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Only 1 off from McJesus in the same period. He has 47 (20-27) in his last 24.

Come on I was being serious. Really I was. Jeremy Davies is the solution to all our problems. He has 22 games of NHL experience at 26. What more do we need.

We absolutely don’t need help on defense. What was I thinking.

In a dispersal draft age and contract would be important factors in who you choose. Tage is already 25 and Tuch 26. Everyone else is 22 and younger.

Why are the World Jr and other recent threads closed ?

If they held a dispersal draft of the Sabres Dahlin would be first, Power 2nd, Cozens 3rd, Thompson 4th, Quinn 5th, Samuelson 6th, JJP 7th, Tuch 8th

I forgot to add Levi as an acquired Prospect for KA. Also Added Kozak to AHL for KA and Biro as an AHL prospect signing.

DR: Draftees: Girgensons AHL: Malone (but re-signed by KA) TM: Draftees: Asplund, Olofsson, Fitzgerald- AHL: Murray TM: Signings & Trades: Okposo JB: Draftees: Mittelstadt, Cozens, Dahlin, Samuelsson, Bryson, UPL. AHL: Weissbach, Cederqvist, Rousek, College: Johnson, Portillo, Huglen. ECHL: Pekar JB: Trades & Signings: Skinner, Thompson, Jokiharju, and Pilut KA: Draftees: Power, JJP, Quinn AHL: Kulich, Rosen, Kisakov, and Kozak. Another 20 prospects in Juniors, Europe and NCAA (including Savoie & Levi). KA: Trades: Tuch, and Krebs Signings & Waiver Claims: Hinostroza, Jost, Clague, Lyubushkin, Anderson, & Comrie. AHL:Biro I hope this helps. Samuelsson was drafted by Jbot.

By the way, it was interesting to see what many of us wrote when Mattias signed his ELC.

It's why I say they are two sides of the same coin. Either guy is excellent without the other, but together they take each other to another level. Dahlin trusts Samuelsson to cover his back if he freelances some to create offense. Samuelsson trust Dahlin to move the puck quickly out of the zone and also trust's Dahlin to cover him if he pinches. They really are in many ways the perfect pairing.

I agree Jack is more valuable to LV. However best bang for the buck? Tuch. Next year when Mule's contract kicks in we'll have Tuch and Samuelsson for $9 mill. Would you trade both straight up for Jack? I wouldn't.

Yes and no. No I don't think Samuelsson is a better overall player than Dahlin, but I do think his skill set is essential to the Sabres success, he is better defensively and he makes everyone, including Dahlin, better when they play with him. I also think he provides critical leadership and the ability to keep the locker room loose but focused. I'd almost argue that they are two side to the same coin. Our 3-10 record in his absence is very telling this season and how improved the Sabres were last season when he returned from injury. In some ways he is our MVP although not our "Best" player.

Tuch's best year with LV was 20g 32a for 52 pts in 74 games. In other words .27g/gp and .70p/gp Last season in Buffalo he scored 12g 26a for 38 pts in 50 games or .24g/gp and .76 p/gp. So basically in line with his best in LV This season he has 15g 16a for 31 pts in 30 games. .5 g/gp and 1.03 p/gp. (He's also +7). Kind of scary that Marty thinks he still has another level. My guess is he thinks he has the skills to use his size more like Tage. He also has 3 more years at just 4.75 per season. Talk about bargain deals. Now compare to our from Jack. Jack has 13g 16a for 29 pts in 27 games or .48g/gp & 1.07p/gp. He was probably having his best two way season (+17) before getting hurt (again). So basically we are getting Eichel like production from Tuch for half the price. Both guys are 26.

Samuelsson. When DG needed someone to carry the team with Power out he played Mule 31 minutes. Recent reports I seen have stated that he is a future Captain. Marty said last night that Tuch still has another level. Peca thinks JJP maybe the most talented forward in the organization.

One thing KA can do is make Clague the 7th D. Every time I’ve seen him play he makes much better decisions with the puck then either Pilut or Fitzgerald. I still don't think he is a long-term answer or even a medium term answer, but he looks like the best of a sorry lot.

Clearly KA cares more about the depth in Rochester then in Buffalo. I heard Cecconi asked for the trade because he wanted to be here.

Apparently he wanted to be here.

Their going to trade Chychrun, Ghost and others. They can finish the tank without trading the goalie. They literally just extended him this past offseason.

And there was some rejoicing Sadly Joki is out week to week.

They don’t need him to trade him to accomplish their 2022/23 tank. They are already that bad.

The Sabres have played only 5 games with all 6 starting D in the lineup. Their record is 4-1-0. (17% of games ytd). The Sabres have played 10 with 5 of the 6 starters. Their record 4-4-2 The Sabres have played 8 games with only 4 starters. Their record is 2-6 Interestingly, when down to 3 starters, they went 3-2 in those 5 games. Our record without Samuelsson was 3-10 and without Joki so far 5-8. We’ll be down to 5 starters for the foreseeable future as Jokiharju is week to week and on IR. Lyubushkin is skating and could return soon.

I take that back. There is another goalie with term, a decent track record, but has also been scuffling of late and that in Stl’s Binnington. He has an NTC, but Stl would almost certainly trade him if they could. He has 4 years left at 6 mill, but if Bales thinks he can fix them problem (like he thought with Murray), he’d be a much cheaper acquisition vs Demko.

Why would AZ trade Vejmelka? Trading him would put them in our situation. They have a decent guy in the A, but after that their next goalie has a 3.62 GAA in juniors. Their current NHL backup is a waivers claim with a 4.57 GAA. Other than Demko, I doubt there is a legit goalie who can helps us available in season. Defense on the other hand, I think KA will have a much easier time finding help now, or at the deadline or in the off-season.

Just received my Peach Bowl tickets. Nose bleed city, but happy to be going. Getting nervous about the game.