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JJP makes great quick decisions with the puck.

JJP makes such good quick decisions with the puck.

The players also want to win. You can give them real goaltending and better depth on D without hurting anything. Shoot the dang puck Vinnie.

The best thing about this team is the close bound between the players. They genuinely want each other to succeed. It’s one of the reasons I’m so annoyed with KA not giving the team the support it needs.

Ultimately a good period, but some pretty piss poor goaltending from Det. Some dumb penalties. Really happy for Mule. He deserved a break.

The comparison to Levi is Ryan Miller.

What? Why would anyone compare Baptiste to Quinn? Nick was a 3rd rd pick who had 48 points his draft year. Quinn was a top 10 pick who had 52 goals his draft year (& 89 pts total). In the AHL Quinn had an all time great season at 20 years old, Nick not so much. Talk about apples or oranges. The comparison of Petersen is Portillo. Their college numbers are very similar.

Probably considering how bad our goaltending is and the fact that KA tried to acquire the terrible Murray who is owed more $ and more term.

Agreed, Reilly was cheaper help but with term and KA avoided that one as well.

I read the article and it seems LeTang has had a similar one before in 2014 and returned quickly to the NHL. The article says this isn’t career threatening which is great news

That’s awful. I hope he recovers soon.

Other than Zamboni’s laughing at the idea, I’m surprised more people haven’t chimed in on Tage vs Jack. Tage’s ascension to the upper echelon of NHL players is remarkable. I agree with you on Tage being the better goal scorer and Jack being better passer and 2 way player at this point, but even the playmaking gap is closing. For Tage to be in the same ballpark as the one time savior is also remarkable. Who would have thought two years ago that this was even possible. So far ytd. Jack 24gp 11g 15a 26 pts Tage 22 gp 14g 14a 28 pts Add in the smaller long term contract $ for Tage and that he is a year younger, I’d argue that right now Tage is arguably the more valuable player. Seriously would you trade Jack for Tage straight up? I wouldn’t.

Wait we have two D out with injuries again. So 25 minutes each again for the top 4. I begging you KA, find D help. Please!

So what do the fancy stats say about our over 23 D and our goaltending? They probably say the same thing they said last year.

or like comparing John Marino to Lyubushkin. 🙂

You forgot to circle the 3 goals they scored on the PP. The goaltender needs to be your best PKer and our goalies stink.

There is no one literally that can’t be traded. Even Wayne Gretzky got traded, but KA now has core group that he will invest in of Dahlin, Samuelsson, Power on defense, Skinner, Tuch, TnT, Cozens, Quinn and JJP at forward. Now he has to decide how to make the rest of the roster competitive especially in goal.

Mitts and VO were very good in the second half of the season 5 on 5 and Mitts for his career has scored most of his goals and assists 5 on 5. Something is clearly wrong. Maybe part of it is bad defense and goaltending. I'm not sure the forwards could have done anything to prevent the 2 goals scored when Mitts and VO were out there. That said, they aren't creating enough in offense to offset any mistakes made on defense. One option is to try Krebs in the middle between Mitts and VO. Krebs is a playmaker. Maybe that responsibility will get all of them going? The other option is to find a physical player to create space for VO and Mitts to find opportunities. I'm not sure who that is? Girgensons maybe? It might look something like the following: Skinner TnT Tuch JJP Cozens Quinn Girgensons Mitts VO (or Mitts Girgensons VO) Asplund Jost KO If DG goes this route, send Krebs down?

Can we give up on UPL?

For me personally or for KA? Tuch is the poster child for someone who wants to be here. Robertson; Dallas isn’t trading Robertson for any price. As to JJP, I view him as a potential pt a game player once he physically matures or sooner. He’s our Point or Aho.

Yes and in any deal, but obviously the better or more potential the forward the higher the price. Obviously Dahlin, Power and Samuelsson are also unavailable.

Is TnT now as good as Eichel? Is he a better goal scorer?

Thompson, Tuch, JJP. Cozens and Quinn are completely unavailable at any price. I’m sure KA would listen to the rest of the forwards.

It's not like the Sabres weren't upfront with him when they signed him. He was told that Rochester was a real possibility and that if he went there he'd was supposed to be part of the leadership group to mentor the kids. I understand he wants to play in the NHL and he thinks he has more to contribute then say Krebs. However his best seasons are behind him. He is a 20 pt guy at best. Krebs put up 22 in half a season last year. I'd play Krebs also. He's only 21 and needs experience. The Sabres need to find out what they have in Krebs. Sheahan is a known bottom 6 player with zero upside.

Regardless of price what would the Sabres be getting and where would he fit in the lineup? He has size and has good offensive instincts. We certainly can use the size and the added transition. He is a L shoot D, who can play the right side as well. He has also often being injured in his career. Given the Sabres recent luck with D injuries is this a risk we even want to take? So lets assume for arguments sake that KA actually makes the deal. Where does he play? Does he replace Jokiharju as Power's linemate or does he anchor the 3rd pairing and play with Lyubushkin? If they plan is to upgrade Bryson, then the price is way to high. If the plan is to demote Joki to play with Lyubushkin, then the price is ok, but I'm not a fan of the D pairings being L/L, L/L, R/R. Back in 2011 when Burns (along with a 2nd) was traded, he had established himself as a superior offensive D with 17g 29a the year he was traded. SJ gave up Setagochi (a former 8th overall pick) with 3 decent seasons under his belt, Charlie Coyle, a top prospect and a 1st rd pick. Chychrun has had one season similar to Burns, but has mostly been a 20-25 pt player. He isn't worth 3 major pieces, but if 3 pieces are what they need, a lottery protected 1st in 2023, Krebs and Bryson. If they want more, a 2nd rd pick needs to be coming back like in the Burns deal.