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Peterka ties the game against Finland on the PP. Wicked shot.

nah, way better if it's Snoop.

Not American, but close to Buffalo, Hamilton (where I grew up) is called The Hammer.

Oh this tweet is just too good to not pass along.

Hell ya! Leafs lose. All is right in the universe again.

I'm watching this right now. Quinn looks pretty good too. Really nice pass on the Weegar PP goal. Easy game for Canada though. Highlights from the Chechia Slovakia game look crazy though. Massive hits in an International game, that's kind of new. I don't know much about the history there, but clearly the split of that country has led to some rivalry and hate.

lol, I think you misunderstood me. I meant guys with his type of character. Guys who elevate in the playoffs. This is the type we should be drafting and looking for. Not old guys 🙂

History. Players also know that every time we seem poised to rise we've found a way to fall. Sure, there's tons of optimism here, among fans, but until the team proves it we are a cap floor team with a long history of losing. This is part of the reason I felt we should have gone harder at making the playoffs. It flips the narrative and ends the era. You really think Gudas will want to come here after he chats with Reinhart and Montour? You think any of these ex Sabres doing well in the playoffs are going to tell their FA team mates "ya, you should sign with Buffalo, great place". Why do you think Adams strategy is all youth? It's not hard to see the reality - until we actually change it.

Dallas used home ice well. Their one line totally dominated the game. Pavelski is the ultimate playoff performer. We have to make sure we have some guys like him on the roster.

It's got nothing to do with bitterness over twelve years, but rather the reality of seeing and hearing about 10 team no trade clauses that have the Sabres circled in red (so to speak). Adams has talked about this in vague terms several times. It's a reality. You're not going to find a lot of FAs who will have Buffalo as their first choice landing spot. There's not that many good FA D men, and there are 32 teams. I'm all for signing some, I definitely want that, but I don't count on it happening and you shouldn't either.

Remember the key here, UFAs have to want to play here, draft picks don't get much choice. Some, but not much.

I think we'd be lucky if he's still there at 13. The funny thing is there's talk about Colton Parayko being a possible trade target and I've also seen Reinbacher compared to Parayko. Also compared to Ryan McDonagh and Brett Pesce. Scandella is more of his floor imo. I'd also go back in time and suggest Toni Lydman for the old Sabres fans around here. I see him as a stable and dependable defender with a decent shot. Not flashy, not a huge offensive driver but decent in transition and a solid second pairing guy.

If Jacob Fowler is still on the board when we get to our L.A. pick I'm taking him, just because I am amused at the idea of taking a goalie with the Portillo pick.

Reinbacher won't be there at 13 (but if he is you take him). If I'm them I'm using the 2nd round to go heavy on D. Oliver Bonk with the Philly pick. If gone, Caden Price. Lindstein or Brzustewicz with our own pick. Willander's ranked a bit lower but I'd be fine with him as well. The perfect draft gets us 3 top prospect D men. A good draft gets us 2. Yes, but they need to do both.

Keith Jones? That's hilarious. All the Philly fans I know have been going on and on about how the problem is an "old boys network" of Flyers alumni towing the party line and here they go with more alumni. If we do make the playoffs next year I suspect the Flyers might give our not making the playoffs record a solid run for it's money.

Yup, that's kind of always been my philosophy. I mean Levi was a late round shot in the dark. It's a good strategy and you can never have too many goalie prospects as they all have unique development curves. (We don't have enough D prospects either. Lots of forwards, some of them pretty flashy, but not many D men and just the one goalie)

I just heard a thing about this study on the CBC and in the deaths they even include cases of high speed traffic fatalities as if these were caused by their fighting. That's a heck of a reach imo. They attribute every death to brain trauma issues not accounting at all for the fact that a lot of these guys were not bright lights to begin with and their "risky behavior" is just from being idiots. Bob Probert didn't take massive amounts of cocaine because Tie Domi hit him in the head a few times. He took it because he was party animal with too much money and too few IQ points to begin with.

Not to mention all the even older guys who didn't wear helmets and got smacked around and smacked others a lot harder than they do today. Just considering some Sabres who punched and got punched, Jim Schoenfeld is 70, Jerry Korab is 74, Rick Dudley is 74, we could go on..................

What are you talking about??? Where did I say I wanted to trade away all draft picks and a bunch of players for a 1 yr player? Who are you even referring to? I've said it a million times, so once more, there is a MIDDLE GROUND. You fill your gaping wide holes by trading a FEW picks or prospects as needed at this point. You don't have to keep acquiring more draft capital forever. You can WIN NOW AND STILL GROW BETTER LONG TERM. It doesn't have to be extreme one way or the other.

Don't forget Hamilton the year before. Key piece.

Well ya, and so do boxers and football players who take head shots and so on. High risk high reward. Nobody forces them to do it.

It's not a simple equation and many things factor in. Detroit was obviously disappointed with what they got from them. Ottawa had some trouble jelling that team together and they had some injury issues but they were looking pretty good toward the end of the year. Detroit still has a ton of picks to come. You skipped New Jersey, who got it done. We climbed because Cozens came into his own, Mitts improved, Samuelsson also fully developed and we added Power. Peterka and Quinn were inconsistent but decent and even good at times. It's always a combination of things. All I'm saying is we are not alone in terms of non playoff teams pressing for those playoff spots. We will have to be even better next year.

NJ were so soft and passive tonight. They seem to have forgotten this was a playoff game not a regular season game. Learning curve for a young team I suppose but a costly lesson. Carolina on the other hand looks ready for the next round. Kraken Stars could still go either way.

The D isn't deep enough or adequate imo, even if Power is even better (he could just as easily have a sophomore slump). A lot obviously depends on Levi and the goaltending being substantially better. To me it's a hopeful thing but far from a sure thing. Looking at this year's playoff teams Boston won't be as good but might still be good enough to be in the playoffs. Rangers might drop a little but hard to say. New coach. Might be the same. Nobody above us obviously ready to crash and burn totally just yet. Detroit and Ottawa SHOULD be improved and maybe challenging. It won't be easy. We will need a solid win streak in November instead of a losing streak to have a chance. Unless we improve the roster. Then we can leap forward like New Jersey did.

Smooth move by Tuch to switch hands. I so want this guy to wear our C next year.