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I still think Stillman played really well for us and brought an element we needed to the team. Even in limited minutes. The other small guys who do boneheaded things offered nothing to help.

We’re *****. Stillman was the only passable defenseman we’ve added the last year. Bryson is a tire fire. Clifton is a tire fire.

Clifton is bottom pairing at best. Doesn’t have the hockey IQ to play this system. If he’s getting top pairing minutes we’re doomed. not worried about goaltending. No goalie can handle bad defense.

The only thing to focus on here is putting Clifton into the waiver wire

Clifton is comically bad

Clifton sucks lol

Download msg+, doesn’t even have an option to select the Sabres under the teams menu. Can’t sign up for it unless I have a Buffalo area code. Can’t even spend the obscene 30$/mo if I wanted to. God this is so dumb

Ooh like the lines much better here. Except Power-Joki

85% would be a good effort target ;D

Hope it was just rust for Clifton but yeah he did suck. Joki is the same and he can’t be with Power. They share a weakness in the d zone when the puck is behind the net they get lost. Bensen has good and bad. He is special, you take the bad for the good. Johnson shored up his mistakes today and still looked good on offense. Oloffson is toast, he’s just too much of a defensive liability and his good doesn’t make up for it Other rookies didn’t do anything to impress today, they need Rochester time UPL did nothing to save himself. If Comrie looks average next game he edges it out imo. I bet we keep 3 though

Clifton still bad Joki not good Oloffson no good UPL okay Johnson looking better, no bonehead clearing today Benson another bad penalty, then redemption. He better make it

Clifton looks bad. Joki is still bad. Oloffson is a liability, no way he deserves a spot. Benson looks good.

I like three of the lines, Bensons time to answer whether he can elevate lesser players now. I hope Power-Joki fails quickly so we don’t need to see too much of it. UPL’s last chance?

I’m not a fan of the d pairs.

I don’t view his errors as forced. He gets into fugue states where he just throws the puck blindly

Johnson sucks at defense

Bensen and Levi fail. Busts

Mittelstadt isn’t getting bullied off the puck anymore Comrie is the best bet in backup Levi is real. Benson is real Power is going to sophomore slump. Be ready. We are going to have a lot of roster battles everywhere. I don’t see how Bryson ever plays again. Nobody is going to be gifted anything except Okposo and Girgensons.

You can’t tell a kid who is standing up Crosby shift after shift he can’t cut it. Some people are built differently.

Benson giving Crosby fits in puck battles leading to a goal. The kid has to make the team

Poor Johnson

That active stick of his is special. It frustrates me so much how many NHL players don’t do it. Even if good players can dodge it, it keeps the pressure on and that adds up. Im sorry Skinner, put Benson with Tage and Thompson, he’s ready for 9 at a minimum. Will flourish if he can be paired with some size.

He’s many years away

He’s going to have a bunch of brain farts but he stabilizes what used to be a black hole. Let’s see what Granato does with him

They will just deny and let it slide. They can’t attack, even if they had undeniable evidence it wasn’t said it’s still a losing game in public opinion to fight it.