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Maybe. We need at least a pt tonight.

Murray did after floating around. Why not Marjala?

They are actually Sabres fans. They just don’t admit it as they fear being shunned or worse by the militant Leaf’s Nation.

KA believes improvement comes from development. He’d offer the improvement of Tnt, Cozens, Dahlin, UPL and Krebs , etc… as proof of his approach and he’d have a solid argument. If there is a player in the system that is ready for the job they get the job. He isn’t going to bring in anyone from the outside unless we really don’t have a candidate. UPL wasn’t ready so he signed Comrie. We had no ready depth centers so he brought in Sheahan and then Jost. We have no D in the pipeline so he brought in Bush and Clague. Otherwise the open jobs went to JJP, Quinn and Power. Det and Ott went for the big $ outside fixes while we stayed the development course. So far KA is correct. Don’t expect any major roster changes at the deadline unless someone gets hurt (G-d forbid). Meier is certainly an upgrade for our roster, but I don’t see him moving on from JJP, Quinn, Kulich or Savoie to make such a deal happen. They are the next stage of rocket fuel for this team. I also don’t see him jettisoning Mitts or VO at this point as they are key depth scoring and our part of the great locker-room chemistry this team forged. By the way. This isn’t what I’d do, but what I think KA’s approach will be. If it were up to me I’d make a run at Meier include VO in the deal. Putting Meier with Cozens would be exciting to watch. I’d also upgrade Bryson asap. I think we can find a better 5 and I believe he and Bush are not goid enough to be part of a Cup winning team. That said KA’s judgement has proven mostly correct (Ullmark excepted) and you have to be impressed with the growth of this young roster.

https://theathletic.com/4131664/2023/01/27/bills-2022-grades-offseason/ Bills final grades. Want to know why the Bills struggled? This article shows that of the 35 Bills that had full season grades, 5 of the bottom were O linemen. Shocking!

No I just liked the map

I guess it depends if they collect favorite team data for marketing purposes. I know a couple of re-selling sites ask. I’ve never used vivid seats so I don’t know.

I think the Sabres counties are a slightly dark blue on the map. The top of PA being Sabres country is interesting.

Here is vividseats map for the NHL. https://www.vividseats.com/blog/most-popular-nhl-teams-by-state-county

I do wonder what would have happened had Jbot just named DG the HC instead of hiring Rasputin as the HC.

Spoken like a true Michigan, Tenn or Alabama fan

Amen brother

Tuch is the better player right now. Not as talented, but Eichel has been demoted by LV’s coach to a lower line do to his mediocre play of late.

While I think RK is one of worst coaches ever in the NHL, in a strange way I think he may have helped Dahlin and Skinner. Skinner hustles so much more on the back check than he did before RK arrived. Dahlin gained a D awareness under RK that DG says is now ingrained in how Dahlin plays. Whether that was RK tutelage or not is debatable, but they are both better on the D end of things then before RK was hired.

and? Does that preclude the Sabres from making the playoffs and finishing with 97 points.

This is the NFL map according to Vivid Seats. I think the Sabres reach in NY is bigger than people think https://www.vividseats.com/blog/most-popular-nfl-teams-by-state-county

It will be close. Sabres make the playoffs with 97 points. So the Sabres. I thought you mean the D group. I think all the other D who have played this season have 54 points. This Dahlin 55 vs rest of D 54.

The D group? Dahlin. Dahlin’s on pace for 95 points.

Wait til Power adds 20 lbs and a couple of years of experience. I’m thinking a Mike Ramsey who scores 15 goals and add 50 assists. Dahlin will be a Housley who can actually play defense. I honestly believe he’ll be the first Sabres D to score 90 points and I think he’ll exceed 100 pts in the near future. Housley actually had a 97 pt season with Wpg.

My view of KA’s roster management style is to fix only what actually needs fixing. In the off-season they needed a goalie and at least one D and depth at center. KA brought in Comrie in goal. He added Bush as a top 6 D and then for more depth Pilut and Clague. He also tried to add center depth with Sheahan who lost his job with the waiver pickup of Jost. With the defense now healthy, all three goalies contributing, where is the obvious roster hole that needs fixing? 1. Jost and Krebs’ solid play has eliminated the need for depth at center. 2. UPL has seized the crease, but Comrie and Andy are ready and able to chip in 3. Bush getting healthy is a different player securing the 6 spot. Joki is playing his best hockey securing the 4. Clague has secured the 7. 4. Mitts and VO’s excellent play the last month plus has eliminated the need for more scoring depth. The biggest issues on the team, if you can even call them that, are Bryson at the 5 and JJP and Quinn’s lack of recent production. If we have learned nothing about DG and KA, it’s they are going to be patient with young skilled players. No way the kids are coming out of the lineup. They believe you learn from doing. That leaves Bryson. I’d like to see them swap Bryson for Clague in the short term, but if they find a better player then either that would be better.

One of the best road games they have played in along time. Every Sabre played well. They out-skated the Jets for nearly the entire game. I think Joki is vastly improved. Only criticism I have is that Skinner should have shot that puck into the open net to salt the game away. Power is now finding his O game. Donnie said he concentrated on his D positioning in camp and early this season that it’s become second nature to him now allowing him to go back on offense. Morrissey is a real good player, but he isn’t close to as dominate as either Dahlin or Power. 3-0-0 on this road trip. I doubt anyone wants to play us anymore. Just Wow!

He better score or KA will trade him for Meier.

The Meier and McCabe rumors beg the question if KA was going to "go for it" what are our biggest needs? Goaltending? top 4 D? depth D? power forward? faceoff specialist?

So he's the fall guy? Poyer plays hurt all season. Hyde is lost for the season. Hamlin gets hurt before the playoffs. Beane gives him re-tread Marlowe as depth who then also gets hurt, and this guy is to blame for the problems in the secondary?

He is. He's apparently very close with Cozens and Dahlin. There is a Sabres video about Mitts, Bryson, Dahlin and Cozens hanging out together.