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DG was the guy that went to bat for him so we’ll have to think he will find his game. I wonder if he can play net front on PP2, to change the look. I’m not sure if he has the hands for that role, he definitely has the size. I think his floor is 4th line defensive conscience with some good board work. His ceiling is 15G 25A?

Might as well go for the hat trick, Calder, Vezina and Conn Smythe.

Any Östlund sightings around Rochester?

I really want Levi to be a part of the core but he must earn that. I don’t know why it has to be a hard and fast number like 5 but my 5 are: Dahlin, Cozens, Thompson, Power and Tuch.

Clifton?

Blow Leafs Blow! Must lose and bring their fans back to reality.

Skinner Thompson Tuch Peterka Cozens Quinn Mittelstadt Krebs Savoie Greenway Haula Comtois Jost Rousek Samuelsson Dahlin Power. Graves Jokiharju. Lyubushkin Stillman Levi Comrie

I was about to go to bed and the Oilers get back to within 1. I guess a retiree can sleep in once in a while.

Savoie with 2 assists as the Ice sweep the Saskatoon Blades in the WHL. He leads the WHL playoffs in scoring with 27 points in 14 games. The Ice will face the winner of Seattle and Kamloops in the WHL final.

He does not look like a confident goalie tonight. He’s not tracking the puck very well.

I don’t like many teams that are left. I can tolerate the Oilers the most in the west. In the east I guess I will pull for Sabres south (Panthers) because they are currently playing the Leafs. I cannot stand by without passionately rooting vs the Leafs. Did I mention I hate the Leafs? If the Panthers were to meet the Devils in the next round I could switch to Lindy’s team.

Komarov gets an empty netter as Quebec sweeps Gatineau to get to the Q finals. Nadeau is out. Quebec has swept all 3 series to date.

Pretty specific target area right there.

OMG, his sister is on the HNIC panel. She would pour the gas for the millions of Leafblowers.

Cozens is the poster boy for this description.

Looking forward to this as it is usually accurate. There will be some guys moving up and down of course. Anyone not on this list is a potential Sabres pick.

No, jam is the willingness to use any grit of sandpaper.

Might be tough to find hockey specific training in England during the summer.

I think that there was a bit of discussion about injuries and the relationship with hitting on this board. The hitter and target are both affected by the hit, it’s why you see guys so beat up after the playoffs. That style of game is not sustainable for 82 games. You need to be able to battle for pucks at a higher level in the playoffs and the Sabres will need to embrace that in order to go deep. Adding depth helps too.

And Trouba like hits have the chance of suspension attached to them, resulting in games lost.

Compete, as DG says.

Body by Burger King?

You need to pick your spots. If it’s one on one and your partner has your back go for the hit. I think the players know that both of them feel the impact, there are consequences to every hit and they need to be healthy for 82 + playoffs. Teams ratchet it up in the last few weeks if they are in a playoff battle.

Well, I went out of my way to respond to this. Seriously though, I agree with your comment. People seem to have limited time and attention spans so when it is brought up they made a “significant” effort to do so.

Right on. I equate grit to battling for the puck and hounding If the Sabres take it up a few notches they have the size to win many battles. They just have to realize the sacrifice involved in those battles and blocking shots. The playoffs are a war of attrition and depth is important too. A team cannot play like that in the regular season, they would have nothing left.