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https://www.nhl.com/news/borje-salming-hall-of-fame-defenseman-dies-at-71/c-338007692 What an amazing player. ALS is a terrible disease. 71 is much to young.

He can’t. To young. He’s NHL or back to the WHL.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Honestly Krebs’ future here is in question. With Savoie making this team next season, JJP and Quinn already superior players, and Rosen and Kulich not far behind, where does Krebs fit? I’d trade him at the deadline or this summer for a D especially if Johnson doesn’t sign. Things really get interesting when we draft Bedard this summer. 😉

Here is something that may not happen again this season. The Sabres won and neither Dahlin or Thompson had a point. Also both of Quinn’s goals were unassisted and both of Skinner’s were assisted only by Tuch. Edit. Just checked Dahlin has points in 8 of the 9 wins and Thompson 7 of 9. This was the only win to date where neither had a point. The team is also 6-1 with Samuelsson in the lineup. 3-10 without.

…. And the dam breaks. Quinn cashes in 2. Hopefully a sign of great things to come.

NHL Tonight had a chart showing that in the last 4 full seasons, 75% of the teams in a playoff slot on American Thanksgiving remain in a playoff slot for the season.

Amazing game for a team on the back half of a back to back. You could feel Quinn was ready to start making a difference. Hopefully the dam is now broken for the skilled rookie. I’ve been hoping for a kid line since the off-season. Honestly putting Cozens with the 2 kids has put a pep in Cozens step as well. Skinner remains on fire. At the quarter pole it’s a tight race for team MVP between TnT and Dahlin, but the MIP (most important player) is Samuelsson. Getting him in the lineup changes all 5 other D in the lineup. It allows DG to properly slot the other players including Dahlin and the group instantly becomes more effective. Still hoping KA goes and gets more D depth as Bryson goes down tonight.

I completely disagree. Bjork was a throw away piece of a trade to make the money work. So yes you can get nothing player from winning organizations like Bjork, but you can also get leaders who have been through the wars that know how to win. What a difference Chris Drury and Teppo Numminen made on a young team back in 2005. I believe someone like Luke Schenn would have been a great mentor here. It's up to the GM to find the right depth, but unfortunately our GM hasn't even tried.

Just being honest. Math usually wins in the end. Right now, the math is decidedly against the Sabres. Bos and NJ are near locks for the playoffs at this point. TB, Tor, Car, and Fla are all better teams. The Rags and NYI have elite goaltending and good roster. Which of these teams do you see us legitimately better than? Now add Det and perennial contender Pitt to the mix of teams ahead of us in the standings. Sadly, I honestly believe had KA been willing to be more aggressive in fixing the D and G, we could have been this year’s NJ.

No I wish we’d get a competent GM. Even you must acknowledge that KA has consistently failed to bring in adequate support for his young team on defense or in goal. Comrie was worth a shot, but to not upgrade Bryson or bring in legit depth behind him and a better player than Lyubushkin is unforgivable at this point. Truthfully, I’m beginning to question your judgment if you think Marino is comparable to Lyubushkin. PS we have 4 young/key players hitting their stride in Dahlin, Thompson, Cozens and Samuelsson. Power has also been solid as a rookie. NJ is getting contributions from all 4 lines and solid defensive play because they brought in solid veteran D, like Marino (only 25), Hamilton, Smith and Graves.

Bush is in no way comparable to Marino. Marino is an solid 2 way D who puts up 25 pts a year and play solidly in the D zone. Bush has 26 pts total in 225 career games, he is also slow and mediocre in the D zone. He mostly brings a physical presence that consistently causes unneeded penalties. Marino is a top 4 D and Lyubushkin is a bottom pair guy at best on a good team. Palat has only played 6 games because of groin surgery, and Vanacek is twice the goalie that Comrie is. I also forgot they added Erik Haula. Here is a foreign concept, their GM actually made trades to improve the roster, instead of just shopping at only the FA bargain bin.

