DarthEbriate

Tuch does miss the net going for corner snipes sometimes. So do all goal scorers. Tuch has a career high shooting percentage this season at 18.4. That's really, really good for anyone who isn't just mucking around at the front of the net for rebounds.

It's possible, however unlikely, that Boston gets back-to-back top 5 picks and then adds Eichel to the lineup in 2026-27 via free agency. And they have Pastrnak, Eichel, McAvoy, veteran Swayman as their building role models for ... Martone and... not McKenna (he's a Penguin), but the #3 guy next year. But, as I said in another thread somewhere, I'm not sure Eichel will want to do that. The best thing about Vegas is they're always trying and he's just one of the guys -- not the savior with all the pressure. That's cool. ------- Now, if I were Boston's GM, I'd offer sheet Jack Quinn for 7x$15M. Take four top-10 picks, Sabres, please. I'd probably get fired if I were Boston's GM, to be fair. But I'd sink their little steering wheel for five years on my way out. Why is Parker Wotherspoon the highest-paid Bruin in franchise history with full NTC/NMC?

The final game on Thursday vs. PHI will likely determine the draft order of the two teams. Most likely, Sabres are 6-8 going into the lottery, depending on whether they beat Philly or not. PIT has one game left, 3 rest days, and host a checked-out WSH team that has been coasting for a month and has nothing left to do until the playoffs now that Ovi has the goals record. Crosby probably doesn't let the Pens lose that game. They're probably going to lock up the #9OA pre-lottery slot.

This reminds me, I do need a new Sabres t-shirt. My retro logo shirt purchased near the slug era has faded to near oblivion and has since re-become the actual logo. The ideal layout next year is: NHL: UPL (or traded for legit 1A) + veteran 1B (Allen, Lyon, Vanecek, Reimer) AHL: Levi + Ratzlaff/AHL backup --> Levi might become the Sabres 1B by midseason ECHL: Houser + Ratzlaff/ECHL backup Europe: Find a SHL team for Leinonen because so far he's only shown to be competent in Allsvenskan Sort of like they had planned for this season.

Matteo Costantini won a NCAA championship with Western Michigan (Gavin McCarthy was a runner-up with Boston University). Poltapov and CSKA Moskva lost their first-round playoff series to Dinamo Minsk (4-2). Poltapov 68 GP 17-23-40 regular season, and 1-2-3 in the six playoff games.

You're assuming that when Draisaitl, Frederic, RNH, and Hyman (and maybe, possibly, even Kane?) return to the lineup, that Skinner remains dressed. They're all day-to-day except Kane, who was practicing with the team in March.

No puck luck. The super bounce just flutters off the post and well clear of the crease on the rebound.

Girgensons still has the hands he did as a Sabre

Benson was skating around a lot on that PK, but the rest of the defenders were pilons and Kucherov has skills. All too easy.

Yup. But Norris or Pettersson would be the only options. Look at that! They have a clue on a 5-on-3. This could've been a turning point in the game if they hadn't mailed in the entire 2nd period.

If Ruff is coach (and why wouldn't he be, he's under contract) I feel strongly it's Norris-Kulich-McLeod-Krebs down the middle.

I guess at least Kucherov had to deflect it from his skate to his stick. It wasn't a perfect tape-to-tape pass. I have only one thing I hope to see the remainder of the Sabres season. I'd like to see Östlund get his 1st NHL goal.

Kucherov from McLeod

But he's learning on the job and he's gonna keep trying until he gets it right. So we Sabres fans have got that going for us. Which is nice.

But as Adams has said, 22-23 was a pleasant surprise by removing blockers, so no need to go for it at the deadline, and 23-24 was still a development year. This was the only season he's thinking they tried to make the playoffs. Then, he waived the veteran backup goalie as soon as they got back from Europe.

Final road game. Sabres after the first period:

Muel from Lilleburg? For his first NHL goal

The first 13 minutes of the game the Sabres could've been up 2-0 or 3-0. And there must've been a TV timeout and Cooper essentially said, "Enough ###### around, boys. This is a home game. Let's win it for a minute or two." And yes, the Sabres scored twice in a minute, but otherwise...

Sheevyn has had 5 years to build the semblance of a team around his core, but they still don't an extra gear to jump to when other teams put the pedal down start trying harder. Instead, it's the youngest team every season.

Dang, Geekie. The rebound popped into the air and dropped right for him to shoot a second time.

I was about to say these Lightning are not trying. Tage could have 2 already. And then Kucherov and Point decide to try for a shift and created two excellent chances.

The procedure was fine for day-to-day life within 4 months. But he missed an entire season and was a complete pylon for the first half of the next football season with no escape ability within the pocket. There's healing and then there's playing effectively.

Fun fact: TBL leading scorer Kucherov has more assists than BUF leading scorer Thompson has points. The final road game of the season. This is it!

Penultimate road game of the season. I'm going to miss it, but I hope they win and all y'all 'Spacers have fun and entertainment.