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I'm curious as to why you think he is not soft. My expectations for Power are fairly low when it comes to physical play, but he almost looks like he is allergic to touching other players. To be clear, I don't expect Power to run guys through the boards. But to be an even marginal defenseman in the NHL, you have to clear forwards from the front of the net, and use your body to position opponents off along the boards or in the slot (e.g. Tallinder or Smehlik). Power struggles mightily with this, and has been caught numerous times "reaching" and being solely focused on the puck, when he should be playing the body. What have you seen that would refute this? And I'm asking this respectfully, because maybe I'm just missing something. I admittedly come from a different age of hockey, where if you didn't play the body as a defenseman, it was heresy. But I would even think in this modern age, you would still have to make some attempt, no? I understand that this could all change, and this part of his game could develop, but ignoring this aspect of his current play would be unwise and could indicate a shortcoming.

I get that, but people talk about Paula’s like some Buffalo institution every time I return, and it almost gaslights me into thinking I was left out of some hidden trend. Not to hijack things, but I always found cultural differences between Southtowns and Northtowns fascinating. There are numerous things that are popular in the Southtowns, that a Northtown gent like myself didn’t even know existed. I kinda thought Paula’s might be like that, and I just wasn’t “with it” back in the 80’s and 90’s to know it was there. Same with Bar Bill.

Very true, but the whole blue cheese vs ranch is dumb quite frankly.

When did Paula’s donuts rise to fame? I’ve never heard of them. I only remember dickies or various other mom and pop donut shops (like Jett donuts, etc.)

Yeah, this wasn’t a thing 20+ years ago. That being said, I also don’t remember even having a choice.

Randy Wood is dandy good.

This is a total disaster

Holy crap….Cozens! Are you hurt or something?!

He's one of my all-time favorite Sabres! He proves that talent isn't only measured in goals and assists.

I feel like part of me is gone

Agree with all these, except I really liked Turgeon. But getting LaFontaine was a major coup. As others have noted, the Satan trade was an underrated highway robbery.

My people are still saying to expect big things from Alexei Tezikov!

Mr. Shooting Percentage himself.

Hopefully the first thing we announce is the Dahlin extension.

This is a top 5 kid. He slipped cause of size. Happy the Sabres avoiding that stupidity. Skill is skill.

They are still selling all that stuff, and promoting special causes, just not wearing jerseys during warm-up.

The Punch Up in Piestany is an incident from 1987 WJC. Long story short, Turgeon sat on the bench during the brawl.

It’s debatable that Bure and Federov were better. Did you ever watch Mogilny at his peak? He was unstoppable. I even think Federov said Mogilny was better in an interview. Mike Vernon? Tom Barrasso? They should not be in over Mogilny. Thought Turgeon might be blackballed over “ Punch Up” fiasco.

Hockey Guy is great!

Yeah, in retrospect, those puppets were very strange.

Let them laugh then. They are the ones trying to spin off their mediocrity. Hart is worth a roll of the dice, but nobody is giving up much. A high second rounder in a deep draft is more than adequate, with an average young goalie (UPL) going back.

If I were Adams, I’d hang up the phone immediately and never do business with Briere ever again. That is a laughable request. I guess UPL, Bryson, and our second could secure us Jiricek +?

Not trying to nitpick here, but adding to your point. How about the hitting of defensemen during the forecheck when the puck is gone during the "grace period"? I think this is a legitimate gray area where the Sabres need to pick up the aggression, especially if they make the playoffs. Finishing your check in this manner leads to turnovers galore, and is equally important as hitting somebody with the puck to get possession. Maybe Adams is equating these things, but by the way the Sabres play, I have my doubts. In '99, we employed this strategy against Ray Bourque to great effect. We pounded him into oblivion and he coughed up the puck fairly consistently cause he knew he was going to get punished repeatedly. Similarly, there is a highlight from '93 that illustrates this perfectly when Bourque saw May coming, panicked, and coughed it up to Mogilny for a goal.