DarthEbriate

Too young to begin the training be in the A (minus a conditioning stint). Hopefully, he remains motivated on the end goal even if he spends his season in the 'natch'.

Work ethic sneaky picks in order of likelihood: Rousek, Benson, or Savoie.

Dangnabbit. I want my 65+% of snaps played and incompetent Jets QB play leading to a 5-12 season.

A firestarter and sparkplug. I also see him playing 3C more than 4C in terms of 5-on-5 minutes. If he can stengthen up his shot and confidence with it, and get closer to 15 goals this year, then he'll be a very dangerous player on his next contract.

Exactly my point; Adams saved money on Tage and Cozens by nabbing them before they had put 2 consecutive seasons together. Good for him. He'll have no such luck with Dahlin. And Power could be bridged, but the longer you delay the more you pay. The team will be a cap ceiling team next year. Every $500k is going to be important for the middle/bottom of the roster moving forward. Power's agent wouldn't be worth his salt if he let a like player (with 40 more PPM) sign for more than his #1 pick. Plus, Power is taller.

5 days. We've got hockey this week!

This is why you don't wait to sign your top youngsters. Set the market or pay the consequences. (Edit: granted, for an 8-year deal it was likely going to be $8M minimum. But now you figure Power can ask 9.)

It won’t be this season, but I still believe by the back half of their contracts, Cozens is the top all-zones center and Tage is the amazing, offensive zone dynamo who demands your best defensemen and checking line, much to our collective delight. Mitts is the logical top6/Quinn replacement. It means Mitts could be in line for a $6-7M contract in 2024. I think if JJP remains on his left the RW is an open rotation as many as 10 games into the season. Greenway, VO, Mitts, Rousek, Savoie/Benson/Kulich (however unlikely), and even Okposo. Why could KO be possible? The board work and defensive mindset paired with a much stronger all around 3rd line featuring Mitts/Greenway.

Between .907 and .918. For this offense, that’s something around 27-13-5. But will they schedule him to play more than 45 games? Will they need to?

Waived. If unclaimed, a promise to be on speed dial to any other GM who loses a goalie long term. And until that trade insurance against injury. Or I suppose poor play by Levi but I don’t see him playing badly enough to warrant a demotion.

Haven’t been in awhile…. Dragon Con is still a damn fun time.

Stillman will be fine as a 7/8. The key is not simultaneously losing more than 1 of Dahlin, Power, Muel, or Clifton for significant stretches (10+ games at a time or more). Once that happens, the depth such as the Sabres have it, will be strained beyond comfort. But it would then provide opportunity for a Johnson type.

For me it’s the Sens and that is based on the goalie tandem. I simply trust Korpisalo and Forsberg over 82 games more than Husso/Reimer/Lyon and Levi/whatever sub.900 guy the Sabres are going to roll for 25-35 games.

Both Svobodas Petr ended their NHL careers in 2001. Of course, the real Svoboda started in 1984. The other played 1-2 seasons.

It does curdle and clot up the milk a bit. But... it's definitely way more on the pickle end of the spectrum than a cucumber in a spoiled milk or... I guess the far end of the spectrum would be like cucumbers in yogurt (tzatziki). It's definitely not suited to everyone's palate. For example, I love this dish, but a very similar approach of creamy pickled herring? Completely disgusting!

40+ Playoff Games is a category today. Thinking back to the late '90s... who's a Philly player with a cool name? Boom. Petr Svoboda. And just as I tap submit, I see it: another Petr Svoboda. Incorrect! Story of my life: selecting the wrong Svoboda.

That's just it. He could have a bounce back season with Anaheim or he may simply look better in comparison to the rest of them. It only takes one playoff team to think he's the injury replacement they desperately need to rent for a run to get a 2nd.

My granny had two variations on the quick pickled cucumber, a sugar-based one I wasn't as keen on, and this one -- cucumber, shaved onion, salt, vinegar, and cream. Nowadays, I peel maybe 4 strips off the cucumber so I get a green-white-green, then slice thin, shave in a bit of onion for kick (often omitted for heartburn prevention), then salt it and let it sit for 20 minutes. Press out some of the water. Add the vinegar, top off with milk/half-and-half/heavy cream whatever works. Pickle it up a bit. And then serve with a sturdy grind of fresh black pepper, for this one a coarse grind is best. It is an excellent side for burgers and a standard egg/paprika-topped cold potato salad.

Well, Boushh was the 7th D... but the 7th D is going to get about 40 games even during a very healthy season. Good on him to get more playing time and an opportunity. But... can I still be upset when Anaheim trades him to a contender for a 2nd at the deadline after he's played a solid season as a middle-pairing guy? Good luck, thermal detonator!

Mr. Jeanneret won’t be able to attend the Sabres playoff return in person.

@Thorny I got a notification and saw a response, but wasn't able to log in until now where it appears you've deleted it. Yes... certainly there is some hyperbole in my response. But there are a few criminally underrated things we should not overlook. 1) Brunell was a very good QB in the mid '90s until he blew out his knee; 2) Desmond Howard's '96 season was Hester-level good [and then Howard was even better in the playoffs]; and 3) the '96 Packers defense was fantastic.* *Since 1994 (and the increase in passing to mimic SF, Buffalo, Houston) there have been only 12 defenses to allow fewer than 220 points in a season. And HALF of those defenses came in a 4-season stretch against the AFC Central/North after the Browns were reinstated and the defenses that faced those teams just feasted on 4-8 games/season of trash offenses.** Seriously, look at these teams [Tampa and Chicago got to face them 4 times. 2002 Tampa allowed 0,3,7,17 in four games vs. that AFC North dreck]. I'm not saying the Ravens didn't have a great defense, I'm saying they looked even better than they were because of the AFC Garbage Division offenses they played for those 4 seasons. Ravens 2006 - 201 Bears 2005 - 202 Tampa 2002 - 196 ** Pitt 2001 - 212** Phil 2001 - 208 Bears 2001 - 203** Tenn 2000 - 191** Balt 2000 - 165** Jax 1999 - 217** GB 1996 - 210 Car 1996 - 218 Browns 1994 - 204

There's a value, engagement, and a joy for the fans (particularly kids who get to build up and identity with the team) to watch a team grow over multiple seasons and go through their growing pains, earn their lumps, and face their demons on the way to the top. The wins will come along the way. For the late '80s Bills to go 2-14, 4-12, 7-8, 12-4 or the Cowboys to go from 1-15, 7-9, 11-5, to 13-3, to curb-stomping the Bills so viciously that the only highlight that anyone remembers of the game was a hustle play by Don Beebe to keep the margin of victory under 40 points. Or with the Packers going 9-7 three consecutive seasons but sticking with Favre and letting Brunell go in the expansion draft until the entire team grew up on both sides of the ball and became so dominant that by 1996 they would have won the Super Bowl with either QB.

Once again on puckdoku. BUF and PHI, SJ, and OTT. I went with Gratton, Kennedy, and Burgdoerfer.

From my perspective, their development team status is strictly tied to the age and games played of the new core: Dahlin, Power, Muel, Tage (GP at center), Cozens, Quinn, and Levi. Add in the role guys in Krebs, JJP, UPL, and it's half the lineup for this season. The good news is that another season at center for TNT, Dahlin and Muel hitting 24 and having a 3rd year post-Krueger, and they'll on their way. (And yes, I'd move UPL for an established veteran, but... GMs are gonna GM.) As an alternative, we could have traded Power for Erik Karlsson easily enough.

GM Sheevyn while reading these many threads: Good. Gooooooood.