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Kulich will have to wait for his turn as a young prospect, Benson and Savoie are on a limited time frame so they get first crack.

Well, he’s willing to drop the gloves, but he needs to work on his technique. Pronger had a lot of space, his technique was more stick oriented.

Cool. That is a great song. Your Ritchie Blackmore riffs are good. My mother plays guitar and piano, offered to teach me but I was never musically inclined.

Little Johnson?

I still remember coming out of my chair, fist pumping when they announced that the Sabres select from the Ottawa 67’s. I was 100% sure it was Rossi. I think Quinn will be better, the Sabres needed C depth at the time. Rossi will get a great opportunity on the Wild, they don’t have much for skilled C.

Yes, just stay in the house. If you notice that burning electrical scent, go to plan B. Hopefully you used electrical tape.

I think he and Rosen get a call up as an attaboy later on. Biro, Rousek are short term fill ins who don’t require more development. Kulich and Rosen will get a taste but are future NHLers. Benson forced his way in and is now being slow cooked, Savoie will get a look too. These two are in a different scenario than Kulich/Rosen due to the CHL.

At least P. Kane has won something, Johnny’s been on a lot of underachieving teams.

I think it was during Tuch’s interview, he called him RJ, you think he would know better. Johnson said during camp his nickname was Yonnie. I think it was because of Scandinavian ancestry.

They could really use VO’s skillset.

Churchbell sized. It will give him more space going forward.

Small skilled player, I think we have enough of those.

Maybe turn him into the new service dog?

This helps take some of the sting out of last night’s game. Doesnt mean a win but a step in the right direction.

I don’t think he will retire but I hope he scales back his games.

More so KO than Girgs. At least Girgs can skate. KO is a smart guy, I would think he realizes he can’t keep up with the pace of play. After getting his 1000th game he should do the honourable thing and ask to be load managed.

It’s hard to come up with a positive vibe after last night’s sh*t show. All I’ve got is that the Leafs D is fragile as well and they will probably trade chances so it will boil down to who gets better goaltending and how well the scorers are creating. I’m looking for Cozens to get out his funk and just go north south in a foul mood. Like the players, we need to put last night behind us. That is tough to do when you leave a stinky mess on your own bed. Let’s go Buffalo!

Ersson on at the other end, get in there and shoot. Only 4 shots???

Girgs has the speed to be effective on the rush and gets in quickly for the forecheck too. KO gets caught from behind and pinned in the neutral zone, he’s not even getting zone entries. He can play dump and chase but he struggles to pressure the D. If they gain the zone, he can still help the cycle game due to his strength and experience. Everyone raves about the PK and it’s probably not a coincidence that KO and Girgs are no longer key components of that unit.

I’m so happy the Leafs gave him a three year deal.

I think UPL deserves this game, he has earned the net because he is on a roll. Levi needs to earn some ice time so he gets the B2B second game. This gives Levi one more day to rest up from his injury. Levi grew up in Montreal, probably hates the Leafs and goes beast mode tomorrow. He looks younger in that picture, @PASabreFan snapped it in Carolina?

Good news, thinking of your family.

Good point. I want to see him sit but there are probably plans around that date.

Goatheads will prevail tonight. They need to be better than last game at creating offense. I wouldn’t be sad if KO sat out a game. The offense goes nowhere when the puck touches his stick. Let’s go Buffalo!

I got a similar reaction, probably anti Mitts. I agree that you probably can’t get him under $6.5M if he keeps this up. He will be an example of staying hungry and working hard to play to your potential before being rewarded. KA has gone the other way with the core, except for Dahlin.