-after-multiple-in-game-outbursts-172710498.html

totally agree...it seems to me that Pittsburg were just shooting for the sake of shooting and while they had quantity of shots they sure did not have quality of shots. Having said that it sure is a feel good story for him and for the team.

Interesting to see the Laughs suddenly unable to win after al their big moves...they seem to be getting frustrated but that knee hit on Hyman by Vancouver's Elder was a nasty piece of work...meanwhile Wilson is at it again (no penalty)

Gotta think that another losing year is weighing on him. Furthermore, it does not seem to matter what he does or how consistent he is leading the team in scoring and missing very few games yet there are still many that are dying to trade the guy. he has been through a lot here and has not "rocked the boat" ala ROR he has just carried on playing well and scoring. And we al know that many including the press think he is not physical enough and I am sure he is tired of hearing the same old questions about another losing season. I love Sam and hope we do not trade him...

we are letting Ullmark go then?

I am hopeful we can secure an actual NHL goalie before the expansion draft

even with 2 goals in 2 games they can have him...and Boston is known to trade before signing players to huge contracts and I doubt Hall will get 5X$6mil or anything close from the B's (or anyone else for that matter). I'll be curious to see if anybody signs him unless he takes far less both in term & money

funny I do think the team would miss him in the room and on the ice...maybe he could become an assistant coach? And yes freeing up salary to sign Sam and Dahlin would be great. I still see and hear some wanting to trade Sam but al the guy does is play every year mostly injury free and quietly puts up nice numbers. I look to sign him for 5 years at $5 to 6mil? That would be great!

could we not put Kyle on long-term disabled if he has a concussion the way other teams do to get rid of salary off the books? Does he not have just one more year after this? If we could get rid of his salary that would really help moving forward (and yes please buy out Eakin)

speaking of injuries HNIC has posted that Kyle O has yet another concussion. Poor guy tries so hard. Maybe this time is THE time to hang them up? Of course we said that last year too and he keeps coming back. Such a great competitor who truly loves the sport...

KA is starting to look like a genius in this trade...clearly it would seem that this Bjork is a darn fine hockey player and if this can continue a far better fit and of far more use then Lazar. I really do not care about Hall as losing him has made the team better (just as losing Staal did too).

Whoever we draft this year I hope there is size involved...nastiness would be most welcome as well. I really like how the team is playing now but clearly we need to get bigger and nastier and that should be a priority no? Miss having Deslauriers who last I checked was leading league in fights. Much prefer him on the 4th then Reider or whoever...

agreed agreed agreed and then kinda agreed...not sure we are "easily" in playoffs but for sure there is all kinds of cause for hope now. The team is day and night from how it was under Ralphie and one cannot help but think Granato deserves a full year with a full team to see how they fair. If they continue to improve as they have thus far there is without doubt cause for optimism which was not there scant weeks ago...

I kinda feel that the team's season began after firing RK...and considering they are without Jack, McCabe and Borgen they have faired really well. The difference and improvement has been refreshing and gives hope. I do wonder if bringing in a new coach who is more of a "badass" may end up again hurting the team's (and Dahlin's) progress? They seem comfortable and inspired playing for Granato...

true enough...we don't have anybody you could take a run at Hall..other then Risto who will if given the chance anyways

Not sure how "fair" it is to judge TG as coach when he is missing Jack, McCabe and Borgen who obviously were all a huge part of the team moving forward. From what I understand we are playing mostly playoff teams (Washington Pittsburg Boston & islanders) coming up so we'll see how the team makes out...should be interesting

My thinking is Lazar will fit right in with Boston and do well...I am very curious to see how Hall makes out with better support round him. I truly thought he looked finished and not anywhere near the player he was even a few years back but I guess his time with Boston will show us either way. How ironic we play them tonight! I dread Hall scoring two goals and hot-dogging in the process with a "see I am better then you saw and it was all your fault" attitude to the Sabres

no doubt he will do fine with Florida...

that in itself speaks volumes...

Probably just a case of other teams seeing us giving away Hall & Lazar and Montour and hoping we'll take a 7th for Mitts (which we may still do by days end)

to be truthful Jack is in his prime and if KA is to continue selling and adding mediocre pieces at best to the lineup (Riley Sheehan Reider etc) then it probbaly is best to trade Jack now then to wait til his value drops too. Mind you if what we have seen to this point is what we can expect from KA in future trades we are in real big trouble! We are starting to look quite good as a team and the real test is this summer for KA and whether we lose Linus then we need both a 1 & 2 goalie and a 2nd line center...we'll see how that plays out

find it hard to believe Lazar would say that...seems to me not too long ago no one wanted him and we help to ressurrect his career by signing him. You will not make many friends around the NHL trash talking like that

soooooooooooo...clearly Linus is as good as gone. Guess it'll be Hutton and whoever tending goal next year. And we wonder why the league laughs at us and clearly does not take us very serious. Can hardly wait until next year...