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If Hagg is worth a 6th, I guess Miller is worth a 5th and Butcher nothing.

LOL. I'm looking forward to that for 5th for Miller. I'm also so glad we acquired Butcher. Can't wait for the bag of donuts for him.

Last I looked there was more to playing defense in the NHL than simply looking at a guys points, especially when 40% of Miller's points in LV were on the PP. By the end of his time in LV his points began to drop off ( 8 points in his last 27 games), his PT dropped (from 21+ to 17) and he was an occasional healthy scratch. I wrote when we acquired him that he was defensively challenged, was going to be Baloo 2 and the deal only made sense if we were trading Risto. We didn't trade Risto and Miller has been terrible in our zone since he arrived. To make matters worse, he was the 4th option for PP time behind Dahlin, Risto and Montour and has been mostly a bottom pair guy here on a defensively challenged team. So yes he was bad in LV as a defenseman. PP specialist he was fine, except that wasn't what we needed here. Buyer beware.

Check his last season there. He pts dropped, his pt dropped and he was even a healthy scratch. He was also terrible in his own zone during his time there. So yes he was exceedingly mediocre by the time he got traded. Also over 40% of his points came on the PP, something he was not needed for here.

27 hours left.

Should we be worried that Power has only 1 pt (an assist) in his last 6 college games? Is he just tired from playing for 3 teams this season? Is he hurt? He has looked fine defensively, but he doesn’t seem to be playing with his same attacking style.

The AHL playoff system is friggin crazy https://theahl.com/22playoffprimer Right now the Amerks have a 1st rd bye and are 3rd in the Division.

https://www.uscho.com/2022/03/19/here-are-the-16-teams-wholl-be-in-the-2022-ncaa-division-i-mens-hockey-tournament/ Predicted field Michigan the 1st overall seed - Power, Portillo Minnesota the 6th seed - Huglen, Johnson Northeastern 14th - Levi North Dakota 7th - Costantini

Frozen Four Selection is tomorrow. Michigan likely to be the No.1 overall seed according to tonight’s game announcers with Minn being a 2 seed.

FYI: Levi gave up 4 on 37 shots as NE lost to UConn 4-1 in the Hockey East Semis.

I agree. This is going to be a great battle between Levi and Portillo and an awesome problem for the Sabres. I love that he lead his team through the handshake line. They announcers said he is one of the vocal leaders on the Wolverines. Portillo Big 10 tourney MVP.

Vinnie’s value has to be increasing.

He is. He was playing down low in front of the goalie.

Delo traded for a 3rd https://www.nhl.com/news/anaheim-ducks-trade-deslauriers-to-minnesota-wild/c-332019628?tid=278542340

Miller was bad on Vegas also.

Power stopped skating on the first Minn goal 30 seconds in.

Except he's from Quebec. We need a player from New Brunswick.

We should absolutely get Myers. The Sabres have never had a player born in New Brunswick.

There have been only 12 trades to date since I opened this thread. The bigger deals so far have been 1) 2/14 - Tyler Toffoli (to Calgary) for a 1st plus a mess of picks and prospects 2) 3/14 - Josh Manson (To Colorado) for a good prospect and a 2nd 3) 3/16 - Ben Chariot (to Panthers) for a 1st, a 4th and a prospect 4) 3/16 - Jarnkrok (to Panthers) for a 2nd, 3rd and 7th 5) 3/18 - Hagel (To TB) for 2 conditional 1sts and 2 players. I thought it would be heating more already. Back in 2019 (just before covid struck) there have been 19 deals before the actual deadline day and 32 deals on the Monday of the trade deadline. Of the 19 deals prior to deadline day, 9 were important deals involving 1st rd picks or multiple picks including at least one 2nd rd picks. Tyler Toffoli was traded then for Schaller, Tyler Madden a 2nd in 2020 and a conditional 4th. This year Toffoli went for another Tyler (Pitlick), prospect Emil Heineman, a 1st, a 5th and another conditional 4th. Will we see 32 deals again on Monday?

I’ve never forgiven the Baltimore Murders.

Are u referencing the Cleveland Clowns?

Maybe Jack should take the rest of the year off and get his body fully healthy before returning to the ice.

Well let’s see. Miller in the lineup we lose 6-1. Miller out of the lineup Sabres win 1-0 in OT. Coincidence I think not.

The way Vegas’ luck is going they’ll finish with the 10th worst record, but someone behind them will win the lottery dropping them to 11th giving the pick to us.

First OT win by the Sabres since beating Ana on 10/28/21. We are now 2-7 on OT. 2-1 in SO games.