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Didn’t realize Tuch grew up next door to Tim Connolly. He (Tuch) is being interviewed on TNT.

Love the jersey. Not sure about the white pants.

Ultimately there is a time for patience and a time of impatience. I'm sure KA is going to watch very closely over the next week to see how his patch work D group holds up against good teams. If it gets crushed than he really needs to do something. I do agree Bush will be back soonish, but I'm not sure about Joki. Even when Joki returns, I doubt he'll be at 100%. Facial injuries are bound to make someone a little more hesitant to block shots for example. Ultimately I don't want him to piss away another season in the name of development. .... and now back to the topic. One of the issues facing DG is having a large number of similarly talented players. Certainly Tnt is establishing himself as the best offensive foward so far, but after him we have Tuch, Skinner, Mitts, Cozens, JJP, Krebs, KO, VO, and Quinn who all have the talent to put up 20+ goals and 50-60+ points. I can see why he continues to tinker to try to find linemates with chemistry and to find away to both develop and maximize the talents of Krebs and the 2 hot rookie forwards. I don't envy him the task, especially when even more veteran guys like Mitts, Cozens and VO aren't consistent night in and night out.

Yes most team's depth would be tested, but that isn't an excuse to not try to improve the situation. Teams move 4th and 5th rd picks for depth NHLers all the time. Remember the Scandella for a 4th trade? The Bear trade was for a 5th rd pick I believe. Those picks have about a 15% chance of playing in the NHL 3-5 from when drafted. Your not exactly giving up much on an asset. Also that asset can be recovered at the trade deadline if necessary.

LOL. I like our D group when healthy, but they aren't and might now be for quite some time. I just don't think running with Pilut, Fitz and Clague for an extended period will hold up.

Just think how they'd do with one or two more.

We are playing one proven NHL D right now in Dahlin. One!

I'm confused. Wasn't our PP decent last year at 21.2% for the season? According to NHL.com that tied us with Boston for 15th overall. The biggest issue to me looks like a lack of opportunities. We were at 24th in opportunities at 222 compared to Colorado at 279. Obviously we weren't doing enough to force opponents into penalty causing mistakes. In fact last year Colorado spent 50 seconds a game more on the PP than we did. This season that has changed. We are currently averaging 6:12 per game on the PP. Up from 4:40 last year. This places us currently 8th in NHL. we are also up to 23.5% from 21.2% (good for 13th) and our 8 PPG are tied for 12th. I'd love to the see the PP score more often and agree we are a little predictable. Still volume counts on the PP and if we continue to draw penalties, I think you'll see the % increase as the kids contribute more. With TnT, VO and Quinn, we have 3 of the best shooters in the NHL.

I'm with you on this. At some point you have to go for it. In the next few years we'll be integrating Levi, Savoie, Kulich, Rosen and Östlund among others. He can make the same development comment for years to come. At some point the brain trust will have to say development is great but we need to win now and starting adding guys to make that happen especially on defense. Honestly, I think we are almost at that point. The offense is clicking and coming from all lines. We have 4 players tied for the team lead with 6 goals apiece and 5 guys tied for the team lead for assists with 6 (yes Dahlin and TNT are in both catagories). The goaltending is solid so far. Only the D depth is truly absent to be successful this season. I still feel KA needs to support the team and add another NHL D.

The NHL network mentioned these four D last night when discussing Dahlin. Pretty amazing 4 players near or at the top of 2 consecutive drafts. 2017 3rd overall to Dallas - Heiskanen - 281 gms 35g 99a 134 pts 4th overall to Colorado - Makar - 187 gms 48g 140a 188 pts 2018 1st overall to Buffalo - Dahlin - 286 gms 37g 135a 172pts 7th overall to Vancouver - Quinn Hughes - 210 gms 19g 151a 170 pts How would you rate them so far? Makar, Dahlin, Hughes, Heiskanen? Also Adam Fox was picked 66th overall in 2016 - 213 gms 26g 146a 172 pts

Yeah they do, and I'm waiting for your apology

In the video you posted, there are at least 8 MSU players surrounding the 1st Michigan player or can't you count. Then why accuse someone without any evidence just because you don't like a word choice. Pretty sad.

