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If they can sign him to a 2-way, sure. I'd have Joker at 7th D. Either can slot for injuries as required.

The roster is going to need some significant upgrades in the offseason. Here's my take: --- Skinner - TT - Tuch (A) Quinn - Mitts - Cozens Greenway - Stephenson (C) - JJP JVR - Krebs - Robinson Dahlin (A) - Mule Power - OEL (A) RJ - Clifton Joker (7) UPL - Samsonov --- Sell: Oloffsson, EJ, KO, Girgs. Resign: Mitts (7x7), Joker (3x3), UPL (3x5), Krebs (3x4), Robinson (2x3). Minors: Benson, Levi. --- HC: Sullivan, Ruff, Brind'Amour, Berube. Demote DG to assistant.

Jesus. There is no hope folks. I'm gonna watch the PWHL. **** this garbage bottom feeder "hockey" team.

Ott, Kaleta, John Scott. My God we were bad then. 5 years of Tank (2012-2017). Then O'Reilly, Eichel, Reinhart, Kane, Bogo. Somehow more painful because we'd already been sucking. So pretty much the entirety of the Pegula Era. --- I think the Sabres are the most cursed sports franchise of all time.

7x7 years. Lock him up Kevyn. Don't make a mistake.

UPL kept us in the game there. So many boneheaded, lackadaisical plays made that I lost count watching the highlight reel. Cozens and EJ on the first Stars goal, Okposo and Power (on the second); all not knowing where they are or where they are supposed to be. TT, Skinner, Benson, Dahlin, and Cozens all making Oettinger's highlight reel shine with blocker saves. Not a good show by the swords.

I fixed it.

IMO, our best team next year would be: Skinner - TT - Tuch (A) Quinn - Mitts - Cozens Greenway - Stephenson (C) - JJP JVR - Krebs - Robinson Dahlin (A) - Mule Power - OEL (A) RJ - Clifton Joker (7) UPL - Samsonov

UFAs: 3/4 centres: - Monahan, Lindholm, Stephenson, Blueger, Novak. top 4D: - Ghost, Skjei, OEL, Hanifin, Gustafsson, Forsling, Tanev, Walker. 4th liners: - Sprong, JVR, Noesen, Clutterbuck, Foegele, Lafferty, Amadio. Goalies: - Samsonov, DeSmith. --- Trade options on Defense: - Chycrun, Paryako, Barrie, Savard. --- My favorite targets in bold.

This team lacks checking, grit, and presence. We need guys who can take hits, and more importantly, dish out punishment night after night. I like Xhejak, Zadorov, Clutterbuck, Jeannot, Aciarri, (dare I say) Lucic/Wilson type players. Some real mean m-fers. We have the offensive talent. What we need is to make other teams fear playing in our end and on the backcheck.

A Mitts signing would mark the end of the core building. - i.e Dahlin, Power, UPL, Levi, TT, Mitts, Cozens, Tuch, JJP. They must be frustrated after missing last year and sucking this year. A wild card finish is needed to get them team believing again. That will require the roster to be augmented significantly in the coming off-season.

Wouldn't we be better off with Thompson and Savoie? All three are scoring centres. Plus, Thompson is way lighter on the cap hit, and Drai will be a UFA.

TT trade is a hot take.. something tells me he doesn't want out just yet. Plus he's a total steal @ 7M. Methinks we would be kicking ourselves if we traded him now.

A proper roster for next year: --- Skinner - TT - Tuch Quinn - Mitts - JJP Greenway - Krebs - Cozens Robinson - Girgs - Rousek/Biro Dahlin - Mule Power - vet 4D RJ - Clifton Joker UPL - vet backup --- 🙏 One can dream 😔

Better: Peterka, Quinn, Benson, RJ. Playing with Heart. Better: Mitts. Stepping into his game. Better: Greenway. Stands up for teammates. -- Worse: Skinner. Does not play half of the ice. Worse: VO. Unnoticeable 75% of the time.

Here's my KA wishlist: 1) sign a top 4 NHL Dman (~3 years) Ghost, Forsling, Hanifin, OEL, Skjei, Gustafsson, Tanev, Walker, DeMelo, Chycrun, Montour. 2) sign a backup to UPL (~2 years). Samsonov, Jones, Nedeljkovic, DeSmith, Campbell, Talbot, Quick. 3) Resign Mitts for <$7M/6 years.

Might as well try him out first. Between him and Biro I figure they haven't had a proper crack at the NHL yet.

The Habs are practically begging for a scoring forward. We have tons (VO, Krebs, Biro, Rosen, Rousek, Kulich, Savoie, Östlund). They have 3 NHL goalies. We have only one in UPL. It'd be a perfect win-win if we moved an F or two for Xhejak & Primeau.

Krebs + Biro for Xhejak + Primeau. I like that because it puts pressure on the 7D spot, and the 1A/1B goalie spots. That would allow Levi to slide into Roch for the time being. ----- Say that trade happens: - Sign a UFA Dman (OEL, Forsling, Gustaffson, Walker, etc) in the offseason for term. - Sign two vet UFA forwards (Monahan, Clutterbuck, etc). Now we got something like: Skin - TT - Tuch Quinn - Mitts - Peterka Benson - Cozens - Rousek Greenway - Monahan - Clutterbuck Dahlin - Mule Power - OEL RJ - Clifton/Joker/Xhejak UPL - Primeau Levi in the Minors ---- I think that roster could crack the wildcard if our scoring comes back.

Top pending UFA goaltenders, sorted by games played. We need someone to backup for UPL. Levi needs to spend the entire upcoming season in Roch. Could also take a shot at Jake Allen/Cayden Primeau.

I think we should take a shot at Habs D Arber Xhekaj. He is a real tough m-fer and could bring the compete out of RJ/Joker/Clifton. Another option is Chycrun. Seems the Sens are entertaining offers and he is a solid NHL defenseman.

Here are some UFA defensemen to target this offseason, sorted by points. I sincerely hope KA has one of these guys in mind to replace EJ.

We have a lot of unproven, high caliber talent. Add in some veteran grinders on the 4th line and keep the 3rd open for who's-next. Pick up a top-4D and a bottom-4D, and a rental goalie with our top picks and prospects. Things might be sunnier than we are seeing this year.

Sign him 7Mx7yrs.

Bills Defense got chewed up in the 2nd half. Mahomes and Kelce had their way without much contest. Even with the fumble return and some key penalties, Bills couldn't finish the job. Close game, but the Chiefs showed why they are the hands-down best since Brady's Pats.