Sabres73

This is the kind of game that will help us so much next year.

Holy cow - we're alive baby!

Isles are going to lose, down 5-2 now only 1:10 to go

Leafs win in OT!

....and Caps reply - 4-1 3:50 to go. We have an opportunity here

Isles have popped one. 3-1, 4:20 to go

Panthers getting at least a point, going to OT

Tuch's 40th assist

Florida ties it up with the Leafs

Leafs take the lead on the Panthers

I'm not cherrypicking anything, I think Casey has had a good season.

And you would be cherry picking, instead of looking at the season in it's entirety.

But the prospect that would replace him would be a rookie that would need a couple years to develop as well, so you're not getting much of a benefit overall for that move. I don't think he's that easily replaceable. Trade VO/Hinestroza/Jost before Casey is a better idea IMO

I'm not sure why people think he's a lock to improve the Sabres defence right from the start. He's a prospect - to give some perspective Kale Clague was also drafted in the 2nd round, 51st overall.

I know many are dubious to the value of the plus/minus stat, but this isn't about that. Do you know who leads the Sabres without peaking? Owen Power at +12. He's my rookie of the year https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20222023&seasonTo=20222023&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.19&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists&page=0&pageSize=50

Here's how I see the goaltending going for the rest of this season: Carolina - UPL Rangers - Levi Devils - Comrie Then depending on if we're eliminated or not Sens - Anderson if we're out, Levi if we're alive BJs - Levi if he didn't play the Sens, or UPL

We're also officially going to finish over .500 for the first time in quite a while, with five games to go.

We don't - we're not making the playoffs regardless, which is fine for this year.

Our awsome rookie D with his 30th assist of the season. Kinda quietly racking them up.

Jeez man, you're sounding like a broken record. We get it, you've made the same point dozens of times now. Can you give it a rest for crying out loud?

It really doesn't when we're behind all the other teams. If Florida gets a point, we're screwed

OT isn't good enough, we need to win in regulation.

Pens losing 3-0 now They have an easy schedule the rest of the way, but will they get nervous and collapse?

I think signing a free agent d-man or two is a far better solution than giving up on prospects when we don't even know they're ceiling. Build from within, stay with the plan GM KA.

We were not likely to do much damage in the playoffs this year anyways. I wouldn't give up any assets from this team until the offseason. Making the playoffs this season wasn't a necessity, next year will be. I'm not frustrated at all, I'm enjoying this development season for what it is, and next year who knows how far we can take it with another year of maturity.