DarthEbriate

Stralman got $5M/year? Risto could buy us our own ship 2nd line for that.

I love what Kekalainen and co. did last year. They went for it! And took down Tampa doing it. But if they lose all their UFAs they're down to Jones and Werenski. (And a handful of good vets, but you're not building around Foligno, Atkinson, etc... does Kekalainen start listening to trade offers for those guys as soon as this deadline and start a ... rebuild?)

Impressive, @Randall Flagg. Most impressive. This is one of the reasons why sabrespace is so wizard.

It's a good signing. It's puts Larsson on notice if he doesn't impress, he'll be going to Rochester. And it tells O'Regan and Asplund that if they want to anchor the top line on the Amerks, they can't slouch. You want to play for this team? You're going to have to compete even for ROC time.

I don’t know where we get our delusions...

Wow, Davidsson's got a burst.

Get him a robot hand; he'll be fine.

Borgen has a tell!

If there's a place to try it... it's in the wide open space of a 3-on-3, and... yeah. He's got to learn to use his body (and weight once he has it), rather than just try to dangle all the time. With that length, he's got to be able to free space for a shot, not go for the toe drag every time.

Blue group, Gold group, Green? group, all skaters follow me!

The taxation of trade routes always get bogged down in the Senate. But if Risto goes and wins the Norris, and we win the trade because in the long run we shore up our defense and win a Cup... we win, from a certain point of view.

But do we win the trade?

Precisely. Bogo is out to start the season. Pilut could need more AHL seasoning. I don't want Dahlin to have to log 24+ minutes a night and be beat up by midseason like we used to do to Risto. If Risto can get a legit 2C on reasonable term + a pick... sure. If not, let Ristolainen play fewer minutes with a responsible LHD, and move him later. But now... we'll need to clean just a little bit. Scandella for a conditional 6th? etc.

Agreed. I think if Mitts were ready for 2C or we signed a legitimate 2C-level center... (and if Okposo we able to regain his game a full 1.5 years removed from his health scare...), Olof-2C-Okposo might be good. But likely with the Okposo-train moving on... we don't have the winger who is going to win the board battles. Girgensons might, but then he hasn't shown anything with the win --- remember, he played with Jack a ton in 17-18 and had like 14 points to show for it.

Top 6 in my squadron for sure. Other notes: The only question is whether he plays RW instead of his listed left -- with Skinner-Eichel, and become a Pominville with the legs to keep up all year. Or does he play left wing on the 2nd line (with maybe Reinhart and a new center), or a brand new 2nd line altogether if Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart remains the top line.

It's a random and useless exercise I do each summer, but I look back at how the Sabres listed the height and weight of the repeat attendees. Most of the time... same height, same weight. No disintegrations. But on occasion, we get some good tidbits. Like last year, Devante Stephens gained the most muscle mass by packing on 18 pounds between 2017 and 2018. Here are my main highlights for this year's roster: Ryan Johnson grew to 6'0" between drafting/combine and dev camp. Asplund gained 15 # since 2018 dev camp Olofsson, Borgen, and Pilut all gained 8 # since 2018 But... Samuelsson lost... 25 pounds! since the 2018 camp roster. He was 218 and is now listed at 193. All FWIW and take the numbers with a grain of salt.

I heart Pavelski. I heart heart Pavelski. Like Anakin and Padme... Aname. That's me and Pavelski. But I would lose respect for him if he came to the Sabres. Dude has been on SJ all his life. He's never won a Cup. He needs to be going all-out "1990s/2000s veteran goes to Detroit for the Cup" mode. Sign a 1-year deal with the best team for frugal cash, and if that doesn't work, go to the best team the year after. He absolutely should not come here if he wants to win a championship in his window. (Although Pavelski for $6Mx3 on our second line would go a big way to helping us open our window. Moreso, in my opinion, than giving Duchene a $8Mx7 contract.)

Speed is good. And he's 20 years old so does he come over to the AHL this season or does his contract keep him with HC Praha another season? I hope he does well. Edit: Research, Ebriate, research. He's under contract until 2021, so we might not ever see him in an Amerks or Sabres uniform. But maybe he'll blossom and become a great role player. Good luck, Rousek!

I knew it. I'm surrounded by Ahos. Also, the great era vs. era debate. I'm of the opinion that if you just used a time machine and plunked a 1980s team against a modern team -- and kept the 80s equipment, and sticks, and methods, and no video, and diet, and training habits, etc... the modern team would dominate the 80s squad as a team. Watching an 80s game... there's so much space. The defensemen allow so much space and speed through the neutral zone, it's absurd. Then, a standup vs. a butterfly, and pad sizes. Whip in the sticks. And the modern team has the best players in the world on each line, not just Canada and a handful of other players. The 80s team would be ok for a bit, but inexorably be ground down, or the top line would manage to stay afloat, but the bottom end wouldn't stack up. But! Take a modern team and give them 1980s (or 1950s for even more separation) diet, workout regimen, film study (ha), defensive systems, pads, or no goalie masks, etc. And those 1980s super teams like the Oilers and Isles? Yeah, they still win their Cups. They're all supreme athletes at the top of their era's game. In hockey it's less pronounced than it would be in football. Football's modern offensive lines and defensive lines would crush earlier teams by being bigger, stronger, and also faster. Time machine football would be unwatchable.

Like Peter Graves.

Per wikipedia, the Buick LeSabre hit the market in 1959 and the Ford Mustang in '62 and ... I suppose officially in '64 in its realized form. But historically it's really common for junior leagues, colleges, and such to have copycat jerseys and not face anything punitive.

<Extends index finger toward Hoss, makes several pointing gestures, and makes a dismissing wave of hand.> I think that conversation went well.

Cozens? Found him. Repeat, I found him.

Yukon Cozenelius? Too soon. I had him as an Imperial Officer. Starting rank: Deck Officer Cozens

<TIE fighter Seider explodes outside> What?!? What does Yzerman know?