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https://twitter.com/716FuturePod/status/1453001168909635585?s=20 Novikov continues aN impressive season for a late round draft pick last draft.

Anderson vs Elliott has to be one of the oldest combined goalie aged matchups in a while. They have both been around forever. Nice to finally see Elliott falter against the Sabres.

Who had Tage Thompson, two way Centre with 4 points in 6 games and a +2 in the pool? Developing a 6’7 two way RHC out of nothing might guarantee Donny the Jack Adams Trophy.😆

I loved it. Watch his post game presser, you would think they lost 5-1. Donny doesn’t play around. He is not going to accept a tank season. These guys will compete and grow each games whether they want to or not.

Bend but not break against the 2 time Cup Champs. It’s not the wins and losses it is that they have been in every game with no Eichel, Mitts or Joker in the lineup. Granato and his staff has a system that utilizes the talent they do have, he has everybody believing they can compete every night and no one looks confused out there, they all know their assignments. The goaltending hasn’t let them down at all which is such a nice change from years past. They work hard every game. I enjoy watching Sabres games again. All my buddies are Leafs fans. My heart goes out for them right now.😜🤣

I’d be happy with that too. Smith could be flipped at the deadline for another asset. Yes Vegas losing has Foley turning up the heat on McCrimmon and that is when I believe a deal gets done.

Krebs, Brisson, cap dump, some sort of draft pick and some conditions based on Eichel’s games played and call it a day.😀

I still have no idea what Pronman has done or what qualifications he has to be in the position he is. The size thing is an NHL scouting thing. Big players will always get more preference then the smaller player. The small p,Ayer better have 1 elite quality. Size is the big player’s elite quality. I mean goaltending has gone gigantic. If you aren’t 6’2 you are lucky if they even look at you.

No, this is a message board. What the player did last night means everything and defines his entire career. Raymond is now better then Gretzky who hasn’t done anything in years.😜🤣

Lundell is very good. He was the most pro ready of the draft group. I think Rossi, Jarvis and Quinn will be very good too. Quinn and Peterka seem to have great chemistry so far. If they turn into top 6 bookends then that is a successful draft.

Keep it up, it is working well so far.😀

What are you basing “fine” on? Why not good, why not great? He is playing injury free finally and tearing up the AHL early.

Quinn is looking like the 50 goal OHL Ottawa player again. He has the quick smooth release that looks so sweet. Please don’t rush him and JJ up. Let them develop and continue to grow their chemistry.

https://www.tsn.ca/u-s-center-for-safesport-opens-investigation-into-wild-gm-guerin-source-says-1.1710143 This is really bad. Pens could be in big trouble and Guerin’s future in Minny is probably up in the air.

How has UPL looked?

Who cares? They are not in the wrong. If they build a winning team players will come.

The Sabres doctors won’t approve it. Jack and his team are scrambling trying to find doctors to approve it for his situation to present to the Sabres. The reporting has been that a lot of the NHL teams and their medical staff aren’t comfortable with it. your argument is that Sabres will lose goodwill over this when they are relying on medical opinions which think Jack’s option is dangerous. They are looking out for what is best for their player.

So the Sabres asking their player to get the safe, doctor approved surgery instead of the more dangerous, non doctor approved surgery is going to cost them goodwill with players? If my kids want to play in the middle of the street my consideration isn’t whether other kids will think I’m cool or not when I tell my children to get out of the street for their safety. This falls on Jack. If he would have gotten the fusion surgery back when this began he would be back and this mess never would have happened.

Risto going to Risto. And please tell me he didn’t pick #70. Might be one of the worst looking hockey numbers on the ice.

I really wonder what was going through Granato’s head last year standing on the bench with Krueger or in team meetings with him.

Has the Jack Adams Award ever been awarded after 3 games?😀 This team had no centres, lost Mitts in Game 1 and hasn’t missed a beat. Tage has stepped up at centre and been a beast. The one guy that has really looked good is Asplund. Dahlin is starting to look like he is back on the trajectory of a 1 OA draft pick. I have no expectations for this season, just going to enjoy the ride.

There might be more people in my house then in the building tonight.😳

This might be their Arizona game from last year. I thought Allen got the 1st down on the dive out of bounds but the spotters disagreed. No problem going for it, Allen usually gets it. The D made a play. Learn from it, become hungrier because of it.

Tracking is still off😜

Hague is a name Marek threw out there like 3 or 4 months ago and then regurgitated a couple days ago. I doubt he got any new info on it, he is just repeating what he knows from months ago. I mean Hague doesn’t make much sense. I think Krebs is the negotiating piece. It is not that Vegas will refuse to part with him but he is the hammer that these to get some other parts of the deal to their liking. ie “we will make Krebs available but you need to take this piece instead of that piece and the conditions of the draft pick need to be this rather then that. Remember that these sources get their info from the team or agents so they are used as public negotiating pawns a lot of the time. I think Foley wants to win soon more then McCrimmon wants to hold onto Krebs. A couple more Vegas losses and Foley’s impatience might force something to shake loose.