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No penalty to Chara?

They have a better harder working team then we do without Ovie and Kuznetsov. Sad. The Athletic said we have a 9% of making it to the playoffs. That estimate is way to high.

Started 9-2 if I remember correctly and then lost 6 straight. Cozens unassisted.

The curse of Ted Nolan.

Two observations so far. Staal’s line scores one for us but give up 2. Both 33’s can’t play defense.

Lol, my brother has been trying to leave for years. He thinks he may be able to escape to Florida soon.

Actually I’m not Italian but so many friends growing up were Greek and Italian and I was fortunate to enjoy some great Sunday dinners.

PLD value just took a hit with his play last night. Also the COVID quarantine rules in Canada make a deal with a Canadian club harder. Having a guy sit for two weeks before he suits up this season is a big hurdle in a US to Canada team trade. How much is PLD worth? I’d give them Mitts, our first, and Eakin. Cap has to be considered. Getting a guy with an attitude problem regardless of talent doesn’t help value.

You didn’t grow up with Sunday Gravy? No Italian grandma’s in your life?

Don’t worry folks, when we beat them the media will say we only won because Mahomes wasn’t 100% healthy. They’ll tell us what a hero Mahomes was for gutting it out.

Shrimp and grits is pretty darn good. So is good BBQ.

That was one of the hardest things when I first moved here. The gravy was terrible. However things have changed and at least we can get good pizza now.

Tony, can come to my neighborhood in GA any time. Sadly he’ll be outgunned.

Everyone hates NJ.

According to hockey-reference we are below the NHL average this season in both categories. We are also below league average in 5 on 5 shooting%

Yeah, he was placed on RK’s shutdown line with Eakin and Rieder.

I figured this was coming. Asplund was placed in the lineup because he is a D first forward and that was the role RK wanted in the one game he played.

Other then the last scrimmage, where he played well with Quinn, when is the last time you saw him play? Buffalo last season? Did you see him every game and practice in Rochester? How do you know your evaluation is accurate without recent information? Until he plays again in the NHL, you have zero idea and either do I of what he has become. The only people that see him day in and day out say his compete level is better, he is more physically mature and is play a more complete game.

What is really surprising is that you, who argue about players getting better because they get more physically developed, don’t have Mitts, 22, as still developing. Given what we saw with the development of Thompson and VO and the comments from Taylor and RK, I actually find it hard to believe how many here disagree.

Mentioned twice in fact.

https://theathletic.com/2229558/2021/01/21/nhl-team-prospect-rankings/ Scott Wheeler is doing his NHL prospect pools. So far he has ranked 21-31 (Sabres aren't ranked yet). However the reason I bring this up now is his definition of a prospect. We have had this discussion here and I am and remain against the artificial 100 game NHL limit. Apparently Wheeler no longer believe is such a limit either. Here is his definition. To be eligible for inclusion, a skater must be: I would use 24 and under, because I think some guys, like VO, continue to develop past 23. For NHL experience, I'm glad he isn't using any pre-determine number of games. However, for both parts of his definition I'd like to see him use some more objective criteria such as waiver status, rookie status, and what league someone is playing in. I'd also like to know how their NHL organization views them. My guess is the Sabres viewed 24 year old VO as an important prospect two year ago. The 100 game cutoff would have eliminated guys like Thompson and Mitts, but as we now know, both guys were and are still developing. I'm curious where Wheeler places our pipeline. Under the expanded definition we are looking at Cozens, Quinn, Mitts, Thompson, Asplund, R2, JJP and Pekar upfront. (Also Rousek, now 21, is blowing up in the czeck republic, w 24 pts (12 goals) in 33 games; He had 29 pts in 52 games last year) Bryson, Samuelsson, Johnson, and Laaksonen on defense plus UPL and Portillo in goal. I know my friend @LGR4GM is not a huge fan of our pipeline before JJP and Quinn were added, but it will be interesting to see what Wheeler thinks.

he may need the distraction.

@johnc. Don't get me wrong. Hall is an excellent player a huge improvement for our team talent wise. The only real issue was and is is whether LW was a need. I'd argue it wasn't. Skinner and VO were already top 6 LW on the roster. We had a need at RW. Other then Reinhart, he lacked and still lack proven RW talent to play in our top 6 or even top 9. The Skinner mess is a direct result of sighing Hall. If Skinner or Olofsson could move to RW and be effective then Hall works perfectly. But it hasn't happened. Lets say they are handling the kids properly. That "fact" lends credence to my assertion that KA needed a valid backup plan in case the Staal acquisition didn't work and Eakin ain't it. So ask yourself, would be be better without Hall, but with an upgrade in goal and a good scoring RW like Toffoli instead? I'd argue we'd be better off with the RW and G, but that is obviously speculation and we need to make what we have work and so far the results show it isn't working.

I think we are ok if Daboll gets moves on. Ken Dorsey, the QB coach, is probably ready to take the OC job. Not sure what we do if Frazier moves on. Frazier is 61 so he may not want to move on. I'll be happy for either guy if they get a HC job. Both have earned another opportunity.

Hey Skip Stat lines for the 2 QBs for their 2 playoff games QB1 49 72 (68%) 530 yds 3 tds 0 int plus 1 TD rushing QB2 44 71 (62%) 467 yds 4 tds 1 int I'll take the guy with the higher completion %, more yards and less turnovers (and 2 wins) against 2 of the top 10 D's in the NFL. Congrats: to WNY's own Brian Daboll. Well deserved. Is McDermott Coach of the year next?