DarthEbriate

He can't play in the AHL until next season

As of right now, B-Docker is on LTIR, but is practicing and will debut in short order. If Joker is moved as expected, I think you start JBD with Power just to see what happens, put Byram back with Dahlin, and do Samuelsson/Clifton as they had earlier in the year. Ruff will do none of these things.

Less than MacKinnon. Double Necas. Seems right.

And you think we 'Spacers are degenerate fans?

Gilbert could always re-sign with Buffalo in the offseason as the 7/8 muscle for next year.

BriseBois throws away picks for Gourde and Jeannot, but there's only a few pick slots difference between his 1st and Buffalo's 2nd. The problem is one team is generating plenty of playoff revenue and 2 Cups and has a roster that can flip the switch to kick-ass at any time. And the other is.... none of those things.

There's still a chance that 2026 2nd is pick 64 in the draft!

The addition ... is the subtraction. It is Buffalo's destiny to bring balance to the Concept of the Cup.

Which he has done. Is he a defensive stalwart? No. But, he's improved each season and has been slightly more consistent than last year (where he disappeared for a month; this year it's down to a week or so at a time). By his mid-20s he could be an all-around top 6 guy on any good/championship caliber team in the league.

The new guy fight. Jost led the Sabres in fights the season he showed up.

I think it was Hathaway who officially destroyed Cozens. But there were multiple times he's taken a shellacking.

Benson gets the puck to dangerous areas when no one is there to finish. Dahlin and Power both transition the puck well. Tuch is a slightly underrated playmaker.

Perhaps they mean maybe Tkachuk will teach him how to fight? Or Tkachuk will kick Cozens' ###### when he doesn't come to the aid of his teammates?

Does the short term of removing Cozens and adding Norris get them up to 8th overall by the end of the season (particularly if a team jumps ahead of them via the lottery)?

JBD is a 6-0 190# RHD who is a defensive +/- stud in the AHL and 3rd pairing guy in the NHL. 24 years old, pending RFA, and currently on LTIR with a high-ankle sprain suffered in January 2025. The RHD equivalent of Ryan Johnson?

He doesn't need to score like he did this season; if he can continue to play like he has this season -- engaged, aggressive, and responsible across any line he's deployed on (Zucker's "line" has often been the Sabres' best line all year), then is an excellent signing. Yes, the speed will drop off at some point, but if they get two more years like this year's Zucker, this is an excellent move. I want Benson learning from Zucker (moreso than from say, Okposo's game toward the end)

Is Norris at least capable on the power play? He doesn’t need to be a power play dominator but is he at least not a power play detonator?

It’s fine for the remove Cozens from the lineup and have an NHL center alongside Quinn argument. That’s good and I agree. But if it’s only for 40 games/season or fewer as the contract goes on and Norris’ body wears down further it’ll be a miss. (Though the Sabres could then pull the LTIR card — if the owner were willing to spend money that is.) Ottawa’s first move (after a 3 game trial period that shows poorly in the video reviews by the assistants) will be to move Cozens to wing.

We’ve lamented Greenway and Muel get hurt too often, so Adams thinks Norris is an answer? sigh

Not a trainwreck waiting to happen in his own zone? Or rather... he's not a Sabre anymore.

Card player, Green Bay Gambler, scum. You'd like him. My biggest fear for him was his affiliation with the USNTDP, which makes him just another in the long line of Sabres U they've had on staff since Pegula took over. But, he's got a very skilled forward group going (Prospal) and baby defensemen (Paetsch) going well, and has the benefit of a top-10 AHL goalie. I'm not sure where they'd be if Levi was in the NHL, Reimer had not been reclaimed, and they were rolling Sandstrom and Houser all season.

Risto was once a mid-first (Rosén), a second (Wahlberg), and a Hagg. And he's better now!

Absolutely. Folks are getting assets for rentals. If Zucker isn't re-signed then you absolutely need to ship him out today while you can get a 1st and a 3rd. At the very least, give yourself an extra asset to move for a player in the summer.