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So who will be the team MVP, rookie of year, and unsung hero? Mail the MVP to Miller? Give to Leino for being the Tank Commander? I'd give MVP and rookie to Girgensons, and unsung to Flynn.

If Makarov comes up to play, they should send Knapp down to start for Amerks. Let Vinz backup, or sign Biron to one day contract. To have Makarov or Knapp on bench would be dumb. And put Scott on D instead of Pysek. The priority should be the Amerks.

You're assuming that's who Eleven is interested in. Maybe he's attracted to Bette Midler. Might have a thing for overbites.

Which is why I can't believe some people want them to draft the top D man over the top centers.

I believe Hackett's contract is up this year. I wonder if they'll resign him or make room for Makarov on Amerks.

Looks like Charlotte will pass Amerks for last playoff spot tonight with win. But Amerks will have 3 games in hand. Big 3 game weekend.

They didn't have curves on sticks so pucks didn't fly up as much. But still crazy. Stafford was slow on back check on Ranger goal.

Sabres D is terrible in clearing puck out of zone. It looks like they try to shoot it through the other team instead of looking for the open areas.

Technically they're both gloves; a blocker and a catcher. I was wondering if in league history there's ever been a team's highest paid forward who had zero goals for a season, excluding season long injuries.

Tallinder didn't finish the last game, so he might be dinged up.

RJ sounded a bit raspy when he talked, and that was only for a couple of lines. I thought he would have done the presentation instead of Gare. And how come there wasn't anyone from the Sabres management there? Were they afraid they'd get booed?

They may have kept Manning out for the season even though he could have played near the end, knowing he might leave in free agency so lets get the highest pick possible. If they change the rules, then they should make the ball selection public, not do it behind the scenes and then just show us team cards. Otherwise Conner McDavid will "just by luck" end up in Brooklyn, Toronto, or Florida.

If that was true then Risto, Pysek, and Rhuwedal would never have been sent down and would have played instead of McBain, Tallinder, and Sulzer or Weber. They want the kids to get playoff experience. That's not going to happen if they don't make the playoffs. So send the best eligible players back to Rochester and give them a chance.

I wish they would leave the better players in Rochester so at least they could compete for a playoff spot. 8 straight losses and they're dropping in the standings. Call up the Amerks scrubs and send Risto, Rhuwedel, Delaurias, Ellis, and Lieuwan back. The Sabres don't need to win, the Amerks do. Keep Hackett and bring up Makarov.

They're blowing it! This is what happens when they don't have the Tank Commander in the lineup to lead them to defeat!

For which team?

He said the future, not the present. Risto, Pysek, Zadorov, and Myers. Plus this team is the worst for puck possession, and that's mostly due to the forwards.

Knapp is currently playing for the Alaska Aces. Hell of a plane ride back to Rochester. I think Ullmark's team lost in the Swedish playoffs, I wonder if they could bring him over. Sabres should just sign Biron as emergency backup for rest of season.

I assumed it was during the Sabres games, that's when I nod off.

Of course they were named during less PC times when Custer was thought of as a hero, and kids were wearing coonskin hats. I think the Browns are worse, named after Paul Brown. Bills is better than the Buffalo Ralphs.

The Crunch name is partially due to the fact that Nestles had a big plant in Fulton, north of Syracuse at the time, and they were a big sponser. It was the winning name of 5 offered in a fan contest.

Shanahan will give Ted Nolan a 5 game suspension for Intimidation of a Player causing early retirement. The downside is he was expected to boost the Amerks D for their playoff run.

Here's a more comprehensive look http://www.sportsnet...brendon-dillon/ Looking from the angle that Kassien had, I don't think he expected Dillon to bend down just as he hit him, so he wasn't looking to intentionally wipe him out. And I think he threw his helmet because he was upset with himself because he knew it was going to cost him. But he's still guilty of not being in control.

Since two players are injured, they'll all play and they just need to sit Scott who played forward yesterday, and Kenopka already was a scratch. Although if it was me I'd sit Leino.

Sign Mark Messier to a one-year $10 million contract and make him the captain. He wouldn't even have to suit up for games, he could just do practices and be in the locker room.