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Flag football is an Olympic sport as of 2028

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/ That has the rundown of everyone. I’ll add it to the post.

Agree it isn’t significant, but Mitts on the ice more than Tage? Did not see that coming.

Forwards: -Mitts leads the centers with 17:20. Did anybody expect that? Tage is 16:27 and Cozens 16:52. -We need to free Peyton Krebs. This may entirely be attributed to being down early in each game, but…. He was hitched to Okposo last year and that was fine because Okie was getting 14:40 a game. That’s down to 10:17. Zemgus is 9:28. Krebs needs to be on the ice a lot more than ten minutes a night. He’s currently at 12:31, but that’s because of the PK. -Greenway is a top six forward with the same average time on ice as Tage. Defense: -Dahlin and Power have been rotating partners and have been spotted playing together. -Samuelsson is getting the toughest minutes because he’s never on the PP. Dude is a horse. He’s also a plus one after the two games in which we have been outscored 8-3. Dahlin 24:52 Power 24:39 Muel 21:50 ——————— Joker 16:36 Cliffy 16:25 ——————— Erik Johnson 12:09 He’s a glorified PK specialist. Maybe he’s being eased in or managing an injury? I don’t think this is sustainable as a model. For example, Lyubushkin & Clague averaged 15 min a game in their starts last year. When there’s an injury on the blue line, I would be nervous for this team. Like I said, way to early to draw any conclusions, but I did it anyway https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/

Agree. And his trade value has to be nada given his salary. I would park VO in the press box and roll with anyone else. I’m most fond of the idea of exposing VO or UPL to waivers and call up Kulich.

It was just a little joke that he’s played well for two games so you better lock him up for a long term extension…eight years for eight million. And I am happy with all the extensions they’ve signed. Just a lowbrow lol attempt.

HECTIC. A good throw probably draws a defensive holding call. But it was high, even for the giraffe of Waller. Middle of the field at the back of the end zone with very little room or time for the QB.

This is the type of game that Buffalo lost for two decades and created the concept of something being “Billsy.” But not much since JA17 showed up. And it still happens…that’s the NFL. But whether it’s talent, coaching, or karma, the Bills end up winning a lot more of these than they lose when they don’t blow teams out. I’ll take it.

8 X 8 😆

The Sabres outhit the Rangers and looked to me to be the more physically imposing team tonight.

I didn’t think of it that way and you may be onto something.

Does any part of you separate the current team from the previous eleven seasons? I think it is smart to. The current squad shouldn’t have to wear the baggage of Murray and Botterill eras, and the dismantling of the Eichel era was completed less than 1.5 seasons ago. If folks want to bang on Pegula, that’s fine. But every thread should not turn into that.

Same boat. I really need to see if the two foot nacho plate fits in a seat!

Goalie from the Kings from the 70’s. His fun fact is his jersey number was the first retired number in LA Kings history.

Yes three goalies incoming in the class of 2023. Induction in November. I didn’t mean to exclude them, but they’re technically not in yet 😜

I agree with you and I also think the HOF is very hard on goaltenders for some reason. There's something like 39 goalies in the HOF, with only five being inducted since 2006: Luongo, Brodeur, Vachon, Hasek, and Belfour. I love me some Millsie, but I think he was a tier below the five I just mentioned.

I miss the show Rescue Me (Denis Leary) who used that same song as their theme song.

The fried boloney at the arena is totally legit. I’ll walk the lower bowl and settle on that nine times out of ten.

This thread is all over the place. Terry didn't cause this to happen and he didn't cause the similar situation to happen with Russ Brandon. Speaking only of the Sabres and only of the business side of the office, Russ became team president in 2015. Once he canoodled his way out of a job, Kim took over as president. Due to illness, Roth was hired. This isn’t some kind of absurd turnover. I cannot speak to the churning of front office positions at one bills drive, but the average job tenure in the US is about four years. Making this about Pegula isn’t making sense to me.

https://youtu.be/Q4ghL3yWD-I?si=a7i7BvhegwxEOSoR

Thank you for explaining how loaded this team actually is. Plus all the forwards from last year returned (for now)? Let’s goooooo

The problem is cap space. The Bills only have 2.5M & Surtain’s salary is about 5M.

It really says something about the depth of goaltending league-wide when this team is rolling with a rookie starter & is afraid to send down a fringe NHLer to the minors (fringe is being kind to UPL).