The fact that he understands Dahlin is not a stay at home defensemen at least gives him a leg up on RK and puts him in the "sane" column. Tage and Casey played their best hockey under him.
Reinhart and Eichel were supposed to be the foundation of a Cup contender. Instead they are both being traded after 5 seasons. What an epic failure of a franchise.
We need a Zegras, Dach, Byfield type prospect plus a number one to even start negotiations imo. I have no doubt a young franchise center will eventually invoke a bidding war. Especially this time of year when other times are high on emotions and desperate for more scoring. KA can take his time.
Being a Sabresfan I just enjoy good playoff hockey and pull for whomever…we will probably never see what MTL is experiencing again. At least not anytime soon.
The top 4 D of MTL alongside an elite goalie with responsible, fast, hardworking forwards, makes me hope the Sabres grab Powers all the more and some similar forwards like Suzuki, Gallagher and Danault.
we were going to be really bad by defacto... The old core all left and we needed a rebuild anyways. So even if we went all out we still likely were bottom 5 imo.
NY just doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and play so disciplined. If it wasn’t for that gift wrapped penalty at the end it was a shutout. Very impressive game 1 on the road. Cooper has to make adjustments.