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So we have our #1 line?

if, somehow, there is any chance at fans in the building before the end of the season (doubtful, I know), this would be a dream-come-true for NYC-based Sabres fans!

Mitts's wheels look good

Mittelstadt crashes into the boards

in German it should be "toh-BEE-as"

I think he also said "workship" earlier

Risto really just enjoyed stuffing Hallsy

Whether it's just a still picture that the Sabres' fb page shares, or seeing him skate around at this scrimmage... ...I still cannot believe #4 is on our team!

just heard the first "atoll" of the new year! Here we go!!!!

RJ can't be the only person who commutes over the border. They have to have some exemption for that, right?

I think the bolded is a very astute observation. He looked like a different player during that stretch a couple years ago when Jack was injured, when Sam was forced to handle/carry the puck much more. If that element of Sam's game could take off again, he will start turning heads around the league.

My bad. I thought you were reducing a genuine excitement about particular aspects of a players game to generic expectations about 1st rounders

I don't know what pleasure you take in completely decontextualizing my post—I'm assuming talking about 1st round draft picks makes you bitter—but this thread is about expectations, and Cozens name hasn't come up much. I see something special about his game, which I've specified. If you don't feel the same, please do me the courtesy of addressing those specific elements I pointed out, rather than reducing my post and dismissing it.

Am I the only person who thinks Dylan Cozens will be the biggest (pleasant) surprise? Everything I see of this kid looks like someone who has the physical presence, the skill/speed, the hockey sense, and the drive to be an instant success in the NHL

I used to like the idea of a blue & gold Goathead, but then I realized that the red and black is what made them seem so menacing.

Somehow I felt dirty typing that. Now even moreso

He even dangled once

What a stupid comment. Because black men never get arrested for crimes they didn't commit. I'd say you should stay out of this thread

Tomorrow? Or after the playoffs are over?

...which is like saying- "McKinley didn't die from the shooting, he died of sepsis"

I don't think he was saying he will not have more ability than Jay McKee. I think he was saying he'd be the modern NHL's version of McKee. McKee, adjusted for inflation, if you will. Don't be too literalist ?

Isn't he putting up better numbers than Samson was at the same time/age?

The hypothetical just happens to be sexist trope. Congrats on either not realizing it or disingenuously pretending it isn't. I wonder how much longer any male in her position would get before the labels of "incompetence" started. Cue the denials...

Here's why you're wrong: If JBots knows his job is in jeopardy, he will go into job preservation mode. Try to tell the Pegs everything they want to hear. If he feels 100% comfortable, he will show his hand completely. He probably did, and that was the final straw. They played it perfectly

I think the bolded would lead to nothing but speculation. I hadn't considered why they felt moved to make a statement in the first place.