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Ya, I watch almost no western conference games so I can't relate. Everyone is questioning JJP's defensive game, but what about his forechecking? That's just as important in tipping the ice in our direction and I don't consider him a real grinder at all. Samson does well enough in that, maybe JJP gets better?

I can't decide if he is more like Samson Reinhardt or Mitch Marner. Neither are very physical, but Samson is clutch, is the definition of grace under pressure while Marner seemed to disappear in playoffs. JJP is sure not like Benson, Braydon Point or Kucherov. After watching the playoffs I wonder if him or Quinn would be the type of players you want in a playoff round. I dunno, maybe he is like Samson. Or maybe they just get run over by physical teams. Both are good skating, open ice, score from some distance away from net players, imo.

They might be a couple of Mitch Marners.

Boo

That should count! Give Seth his damn goal!! The man is on a mission

The wheels have fallen off the Toronto wagon

Hope its a good game. I bet Samson is in on winning goal 👍

Benson, Kulick, Quinn and JJP all babies still. Best years ahead of them, but growing pains still ahead. Watching Florida and Carolina play you see how their forwards are defense first and then make the big plays in key moments. Have to work towards that. Hopefully they take a step forward next year to at least end the draught

Too young?

How do you feel about the group of forwards we currently have?

I’d be happy to see a 7th game, but it’s the Leafs, wouldn’t surprise me if they blow this lead

1-0 Leafs Soft goal?

Well, they finally got a shot this period

Very interesting article! I just finished reading an article about the Caps season and how they surprised so many people--themselves included--by doing so well. The Caps did it with a coach who was not an inside guy at all, Spencer Carbury. He seems like a great coach and he sure got great results. Tocchet is one of the Orange Boys for sure. Reminds me of the Sabres going with Ruff, in a way. What the article above takes umbrage with is the timeline on winning. Brier and Jones want to win now but the author thinks the Flyers are years away from competing seriously. The Flyers, like many teams, don't have a good goalie. The Caps found two good goalies somehow so maybe they Flyers do also, but I agree with the writer that Tochett is probably the wrong way to go. Brier went with someone he knows. I like our Sabres situation more than the Flyers situation. If this is Ruff's last season I sure hope we reach out to a Carbury type rather than a Tochett type of coach. But, Brindamour is an inside guy, and has his team playing super great.

Yes, we are like a farm team. This time let's hold onto our players and HOPE they turn into a mature team. If these guys we have now averaged 29 years old, and the Florida team now was only 24 on average, who do you think would be the better team?

What do you want them to do? I'm just saying this young core should be given time to grow basically. If we had stayed with Jack and Samson (and Ullmark) it would have worked out better, imo

Oh ya, that could derail everything. I'd guess UPL was overwhelmed with a full season as starter. Hopefully him and Levi splitting duties increases competition while relieving some strain and we get decent goaltending while the group, which is maturing, limits shot attempts. Florida and Carolina just play such super team defense. Can our Sabres move more in that direction? I'd like to think they did late in season. And with another year of experience as a group hopefully that continues. I think everyone can agree they looked young, scattered brained and panicked early last season while blowing all those leads, but later they started to handle that much better.

I'm sure his agent already has a potential contract written up that specifically states Buffalo is a team he will not be traded to. I'd love it, but doubt he comes here.

To a cup? If we are lucky. Maybe next season a trip to the playoffs where this group has zero experience in, so I'd be surprised if they won a series against a team with playoff experience. The season after that maybe a nice playoff run. After that who knows. So I'd say this group is at least four years away from a legit shot at the Cup. I do not see how that timeline gets accelerated much. But I am wrong a lot, so ...

They are a young team. Young teams don't win in NHL. The average team winning the cup is like five years older than the current Sabres team. Why are there so many Sabres throw aways in the league doing pretty well? Because they were discarded when young. Heck, many people want to throw away Power and Benson just like many people were yelping to get rid of no good Dahlin a few years ago. Or how getting rid of Samson and Jack would change the mind set of the team or whatever. Just buckle up, sit back and let this core get more experience and add and subtract on a moderate basis and hope this group matures into a good team. For the love of God though, do not blow up the team again

Will Leafs score again this series?

Samson is so awesome

Boom! Samson with an 🍎

Yup, two idiots yammering at each other have just as much right to free speech as anyone else

🏝️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/05/13/douglas-cifu-florida-panthers-social-media-suspended/ The NHL suspended Florida Panthers minority owner Douglas Cifu following comments he made Sunday on social media. Cifu posted the offending messages on X during a spat with a Maple Leafs fan after the Panthers defeated Toronto in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The fan opened the back-and-forth by commenting on several high hits by Panthers players against the Maple Leafs and then invoked the Israel-Gaza war. Cifu had displayed five Israeli flags in the bio of his X account. “Hey what’s worse, using headshots to win a series or using starvation as a weapon to win a war?” the user wrote. In response, Cifu called the Toronto fan a “whiny dope,” later posting, “Eat s--- 51st state anti semite loser,” an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s comments in recent months that he wants to see the United States add Canada as its 51st state. The posts were deleted soon after, and Cifu’s X account has been deactivated. The NHL on Monday suspended Cifu from any involvement with the team or the league. “The NHL has concluded that Mr. Cifu’s X posts were unacceptable and inappropriate,” the NHL said in a statement, which was first reported by the Toronto Sun. “As a result, Mr. Cifu has been suspended indefinitely from any involvement with the Club and the NHL. An in-person meeting will be scheduled with Mr. Cifu and the Commissioner at a date to be determined.”