DarthEbriate

They're coming in! Two markers late in the second.

As others have said, Lambert is a no go for me at 9 or 16, or even 28. He doesn't appear to model the culture that GM Sheevyn and Darthy Meatballs are trying to establish. If the 9 is a homerun (somebody you love falls because Detroit goes against the grain like they did with Seider), then maybe you take a riskier pick (Miroshnichenko) at 16 or 28 (if he's there). I doubt he makes it to 28 because you'll be amongst playoff teams who are good and will be good and can afford to take a mid-to-late 1st flier on him.

+The goals... they've stopped. -Stabilize your rear deflectors. Watch for shooting McDavids.

Yeah, he's already Weissbach-sized. Now... he's 5 years younger than Weissbach and so I don't expect him to produce for the Amerks like Weissbach did in his rookie season (16-21-37 in 67 GP) because he'll need to adapt to new ice, a new life, etc. But with a couple years of AHL grooming and filling out as he becomes an adult, I expect he'll start looking really good in that Amerks sweater and the fans of Rochester will be sad to see him go.

This is one I know! Brad Navin is from only 45 minutes from my hometown. Never amounted to much of anything in the Sabres org. But as a 7th that wasn’t a surprise.

It did not. It did however help me research through Eliteprospects and find him. Now I feel bad... he was a T-Bird and I've seen him play back in the day. But even in EA NHL14 and the Sabres/Amerks lack of center depth I don't think his avatar got much playing time.

I wrote that in first... but then deleted it and spelled it out because I didn't know the story behind the nickname. JC.... No idea. Armia, Catenacci. Was Jerome Gauthier-Leduc a 2011?

Star Wars Celebration is teasing everything and yes I'll watch them all. Willow, too. Because I don't love her; she kicked me in the face. But tonight...tonight is Goodfellas. RIP Ray Liotta.

A communications disruption can mean only one thing.... Invasion! (or hopefully the Amerks scored and the place went insane with joy)

I walk away to make dinner for 10 minutes (5 minutes of game action) and... what the what!

Catenacci?

Hmmm... Up front: Kaprizov, Marner, Aho, Rantanen, Barzal, Connor, Cirelli, Hintz, Garland, Mangiapane, Beauvillier, Eriksson Ek. On defense: Werenski, Provorov, Andersson, Cernak None of the goalies have really established themselves beyond a backup yet.

It's not impossible. The Amerks used to bullseye win 3 in a row back in the regular season. It's not much more than 2 in a row.

Is this a kissing book Eichel-bashing thread? I really am excited about the future of the current roster and the energy and decade-redemption that might come of it. Eichel netted the Sabres Dahlin, Power, Meatballs, a new core, endless memes, and some delicious suffering along the way. I'm all for the Rise and Fall of Jackikin Eichwalker. 2. Buffalo re-selects Jack Eichel

At that salary, I can see why Arizona didn't put in a claim.

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if either even makes it to 9.

Unless it's Eichel... zing! But for Florida I blame Joe Thornton's beard. RE the Panthers as a whole, it's sad to not get some new blood into the conference finals and for hockey entertainment. They would have been a blast against Edmonton or Colorado (less so STL or CGY). But... 3 goals in 4 games isn't going to cut it. And to think Vasilevskiy started the playoffs giving up 5,3,5,3,4 against Toronto and was shaky at times.

Nope. Ullmark wins by a tiny bit (Houser had only .901 in his 4 games in 2020-21. He got lit up by PIT for 8 in one of this games.... crazy he didn't get pulled).

I care.

Houser is only a career .917 in the NHL. He’s not as good as Dell tending in the A.

Stankoven is singlehandedly ending the T-Birds in this Western Conf Western HL finals. He's got super quick hands and the "in the right place at the right time" gene or what the kids are calling the Hockey IQ. Seriously, every loose bounce or rebound goes right to him (uncovered) for an empty-net pot. He might be short but he's going to be a whale of a player.

I guess I always forget how old Rust is. A 50-point winger who's been in the top 6 with Crosby and Malkins as his centers... 6x$5. It's a slightly lighter version of the Okposo deal, but he's 1 year older and has slightly worse numbers than Okposo had had at the time. The question is... if Malkin moves on this offseason and then Crosby continues to slow down and is the sole focus of the opposition... does this contract age well? Time will tell. The good news is... this should set the market on the max cap hit that VO could ask.

Playing tougher or continuing to average 15+ shots/period (as they did in game 1). Either ought to do it with their roster. I applaud STL, but I think this is the reason you play a series in the NHL. A hot-Binnington will win some series, but the better team should float upwards in a 7-game series. (Yes, I'll be eating crow after the Blues close this out in 6 by being more gnarly and snarly.)

Totally in agreement on the interest. Giroux's reason would be $$$ on a short-term and the gentleman's agreement of trading to the bestest contender out there (no NMC/M-NTC, we'll send you to the best who is offering the best pick) if the Sabres don't happen to be in contention at the deadline.