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Beautiful evening hunting whitetail. Only seen a beaver but first time out this season. Just getting warmed up for the moose hunt in a week! Can't wait! Anyone else going for moose this year?

Teams finish their hits in the preseason lol

Maybe just send it to everyone? Haha I hope it'll be on the NHL app or I may need it as well!

Didn't get to watch the entire game, caught some bits here and there and highlights. A few things that my eye. Positives -Work ethic, not just the couple guys that had an * attached, entire team competed hard. - structure/system. Cycled the puck well, opened up seems for defensemen shooting (dmen had 9 shots). Alot more clean, organised and efficient then preseason games of past. -Goaltending. Tandem was solid. IMO Ullmark was pretty nervous and it showed. Ultimately both played as well as we can ask. Special teams. Powerplay seemed mediocre, produced some chances. Pk was good, goaltending played a part in that as well. Negatives Outshot. Seems to have become a Sabres tradition. If we hope to be competitive, big deficits on the shot clock won't help that. Physicality. I'm not saying we need John Scott back, but finish your hits. As fast as were becoming there's teams bounds ahead. Playing the body will slow them down! (It's not like we didn't hit, we did okay but an uptick in physicality would be beneficial!) Penalties. Too many at inopportune times Nothing to put too much stock into. There's was only a handful of NHL players on each team. Also very pleased with Thompson and Nylander. Both have a serious chance at playing in the NHL all season, but both will have to earn it day in day out.

Anybody trying to formulate an opinion on the whole Serena thing would do well to check out the match on YouTube. Media outlets were very misleading I thought. Really don't want to even talk about it haha. Came here to as if anyone follows lacrosse at all? And/or more specifically the Rochester knighthawks?

Thanks... I guess haha

Sam is signed either tomorrow or Tuesday. 8yr 50M. That or a 2yr 8.8M deal. Pure speculation/hope

I could see him playing in 4 games.

Wait until we see the conditions on the picks. I have a feeling the return will be better once the dust settles

Your first paragraph is incorrect. Although the 9 game tryout actually isn't relevant to any of the players named, that's not exactly what's its used for. Any 18-19 year old player on an ELC is a slide risk. That means if they play less then 10 games the contract doesn't kick in until the following season. (If 18 could slide again) whether they play in the CHL or AHL is irrelevant.

88 points, 44G 44A 82 GP

He got a hip scope. The team said he will resume normal activity in 12 weeks. If he's not 100% in 5 months than something isn't right. Edit: surgery was 2017, so nevermind haha. Sounds like they are waiting to see if it hits 100%. I think it's fairly likely that if he doesn't play this season his career might be in jeopardy

I can see them wanting to be cautious because he went through the same thing basically last season. Sounds like it's anyone's guess they might get desperate and have to chance it.

3-5 month recovery from surgery in late June

I'm starting to think the same. I think he's being offered long term around 6M per, but he knows he's worth more and might want a bridge to prove it

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I don't think they are over he cap...

Also when did guys over 29 become the Antichrist? I sweat some people think turning 30 the player automatically drops off the face of the earth. Name ONE team that has either made the playoffs or won a cup without one...

The fact that a large majority of the board was in favor of the kane deal with Winnipeg, tells me this trade isn't as bad as you think!

Cgy acquired Hamilton for 1st 2ndx2 Flames acquire hamonic & 4th for 1st 2ndx2 Heard alot of people saying they would be okay with one of these players ^ in a one for one trade... We acquired a 1st and a 2nd plus plus plus. Not saying we will flip them but this is the value these picks carry. If you were expecting a Mitts level prospect plus plus plus probably why it seems so much worse

O'Reilly couldn't come back after he was so openly and obviously shopped. Must have been a locker room problem as speculated. On the ice he brought alot to the team, and it's unfortunate to see him go for a package that will not come close to replacing him(at least not immediately). By the same token, we are unarguably in need of a culture change, that term has almost become a cliche, but it is so very true. That won't happen overnight, we've seen the expedited process and it left us with bare cupboards and a sub par on ice product. O'Reilly was clearly not part of Jbots core, but I encourage all to take a look at our young core (Eichel, Reinhart, Mitts, Dahlin, Risto). It's oozing with potential!!! I ask you this, before the trade were we making the playoffs? Hell no, are we making them now? Hell no!! But we added capable players in the positions we really needed, and we won't finish last. The guys will compete because if they don't we have a plane ticket for them! It sets an example for what's acceptable behavior and what isn't. My point is, this thing is trending upwards and management will have faith in the player's it's putting out there. Do you want to win a cup in 4 years? Or be a bubble team for our entire existence? We blew it up years ago for a reason, we've been as patient as anyone, let's ride this thing out because done right, we will achieve!!! Yup are they overpayed and old! But we are actually seeing every position being filled by players who can do the job!! And are loading up on the much needed depth to be a contender!

Sorry if this has been said but STL signing Bozak has to mean they are out on O'Reilly

Couldn't agree more. To me it's Dahlins best attribute. Crosby might not be the most skilled guy in the league, but he is the hardest worker.

Makes sense, I would be interested to see exactly the difference in net pay because I bet that there are states do have a significant advantage, that being said it's really not relevant to the CBA I wouldn't think

I would agree that the hockey aspects should be free of political influence! The 2 don't jive. But isn't a reaction what you are looking for when you post anything? Whether or not sabrespace allows it is irrelevant to me, plenty of other spaces so discuss such things. I don't post here often but always read it, I don't see the harm in allowing discussion outside of hockey, in threads that are off topic. I've come to respect alot of the opinions of people here, and would enjoy being able to read their insights on political issues. I mean where are we headed as a society when we can't discuss core issues because of peoples reactions? Who decides that what one person says is acceptable and not the others. Keep it respectful and we should be able to discuss "sensitive" issues, it's a slippery slope if we can't..