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Bring the effort tonight because I would expect more from the Flyers. Control the puck like yesterday and good things will follow. Let’s go Buffalo!

Flyers have been talked about as the favourites in this division. Just get to the playoffs and we will all be happy.

If this is an extended absence they will have to get Tokarski. I think they need 3 goalies available.

Can’t change the past but they need to get a loser point or two in games like the previous two. If you don’t have your A game find a way to get to OT. Those points will be huge.

Is there a chance Zemgus will be ready for the playoffs? Latvian Locomotive could put this team over the top. Our version of Kucherov.😁

Training staff should bring hats out in case Sam or Curtis get a Hattie.

That should be enough to make the playoffs.

May have to play him again tomorrow, good thing he’s not getting a ton of shots.

Just wow.

Wow, minor injury not getting in his way.

Yeah! Get this PP going. Needs to be a major weapon.

Road Warriors

Lazar, secondary scoring!

Watching Jets vs Leafs. Jets D is porous, sure helps having Hellebuyck back there. Sabres need an upgrade at G.

Wow, I was worried about the goaltending behind Linus. I can’t believe my nightmare has come to life already. Hutton could play well but he did not give me a warm fuzzy feeling the other night. Let’s go Buffalo! Fingers crossed instead of hopeful anticipation.

What happened with the top of the 2016 draft class? Matthews grew a pedaphile moustache, signed for a quick exit via UFA (the reverse Tavares for the Leafs). Laine has been unhappy in Winnipeg for years and wants out. Dubois wants out of Columbus. Puuljujarvi has already sat out a year because he wanted out of Edmonton.

He is my biggest disappointment so far. He has not been a factor on the positive side of the ledger. I need to relax as it is only 2 games in and he is 20 years old. I just expect a lot and hate the chatter of Makar, Hughes and Heiskanen winning all of the Norris trophies for the next 15 years.

Skinner moving his feet drew that. They need more of that effort. OK PP is overdue.

I was not impressed last night. Overall it was a poor effort. Dahlin let me down. The Staal gaffe was brutal. Hutton scared me all game long. On the positive side, they were one down with a minute to go after playing like crap. Ullmark will bring a better game, Dahlin will rebound and I hope Staal is OK. Let’s go Buffalo!

I will miss the first period but will watch the rest with great anticipation. I am really excited to watch Dahlin and see if he does break out this season. He can be a game changer. Let’s go Buffalo!

Watch the numbers he will put up and all the flak the Sabres get for not keeping him. I still think he could have helped.

I may be over simplifying this but you will not know if he is ready unless you play him. At a minimum he should get a few games and be on the taxi squad if he is on the bubble. He isn’t fully developed yet but he is relatively big as well as one of the faster players in his peer group.

I am not an authority on this but I am French Canadian. The colonization of Canada was begun by the French. Canada was a French colony for almost 200 years. The defeat by the British changed the landlord but most French speaking people remained. Subsequent waves of immigration reduced the majority of the “french Canadians” but they still have a decent population ( about 10-20%) The majority of French Canadians live in the province of Quebec but there are many in New Brunswick and Ontario. Canada has two official languages, English and French , due to this history. Most French Canadians have deep roots in this country, although nowhere near the depth of First Nations people. My ancestors have lived in Canada for nearly 400 years and this is common with french speaking Canadians as immigration from France basically stopped in the mid 1700’s.

Congrats to USA hockey. They executed a great game plan. Zegras was only a factor in one period but it was enough. Knight was great. Canada only played well in the third and Knight was solid. Canada succumbed to the pressure, they were squeezing their sticks way too tightly and got derailed. Simple passes were in the feet or behind the receiver, board work was weak and their D looked out of sorts. Cozens’ game was his worst in two years at this tournament. I hope he learns from this and moves on. Quinn had some chances to make a difference but did not deliver. Johnson was OK and did his job well. This tournament has most of my attention every year and now it’s over. Time to shift into Sabres’ hockey mode. Let’s go Buffalo! Again, congratulations to USA hockey and see you next year.

And Friedman adds that Seattle joining will complicate the numbers. A 7 team Canadian division while the west would have 9.