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Just my opinion on the power play. TT is obviously a threat with his one timer from the left half wall/faceoff circle. Dahlin is the quarterback at the point. To me the question is what other three fill what other roles. Id like to see Tuch stay between the slot and crease. He can screen or move out for a slot one timer. Norris can be the behind the net guy. His primary outlets are TT on the left half wall or Tuch in front. Byram fills the right point and dare I say Quinn on the right half wall. They present secondary shooting/outlet options and are dangerous enough to warrant coverage. Scheme: Use Byram, Norris , and Quinn to spread out defenders. This opens passing lanes to the primary shooters, TT and Dahlin. Tuch stays mobile by moving from crease to high slot and back. As he moves out Norris slides to top of the crease. As Tuch moves down Norris goes behind the net. You maintain a net front screen/tip potential. Half wall guys (TT and Quinn) carry the puck high or low on the walls. Point and Norris are their outlets. Center of Gravity: Puck movement high and player movement low. Defenders have to choose one to focus on. Make defenders open their box to open passing lanes. Primary Result: TT one timer with a Tuch screen. A Tuch one timer from the mid to high slot with Norris screening or looking for a rebound. Secondary Result: Dahlin shot from the point with a Tuch screen, Norris on the rebound. Or a Quinn one timer on a Tuch screen.

That got real dark real quick 😂

When you hit the jackpot the first time there’s no need to keep playing the lottery.

I dunno. My mom says I’m the best son ever. Kind of elite if you ask me.

Theres probably open source information on the phone question. In depth might not be appropriate for this site. I dunno.

My lowest point is coming to accept the inevitable mediocrity. Yes I want this team to make the playoffs but when fandom meets reality, reality wins. Looking forward to Sabres hockey. Here’s hoping that many improbabilities occur for this roster to break the drought. I blame the players but not solely. Agree about Tuch. Agree on TP and I hope you outlast garbage ownership. You will!

Girgensons did show flashes of offensive upside in his first couple years. Benson has too. Unless he’s putting up 20 goals in the top six he can stay on the third line. Third liners aren’t bad players and he brings energy along with some offensive capabilities. When he’s 23-24 we’ll know better if he is a top six guy.

Wars on won on the ground. Aerial superiority is a nice to have but still doesn't guarantee victory and neither side possesses that superiority. Russia has the planes and Ukraine has the drones. I do not think any NATO ground operation(s) would be contained to the current theatre of operations.

Ok I’ll tie this into the Benson thread. I don’t understand how anyone who complains about the last 14 years wants a 5’9” twenty year old in the top six.

Dahlin, TT, Tuch, and Byram need to have good seasons or there’s nobody at the helm. Benson and Quinn need to produce consistently throughout the season….for once. Kesserling and Norris have to be what we hope they will or we are in trouble at the 1C and 4D positions. Not ideal. Krebs and Greenway just need to keep doing what the have been doing. Zucker and McLeod need to produce like they did last year. So most important IMO: Dahlin, TT, Tuch, Quinn, Kesserling, Greenway.

I think it matters. Those are some big boys. Then again if they don’t use their size to the fullest extent then that sucks. Not going down that rabbit hole about you know who. I don’t get too much into the pipeline guys but from what I’ve read on here we can expect good things.

Yeah this is probably the most boring time. Baseball is cool but no MLB Buffalo team to root for. Not much Sabres news. Preseason football is ok.

Nobody is disputing Benson’s work ethic. He just doesn’t strike everyone as a significant offensive threat. Now 23 year old Benson is a different story. KA sucks so I get the pro top six group being in favor of Benson in that role. Probably unlikely KA gets an established veteran to replace JJ. Everyone else sees it as a situation where we are promoting a guy who on a really good team would likely not be in the top six for another couple years. Therefore his promotion might be a sign of another year the roster still sucks.

Sabres fans: this team needs to get older. Also Sabres fans: Benson should be in the top six. Sabres fans: we need to replace JJ’s scoring. Also Sabres fans: Benson should be in the top six.

If we’re talking about 23-25 year old Benson I’d go with option 1.

Zucker Norris TNT Quinn Kulich Tuch Greenway McLeod Benson Malenstyn Krebs Doan Dahlin Byram Power Kesselring Timmins Samuelsson

Well let me tell you somethin brother!!!

Show me someone who hasn’t messed up hard a couple times in their life and I’ll show you a liar who just wasn’t caught. RIP Hulkster. Loved wrestling until they got to the PG era. As imperfect as he was, Hogan is a childhood hero to a lot people around the world.

To what extent can the league get involved?

Gonna try to make the VGK or SJS games in the Spring.

As the cap goes up this becomes more and more friendly. If we gotta trade him at the 2026-2027 deadline his salary really shouldn’t be a limiting factor on the return. This team better not screw this season up.

To the quoted Tweet: I think acquiring Kesselring and resigning Byram is a good start, defensively, to show Dahlin something. Offensively they still need a top six forward.

Dahlin Byram Power Kesselring Timmins Muel Johnson Unless this defense goes sideways, no excuse for UPL having a bad SV%.

Probably not. I do t think the Trump administration fully regains support after this. Social media such as Bongino’s FB page look split in the comments.

If Trump is on the alleged list then so be it. The public and the kids deserve to have this entirely exposed. There’s a conspiracy theory that doing so would cripple civilization or something. In my opinion that’s a narcissistic and unrealistic view of what exposure would do. The fact Russiagate and 2020 election are still being brought up but Epstein is getting buried is insane. The supposed victim of those two conspiracies is a grown man, the Epstein conspiracy victimized children.