DarthEbriate

Yes, that makes more sense.

Was he screaming pass or shoot?

Woohoo! Good screen by Tuch and McNabb.

What the Hertl?

I think Powers' game/ceiling is Pietrangelo. But he could learn more by watching the other Vegas d-men and how they box out and clear their crease.

Lafferty has looked like an NHL 4th liner today. About time.

Terrible turnover by Pietrangelo. Zucker! Sweet. McLeod might have influenced the turnover... Need a better replay.

One plays with power, the other is named Power.

They may "want" to. And yes, Vegas can match it without breaking a sweat.

Las Vegas broadcast just said Greenway had hernia surgery this season. Now, is that so hard? Just tell the people what the injury is. You're not going to the playoffs anyway, there's no targeting/protection necessary. Keep McNabb and you don't need to rush Ristolainen or Zadorov to the NHL. McCabe-McNabb would've been a solid 3rd pair, then later a 2nd pair when they grow up, if you can keep them together.

Tic tac toe.

What’s the likelihood that Joker has a better career from here on out than JBD?

That’s what you said when Biggs (Bogo) and Tank left.

Oh, good. Eichel is on pace for new career highs and VGK franchise highs. Norris already out. Fun. We seem to be made to suffer (by our owner’s design). It’s our lot in life.

The whole point of competitive sports is overcoming blockers. Blockers on your depth chart, blockers for playing time, blockers of your opponents. Blockers in seeding and tournament brackets and angry opposing fans. It's right there in the name: competition. The Sabres set up an organization of non-competitive sport for several years. That requires undoing, but they're still not even spending to the cap because, "Playoffs or bust" or "We'll need the money for long-term contracts next year" --- because as we all know, the NHL hard cap rolls over from year to year. That's not how the Force Cap works!

You take good care of your tank, wash it and wax it, rebuild the parts with a good supplier like Adams, make sure you have an engaged owner like Pegula, and it can last forever.

Hockey at 930 in the morning, huh?

He learned from GMTM -- got an extra 2nd? -- trade it for that fourth line winger. (And D-Lo is still playing and I liked Fasching as a prospect... but come on! McNabb was a top-4 guy.)

If the chants for Pegula to fire Adams are too upsetting to the owner, perhaps the chants should be to “Resign Adams”. Then, Adams could be honorable and step down without Pegula doing anything. (note, not re-sign)

Cozens also should have either been back in juniors (no season I believe) or just COVID squaded. And then he should’ve spent time in the AHL. Instead of being in the opening night lineup as a rookie

If Adams gets a 2nd line winger, middle 1st round prospect, late 1st round pick, and 2nd for R2-D6 and only has Power to show from drafting in the top 2 four times in the last 10 years, and keeps any job within the organization, then I figure I can drop the DarthEbriate persona and follow the Kraken or something more productive with my time.

Like Kylo and Rey, but without the success in fighting evil henchmen. Got it.

But my point was, even if Adams put a claim in, Columbus still would’ve gotten him because of the current standings.

He has an injury history, but if he’d been recently injured before the trade, and wasn’t on Ottawa’s injury report, AND passed his Sabres physical…. Then I think you’d have a pretty angry NHLPA at the moment. Seems like it’s related to the Wings game.

It goes right down the very basic element of a D-pairing. Every time I look at the Sabres lineup or think about a future lineup -- I don't know who is playing alongside Dahlin or even which side he's playing on. (Yes, it's always in flux, just like every hockey shift.) We keep saying: get a legitimate veteran D-partner for Power. Dahlin doesn't need the veteran side of it, but he does need a partner. But, who is Dahlin's partner: this year, next year? The last two seasons he's had Joker (RD on left), Byram (RD on right), and Muel (RD on right), and Bryson (RD on right)*. But only one of those partners is a top-pairing talent, and he (Byram) is the same playing style as Dahlin, not really a complementary partner. *Note: I didn't find an instance of Power-Dahlin as a starting pair, though I'm sure it's probably happened sometime, and they do skate together often when trailing. (Conclusion: Next season, it's Samuelsson, same as today.)