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The layer above the GM (PoHO) is good to isolate the owner from the GM - which is what we need in Buffalo.

Wow. The Power pile-on continues. He is 21 years old and playing big minutes in a tough position that most that age could not handle. Blame Adams for drafting him if you don't like him. Blame Adams for signing him to an $8.35M seven year contract after one season. I think he will come around.

Good luck Marvin. Start looking at other opportunities and maybe you can contract for yourself or through another firm. I retired in 2021 before I hit 63. I still had some fire left, but did not agree with the corporate culture changes so rather than be antagonistic towards it I left. I got calls from a company that is in my old companies supply base. So I consult to them on occasion. Worked 400 hrs in 2022, 360 hours in 2023 - that is enough for me. Depending on your age and what benefits you need you may be better off going that route.

Hate to break this to you guys, but Arby’s sucks!

I assume this is a joke? Kaleta is no coach. Matt Ellis as GM and I just might burn my 1970 vintage Sabres Jersey. ... and probably after the best candidates come off the table.

Why? Happy wife, happy life. That is why.

You need a beer or two, or three.

The Sabre are more likely to win if Reinhart does not do well. So I hope he gets 0 points and is -4 today.

Many a sports wife had to be convinced and many were sad to leave, but you are right, the winters are rough, especially if you have not been exposed to it.

Yup. Three year bridge but if he turns out to be a real #1 then it will cost you more down the road. Worth the risk with Levi developing in the AHL. They also need to look for a 1B/2 to replace Comrie.

Yes. He could be frustrated and pressing. I’m still not sure he would not be better off at wing and playing with a nifty playmaking center (Mitts). He gets more room at center but with skinner and KO who feeds him?

Not aware of any mental issues. He seems to play hard some of the time. He seems to do to much quite often. He seems to be playing alone a lot. Playing with Skinner might be a problem. Skinner is lost since the all Star break.

This is a good luck statistical anomaly. We are a low scoring team that happens to luckily average over 5+ goals per game when he plays. Bryson has 2 assists and his +/- is 0. I call this a coincidence.

Brind'Amour is the guy who could tell Adams what he needs on the roster and get it. I don't think the others can change the EEE course that Adams is on. That might shy Berube away, who lost some vets that he didn't want to lose in St Louis. Gallant has been out of work for a long time, so he might be more likely to take the job. Brind'Amour can wake up the players that have talent but don't show up every night (of which there are many). They all can do that, but it seems like Brind'Amour has the ability to keep a team focused for a long time. Leaving NC for Buffalo is not going to be easy for him and his family. Terry will have to drill a well to get him. I think RBA is a pipe dream. I bet that Granato stays.

If only these stats projected out to next year and the year after, then we might know. But they don't. Mitts is not getting traded, especially not for a #1 goalie. We could use a better backup goalie, but we sure don't need to trade Mitts to get that. Peters is a boob. So is Rivet.

It helps when the opposing goalie is swiss cheese. The win probably had very little to do with the Samuelsson and Power being out. The Sabres have had a tough time scoring but last night everything was going in.

OK, I wrote this last night after the game. I missed the game. Were was Tage? TOI - 14:46 Skinner TOI - 12:50 Kyle TOI - 10:56 Looks like that line became the 4th line. Tage must have got a few extra minutes for the PP? Any comments?

It goes to show you that you cannot expect a 22 year old goalie to jump into the NHL. UPL is now 24. When he was 23 he was inconsistent, but showed he could be very good at times. Just like Levi shows now. Levi's very good games show us he has the talent, his bad ones show us he needs more time. I think back to how we gutted this team, including Rochester, and all the young players had to rush due to the very poor work of Murray and Co. I think the key going forward is to make a few trades/acquisitions for vets in their prime, ones that have leadership qualities, and get this roster older and more in line with our playoff competition. This way our prospects have to beat out a real NHL player, not a tweener/JAG, to make the jump. This is not hard to figure out when you look at the teams that have been good for a long time. Their young guys come into a better situation.

Agree. We need to improve the backup (Comrie) and find a 1B or a solid 2. Leave Levi in AHL to develop - stop rushing our prospects and make Levi beat out a real NHL goalie. The Peters rumor - Trade Mitts for a goalie - will turn out to be typical Peters/Rivet nothing.

I don’t know what the recent Kings travel schedule is but the west coast team cover a lot more ground traveling.

Eddie “the Entertainer” Shack was a great acquisition in the first few expansion years and lived up to his name as a Sabre. Fans loved him. He was traded for Rene Robert. Another score for Punch.

Good Evening Teammates, Punch checking in late. I missed the best game of the season, had a Valentines Date. I looked at the game stats. Our 1st line (Tage line) played the least minutes and didn’t do much. Odd for that to happen and win 7-0. ? I’ll go back and read the thread now. Should be fun

Correct. He is seeing a well run organization in NYR.

They have plenty of good players and they can trade for the right mix, like every other team does - no winning teams are all home grown players. That ended with free agency and salary cap. I think he knows Adams and Pegula and he was around long enough to understand their plan.

Yes.