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  1. The Dahlin - Joker Pairing Needs to Die a Fiery Death

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    2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

    Adams absolutely made a choice to move on

    You come up with a name in the 22-25 range for rhd and we could discuss this better. 

    I'll bite. https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active/2022/caphit/all/defense/all/desc/right?limits=age-22-26,height-71-81,weight-191-300

    The impossible dreams: McAvoy

    The Rasmii quota: Anderson

    The potential with some enticement: Carlo, Roy, Bear, Zub

    The cap casualties? Cernak or Foote.

    The stop-and-think-about-it: Whitecloud as part of a package for Reilly Smith or Chandler Stephenson for when Martinez & Eichel return.

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  3. GDT - CLT @ ROC 7:05 AHLTV

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    Catching this game on the radio as Workout- and DinnerMaking-Ebriate. It sounds like Dell has been excellent while Daccord was not so sharp. And the Amerks have been re-energized by the Taxi Squad Reinforcements. And Samuelsson and Krebs will join for a few games during the ASG break.

  4. Michael Houser is on waivers

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    1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    Waived with the purpose of sending him to Rochester?

    Definitely. The Amerks were Mat Robson and Tyler Parks. Robson has been fine. I have never heard of Parks. Or any of the other backups that have dressed recently.

    Dell/Houser will be an upgrade in net.

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  5. The Dahlin - Joker Pairing Needs to Die a Fiery Death

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    They're both need a stable veteran who can cover mistakes. And they've both needed it for the last couple seasons. Dahlin has looked solid with Pysyk. And way back when, Joker looked good with Scandella.

    Now, Joker and Scandella's early stats went downhill, as did the rest of the team, once the hot start faded and the goaltending dried up. Then, Scandella was moved for a 4th for Frolik after Bogo returned. Joker then was splitting time Montour and McCabe when instead maybe he should have been sent down to Rochester. (I think he was still waivers-exempt that first season.) There, he could've gotten top 4 minutes with Borgen, Bryson, and Redmond and honed his game for an entire AHL season.

    The thing I'm seeing is Dahlin-Joker on the PK. And I get it... they're learning all the roles and everyone's playing every situation. It's just ugly when the two of them are out on the PK this season.

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  14. GDT: Sabres at Knights Feb 1, 2022 10PM

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    1 hour ago, Taro T said:

    GMs matter.  So does having a historical precedent matter.  The GMs saw Vegas fleece several GMs that overthought the process that 1st go around.  When it was Seattle's turn, GMs actually realized that they would lose a middle 6 F, a 4/5 D-man, or an NHL backup goalie and that while it stung, it wouldn't really damage their own team in the grand scheme.

    Had Seattle gotten 1st crack, it very well could've been Francis reaping the rewards of other GMs fear of losing that one guy they really didn't want to lose (for no apparently logical reason) making their brains go to mush and McPhee thinking about what might have been.

    The GMs absolutely learned from the VGK expansion and both positioned their contracts better and avoided the side deals for picks. And the Seattle brass has also admitted they never dropped their asking prices for picks-for-cap space trades to bolster their futures. That's on them.

    The other thing is Seattle was originally slated to enter in 2020, but pushed their launch back a year (in ... 2018 or early 2019?). That gave the GMs an additional season to get their cores and exposed lists set. Now -- that wasn't without some disadvantages -- the Sabres had to protect Dahlin and Joker in 2021... where they wouldn't have had to in the summer of '20.

    3 hours ago, Eleven said:

    This is an annoying season.  We've already had a couple of long breaks, and now we have a 10pm game followed by another week and a half of no Sabres games.

    Cast a positive spin on it --- the break would have been even longer without Sabres games had the NHL gone to the Olympics. Instead, we're getting "free" COVID makeup games, a shorter break, and still get to see Olympic hockey with Power and Levi. It's win-win-win!

  15. Around the NHL 2021-22

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    6 hours ago, thewookie1 said:

    Granted he could also crater and end up being a Zach Kassian like signing

    Kassian (4x$3.2M) is a poor contract, but that's what comes of playing with McDavid for a bit and still being the toughest player on the team. He had an injury-crushed season last year. However, I'd argue anyone who stays in the league for 11 seasons has really cratered. He just never became the Concept of Kassian.

    4 hours ago, Digger said:

    Greenway is 4G, 9A, in 33 games.

    Marcus Foligno caught my attention.  17G, 10A, for 27Pts in 39 games, $3.1M.  He's having a great year.  Miss having him on the Sabres.

    Foligno (3x$3.1M) is excellent this season and has been a heart-and-soul of that Wild team since his arrival. They finally have some scoring talent as well. I imagine they hope Greenway becomes their next Foligno. Foligno would be great in a Sabres uniform.

    2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

    Things Liger wasn't wrong about

    Reinhart, will be fine. 

    Reinhart is fine. He was fine before he left Buffalo.

  17. Casey Mittelstadt Ongoing Injury Thread

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    4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    My question about caring is based on there not being a Butcher injury thread.

    Possibly when the team releases an official tweet or there's a direct message on his status. The Lysowski tweet you've posted even had his status buried. Or he might just absorbed into the Injury List thread.    This Mitts thread started 2 weeks back when he first returned from surgery.

  18. Casey Mittelstadt Ongoing Injury Thread

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    17 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    What's the word on Will Butcher, or do we not care?

    I care.

    7 minutes ago, K-9 said:

    As far as caring about him as a hockey player, I don’t ever want to see him in a Sabres uniform again. 

    This is part of the lack of interest for Butcher vs. Mitts who could be a top-9 center for years to come.

    I think also it's part of the mystery. We know why Butcher left the ice and we know he's got a LBI and will be either week-to-week or month-to-month or out for the season. With Mitts... he was pulled for looking off. That could just be altitude sickness, that could be scar tissue from surgery, or it could be back in Vegas, or after the All-Star Break, or it could be terrible news. We shall see.

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  19. Around the NHL 2021-22

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    MIN extends Jordan Greenway to a 3x$3M deal. Is he a great player? No. But he's an effective player and has shown progress every season. The points are down this season, but in 185 minutes at 5-on-5 with Foligno and Ek this season -- no goals against. This is why you sign a player in-season. Greenway could have a really good second half and/or playoff and drive his value up by $1-2M/season were he to hit UFA.

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