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Until they line em up and end their career. If Stevens hit McDavid, McKinnon, or Matthews they’d be done.

Can’t keep everyone. It comes down to who is the right player. Byram or Power? IMO Byram is further along in his development and more well rounded.

It’s not about liking him. This is isn’t elementary school. What puck moving does he do? One no look pass highlight last year isn’t puck moving. Scouts have definitely been wrong before. At this point I’d rather get a guy who is a couple years older. Use that first overall status to land a guy that is a legitimate 3 or 4 and responsible. We have Dahlin and Byram. We don’t need Power. We need someone who is an asset now, not in three years maybe.

The Alex Tuch in the OP is the motivated and playing on a good team version. The Tuch we have is the skates big circles, misses the net, and occasionally does something useful. Is there a correlation? Yes. Is it excusable? Hell no. Is he a first liner on most teams? No Would he make a good third line defensive forward? I believe so.

If I’m wrong then I’m wrong and everyone wins in the end. 21 is not a child though. It’s old enough to be held accountable for actions to reinforce what right looks like. He’ll get more experience but I don’t see the top four defenseman everyone thinks he has inside him.

Only he’s not a child and he has played a lot in the last three years. NHLer for sure, just not a top four. Not sure why it’s hard to accept.

Power is not a top four dman. He continues to get sucked into chasing. He acts like the fourth forward too often then gets stuck down low. He does not demonstrate any vision for playmaking beyond basic awareness. Meaning he sees where everyone is at but does not seem able to anticipate how a play will develop. He’s an NHL caliber defenseman but not a top four. I was hopeful at one point. To get better KA needs to be realistic with what he has.

I didn’t select either option because neither will get the job done. We are so focused on ending the drought but we also don’t want 10 years of getting knocked out in the first round. A properly constructed team IMO would include: Peterka TBD TBD Benson Thompson Quinn Greenway Cozens Tuch TBD Krebs TBD Dahlin TBD TBD Byram Clifton R. Johnson UPL Levi

I would’ve thought your advice would be to let the hate flow through him 😂

Power is a quasi bust. Definitely an NHL caliber defenseman but more of five or six guy IMO. Slow, average offensive IQ, average puck handling. When Dahlin had his struggles you could tell there was another level. That is non existent with OP. Agreed there is a misperception of his talent and ceiling. If that hypothetical trade doesn’t happen soon his contract will be an issue.

At least Cozens appears to understand the fans’ point of view. Makes me wonder which players got their feelings hurt over the fire Donny chants. Really hoping Cozens has a rebound season next year. He’s not great at fighting but is one of only a couple willing to stick up for himself.

If you ever wondered what a line scrum between two extremely soft teams would look like. Both should be ashamed.

Gotta be honest, only three DMen I really want back next year are Dahlin, Byram, and R. Johnson.

Don’t worry. Most NHL players are not and will not be household names. It seems analysts and announcers sometimes talk about them as though they’re an integral part of their team. In reality they’re JAGs and a dime a dozen. Sabres have about 15 of them playing tonight 😂

A lot of non play by play talk during gameplay on the ESPN feed.

Now we can blame the loss in the reffing

At least he’s consistent in showing he’s a bottom six guy.

Clifton about to catch Krebs in goals scored 😂

Gotta have the right coach which means the right GM which means the right Pres of Hockey O…… never mind.

I’m definitely tuning into After the Whistle tomorrow.

Being phased out, maybe.

That Clifton goal was a snipe.

That goalie’s momma know he’s on the ice?

If your team has TNT and Tuch on the first line, your team isn’t making the playoffs. Not saying they’re bad but neither is a first liner in their positions.

I still don’t understand why we keep hiring unproven GMs and coaches. A team in this phase needs experience all around.