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Typically you see Sidney as male, and Sydney as female?

The Sabres have never routinely neutralized Sid. He usually feasts on Buffalo meat. You have seen more than enough hockey to know this. Is McDavid really the better overall player than Crosby was in his prime? McDavid is currently the better scorer, I'm ok with saying that. Sid has 3 Cups along with two Conn Smythe's and two Olympic gold medals in his trophy case. McDavid has some catching up to do.

He earned that right.

Just the kind of game for Crosby to net 2 in the 3rd period for a 4-3 Pens win.

Agree. Some of the players they have that are available to me seem like soft passenger types.

Canuck is interested dere … what’s wrong wit dat?

I have learned that soft tissue ailments are rough, they come and go, and they really do linger. I finished PT, but I am still stretching the quad, hammy, hip and piro formis, and calf muscle - ever since my full knee replacement in Jan 2024 it has been bothersome. Stretch everyday and just be happy that I walk fine, I golf, I hike, and mostly do whatever I want. But it will mean maintenance forever.

Not quite a one for one John. It was Cozens and a 2nd round pick for Norris and Bernard-Docker. Adams thought he was getting three players.

I saw them at the rink at the end of October ...

He likes beer.

I think he is as advertised. Fast, hits hard and hits a lot, and puts in effort. Some guys make it with what they got. I thought he might know how to fight too, but he doesn't.

Yes, Keon does, which why the Bills were not afraid of drafting him despite his slower 40 times compared to most WRs. The thought was he is not a track guy and does not know how to get a good start, but he plays fast. Unfortunately, a fast start off of the LOS is really important in the NFL. Keon's high max speed has not translated into game speed so far.

I talked to him once. Of course I brought up "no goal" and he laughed and said something to the effect that he has met about 50,000 people from Buffalo that were at that game. Funny guy.

Uh, no. Why waive a tradeable asset? Goalies are like gold right now and any one of them will be claimed. They already created the 3 headed monster, they still have not seen enough of Ellis, and Lyon was hurting in some way according to the NHL network broadcast. If they want to keep all their assets then you send Östlund down when Norris is ready. Otherwise you waive Dunne but I would prefer we keep him.

Play him at home his first game back, we have a bigger medical staff there.

Well many great players played in competent organizations and do not have a Cup, especially in the period after expansion and prior to free agency. The Blues unloaded a very bad contract in Patrik Berglund who was done as a player and was a major distraction. They also unloaded a player that had no more use to them in Sobotka. So the trade was not just ROR for Tage. It included a first rounder that turned out to be the last pick of the round (Ryan Johnson), and it was an opportunity to unload some junk and clear some dollars. The Blues were looking to re-tool and ROR was obviously a really good 2-way center to help them. The freaky emergence of Binington in goal, a veteran team with both skill and grit, and then everything fell into place like storybook. ROR gets a Cup, a Calder and a Selke. Everything went storybook perfect for the Blues on the trade. It is only fitting that Tage scores 500+ career goals in Buffalo and leads them to a Cup.

Cooley had 4 goals last night for Utah, 2 were in an empty net. I was surprised to see Peterka with 0 points. It appears he was not playing with Cooley and Guenther on the first line right now. He played with McBain and Crouse on the 3rd line, Utah has been looking at other line combos.

I think just winning again, being a legit playoff team and eventually a Cup contender fixes everything, even with the crappy facility. The hockey market is good just by the fact it is surviving. Get a winning team and they god from survive to thrive. Anyone have any real numbers on the Canadian fan attendance changes since the T2 era started?

Bad news for him. Real good player. Wonder if this will impact his Olympic participation?

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Interesting data and your analysis of it was very helpful. This is a multi Cup Post!

They are different players. So far Peterka and Doan's scoring production has been almost even, Peterka has 9 G and 16 points (+2), all at even strength. Doan has 7G, 15 points (-3), which includes 2 PPG and 4 PP points. In the Utah games that I saw JJP does not play PP1, and gets limited PP2 minutes. I have not seen any actual evidence that Doan is better in the defensive zone than Peterka is right now in Utah - I am sure someone can pull fancy stats comparing the two. I would like to see that. Doan's offensive game is to hound pucks and get to the net for the greasy goals, something the Sabre's really needed. My eyes tell me that Doan has a physical component to his game and hustles to get back on defense, something JJP did not consistently show. Peterka's offensive game is fast-break skating and a sniper shot, skills that several other Sabre players possess. The Sabres can use a guy like Doan. Factor in Kesselring and this is shaping up to be a good trade right now. In addition, we just saw that Rosen and Östlund are emerging and they are more similar in style to JJP than to Doan, so in the name of balanced roster construction Doan is a guy we need.

When I first came here I asked you if you were one of the original Phantom Sign Makers. If you were then there would be funny stories.

It is not impossible. Win enough in a row to improve the current .500 to .600. This can be done in a few chunks with winning streaks, they are about to win 3 in a row if they can get a road win in Pittsburgh - that is a real MW. Then maintain .600. This means they average winning 6 of 10 (3 of 5) like a real hockey team. It means no more big losing streaks. No more losing 3 in a row. No more OTL's unless they are come from behind. It is time for this team to grow up.