DarthEbriate

Difficult to foresee. Always in motion are the Eichel injuries. (And what RaKru will say about them.)

All the names listed in the thread this far would look good in a Sabres sweater. But --- What else are you going to give Colorado to take an inferior player to get Compher? Compher is younger, much faster, has term left on his deal, and has positional flexibility.

No one expected Hall, Eichel, and Staal to all have their worst s% and 5 on 5 stats of their careers at the same time, nor for it to last almost half the season. No one expected Skinner to continue to be utter dreck and skate on the 3rd/4th line because we got him a bona fide NHL center (even if having lost a step) to play with. The offense is not without blame. But at least GM Sheevyn made an attempt to fix the offense. (And what in the heck is Asplund doing in practice that he can't unseat Eakin or Okposo? The only guy he can replace in the lineup is Rieder for PK work? Does RaKru just hate him or is he really a completely failed prospect?). The goaltending is more gaseous than solid. GM Sheevyn signed an AHL vet to expose (why hadn't JBot already planned for the expansion draft?). We had Ullmark and Hutton both coming off injuries. Hutton needed to be replaced with a goalie capable of a .900+ before the season, and really needed to be jettisoned once Ullmark was hurt if we're keeping JJ around at a level too high for him. UPL and JJ both needed AHL seasoning --- we all knew that. We've put JJ backwards in his development by sitting him on the taxi squad, and now he's overwhelmed as our #1. All offseason half the threads on this board were: goaltending, goaltending, goaltending. And that meant replacing Hutton because of the condensed schedule, in case Ullmark didn't continue his upward trend, or in case Ullmark got hurt. An NHL backup with a 2-year deal to expose. That was the last pie of the offseason pie. Instead, we got no dessert whatsoever.

Pittsburgh is the model franchise we keep trying to emulate.

We could outscore the opposition?

I was ready to copy/paste the link in... and.... bless you @LGR4GM ^ If I'm in charge of the music at tomorrow's home game, I play this song to troll the team. I mean, they did the NHL on ESPN theme on the organ to start last night. Play this! Play it!

It's the shorthand currency for renting a UFA for the playoffs. (We won't be) but if we somehow managed to be playoff bound in 2022 and need a veteran 3C who's won the Cup and can provide some playoff know-how for a young team... blammo. You toss them a 2nd rounder. You also need the 2nd if you want to do any RFA offer sheets... What is meesa sayin'?

They won't do anything. They're not going to line-brawl-jump the entire Penguins lineup at the opening faceoff. HCRK will tell them before the game not to get too riled up and to stick to the game plan, and we'll get through it just dandy. Then, he'll put his BS hat on. On ice, Ristolainen will throw a good check on the opening shift and each player will finish a basic check in the first 5 minutes of the game. Then they'll all think, "Yup, that should take care of that." Afterward, HCRK will talk about tooth and fight and how impressed he was with the physical response. Nevermind they'll trail 5-1 until a late goal for. Not a couple games... a couple shifts into this game.

Watch GM Sheevyn trade him for a fourth, only for that GM to swap him for a 2nd.

-- Maybe it's another drill. ++ For a well? -- Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it.

A long time. Of course, the Sabres haven’t been relevant in a long time.

True. They're not moving him... Well... I mean... at this rate it's going to be a top-5 pick. Jarvis could be great, but a top-5 and a veteran to help in the playoffs... (Also -- as of this morning, the Sabres are officially last in the league based on P%. They have some games in hand on Detroit, but. Yeah. Just a but.)

With the exception of Skinner, they should at least care about their trade value or UFA market value and what other teams might look for in a player. The response to Cozens was there. Tepid, but there. But nothing for Dahlin.

This goes back multiple years now: Why doesn't this team have Dahlin's back? Is he just a total unhumble bumble? Sure, he needs to stick up more for himself. But he's still a teammate. Don't they have any respect for the guy?

Not so. Time for my obligatory "worldwide leader in sports --- which now has NHL broadcast rights for years!" reminder that Dalton Smith still is a Sabre over at ESPN https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/roster/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres

You know... we had a very quick response by Tage to tie it at 1-1. And Victor buried an ES goal to tie it at 2. I never once thought we'd take the lead in this game. I guess this is it. If Cozens misses time from that hit, or if Dahlin's knee now is wonky and we've done nothing to defend him on multiple occasions --- I'll have reached the point of hopelessness. It's the (WOT reference) "last that could be done" point. Of course, that's not the bottom. That's just the last barrier/line in the sand that is crossed and things just get worse from there. We're hanging on an antenna underneath Bespin, TPeg. Missing a hand. And crying out for help and hope before we plummet.

Sure, but he's improved his numbers every season. There will be a team out there that likes him and has a solid backup in case his injury history continues. On a good all-around team he'd look really nice. Another fan base will get to listen to Linus & Lucy after a great save and the fans will all smile.

GM Sheevyn claims he has the power to make a change. So I guess he's OK with this.

Come, Patsy. (We're all Patsy.)

He did that several games ago. Mitts was rushing up the ice with maybe 7 seconds left in the period. Had space, had speed, and then dumped and cut to the bench. The bench isn't watching the clock. That's coaching.

Nahhh. No need to send a message because we won't see this team again for... wait, what? We play them next game, too? And six more times after that?!?

Hall picked up a misconduct?

Why would Ullmark re-sign here?

ERod tried to check Ristolainen. That went as expected.

He's a perfect post-2010 Sabre.