GoPuckYourself

Thanks!

Can I ask why this thread was brought back up? Just curious.

Agree to disagree on both.

I've been on plenty of times, I'm like a ninja!

Why do you give Dahlin a pass but everyone around him is useless? Night after night I see Dahlin pass it to the opposite team or stand around why the puck is in net. I don't doubt he also brings offense to this team but his defense sucks and he's literally a defensemen so he should at least know how to play the position correctly at this point. I get the players around him are supposedly not of his caliber but aren't those types of players supposed to elevate the play of others? I know someone is going to say his game is offense but he's still a defensemen and needs to play as such on a consistent basis. I'm not saying trade the guy but let's get a former Sabre or defensemen in here and teach him the ropes, it's almost a game by game basis he *****'s the bed in 1 way or another. Also, if you thought we were going to win this season I'm not sure what kool-aid you were drinking, I think this is a great growing season for many of the Sabres like UPL and some of the other guys got a taste of it also (Krebs-Peterka) etc. This should of been a foregone conclusion that we had not shot at playoffs so I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms.

4’1” Nico Hirschier out muscles these wimps.

Philly and Boston are tied for me.

The key word should be the right vets. Okposo clearly looks like a different player out there and it's awesome to see, Girgensons always was probably good at teaching it seems, Tuch looks like a lead by example type and I don't know enough about Jankowski but hopefully we have the right vets.

His defensive play will always be the question. I see everytime he scores a goal some poster on here writes something like "I was told he was a bust". His offensive play has gotten better but I still see the same mistakes, like falling down the other night and creating the odd man rush or in the Pens game on the 2nd goal he was out of position basically not taking anyone and it's a common theme. I wouldn't give up on him yet but he needs to be paired with a solid defensive defenseman and I don't think we have that player yet imo.

I knew Korab for smashing people through the Zamboni door not scoring goals.

No doubt

Come on Gordy Howe Hatrick for Fitzgerald.

Dahlin standing around on that goal.

Solid game tonight, I'm not taking UPL out of this lineup. This kids getting valuable minutes and looking like he belongs at the same time.

Tuch is going to be everything we've been missing, a power forward. He's going to bring a much needed element to this lineup. We don't need him fighting but he can dish out punishment, do all the dirty work along the boards, nobody is rushing him back, if the DRs believe he can go he's going to go and it will be fun to watch.

If we're buyers I'm hoping whoever we get is tough, throws the body around and can clear the puck. If we're sellers the players OP mentioned seem correct. Miller, Hinostroza, Girgensons etc.

Pysyk was literally useless just standing there on that goal, throw your stick or your body in front of the puck, do something at least.

If UPL doesn't look out of place why not stay up with Tokarski?

Or just stop falling down 1-2 times a game.

https://www.nhl.com/news/rasmus-dahlin-gaining-notoriety-as-potential-no-1-pick-in-2018-nhl-draft/c-291598744 and there are other articles saying the same just google Rasmus Dahlin touted as generational talent.

He was touted as a generational type of talent which is why he went #1 overall, yes he's played on awful teams but it would be 1 thing if the players he was playing with were making the awful plays and he had to compensate but it's actually the other way around. I get the age thing but I just don't get the age thing in this circumstance. He hasn't looked even remotely close to a generational talent let alone the 1st overall pick, these are just my opinions but i hope I eat crow in a few years and he is the next Victor Hedman, I'd be the first 1 to say i was so glad I was wrong trust me.

He's done it to himself, he didn't need our help.

Well then we better have Hasek 2.0 in net or just a super defensive defensmen playing alongside him because if we're going to give Dahlin 5-6 more seasons of playing this way then it's going to be brutal. I truly hope I'm wrong and everybody else is right but to me he looks far from special and I'd figure I'd see something that shows me otherwise by now.

I want to believe this but you can't just keep blaming mental errors on his age. He's been our top defensemen since 2018, at what point do we start saying he's super talented but he makes too many mistakes to compensate for his talent? I want to believe it's just because he's young but I don't see toughness, i don't see him getting the puck and clearing it with ease in our own zone, I've seen him numerous times just this season on the power play either give up a puck that goes back the other way.

Go in numerous previous games on this forum and it's the same bs game in and game out. Either he coughs up a puck that ends up in the back of the net, stands around while pucks are going in the back of the net, a goal called back because he doesn't even know when he's offsides, I mean how can anyone have an excuse for him anymore? The guy has been our top defensemen since what... 2018? And he regresses what seems like every year on either side of the puck.