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I think the same. Not that age is an absolute with respect to leadership. Experience (games played) and skill also help shape the locker room mindset. But I was curious to see how many “veterans” Verbeek brought in to Anaheim. Their rebuild is progressing faster than in Buffalo. Shocker. I was surprised to find 6 starting forwards, 2 Dmen and 1 goalie over 30. Granlund, Vatrano, Killorn, Strome, R. Johnson and Kreider. Gudas and Trouba on D and Mrazek in Goal. Buffalo has Zucker and that’s it over 30 at Forward. Zero D are 30, and Lyon checks the box for Goal. Sure the Sabres median age is older with Tuch, Tage, Greenway, Beck, Timmons, McLeod and others closer to 30 than 20, but there is something about the grizzled vet. The Ducks “average age” compared to other teams moved from 4th (2024) to 10th this year. Buffalo moved from the youngest in 2024 to third youngest. Leave Adams in charge and I’m positive he could trade Tuch and others, and replace with guys like Rosen and Östlund, and bring down the average age back to lowest in the League. #Blueprint.

EVER!

Is it not 27 or seven accrued NHL seasons to reach UFA status? Which he would have after next year. Even though only 26. Puck Pedia shows UFA is expiratory status.

Thank God that decision is in the hands of Kevyn. God knows he won’t make the wrong one.

What about Savoie?

Can we trade both? Half joking, half serious. Ras is the only D that we have seen that truly affects play. These two are higher priced, elite JAGs. If we can get a top 3 and another Defensive D man, I’d be open. If I had to keep one it’s Power, only bc the contract certainty. $8.25m will look like a bargain in a few.

I thought about the League leading PK. You have McLeod (check your spelling Professor 😉), Tuch and Benson. Can Kozak be the fourth? Probably. I know a team could match up against a smallish 4th line and dominate, but I’d like to see the Sabres match up speed with speed the next time this team plays Montreal. If you have a heavy line up, then slide Kozak to the 4th, and/or plug in Greenway and Beck. For my money, Kozak and Zucker are medium grit and could grind and score. This team lacks scoring, and to be quite honest Greenway, Beck and Danforth cannot bring it. If we had the kids play together for a few games against other teams 4th line talent (maybe used exclusively at home games to take advantage of matchups) I think their contribution could be the difference. Trust me, I like the energy Beck brings. A real lunch pail guy. But the 4th line has been a huge negative on the ice. Danforth, Krebs - zero goals. Beck gets his first last night. I wouldn’t expect a dinosaur like Ruff to think different. It’s partly the reason we are in the basement. It’s more probable than not he just mixes up all the lines again and runs the kids back to Roch.

Wow, Quinn still has your ire? That surprises me just a bit. Too many turnovers and goals scored not what you might expect, but he is a half point per game forward with a huge ceiling and needs games played. Especially when you have Josh Dunne still in the lineup. Where does he rank for you? Dunne out —->Zucker in Krebs out —> Benson In Beck out —> Kulich in Greenway out —> Norris in Tage/Norris/Tuch Benson/McLeod/Doan Kulich/Kozak/Zucker Rosen/Östlund/Quinn Edit- still agree Ruff sends down Rosen and Östlund, cause….Sabres

Have a shift Beck!

Wasn’t the segment right before the opening face off Ruff talking about “cute passes” and getting more volume of shots towards the net. Guess no one was listening.

1/20 on the PP.

If Existential is a ten on the scale of dread, what is the normal amount of dread we Sabre fans experience on game day? “Spiraling” dread? If we were playing Card Sharks, I’d say “that's going to be a higher number”. Must Tie.

Freud would probably say that there’s a part of you that feels like the last line of defense for something (work, family, a project, a team), and lately it feels like you’re getting hammered with ‘shots’ without enough support. Deep down, there may be a wish to just stop, walk off, or refuse that role—even if, on the surface, you’re the responsible one who stays in net. The dream stages both the humiliation you fear (getting scored on over and over) and the rebellion you fantasize about (quitting mid-game). Or you hate your father.

Because like all wives she’s wrong most of the time. Start pretending you can’t hear. Might frustrate her enough to stop offering constructive criticism.

I'm blaming my iphone.

But that 3rd D pair included a guy whom our GM targeted for JJP, a legit top 6 forward with 40 goal potential. Doan who was apparently the sweetener, has been surprisingly good (except last night). And I know that Kesserling had Bryson with him but I’m sorry, if your target to be the guy who can stabilize Power and an anchor on the second pairing is reduced to third line minutes, is statistically playing like $hite, and looks lost at times it’s yet another failure for Kevyn. I had high expectations for this kid b/c of JJP and how Adams described him. Kevyn gets some credit for his UFA acquisition Timmons who has also surprised, and none for Mr. Glass who appears to have found his game at age 25. Timmons / Kesselring is one step forward, two steps back. Mule/Dahlin - the same.

Colorado is -300 on the ML bet. Seems like a trap game. Or it ends up 10-1. @PromoTheRobot lay the 2.5 goals for -125.

Your only two goals are from an AHL call up, who probably wasn’t expected to play one game if injuries weren’t rampant. You need to score goals boys. Unacceptable effort. Bryson and Kesselring were a shite pair playing 11 and 12 minutes respectively, each minus 2. Krebs line was horrendous. Also minus 2, with Dunne -3. And Beck was hardly noticeable. If you can’t score, you must bring energy and prevent scoring. upside- if they lose all these games on the road, there is a chance Adams or Ruff (hopefully both) are gone by the time they play EDM on 17th.

Famous last words. You are begging for a quote in T minus 42.

live look at Power

Great segment. Youngest teams were Montreal, Buffalo and Anaheim and when asked who is the future, Montreal got one and the Ducks two. Buffalo is a perennial “shake up” mode team. Verbeek built the Anaheim roster properly. Even his “cap dumps” from the Rangers are crushing it. How about a Kesselring Gordie Howe hat trick?

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