Thorny

As much as I try to hold their toes to the fire, my glasses are nevertheless hopelessly rose tinted in that, as much as Benson is still finding his footing, and as little proven as Norris is as a mainstay top 6 C, nm a 1C, it’s a mark of how good Thompson is as a legitimate 1st line threat that I can *see* that line working out for a playoff-bound Sabres team next season. It comes with a few huge caveats though - Benson probably *is* our best playmaking F right now and I’m already counting on another add later in this post and I doubt we get two big ones, so he’ll have to take a sizeable jump in actual production and find those assists. That’s the hope portion id be willing to stomach if: - Kulich isn’t the 2C. It’s way too big of a question mark to latch on to an already question top line. Imagine a competent vet legitimate 2C add (is this even possible for Adams) paired with Peterka and Tuch, and things are looking salvageable. If we are hoping on a fledgling Kulich, at the risk of 15 years, we are playing with dynamite. I’d argue insulting so, and the fuse is short. Yes, there’s McLeod, but the ceiling is too low there. The floor lowers even a little and a borderline, low level 2C if you squint is no 2C at all. Benson - Norris - Thompson Peterka - ??? - Tuch Zucker - McLeod - Kulich Greenway - ??? - Malenstyn/Quinn At a bare minimum, the ??? spaces need legit adds.

The team with 4 hall of famers? To your point, Messier (hall of fame) is an all time leader. And he was even second in points for his team that year: between two defenceman - Sergei Zubov (89 points) and Brian Leetch (Hall of Fame) 79 points). 4th was Adams Graves (Hall of Fame) In net, in his prime, maybe the greatest American goalie of all time Mike Richter (hall of fame) (.910, 2.57, 5 SO) Leech led the playoffs in scoring (34 points), on the way to winning the Conn Smythe for most valuable player in the playoffs In the regular season, the Rangers gave up the 3rd fewest goals against. They scored the 4th most goals as a team But other than that, Mess carried them

That’s right Adams I pay your salary!

Rightly squarely in their primes… 😔

I’m stealing this for my twitter

Honestly, ya, the letter sort of seals it. But then again maybe not, did Cozens have one?

If we get good, it’ll have to be our D. We have two first overall picks and a 3. You can’t invest that sort of capital in a unit and it not be your strength. Our highest drafted forward is Jack Quinn and I believe he’s our only top 10 Realized today Power is making 9 mil which is quite wild, but if the unit doesn’t figure it out we are screwed anyways, like I said

Something around 20th in even strength differential. Ya they are good when you break it down FURTHER to just 5 V 5 AND just goals for but that’s sort of the rub, innit we can call it breaking it down but what it actually is is bias

Sabres may be in 30th, but goal differential they are in a cool 25th

I been here, yes welcome “No stone unturned”, you say?

Misa or bust

I mean…

The goaltending during this regime has been stunk

It took Kevyn Adams 5 years to put this product together

Strip him of the nickname Muel! All those in favour say “aye!”

Should pull out his hair plugs

Unfortunately not happening

I mean I wouldn’t say we are a *great* hockey team..

Kane 5 points? Dude feasts on these games

I’ve purchased a Norris sweater

Consistently have the runs Actual answer ACTUAL actual answer. F*ck it still f*cking sucks Finishing near the bottom! Good one This.

I’m not sure. Logically it makes sense but when you look at good teams, they almost invariably have a good C spine. And not, “oh well their wings are good”. Ya know? Centre has always been the magic sauce in the nhl. If I’m looking at a 1-2 spine of Norris and Kulich (dear lord)..I’m not seeing a lot of traditional playmaking there and my spidey sense is honestly tingling, here. Could be wrong but.. Norris Kulich …at the risk of 15 years? Ehh Neither of those 2 invokes close to confidence at 1 (Ottawa probably rolls their eyes and laughs if it’s Norris: I guarantee you they don’t feel they traded us a 1C) and tbh Kulich at 2 seems absurd given the reasons Adams has failed in past I think it’s probably fair to say that if the fanbase isn’t looking at the roster in fall 2025 and saying “that’s a playoff team”, it’s a grievous insult to said fans. Surely, surely the bar with a 6th straight miss on the line is at least that