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What's the thoughts on Dell from his time with Rochester? I know he was playing better than UPL but how did he look? He seems like the weak link for tonight so hopefully he has a great game. I'm hoping the team can keep things going tonight in a back to back. We have been good at home this season though. Bryson and Cozens both played well with family at the game. Hopefully they are staying for tonight's game too. Sabres 5, Leafs 3

Well hopefully Dell exceeds our expectations. I hate losing to the Leafs so hoping we have another great effort and another win.

I forgot that point that his parents were at the game. Agreed that Bryson is making the most of his opportunity this season. Awesome to get the win.

Great job boys, nice win to take away the spot light from McDavid.

Cozens making a statement tonight.

Great job by Cozens..............he was due

It's good to see Fucale playing in the NHL after a long road. I remember that he was considered a can't miss prospect who was a good bet for the 1st round. Montreal took him 36th in the 2nd round. I assume he's an example of why many say picking a goalie high in the draft is sometimes difficult to predict.

I'm going with a Sabres win. Granato will have the boys motivated tonight. Sabres 4, Oilers 3.

I liked the Tuch interview. He's happy to be a Sabre which is great to hear. I'm looking forward to seeing him play for us.

Didn't Adams say he would be at the game? Boys looking to impress him. Keep it coming.

I hear ya and agree but most fans would think buying a jersey for a player that signed an 8 year deal at $10M would be a safe bet at least for that contract. Then there's the guys that just decide to change their number. Oh well, time to move on.

Next season I can see Krebs at LW with Cozens at C and Tuch on RW. I see that trio having some potential chemistry. Very quick skating line that will be fun to watch once Krebs and Cozens reach their potential. Lots of options next season though with Quinn and Peterka in the mix.

Now I feel bad that I skipped to the end. Good for you reading all the posts.

It's nice to see him starting to meet expectations. Let's hope the other young guys integrate into the league much quicker though than Tage.

Coach has decide if Cozens is still learning enough by playing up. I'm not against sending him down once Mittlestadt comes back but I think they really need to integrate some of the rookies onto the big club this season. Next season looks like they will be planning to have quite a few with Power, Quinn, JJP, ++ and that may be even harder to manage for the coaching staff.

Yes that would be interesting (kind of like Toronto getting rid of Marleau to Carolina). Do you have some potential candidates in mind for this?

Sucks to lose this one. Sabres falling pretty quickly in the NHL power rankings this week.

I would hope to see him at the world juniors this year for Sweden assuming he's healthy at the time. That will show his skill playing against players his own age.

also heir to the Von Barenkow empire. I would like to know more about him too. Limited info available at the time of the draft.

Yeah I wonder how this will all work out for Vegas this year. I do hope that Eichel is able to play well late in the season and into the playoffs. I'm not sure this kind of condition is allowed in the CBA but wouldn't it be nice to have added that if Vegas makes the cup final the 2nd in 2023 becomes a 1st in 2023 instead?

what will we do now with all our spare time now that the Eichel trade has happened?

Dang it. After faithfully reading the Eichel trade thread daily all summer and fall I missed the big trade call today. Busy day for me at work and didn't catch it until the drive home (although it sounded like a trade might be close last night). It has been great reading catching up on all the posts tonight though. Glad as most have said that the trade is finally over, the Eichel trade drama is finally over. I'm happy with the return and think Adams did a good job considering. Glad to hear that Tuch will want to play for the Sabres. Also I really like Krebs and believe that he will play well and mesh well with Cozens someday in the Sabres lineup. Krebs is another high character player with talent and I'm sure the fans will love him when he settles in with the Sabres. Top 10 protected pick. Okay I'll take #11 if that works out. I figure that Malone might be the most upset today. No, I'm not giving up my wingers in Quinn and Peterka.

Okay thanks, sorry I missed that. I thought the quote was about Jack Quinn.

Really, by who? He only played part of last season as an underage player for the AHL. If it had been a normal year he would have went back to the OHL.

The problem is when you lock or close this Eichel thread, three more pop up in it's place. May as well see this through.