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Bruins annual choke vs. Leafs annual collapse. One of them has to give I guess.

luck and Swayman. He was very good. Rest of the team not so much.

If Dickinson's still there when we pick I'd take him. Iginla would be intriguing. I personally like Liam Greentree. This is assuming we are not in the top 5 or 6 and draft around 10 or 11.

Amazing how different people can see totally different things isn't it? Bruins with their classic game 5 choke.

tummy ache. what can you do 🙂

Did not know that existed. Crimson without Fripp just seems wrong but enjoy. Going to see The National with The War On Drugs in October. Saw Chelsea Wolfe just a little while ago.

What I am saying is I don't give a FLYING F#CK about how many great prospects we have or their stats or how our cupboard is full (again) or any of that. All I care about is what's on the NHL roster and about the Sabres making and winning in the playoffs. If salivating over future prospects gives you some solace and relief from having to endure the longest non playoff streak in pro sports well good for you, but to me it's meaningless. Get back to me when he actually does it. I'm not saying he won't, just that he really hasn't done that much yet. Let's see if he can stay healthy first.

So many teams looking for coaches I'm glad we went with Ruff and ended it. If we were in a long detailed search with all these teams I could see us getting used and leveraged for negotiations multiple times and then ending up with the nobody or the leftover. Even Ruff might have been gone.

So you define "better" simply as points per game? I don't. I look at the complete player and everything they bring. Not just goals and points. But I'm not saying Quinn was a bad pick. The issue was who Adams has picked and his draft success and all I was saying on Quinn was he was a high pick and not that hard to make but there's a bunch of guys around that pick that were/are also good picks. Jarvis is one of them.

I can't put non NHL guys into the same category as NHL guys the way you do. Until you show it and prove it at an NHL level they mean nothing to me. The statement you bolded was simple. Benson and Savoie were both in camp and one made the team and one didn't.

I think Savoie and Östlund are both too small and too slight yes. We will see if they get their noses dirty or not but Savoie was no Benson coming out of camp was he. I am still very undecided on Quinn. I like Peterka but I'd like him even more if he developed his mean side.

This wasn't directed at me but yes, I liked Holloway more than Quinn. I wouldn't have drafted McTavish over Power (I did like Power as a pick) but I did think McTavish would be very good. I definitely liked L'Heareux over Rosen. Also wanted Lamoureux. There are others. Especially second rounders. Adams does seem to favour speed and scoring prowess over character and size/grit as a whole.

His drafting is excellent when his draft picks are on the NHL roster, not before. Given how high we draft and how many picks he has had it would take great skill to fail miserably. Peterka was a home run. No question. Quinn so far isn't any better than several of the picks around him. He's certainly not a steal and may not be the best pick at that time either. Benson looks like a steal. I've said before he was projected top 5, fell due to his size (I guess) and it was a good draft so he did well there. The rest? Some of them look good. Might be good. I'm not praising him or any of them until they play regularly as Sabres.

Yes, this is true. The problem is that Benson should NOT stand out like this. We shouldn't be noticing how different he is because the other guys should already be like that. If Benson was on Vegas or Boston or Dallas or Florida.........(insert winning playoff team you prefer) they'd just be saying "we like this kid and his effort, he fits in and plays the right way". He might not even be in some of their playoff lineups but they'd be quite happy with his progress and future role. He shouldn't be standing out but everything's relative.

Okay so when you say the Sabres "can" you really mean you wish they would, because they don't do any of those 4 things (at least not regularly). Given the youth, size, and speed of this team I think they could be developed into a strong forecheck team like Florida, but only if these players respond and so far they've shown little willingness to do so (aside from Benson and a couple others at times). The current team has a long way to go to get to the 4 things you mention. At this point we don't really know for sure if Granato was asking them to do these things and they just weren't, or weren't able, or if he didn't ask them to do these things and was just a bad coach. We really don't know. This is why I am happy with the return of Ruff. We know he will ask them to do these things and I am 100% sure that if they do not, and do not respond to Lindy, then they are a pile of garbage and you might as well burn the whole thing down. I don't think that's the case. I think Ruff will fix them. Maybe not get them all the way, but right the ship and get it headed in the right direction.

Skinner needs to be gone. We can afford him. Somebody might have to go at some point but that's a new reality I'm happy to deal with rather than discussing draft lotteries every year.

Both young. Both have weaknesses. Neither is a proven commodity. I am hopeful they will continue to develop and become solid NHL goalies but they might have some ups and downs still getting there. Goalies are weird and fragile (mentally more than physically).

Huh? Sabres could? How? But yes, Hintz at the end there was a great example of what it takes in the playoffs to succeed. Warrior stuff.

? What's your point? Pick out the few guys who are different and claim you've proven something? How many tough physical defensive defensemen does this team have? How many solid 2 way forwards? How many actual grinders? Go ahead, take your time. You want to argue let's argue.

Very possible. Mitts is another. One thing about Florida that doesn't get enough talk imo is how quietly good Barkov is. You take Reinhart away from him and I'm pretty sure he doesn't put up the same numbers. It's a combo a little like Bergeron Marchand. Reinhart obviously not ratty like Marchand, but that steady 2 way ability of his partner frees up his creativity and allows him to do so much more.

No doubt, but it's not like when Chris Pronger's wife didn't want to live in Edmonton, it's Seattle. It's an imperfect city, but it's pretty darn nice. Brind'Amour almost certainly stays in Raleigh, BUT if there was one situation he might go to, this is it.

Nah, I'm still hoping Ruff can turn Cozens into a solid NHLer. Cozens needs to get taken back to the compete level he had when he arrived. The workhorse has to get working and add some muscle. I think he can be fixed and if we add a good 2 way 2C I can see him thrive much like Coyle did in Boston on the third line behind Bergeron and Krejci. When that 2C (like Lindholm) ages out Cozens will maybe actually be ready to ascend. If you have a better idea on a 2C (one who might be obtainable) by all means name him. I just think you have to seize the opportunity if it presents itself. The reality is I doubt Lindholm would want to sign with Buffalo anyway, so it's moot, but one has to dream at this point.

Panthers were better but the 2 disallowed goals were a bit dodgy imo. Florida scores a lot of goals in similar fashion that count (like pretty much every Tkachuk goal). If those goals are allowed outcome might have been different.

Who is exchanging? I'm talking about ADDING a free agent. Cozens at 3C could be a dominant player. I want to be a cap ceiling team next year not a cap floor team. I don't want to just improve a little bit, I want them to make the great leap forward. We need a good defensive 2 way center. He fits the role perfectly and you can see, in the playoffs, he's Vancouver's best center. Type of player we lack.

This is why I made the ? It is the one place he might go to and if he knows Francis will make him the highest paid coach in the league (unofficially of course as anything actual is tampering we know that) why wouldn't he go there on a long term deal? Raleigh might be a nice place, but Seattle is nicer.