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Dahlin threw a really nice solid body check. He's starting to play more physical in general and might finally be on the verge of becoming what we hoped he'd become. That's all I got. Too much of the old problem of going it alone and not enough team play. Score flatters the Sens though. We were unlucky in the first with the whistle on Skinner and Thompson missing the open net. You get those goals might have been different. Mitts showed he might be part of this but he also looked really gassed and out of shape. His skating was labored at times. This is the sort of game that has me worried that the failure in goal leads to no chance games that'll just teach the kids it's okay to lose. I hope that's not going to happen, but Granato has to set a standard where this was not acceptable rather than being his usual nice guy teacher.

I agree with you that left/right isn't everything, but ideally it is better so it is something to be addressed over time imo. I still don't know what you mean by "talent" though. What type of player(s) and skill sets do you want to add to what we have? I mean everyone would love complete D men good at everything, but you won't get that so in that respect what does "talent" mean?

Fair enough. Hey, I live in BC, weather extremes have been crazy over the last year to say the least.

okay but what do you consider "talent" in terms of defense? 6 offensively gifted fast skating little guys with big shots isn't going to cut it on D.

You're kidding right?

Not everyone. Some of the same people don't want Tuch killing penalties and don't want Cozens fighting so I'm not sure who they want doing it if you want to ditch those guys. idk about this Krebs/Mitts/Bjork line but wait and see I guess. Will be interesting to see what Mitts has to offer at this point and how he will fit in. I'm just going to wait and see. While I would be happy to upgrade Hayden for a better version, we need the grit on the roster somewhere. Somebody has to get back in Tkachuk's face when he starts his usual antics. The team, as a whole, is finally starting to play a little bigger, and I think Hayden being there has a little to do with that. A little.

I'm talking about his entire tenure here. Why he was signed, what the expectation was for the money. It was a bad signing. I just think for culture shift it's time to remove every piece of the old era that you can. Unfortunately it's not possible to remove Skinner too, but everything else should go. Maybe even the uniforms.

another idea. Mayfield from the Islanders.

That could be right. It might have been simpler though, and somewhat influenced by the Bills. Terry might have wanted to sign the big name (Hall) despite KA (possibly) advising against it. When it didn't work, TP might have finally thrown up his hands and said okay, try it your way, I give up. See I think his mindset might finally have changed because of the Bills approach. TP was a big hockey fan, and I think had an idea in his mind of what he wanted, thought he knew best since he thought he understood hockey. For the Bills, he knew he had no idea about football so left that to the people he hired. The contrasting result has now changed his mind about hockey and we are now in a new era where he expects results but isn't interfering. That's my hope anyway.

There should be 6 more names added, as they've announced a sort of alternate/taxi squad of 6 per team.

I saw it as more of a hail mary. Skinner wasn't getting it done again so one last chance to give Eichel a big name scoring power forward type. But who knows, it was a horrible decision whatever it was, Speaking of Hall (sort of) Rask is really stinking it up in Boston since his return. He's been horrible, Dell like. Anaheim is legit. Doing a rebuild right.

I get it. That line would presumably be fast and skilled and try to win in that way, but I just think they'd struggle against the tougher teams. Quinn is going to have problems period until he gets bigger.

okay. As you said to me then, explain the roles as you see it, as it appears that you are not doing that.

I have no problem with it and like it in fact. Boston doesn't take Marchand and Bergeron off the ice cause the PK is too dangerous do they? Tuch's good at it, use him on it, simple as that. Goes for every player. We don't need to take Tuch off things, we just need more players like Tuch, and we need the kind of team leadership a top player blocking shots shows. It's time this team developed a constant ethic of work hard and do whatever it takes to win.

Really? See I'm not that guy, didn't want to be that guy, but you did in fact go there first. https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/30493-have-never-seen-a-team-have-as-many-goalie-injuries-in-the-past-3-seasons-as-the-sabres-have/page/2/ So, maybe you were having a few too many shots like your avi Lemmy used to and you forgot, or maybe you consider those things different, but don't play holier than thou. You tossed one out, I tossed one back, I'm fine to bury it there and move on. Your call.

always in your opinion. More like this, but ideally replacing members of that 4th line with better role players. I'd keep Hayden ahead of them. Hayden Bjork jankowski but again, prefer some new bigger and tougher blood there. Pat Maroon types. Don't see Mitts with Krebs as both are playmakers. That line would be physically demolished. Those are the 9 I'd go with though unless Mitts shows he's not what we hope he is and then maybe remove him for Peterka or Murray to make it bigger. Skinner-Thompson-Tuch Asplund-Cozens-Olofsson Murray-Krebs/Mitts- Quinn Bjork-Jankowski-Hayden (or upgrades but in the same pesky, pk, or crash idea(s). But I'm wrong, of course.

It seems you're trying to make all the lines the same. There's no defined role or function. Not the approach I'd go with.

You know sometimes in your replies you can be a bit of a dick. Just sayin'. The optimum words there were this year, but you obviously have no interest in trying to get that.

idk who to trade for but the LA idea seems possible. If not, maybe Florida lets Radko Gudas go for a pick or prospect? They're pretty much up to the cap and have some bigger name free agents in the next few years. idk. I'd want somebody big and/or tough if we made a trade. otherwise just stay the course and play a lefty on the right side.

A Bills fan saying ANYTHING complementary about Billicheat, you should be ashamed of yourself sir! Sorry for your loss Bills fans, but that was a heck of a good football game from a viewing/entertainment perspective. Hard to take I get it, but you have a very solid team and should be competitive for quite a while to come. Something to look forward to.

he could have 100 points I don't care. I don't actually care about "points" for players ever, just wins, but to this POINT, I want everyone and everything associated in any way with that time period GONE. Seeing what we have now, it's time. With our goaltending and some of the other pending things I'm not really looking at whether we win or lose this year but HOW WE PLAY. Dahlin giving out physical push back meant more to me in this game than any of the goals as an example. The TEAM is what matters to me and what they do or don't do as a unit. But yes, Philly is a dumpster fire that is true.

We just played one of our best games of the year, and Cozens looked good, and those two were not there. Consider that.

You really think Mitts is 1C going forward, and either of those stiffs count as starting goalies? If so then sure.

I think the stats are skewed because of a few players. You take out Anderson and Tokarski and Mitts, then the rest looks pretty normal. and we're soft.

Why are people saddling Cozens with Girgensens and Okposo? If I had my way those two would never see the ice again. The team we saw the last couple games without them was a better team than it was with them. They are not fast, stuck in their ways, and tainted by the losing years. Time to move on. I don't care about Rochester. Quinn is the only guy I'm sending back once he's fully healed because he's too physically underdeveloped at this point. Maybe send Krebs down if Mitts takes the 3C spot. maybe.