Also ESPN published another video showing the helmet swinging. https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/espn-abc-tunnel-cam-video-footage-michigan-state-fight-reaction-jacoby-windmon Oh by the way I don't like being accused of being racist!

you think a video of a guy swinging a helmet at a Michigan player is hilarious? Did you read the article? Here is better view. PS the player swinging the helmet is named Khary Crump and he is one of the 4 players Mel Tucker suspended. You may think this is hilarious, I don't.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/31/video-shows-helmet-swing-in-michigan-state-football-attack/ There were two Michigan players assaulted. The first in the first video I posted and the second was with the helmet.

This isn't just boys being boys. 10 on 1 is a gang type assault. I have no idea what color the players were, except the DB for Michigan who is black, and I don't care. Using helmets as weapons, knocking a guy down in the tunnel and then a group of guys starts kicking him on the ground. How else would you describe the event? I think thugs is the appropriate word for a bunch of guys attacking beating a single guy. No you got it right. One Michigan player was assaulted by a group of MSU players swinging helmets as weapons and the second Michigan player was knocked to the group and then a group of MSU players started kicking and punching him on the ground. Watch the videos. It's disgusting.

JJP - 9gms 2g 3a 5 pts -1 ATOI: 13:13 Quinn - 7gms 1g 1a 2 pts +4 ATOI: 11:55 Power - 9gms 0g 3a 3pts +0 ATOI: 22:20 JJP started hot with 4 pts in his first 4 games. Quinn has picked it up after sitting for 2 game with 2 pts in his last 3 games and is averaging about 13 minutes since returning to the lineup. Power, given our key D injuries, is playing a ton of minutes. He is contributing some on offense, but we really need to him to play solid D right now. Power has the advantage because he is going to play 20+ minutes most nights. For all three, I think we are already seeing them mature with each passing game. Quinn looks like a different player since his benching. I'm looking forward to seeing how they progress, but my heart tells me Quinn might end up edging out Power for the award by year end.

I had this happen to me when when playing in a tournament in Canada during high school. (Admittedly I started it). I guess it could be worse, it could be a Michigan/Michigan St after the game tunnel gang assault.

Do you think he'd have won a Cup here if he stayed? Would we have even made the playoffs? So yes he won a Cup, but I think we are closer to that goal today then at any time he was here. Amazingly this is the last year of ROR's contract he signed with us before the 2016-17 season. It was structured correctly. His income this year is 6 mill and that is about his value in the market right now I would guess (cap hit still 7.5). His peek season was 2018-19 with 77 pts in 82 pages. (He also had 54 in 56 in 2020-21). It looks to be that Tage has long-term pt a game potential. I was worried about a regression, but after last night he is back to a 15.4 shooting % and his overall game actually is taking another step, despite some early season games bad puck luck. Only truly elite players can do what he did last night.

I think these are the two areas I think McBeane needs to address.

Anyone want ROR back for TNT? Since the start of last season ROR 86 gm 22g 37a 59 pts TNT 87 gm 44g 36a 80 pts Thomas 80gm 21g 62a 83 pts Kyrou 82gm 30g 48a 78 pts

I read this to quickly the first time. I thought you wrote "I got a Hickey at Duff's" Dyslexia is a terrible thing.

What do they need at the deadline? Safety depth, slot receiver and OLine?

Lighten up Francis.

6 and 12 are lucky tonight. As I mentioned earlier the Sabres are now +12 for the season. However there are more “6” “12” from tonight’s game. The win was the Sabres’ 6th win (over 6 different teams) for 12 points. TNT’s 6 point night, gives him 6g 6a for 12 pts. Dahlin’s goal was also his 6th of the season, 1 each in 6 different games. His assist was his 6th of the season. He is tied with TNT for the team leading in goals 6, assists with 6 and 12 points. Mitts, Skinner (2), KO (2) assists tonight giving them each 6 assists for the season tying Dahlin and Thompson for the team lead. DC’s goal for his 6th point of the season. FYI; 6 x 12 =72 or TnT.