And Adrian Dantley. RIP to the man who destroyed NBA basketball in Buffalo and laughed all the way to the bank, swapping the Braves for the Celtics. Talk about lopsided trades. Sadly had Brown kept the Braves together, we could have had a team of HofFers Malone, Dantley, McAdoo, with all-star Randy Smith at the point, and all-star Kauffman as the other guard. Instead Malone, McAdoo and others were traded for cash, picks and junk players to help pave the way for the David Stern brokered swap of the Braves for the Celtics, so that the Celtics owner could more the corpse of the Braves to San Diego.

No he should see limited minutes or be replaced by Larry, Bryson should be replaced with a defensive veteran D from a winning organization.

So why NJ and not Buffalo this year? 3 names - Palat, Marino and Vanacek. They wanted to add veteran winning leadership and they brought in players like Cup winner Palat at forward, Marino from perennial contender Pitts to shore up the defense and Vanacek from another perennial contender in Wash in goal. Lindy Ruff said on NHL they needed more vocal leaders in the lockerroom and off-season buy in from their kids. It looks like got it. We brought in Comrie and Lyubushkin.

The Sabres are 8-11. There are 63 games to go, but I’m sorry to say, the Sabres odds of making the playoffs are nearly zero. In fact they have to play at an over 104 pt pace the rest of the way to even have a chance. The Sabres need to go 37-20-6 the rest of the way to get to 96 pts. Last year 96 points would have fallen short of the playoffs, but in most normal years, 96 points would put the team as one of the last ones in. So can this team make such a run? While the 102 point pace late last season says it is possible, with NJ and Bos playing dominate hockey and another 8 teams playing solid to excellent hockey in the East, the Sabres task is nearly overwhelming. The only way I see it happening is for the team to start a 5 or 6 game winning streak and soon. Take heart patient Sabres fan, fearless leader KA said this was another developmental year.

Just think if we had a GM who cared about winning.

2 defensive D and a goalie

Absolutely. We have 3 2nds, we can easily part with a 3rd plus to get him. Anyone with that work ethic, multiple Cups and the history of carrying the weight of being a top 5 draft pick has things to teach our kids. Obviously this makes to much sense for KA to even attempt it.

I’ve been yelling this for two years on the defense and goaltending. I’m sure KA could grab Reilly right now for future considerations. I can’t abide by any GM sitting on his hands and doing nothing when the team needs support. The really sad part is that I was almost on the KA band wagon. I understood his value approach with so many quality young players to re-sign in the coming years. I thought our offense was now to the point of being playoff competitive and was hopeful that Comrie and the young D would come through on the back end and it worked to start the year. That is until injuries hit and the crappy depth players had to to play. KA’s response to the problem was nothing. Jbot made the same mistakes. At this point in rebuild 3.0 winning must be the goal and until KA proves he actually cares about winning I’m off the bandwagon.

https://theathletic.com/3913878/2022/11/22/luke-schenn-canucks-career-resurgence/ After reading this article, I can’t think of better player to mentor our kids on defense and give us good depth defensive play. For those who can’t read the article, I’d sum up the story with when he got sent to the minors, he reevaluated what it meant to be a pro hockey player and changed how he did things. He hired a private coach to work on the deficiencies in his game and went on to win Cups with TB. From the article: Anyone still think we couldn’t use a hard working professional like Schenn on our team?

It is the appropriate result for someone not committed to winning.

I’m sorry, but Wendy’s is fine dining compared to this organization. I’m thinking more Cook Out than Wendy’s.

Lets talk for a moment about the inner workings for the international scholar named Keyvn Adams. Why make a trade if Samuelsson is now "healthy" and you just acquired a JAG named Jost. Everything is perfect in KA land. He is spending the least amount of Pegula money as possible and getting the appropriate result. Never mind that the goalies can't stop a puck or the fact that Pilut and Fitz (and Bryson) are still on the roster. No, Samuelsson is back and a former 1st rd pick was acquired for nothing. In KA Land, it's a job well done.

Scarlett Johansson's 3rd husband has a similar name to our recently acquired forward.