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  10. GDT Lightning at Sabres 12/31/19 7pm

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    5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Jack himself did his best to drop the gloves already, so if that didn’t do it.. 

    It kinda woke them up for a couple games... and now I'm curious. It may have jump-started his point streak. I'll go research.

    Two games before the "double minor" fight vs. Wild is when Eichel's streak started with the 4-goal outburst vs. Ottawa. The Wild game was a loss, a contested/close loss to Boston, then a big win vs. Florida to right the ship. Then 2-1-2 in the next five, which is... good hockey. Then our solid west coast trip before the skate blades came off the second half of December. I guess Eichel's fight sort of helped. They were 1-5-2 in the games leading up to the Eichel streak and fight.

  11. GDT Lightning at Sabres 12/31/19 7pm

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    39 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    If there’s a staged fight it’s the stupidest thing ever. Good grief. Season low point for sure if it happens.

    Agreed. It'll be sad if Cernak has to fight off of a faceoff for something we should have addressed real-time weeks ago. But a fight in general might just wake this team up for a week or so.

  12. GDT Lightning at Sabres 12/31/19 7pm

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    DarthSpellcheck

    Watching the game before friends come over for an impromptu and low-key game night to celebrate an East Coast New Year's because we're getting too old to actually make the goal of local New Year's. Gather as many Sabres as you can, because history has shown you can deflect evil Moulson-Lightning with a good Sabre at your side.

  13. World Juniors

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    45 minutes ago, Weave said:

    Scored a goal today.  Camped out in front of the net.  Got player of the game honors.

    And it looks like 3 primary assists to go with the goal.

    And after watching highlights a very slick deflection PP goal. Reinhart/Vanek-like.

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  16. Sabres Waive Dalton Smith

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    1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

    That's a lie!

    Smell: I will clear this courtroom!

    Lies! Deception! PA Gullet will know the truth!

    25 minutes ago, tom webster said:

    And there is a difference between true toughness and manufactured toughness. If they need a career minor leaguer to provide backbone......

    This is a disgraceful reflection on our franchise. Players, GM, everyone. Not only are we calling someone to essentially be tough on our behalf, he's not even a prospect who could threaten to stay up in the lineup with his edgy game after the fact (e.g. Concept of Kassian or DLo or as pointed out above Borgen). We had to sign him to a contract first. Vesey and Eichel and Reinhart are the only people on this team who have scrapped or stepped up for a teammate this entire season in a "roughing" manner. I don't want a line of Peters and John Scott and Adam Mair, but this team lacks even the basic gristle that keeps your goalie and stars and kids clean.

    I'm minded of a video clip I had a long time ago before youtube existed. It was a regular season game, but some Dallas Star took an after-whistle poke at the puck after Hasek had covered it. Hasek barked back because he was always going to ensure the refs knew how woe-trodden he was, but he didn't have to do anything because half the team was there in a moment. The Star got buried by Zhitnik and Holzinger already throwing punches and high sticks, and probably escaped any harm because all 10 skaters on the ice ended up piled in a mosh pit behind the net. Hasek just whistled and strolled away.

  22. Does Dahlin's mediocre shot concern you?

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    Didn't Gionta and his surgically repaired arms and his "old man muscles" win our hardest shot skills competition just a few years back?

    So my answer is nope. Dahlin isn't even 20 yet. He has 5 years to work on his shot and it'll be very much improved by then. More importantly is getting stronger in his own zone, making snappy passes on the PP, preventing short-handed breakaways, and working on the all-around game.

  23. Would you trade for Patrick Kane?

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    Looking at Chicago's cap... They have $11M coming off the books just in goalies this offseason. Get a 4M goalie and a ELC backup and they're on the path to cap sanity. Their bad contract is Seabrook. Kane is still very effective and they don't need to move him. So they can ask for the moon.

    I'm going back to my stance from years back (or at least the last time Kane was mentioned). He can have a homecoming after his current contract expires and he is wiling to do a 2 year/6 M hometown discount as a 3rd liner / PP specialist.

  24. Would you trade for Patrick Kane?

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    Kane used to live here you know. He’s going to die here. Convenient. 
    The troublesome part is Chicago just traded Joker for Nylander. They’re happy on defense - bunch of good young players. They’d want a scoring forward as their main prospect in return and our only blue chip is Cozens. 

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  25. Skinner out 3-4 Weeks with an UBI

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    2 hours ago, Zamboni said:

    Ok you are obviously entitled to your opinion.

    my take ...

    For what Erhoff did prior to becoming a Sabre, his contract was understandable. He was at the time of the trade, one of the if not, THE top guy to grab. And for a 4th round pick.. He was a solid point producing Dman for a few years leading up to the Sabres acquiring him.  Contract at the time was not terrible.

    Ehrhoff was a really good contract except the term, and even that was quite tolerable. 10 years for a 28 year-old who doesn't play a rough/tumble game; the last 2 seasons you could easily move him or buy him out. The CBA rule changes spread the cap hit evenly as opposed to allowing Buffalo to drop the hit with its silly $10 million for the first year and made the cap penalty worse... after he'd signed. Add to that the front office's effort to tank (hardly Ehrhoff's fault) and he was more valuable off the team. But 4 million hit for a PP QB and 3/4 d-man is a good contract.

    If Jokihaju becomes Ehrhoff with a bit better defensive presence I'll be ecstatic... and Joker will cost us more than 4M/season, regardless of inflation.

    As to Skinner's injury. Dang. He's been dangerous, he's been snakebitten (the exploding stick in the slot the most egregious), and now we're really without scoring threats.

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