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But this team, CBJ, is a walking triage unit. Need to cut down on penalties, it is lazy play.

Crowd seems quiet?

Watching this feed I thought it was a version of nhl classic with the sabres taking on the jets circa 1990.

Myers looks inspired.

And let's knock off the penalties. Carry on.

Now that Terry and Kimmy are the king and queen of WNY, can they force MSG to pipe an HD feed on NHL center Ice? This is horrible.

There are a lot of defense on that list and little top ten scoring. Jury is still out on Ennis and Grigs but i do not see Girgs being an elite scorer. A solid 3C pk, shut down type player and that is ok. If Armia (16th?) can score 30 and any of Baptiste, Fasching, Compher, Possler, et al are 25/50 guys then I might agree with you. But Having a McEichel that other teams have to game plan for makes our chances that much better.

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Again you are wrong. The current roster was put together primarily under Dale Tallon and Old Man Wirtz.

Because you ignore 2005-2006. They finished 3rd worst in the league behind St Louis (Erik Johnson) Pittsburgh (Jordan Staal) and took Jonathan Toews with the third overall pick. Toews returned to college at North Dakota and the Hawks finished dead last the following year where they took Kane. During that season after the NCAA's they signed Toews, signed Kane and were on their way. We got one draft in with the second overall, now we need one more with an elite talent and we can be on our way.

So if Nikita appeared in 7 games last year, does that mean he only has two left or is it by each season?

You have something against Turks?

Ulmark. I think he will be a star. Granted it was from watching his SHL games where Defense is a scarce commodity, but he has Hasek-like athleticism. Makarov has shown similar awareness and athleticism at times, needs consistency. I actually think our goaltending prospects look pretty good.

I think the D will be better as well, barring injury (which I am not even remotely wishing for.) In 3 years it will be even better with the Young Turks having gained valuable experience at the NHL and AHL level. I think Ulmark may the dark horse "Next Great Sabres Goaltender", I watched a lot of his SHL games on Hockeystreams.com. But what worries me and always has, is the idea the the blue collar lunch pail type of approach will win in the NHL consistently. Kopitar is a stud! Gaborik is a great talent. And Boston didn't make it to the cup finals. Without a superstar we can still compete. With a superstar we can be a juggernaut. A lot of the players on the farm are "bring it every night" players and that's great. Are any 40-50 goal scorers? I guess we will see.

Talked about and being perennially expected are two different things. I prefer the latter. And I still do not see the dominant scorer on the wing on either of the first 2 lines. The farm is loaded i get it, but maximizing a premium position (3 firsts, 2 seconds) in a very talented and deep draft means walking away with a game changer, not just a good player. If that happens then the "suffering" was crap because you could have avoided the crash and kept feeding the masses near misses and hope for next year. I for one want excellence and the Sabres are poised to position themselves for excellence for a long time. Again JMHO. And I am one of those who believe it IS all about McEichel.

I hope this is an aberration, because losing the McEichel sweepstakes for a late near miss for a.one and done playoff experience is akin to starting the Darcy era all over again. I wrote the season off after we got the Isles pick and would like to see it through. Finishing above 3 and not winning the cup would be an abject failure to me. Jmho.

Got my tix for Wisconsin yesterday. Fwiw BC and Noah Hanifin are in Rochester early in the season.

Why? Because Drouin did? Two distinct situations. Plenty of camp and 9 regular season games for the professionals to determine his fate.

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I knew someone would jump to the defense of the tank so I wasn't worried about delay. But I will try to keep the tc mo rolling. Having lived in Pittsburgh during their halcyon days with Lemieux Jagr Francis st al and now I live in Chicago. It is different when hour expectation is elevated. Yeah I know injuries etc, but when you have talent and depth it changes your outlook. As for natural goal scorers, Baptiste, Possler, and yes Armia are all in that group. But don't discount Risto, Ennis, and Moulson. We have them and are adding more. We have talent and will build an environment where players exceed expectations. But we must weather one more storm.

Which usually means narrowly missing the playoffs or being bounced in the first round. Here in Chicago the pre camp hype is did they do enough to regain the Cup? I would rather have that level of expectation then wondering if we can make a playoff push. Adding talent at the rate and level we are will help that.

No. If you come this far, see it through. Neither of the two make is a cup contender this year or next. Plus there is chance for McEichel, though small.

s It is a channel.. And they archive just about everything...even some wjc games from3 tears ago.

No its legit. I used it all last year. Ohl, qmjhl, whl, ahl, swedish elite league got it all. They also were a tech partner for the fifa world cup. I had no issues. It works best with Roku...mirrorcast would hang everryonce in awhile.

hockeystreams.com. they are advertising that it will bee available. I used this last season.