Curt

I appreciate your opinion, but I’m very skeptical of your absolute certainty with no supporting information presented.

I’m on board. I feel like he is a safe bet to be a really good player, and he has qualities that I want on the team. Speed, motor, puck pursuit, 200-ft game. Have you watched any Brandt Clarke? He is a RD who I would consider if Buffalo is at 3-5 and Beniers is gone.

So who do you want? Lol. So your top 4 in order are Beniers, Power, Wallstedt, and Hughes?

He ain’t my avatar for nothin’.

NHL.com has it for seasons going far back, regular season and playoffs. Vegas got to conference finals last season winning only 45% of their playoff faceoffs.

Up 3-0, then allowed 6 unanswered?!

How bad does it need to be to qualify?

It will be before Oct 12, after the Sabres loose two consecutive preseason games.

I didn’t say it was his fault, but what do you want me to say? It wasn’t his fault but it still happened. It wasn’t his fault, but it still wasn’t good for the team. I hold no I’ll will against Bogosian. He is one of the few guys in the NHL from the north country and I’ve followed his career with some interest. And yet, his time with the Sabres was disappointing, that’s just the truth of it.

I’m not sure what you are talking about. What did I blame anyone for? I’m not going to blame someone for cashing checks, but that doesn’t make it good for the team.

A 7 year contract would be for his age 26-32 seasons, unless my math skills have degraded further than I think.

Need to see the actual numbers there. That chart is basically unreadable. It actually looks like that chart was made to look pretty, not give me useful information. Whats the difference in goal differential between a team winning 60% and on winning 40%? I can’t tell from the chart, but from the looks of it, I would say it’s 0.25 goals, maybe close to 0.50 goals. That’s not nothing. This chart looks like it’s telling me that FO% matters a little bit.

-Above average goaltending Defensemen: -make good exit passes -skate well in transition forward/back -win physical/puck battles -QB the PP Forwards: -At least one top 6 level C who you want on the ice in any situation -a guy can really control the puck and be dangerous making plays on the PP or ES -plenty of guys who forecheck and back check hard and fast, and win one on one battles -plenty of guys who will go hard to the front of the net -depth through the lineup. 3rd line should be productive and there should be multiple players in the bottom 6 who can move up and play in the top 6 without much drop off.

Bogosian was beloved by his teammates is Buffalo as well. He can’t stay healthy. It’s not just luck, it’s chronic. When he played healthy in Buffalo he was ok to meh. At times when he was working his way back from injury he was pretty bad. Overall, brings some useful qualities but nothing impressive. That’s fine for a bottom pair guy making $1M or whatever he is making now. In Buffalo he was making $5M+ and was supposed to be a key top-4 guy. Instead we got a just ok guy who was almost never healthy and way overpaid. Fans were not impressed. Its like Okposo now. He can still play and fill a role. At $6M it’s a disaster, at $1M it would be fine.

Oh, bummer. That can’t be a great development situation for a pretty good goalie prospect, spending multiple seasons as a NCAA backup playing only ~10 games.

First, that’s Mr Jack to you. Second, They really do. Casey needs to pick up some of that slack for it to click. He didn’t look as good this game. Also, Olofsson looks like he needs to stop practicing his shooting with Tage.

I think I’m done with the 2 Dmen on the PP. especially with Miller at the point and Risto down low. The PP cost them big this game.

They need to work on their 6 on 3 play in practice.

Portillo will go back to Michigan to be their starter. Johnson is confirmed to be returning to college too, correct me if I’m wrong.

McKenzie doesn’t write the scouting reports or rank the players. He is sharing what NHL scouts have told him. His sample of 10 NHL scouts ranked Raty at 20.

Is Michaela Pastorius a UFA? Maybe we could sign her cheap to backup Ullmark.

I would just take who you want at #1.

I would picture him on something of a Dylan Cozens time line. Probably one more year in college then NHL ready, maybe he spends some time in the AHL first. Good thing about him is that because he competes so hard and plays a 200 ft game, he could play up and down the lineup if he isn’t quite ready for a full time top-6 role.

If they finish in last place, they can only drop to #3. Silver lining?

To be fair, it’s the size + skating combination, along with his undeniable puck skills that make him a great prospect with a very high ceiling. The question is, evaluation of his overall skill set and how well you think he will develop. It’s not a question of if Power is a good prospect, he is, it’s whether he is should go #1? Top-5? Top-10? Tyler Myers is really big with really good skating and good puck skills. Will Power be more than that?