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Weird game because we play to the level of our competition. We play better hockey against be better teams, just usually not for 60 minutes. Last night did they play good defense in the first period for only giving up 4 SOG, or was it bad defense for giving up 3 high danger chances? They could have been down 2-0 after the first. UPL won that game. I happy for the win but this team is not impressing me. I did not see the boarding on EJ but it still appears like we are not a team that has the full commitment of its players. I don’t want to see videos of road trips, golf games, and snowmobiles.

Don’t think these stories don’t travel around the league either. I missed that potion of the game. Was this Kurashev the guy that Greenway was messing with the last few shifts?

The Sabres home games are far behind in the fan experience. I go and they rarely win, there is very little energy, the place is dark and dull. Really needs a Bills Mafia type of following to catch on with the young people, of course the team has to earn it and be consistently successful for that to happen.

I understand the sentiment. I look at the roster and they don’t have the guys to do that. A few can and should. missed that part of the game.

Today’s game they push and jab first.

Greenway looking for a scrap

6K?

Look at the line they play on, the opponents they typically play against, the TIO, the 2 way play and hustle… then factor in that Benson is 18. VO has improved his overall game a bit this year, at the expense of his goal production.

Great time for Ryan to get involved in the offense. Zemmy puts it home.

Shots are 14-4 Buffalo, but there were several good scoring chances by Chicago. We are on the perimeter enjoying the first period 20 minute free skate.

For doing his job? Talk to him off the camera and he is much more open to discuss the problems. He is told to keep it positive and promote whatever he can.

The Hawks have had the best scoring chance so far. Oh no, another PP.

Another nothing power play

Good Evening Teammates, Punch checking in. My Wi-Fi keeps dropping, as does the cable signal. The joys of Spectrum. Should destroy this team tonight but let’s see. Muscle Weight and Goat Heads !!

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Rumor has it that the Maple Leaves are going to fold and move the franchise to Erie, PA.

There you go. Now you’re on track. The Hasek trade was far worse than the ROR trade.

Luuuuuu is awesome. It resonates through the building. Shades of #20 Don Luce. Simple is best. Less is more. Get rid of the special goal songs for each player, we are a team. Caveat - when Tage scores it should be 🧨 TNT.

I don’t think this thread was written for the rental player, the salary dump, and rebuilding and moving on from vet type of trades - in fact read the OP and it isn’t. But if want to include them in a worst trade in history thread, go ahead. As for the purpose of a trade. If you are not getting better, you're getting worse.

Well Thompson was not a center when we got him, and no where near a 1C. He has worked out well after several more years of development. Johnson looks to be a good pick at 31oa.

He had a few good years for Buffalo. Small forward with decent hands.

Plus we took their worst two vets and their contracts, allowing the Blues to bring up and play some good young forward talent. Im not even saying it’s a bad trade, it was a stupid and impulsive trade. Pegula directed it and he wanted it done before the bonus kicked in. To accommodate, we got Sobotka and Berglund, the nut job that went back to Sweden. The only way this trade can even out is we win a Cup with Tage and Ryan Johnson. Unless you don’t have winning the Cup as your goal.

I’m talking about good old fashioned “hockey trades”. Like the ROR trade. Deadline trades of sellers would skew everything.

I would love to see data on this statement. The Sabres were not rebuilding when they trade ROR, they were reaching and reacting, which is what chronic losers do. The two vets were supposed to improve the club at the time, the rest were futures. We are lucky to have two good players 6 years later, which salvages the trade. But to the hockey world, the Blues won a cup in large part because of this trade.

The object of a trade is to improve your team. The Blues added a great player, plus they dumped two players past their prime and on bad contracts, and won a cup that ended up with ROR getting the MVP. The Sabres got no immediate help improving their team. The two vets were garbage. They got a future pick in Ryan Johnson, and they got Tage, who 3 years later has developed into a good player that might be a great player - maybe. The Sabres did not improve their team. They have continued to lose. It’s been 6 years with no playoffs since that trade.