Brawndo

Benson on the top line

Congrats on the Packers Win, the hangover is worth it

He has been playing better and deserves to be the starter. The problem is Levi will have gone a minimum of seven days been playing a game, assuming UPL finishes today, he should have gotten one or both of the Amerks in Charlotte over the weekend

UPL in net

Terry Ryan who plays Ted Hitchcock in Shoresy played in an ECHL Game for the Newfoundland Growlers over the week at age 47. He was selected 8th overall by Montreal in 1995

Lingering Upper Body Injury from lifting this

Agreed this generation of players seems to be different, although there will always be a few outliers who play on the edge such as Jacob Trouba. NHLPA announced a Players Mental Initiative this week, there seems to be a different approach being taken

Samuelsson out for the game

Dahlin is back

Two Sabres Defenseman out with hits to the head

Dahlin to the room

Maybe not

That counts

No goal

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I love Zach Benson

I did not say it was not a clean hit. I do wonder how much longer it will be. My Preceptor during residency was one of the Sabres Team Doctors and I did the physicals for NHL Combine for six years so I have spent a lot of time around NHL Medical Personnel. I have seen current players at the time going through concussion protocol and retired ones with presumed CTE, so I have a different perspective on certain types of hits. One of the biggest concerns facing the league is concerns about concussions and head injuries and the best way to prevent them. Checking particularly open ice hits has been a topic of debate and the concussion lawsuit against the league necessitated this Elliott Friedman and Jeff Marek even mentioned on one of their podcasts they could see a future for the league where checking is eliminated. The league knows it cannot completely eliminate head injuries and concussions, but there is some growing traction that eliminating open ice checking would help reduce this. And for every person that says they will stop watching the NHL if certain types of checking are eliminated, the NHL really isn’t marketing to them. Their commercial and social media campaigns are highlighting youth, skill and scoring Besides there is always the NOSHO.

Bills Game moved to Monday at 4:30

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