Flashsabre

Who is Vegas #7 or Colorado’s or TB’s or Boston’s or Toronto’s? This board needs to stop acting like Bryson is singlehandedly going to change the fortune of this team. Some of you have gotten so obsessed with your hate for him that it is skewing your bigger picture. I’m not even a fan of Bryson but I thought he looked better in preseason and if Granato feels he beat out the other guys to start the year at #7 then I just shrug my shoulders.

I really don’t care. Bryson is the 7th Dman and Stillman and Clague are still in the organization. Ryan Johnson, Metsa and Novikov will probably be better then all of them by mid season.

I just thought the whole setup by the NFL was unfair. Jags are there for an extra week and are fully adjusted to the schedule and the field. Oh Well. Just hope for the best for Milano.

The whole definition and example was cut and pasted from Urban Dictionary😀

We will see how the season goes but losing that game to Pitt like that might go a lot further for the coaches in getting the players to buy in then winning 5-0. They have a few days to iron out the kinks and get ready to start the season.

Clifton written off after 2 preseason games. Impressive

He was bad on a very good defensive team last year. I think TB will try and set their sights higher but I don’t know who will be available

It’s all the rage with the kids😀 Wagon: A sports team that is on a hot streak, can’t be stopped. They roll over all of their opponents with ease. Jim: “Did you watch the Yankees game last night” Fred: “Yeah. Yankees are a wagon.”

IDK I thought Bryson looked better in preseason and trust me I’m not a Bryson fan.

Between the returning players, the vet additions and the kids coming in (I’m going to include Kisakov in that group as he will be a regular player this year) they are stacked. Toker-Cooley should give them solid tending. I don’t remember them having this much talent in a long, long time.

I’m not reading too much into UPL being backup tonight. I think they are going with all 3 saying times have changed and you need 3 goalies now. Problem is I have more confidence in Toker and the little I have seen of Cooley than I do UPL. Maybe Adams surprises me and ship UPL to TB for a pick but I’m not holding my breath.

Living in Toronto I can tell you Toronto is the master of renovating their arenas and stadiums to mask the shortcomings on the ice and field😁

As I said it was an out of the box idea not one I think they will implement. Just a unique case where your 18 year old has pushed his way on the team and the 19 year old misses the AHL by a single day. If they were still in Winnipeg with James Patrick then I think it would be easier but with the move and the sh&tshow of the new organization I think they may look at different development paths.

A “Thinking outside the box” idea. What if the Sabres keep both of them for the season and platoon them like a goalie duo. This is all predicated on a healthy lineup of course but one plays the other rests and trains. You carry 2 goalies to open up the extra roster spot up front. This allows them both to develop at the NHL level without hitting the wall. You hope you get to a point in the season where both are ready to play every night.

They can only claim him on the waiver wire which is before he clears. If they claim him they have to keep him on the NHL roster. If they want to send him down they have to offer him back to Pitt first or else he has to clear thru waivers to go down.

The Joker for Nylander deal looks better every year even with Joker’s uneven play

I think the fact they handed him #9 off the hop was a big sign of their thoughts on him and plans for him. He wasn’t skating around camp wearing #85. The kid seems about as likeable as you can imagine. From a hard working carnival family and as personable as can be. High skill but works his can off every shift. He will definitely be a fan favourite in short order. The best quote I heard about Benson during the draft buildup was “You can put Benson on any line and he will make that line the best line” They really did get a gift with this kid falling to #13.

Uh two of the best players to ever play. Fuhr was a great big game goalie in the 80s. The goalie the Sabres traded for in the 90s wasn’t the same player. It was a bad trade that I didn’t like at the time but I do see Muckler’s view on it. He liked his guys that he won with. That is why Simpson, Huddy and Muni were brought in.

What is they story with Poona Ford? Is he injured? He was thought of as a really nice signing but hasn’t played much if at all.

I don’t know if this post is an awful attempt at humor or you just didn’t watch hockey in the 80s and don’t know what your talking about. Explain to me how the Steve Smith goal was Fuhr’s fault. And for the record when the best players in the world like Gretzky and Messier say Fuhr was the best big game goalie of the era their opinions hold a ton more value then some guy in a message board.

80s Oilers Fuhr was one of the best big game goalies of all time. He never gave up the next goal when his team needed him. Both Muckler and Gretzky loved him and wanted him wherever they went. Muckler thought he would solidify the net. Hasek wasn’t Hasek yet and the goaltending was very inconsistent at the time. I can see Muckler’s reasoning at the time but I wasn’t a fan of the trade either. They gave up a lot for a goalie who wasn’t his prime self anymore.

I only saw the 3rd period. I thought the Sabres carried a lot of the play in the period. I heard Benson scored. I don’t think he is going anywhere.

I need atleast one shift of Johnson&Johnson on the backend😃

Exhibit A: The L.A. Kings for years we were told how great their prospect pool was. They really have not developed any of them into impact players. Some have been moved along some are just there languishing. History shows if you can move a couple of them for the right impact piece then you make the move. It’s the franchises that identify the right impact piece that are successful.

I would put healthy Savoie close to Benson but shoulder setback Savoie is closer to the others right now. He is starting at ground zero with training camp. Savoie doesn’t have the details Benson does but he has electric game breaking speed, smarts, skill and compete.