JoeSchmoe

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! They're not the Sabres, but having baseball on TV almost every night softens the blow. Can't wait until next year though. They're going to be good as long as they pay for a goalie. UPL is not the answer.

Sponge Robert! Love it!

Right, and literally no one calls him that anymore except his fanboys and his mother when he's done something bad. When he's a really bad boy, she also adds his middle name.

NHL.com says his name is Sam Reinhart. Hockey Canada page calls him Sam Reinhart. Elite prospects, Hockeydb, and Hockey-Reference all call him Sam Reinhart. Why do so many fanboys here call him Samson?

1) Eakin 2) Hayden 3) Bjork 4) Bjork 5) Eakin 6) Bjork 7) Hayden

The biggest impact is not throwing out the steaming hot garbage line of Bjork-Eakin-Hayden for major minutes every night. Once they got benched, we got good.

I'm not sure if you've been watching the games this year, but Thompson, Tuch, Cozens, Okposo, Dahlin, Samuelsson, and Fitzgerald have all been rough and tough this year. Girgensens, Skinner, Pysyk, andikely Power are no slouches either. Note that I left Hayden off the list because I don't want him anywhere near next year's team.

Owen Power looks like smart Andrew Peters.

Who are we talking about again?

I didn't.

It doesn't mean much to me whether a stranger like Portillo graduates from college or not. But as a fan of the Sabres, I do care if he walks as a UFA. By the end of next college season, he'll be pretty close to doing so. That said, here's an interesting stat... For every 1000 shots: Levi lets in 48 goals Portillo lets in 74 goals Development isn't a straight line, but I think I know which kid I'm putting my chips on.

UPL had to be significantly better than his 0.895 save % in the AHL this season. Most likely he never makes it in the NHL. So... we're going to need to sign 2 NHL goalies this off season. Give Anderson another year, and sign a legit starter.

Are you even a Sabres fan?

JoeSchmoe was the guy crying in the car listening on the radio. Well done by the team.

The Sabres are good now.

Does a 4 year NCAA UFA get any kind of fast tracking momentarily contract wise? Or is the only advantage getting to pick your team, but you still have to do your do your time on an entry level contract and the RFA years?

Just the other day I was wondering what would keep a player like him in the AHL. I guess it's all about the prospect of an NHL payday. It's too bad they couldn't have at least gotten something for him though. If he had gotten hot like he is now before the trade deadline maybe there would have been a taker.

Krebs, Cozens, Mittelstadt, Thompson, Girgensens, and a moist towelette are all upgrades at C over Eakin. I think we're good.

Using the same 100 minute scale as used with the steaming garbage line, they're 369 out of 438. Not good. However... The bigger news is the steaming garbage line is out of the cellar!!!! They are now a respectable 437 out of 438. Crouse-Galchenyuk-Kessel now hold down last spot. By a fair margin too. They're 25% vs 30.8% for Bjork and friends.

Ray called it

Northeastern spring break is March 14-21. Wouldn't he have been with his hockey team preparing for the Frozen 4? This pic could have been taken any time, but if it's confirmed that it was just taken, I'd say he's on his way to signing a pro contract.

If he's in Montreal and not in Boston taking classes or studying for exams, I would say that's a good thing.

This is the number 1 reason. Also, I think we're letting a few of these guys off easy by calling them JAGs. Playing regular minutes and getting 6pts or less in more than 50 games is tragically bad (I'm looking at you Bjork and Hayden). If those two ever make it back into the lineup, we'll see a return to being a bottom 5 caliber team. You can call a Murray, a Ruotsailanen, or a Cagiulia a JAG. Bjork, Hayden, and Eakin are just sewer water.

How many sticks would a U18 kid go through in a season? Interestingly, I bought my son a $200 stick that was on sale for just over $100 that was supposed to be a back / outdoor rink stick. He was shooting so well at the ODR that he tried it out in practice. Sure enough, he shoots better with that than his Super Tacks.