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Fitz playing tough. Draws a penalty. He stinks.

I wonder what the record is for west coast teams playing at home after the away team has played 3 road games. I don’t see this ending good.

If I was behind the bench I would tell the defense to play more offense and stop worrying. Cozens just scores. Let’s go get this game.

I’m feeling no pain tonight. Retirement is good, days like today are great. Now, let’s play better hockey in period 2 boys.

Schwartz, Eberle, Burakovsky, Bjorkstad, Tanev, Gorde … these guys were hard to play against on their old teams. I knew this would be tough.

Some terrible play in our zone. Losing 2 of the top 4 defenseman is visible.

Ok. Trade him for who? What deal are you looking for?

Wow. Not a good start.

A somewhat rare conclusion for you. I hope you are correct. I think the Kracken are going to be harder to play than that.

I wish there was a maybe response emoji. Not so sure Adams would have passed on Luby even if we had Borgen. It's just more Borgen folklore to me.

I looked at the Hockey Fights website and found that Casey Fitzgerald (5'11' 188lbs) has 5 AHL and 4 NHL fights. He has played in 38 NHL games and has 36 PIM. Will Borgen (6'3" and 205) has played 57 games and has 41 PIM. Will has 3 AHL and 3 NHL fights. I don't see much difference in their games. Maybe Borgen is a better player, but I cannot say that I saw that in his limited time with us. As far as wanting him as a fighter Borgen is bigger, but Fitz has shown he is willing to defend his teammates and has taken on bigger guys. If Borgen were a Sabre he would probably be battling Fitz for the #7 defenseman, maybe at best he would be battling Bryson for #6.

Overrated player by some Sabres fans here. The legend of Borgen is bigger than anything he ever did on the ice. Adams didn’t think so. Skill wise Borgen is more comparable to Fitz than to Samuelson.

It’s time to beat Seattle. It just is. I’ll be up watching it. Muscle Weight.

Very cool. Dahlin, Power, Cozens, Thompson, Tuch is a pretty good core right now with lots more players coming up.

You're back. I saw you make a positive, almost uplifting post in another thread.

eh No. Not by design.

Me too but I am not opposed to Norris, Hart, and Ross Trophies for Sabres.

I hope Dahlin wins it a lot, and in the years that he doesn't win it, I hope Power does.

Agree. Hedman could have simply told him to stop taking ***** from inferior players and push back. Once he started pushing back he got more room to operate and his confidence is way up.

You are hopeful he doesn't get the Norris because of why?

So, you think Quinn and Krebs have a ceiling equal to Hinestroza? Terrible take. They should both far surpass him. Do you listen to Adams? This team is still not about right now, it is still a work in progress. Quinn has a lot of upside as a goal scorer, and Krebs as a playmaker, both are the kinds of player Adams wants. A few years down the road, when more of our prospects emerge, I could see some trading happening, but not now.

I heard that Eichel is getting a haircut soon.

He could get Norris votes this season. Long way to go, but no one can deny what they are seeing so far.

I am ecstatic by the goaltending thus far. Yes, it’s early but if we learned anything the past few years it’s celebrate when you can and build off the good. Fitz filling in for Joker has been fine. Pilut in for Muel, next man up. Let’s see if we are 8 deep with NHL defensemen. Dahlin has been our best player so far. Tuch not far behind him. It’s time to beat the Kracken and keep it going

What is the news on Samuelsson ?