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I’d trade them Savoie and change for Chychrun. Even though I’m hesitant based on his injury history.

That’s overly optimistic. I have TNT just getting 5.

Maybe he was at yesterdays game and got discouraged by his competition progressing well.

Reversion to the mean.

Yep. He had some delusional idea that friggin NE would magically become some hockey powerhouse and he would be playing for a championship. Truth is, he has the same poor play in front of him and perhaps last year their play was overly optimistic.

But why punish him to playing well? I would keep all 3 goalies. Anderson can play the odd game here and there and UPL can be 1A and Comrie 1B.

Maybe they should ask their wives, they must be good at find small buttons by now.

Eligible, but not playing, as he’ll be traveling with the Sabres next year.

I have tickets for the game against the Caps on Jan 3rd. Let’s hope things are cleared out by then.

What they should’ve done is protected Toker over Ulmark. That shiny decoy would undoubtedly been picked up because Seattle went on a goalie signing frenzy. With Ulmark selected, we would’ve retained everyone else. They should told Ulmark he signs a contract or he gets exposed. Instead, we got played.

Who 3 years ago ever thought a Jeff Skinner appreciation thread would pop up in the future? Or that we would be comparing Tage Thompson’s importance to Josh Allen?

Many bonus internet points for the McKelvin quote attempt, but it was “…point blank period”.

From what you wrote, it seems we are doing the opposite of Detroit. We are allowing our young players to go through their growing pains, even if it leads to losses. No blocking young players here. Detroit seems to be taking responsibilities away from them and giving them to average or above average vets. Time will tell which is the right, but their approach seems to be what the NHL has been doing for decades.

Maybe the Sabres should borrow them and do a throwback night sometime.

We definitely have other PPG forwards than Tage, I just see Tage as the glue and the player who demands the opposing teams shutdown line. I’m not sure the kids line could absorb the heat of being the top line. My guess is that Cozens would be shifted between Tuch and Skinner. It may work. Krebs would probably center Quinn and JJ. I hate thinking about it.

Another way of putting this question, because I’m Mr Positive, which injury would be more hurtful to the Sabres, Tage or Dahlin? I’m gonna go with Tage.

A true Tank Commander. He should be proud.

Maybe it’s a message that we won’t be missing much once we trade these 2.

I was afraid this would happen.

One great thing about DG and KA is patience. When we were collectively screaming at the TV screens, they have been patient and it has paid off. Let’s ignore the development of Tage (which is the ultimate show of patience and reward) and look at Dahlin and Cozens. Many on here were at wits end with Dahlin prior to the All Star break last year. Remember all those shorties he was giving up on the PP? We were looking at him as a reclamation project at that point. We were a little bit more patient with Cozens, but many (myself included) were wanting much more last year (including a stint in Rochester). He would have a few games of brilliance, then disappear. Even this year, we were wondering if he still had the ability to hit the back of the net, but our patience has paid off. Krebs is not doing so well, but Donnie’s going to keep him in the games to learn from his many mistakes. Sooner or later, he may respond or maybe not and take the Mitts route. Either way, I don’t see anything as being too unusual right now.

The braces are a give away.

How about each team got what they needed and it’s going to work out for both of them. Is that allowed?