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To the bold, that is every body check. The intent is to blow someone up. The hit was not illegal. It was not late, Kulich had time to see him coming, and Jiri had the puck. If Jiri was standing up, he would have taken it in the middle of the chest. To me, there’s a difference between targeting the head and contact to the head. I would suspend a target, you seem to want to suspend contact. I get that you want to err on the side of caution. In a perfect world, so do I. But that wasn’t a dirty check.

Not sure about that, Swamp. I guess my take is going to be unpopular to you three, but what responsibility does Kulich have to bear for having his head down at the level of someone else’s hip? Like, yea, dude could have laid up knowing Jiri was vulnerable, but that isn’t a dirty hit. While there was clearly contact to the head, I don’t believe Howden was targeting Jiri’s head at all. It just happened the way it did. Rookie-level awareness by our guy. in the AHL, he beats the pursuit clean and is ready for Howden. It sucks and I hope he’s OK.

Border crossing at the falls this weekend was normal and no one cared that i had NY plates on my car.

He is getting booed and will forever be booed because of his post game reaction upon his initial return. He taunted the fans then and he deserves to hear about it.

Eric Staal as a Sabre always bothered me.

Hey that was fun!!!! Hope Kuli is alright.

I am excited to see what Benson-Norris-Thompson look like together

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Why did Ruff break up the Dahlin Byram combo? Is it to see what Bo looks like when he’s not paired with our best player?

Josh Allen got paid. And he got his bag while keeping the percentage of cap in check for the team. Amazing!

The Amerks are back at it tonight and tomorrow, both at Laval. These are the two best teams in the AHL so a good test. If you have time on your hands this weekend, tomorrow’s game at 3pm is free on Flo as the AHL game of the week. flosports.link/3z2dqGd

this had me literally laughing out loud

Happy with this. At this point, the Sabres need as many grown ups/physically fully formed players as they can get their hands on.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nhl/tariffs-affect-nhl-gary-bettman-says-rcna194874 Tariffs may have NHL salary cap implications down the line. “Bettman said 25% of the league’s revenue comes from its Canadian clubs. Though he said the Canadian teams perform well, Bettman added that there could be ramifications for the league depending on the state of Canadian tariffs. “All players, no matter which country they play in, get paid in U.S. dollars,” Bettman told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.” “So if the impact of the tariffs is to see the Canadian dollar drop relative to the U.S. dollar, it will make it more difficult and more painful.”

@SDS I'm not insinuating it is related to the server upgrade, but I hadn’t noticed a search problem prior to it.

I can’t get there myself. This all sucks right now, but I don’t see any sense in blowing up the youngest roster in the league when the only way out of this is drafting and developing. While our GM is inept, players better than guys like Tage & Tuch are not coming here due to trade protection and no interest in free agency. If you blow it up now, you’ll just get even younger.

Roll up the rim to win is back and also back on the cups!

The Amerks were down 2-0 after two to Utica, but found a way to tie the game in the third (Helenius at 8:44 & Östlund at 18:35) in front of third string Michael Houser. Couldn’t win the shootout, but still was able to earn a point on the road.

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AAAANNNYYYYWAY, the Amerks are home tonight against the WB Scranton Penguins. Rochester comes into tonight having won three straight and 10 of their last 12, and the Amerks maintain a three-point lead on Laval and Hershey atop the AHL's standings with 70 points through 51 games. Also, the Pens are good. They’ve got 63 points through 48 games and only four points behind Hershey for first place in the Atlantic.

Some folks don’t like the same handedness of Dahlin, Power, and Byram, and I get that. It might not be a perfect way to structure a blue line. But Byram & Dahls were excellent together tonight. I want to see them continue to play as a pair.

Absolutely not. He’s a big body who can stand his ground around the net against 20 year olds, but he doesn’t hit & he absolutely cannot keep up in the NHL. He is AHL captain material though.

Adin Hill is my best guess. His stats are pretty average…his career save percentage is .908. For reference, UPL is .902. And LV has a far better overall team.

Listen man, we all have nothing but love for Canada. Literally no one wants to eff with y’all. The vast, vast majority of the board agrees with you. But you don’t need to be a 🍆 to the group because some internet stranger eyerolled you about Chantal singing a crappy rendition of your anthem. Regardless of the lyric switch, that was an objectively terrible anthem. No one could sing along because she was a diva. Don’t let the stupid political noise paint a crappy picture of our love for you. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸

Sean says, “Who is going to be the next Crosby?” It’ll be the current Crosby.