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Does it really matter?

Maybe it’s recency bias but I’ll throw my hat in the Zach Benson ring. His vision is unreal. His battle and defensive game for his age is very good. Out of all the prospects it would surprise me least if he becomes a star.

Love this area. The annual wine festival at Watkins Glenn racetrack is an awesome time.

I just picked up tickets for the Friday night game against Montreal and Saturday night against Jersey. We should be icing a pretty exciting lineup. Looks like tickets go on sale tomorrow and early crack at them tonight for STH. $10 for general admission seating. Should be pretty good hockey and Harbour Center is always a nice venue for watching.

Agreed. That Quinn injury really sucks.

I don’t think we should completely assume one of these rookies we have knocking at the door won’t make it. Maybe training camp rolls around and Savoie or Kulich show they belong (or Atleast 9 game look). That’s what I’m hoping. Dudacek had a good thread on projected arrivals of our prospects. I think many are thinking Kulich Savoie and maybe even benson will be ready for the Sabres next season. Not sure there’s room or we would want to break in 3 rookie forwards in one season (especially in another year from now with high expectations). Only if they prove they belong but I’m very open to one of the rookies making the team this year to help bolster a third scoring line.

The easy low hanging fruit is goaltending. I'm as optimistic as any about Levi but history shows rookie goaltenders rarely put up good numbers in their first season. Pair that with the tire fire we had last year and Adams is playing with fire imo. So much invested in this young core and its borderline stunning that yet again Adams fails to substantially upgrade goaltending. I hope its not our achilles heel but its jumping off the page as an obvious concern.

I would rather not trade Mitts.

Very cool. Will definitely try and attend.

Right? This is almost getting stupid at this point. To have such a deep young team and rely on a rookie and….nothing behind him is crazy.

I’m sure this is an unpopular opinion because Peca was our heart and soul but I loved that Tim Connolly trade. Absolute shame he suffered the nasty concussions. He was an absolute wizard with the puck. Game 1 against the sens in 05/06 is my favorite Sabres game of all time and he was just so incredible when healthy, and in that game in particular.

Good. Now that we got this out of the way lets move on to Dahlin.

I keep reading this but I don’t see that in the game logs based on time on ice. I will be up front and admit I have no idea Boston’s depth chart but Clifton rarely played 20 minutes or more per game even long before Orlov came. For reference Joker was our number 4 and he regularity played more than 20 minutes per game. Especially if Clifton can play on the PK as I’ve read on here, why was he rarely playing 20 minutes per game if he’s a second pairing penalty killer? https://www.rotowire.com/hockey/player/connor-clifton-5684 Joker for reference https://www.rotowire.com/hockey/player/henri-jokiharju-5426

Oh *****. I don’t think the trigger warning should just be regarding Gibson.

Any idea when that may be? Will he be back before training camp?

Late to the party reading this but what the heck are you talking about? Neither Murray or Reilly will be on LTIR. Did something happen to Reilly I missed? I haven’t read any type of injury?

Was great meeting up with you and putting a face to the name. I’ve been coming to this site a couple times a day for nearly 20 years lol. Nice meeting up with fellow Sabrespacers!

McCarthy, Kisakov and Neuchev were my other standouts

Shawn McDermott in the house

This was fun! Well worth the price of admission 😉

Agreed. His edges, vision and just a hound on the puck with ability to steal it back is phenomenal. My only wish is that his straight line speed was a touch faster but give him time with our development staff and we shall see. He’s gonna be a player. I feel the need to mention again how impressed I am with Novikov.

Everyone needed to hear his name called haha

Nikita Novikov is very good at hockey. Benson with the steal to set up the tic tak toe winner

@Taro T Ratzlaff standing on his head so far this game

He was dancing out there. Good deception. Speed is ok but certainly not elite.