Thorny

Well you said “better Dahlin or bigger makar” so Dahlin wasn’t stylistic, so sans qualification of talent it sounded like you were saying what separates Makar and Schaefer is merely size Considering it was in the very same sentence - - - And you said, “is Misa going to be MacKinnon.” That’s a stylistic comp? McDavid / MacKinnon semantics aside the one conjuring the imo ridiculous comps isn’t the one engaging in the hyperbole fwiw - is this thread meant to exist sans content? Like “oh Adams can just make a trade for power” is divorced from reality. Actually asking: are we supposed to respond as if the GM has the leeway of a GM in EA

Which are you referring to? The Montreal or winnipeg. was trying to read into him being on the trip. Damn

I really think Tage will start at C. He’s proven there

They did not play well “This team is bi-polar!” yes if you willingly ignore context

Tear it down to the studs for Schaefer

And 2 wrongs don’t make a right. the strategy that led to our ineptitude was prioritizing the future above the now. The overvaluing of draft picks Continually falling for the idea the mystery box is better than a competent approach to team building and development.

In ea sports NHL This thread is video game-ish central Schaefer is going to be better than maybe the most talent D man of all time in Makar, Misa is going to be better than the best player in the nhl, and these are just a couple of the players in the running for this year! I hear next draft is even deeper. Or is that the year after? Yes, the GM we’ve been absolutely begging to make trades for 5 years is going to swing one, under pressure, for a cornerstone asset in Power and it’s certainly a good idea to saddle him with that responsibility when the entire league knows he has to make the trade

Dahlin mvp

Very good 3C, “hey MAYBE we can make the playoffs with him as the 2C” type money. We know where Adams slots him

The Connor Clifton game ^

“Oh yeah? We have a Dahlin..”

DAHLIN is a god

One thing you notice in person is Dahlin subtly shaking his head at some of the plays he sees his teammates make from behind the play Reimer has been excellent

Saw Matt Ellis in concourse lol

lets gooooooo Hostile environment

And we’d merely then be two ships passing in the night

YOUR Buffalo Sabres are scheduled to arrive in Winnipeg shortly, after carpooling from Minnesota early this morning to save $. History of late hasn’t been as nasty to the Sabres while playing in Winnipeg as one might think: Sabres have taken 3 of the last 5 matchups. Today’s tilt being a back-to-back, and the 3rd game in 4 days, will represent tough sledding, however. On a personal note, I had not witnessed a Sabres victory live in person until this fateful, magical day: and tracksuit night, to boot: Go Sabres!

Yes I struggle with interpreting things too literally

Right but that’s the saying “if ANYONE is so and so”. My point is that he’s definitely included in the engine of the team, there’s more in that very sentence, can’t leave out the rest of the context: “him + Mack” are what I deemed the engine - more than one guy. To me it’s a two headed monster as the focal point

What part?

I wouldn’t say he’s consensus at all, I think it’s up for debate but yes the analytical sabres community on X is heavily, heavily favouring Misa so like I said if we somehow got first and passed there’d be some level of a meltdown I don’t see Schaefer pumped up as a good option for the sabres specifically very many places but here. Elsewhere seems to attribute relevance to the fact we have no drafted top 10 F besides Quinn and passing on a F there would be sort of ludicrous when we’d have a shot at that top level guy and a playmaker to boot or they take a left shot D man and shoulder Adams with the responsibility of making a good trade, a hugely important foundational trade, for Power while other teams know he has to make the trade and can hardball him That would be the other option and a great situation I’m sure

We will take it. 5-4. OT

Can’t get to the spot where more than one player drives the engine of a team in perception? The only way to actually build a hockey team properly? You are too buffaloed we have been here so, so many times. One player doesn’t carry a team. Makar is firmly, firmly among the guys there elevating the whole. “Well I’d like to see him away from a good team”. Why? You’d have to eliminate the competence surrounding every player you’d want to compare them to, too. “Well I’d really need to see him on a team like Buffalo who doesn’t surround their players properly” is what that sounds like. ”call me crazy, but I’d love to see McDavid without Draisaitl on his team” “call me crazy - but I’d love to see Gretzky on a team without multiple hall of time all time players.” Oh, he failed to win a cup without them? Might be something there…looking into it

He’ll go first if we select there

It’s time we finally settle this. Centre ice, during the timbit intermission