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Hoping Peterka shows out today. I'm not sure if he will end up in Rochester or Buffalo to start the season, but it would be nice to see him have a standout day and force the coaching staff to keep him on the Sabres

They don't field a team like that with the intention to NOT compete. They were looking for guys to step up and shine. It didn't happen this go around, but there are more preseason games left 🤷‍♂️ I agree though, it can be hard to judge these guys without some more NHL level talent mixed in

sloppy game from most of the team. was a chance to impress for a lot of these guys, but i don't believe anyone jumped off the screen

Quinn has looked pretty dangerous at times tonight

just tuning in. any standouts or is it hard to tell b/c of the bad def?

I feel like he's kind of been the forgotten man, despite actually having pretty good AHL stats for it being his first year. He looked amazing vs the prospects and said he wanted to push to make the team. Nice to have that sort of depth

nice goal and puck movement

Kulich empty netter. good to see him get a goal. 3 point outing!

that savoie goal was a really nice way to kill njd momentum

there it is! savoie goal!

5-4, two quick devils goals.

that looked like chaos

biron singing laaksonens praises right now. 2 assists, nice to hear

just tuning. nice to see they appear to be cruising. has the play been one sided or is it just the score? also nice to see kisakov potted one, nice highlight there

I believe Jack is going to start hot and then cool mid season as teams switch their focus to him (kind of like what happened in the AHL playoffs). I, personally, believe he's going to eventually be a ppg player in the NHL, but first he is going to need to figure out how to handle the increased physicality. Hopefully it's a non-issue and he already has learned from last year's AHL playoffs. In terms of point production, I'm going to guess about 50-60 points with a bunch of those points coming from the power play (assuming he stays healthy). I think he's going to be pretty far in the negative in terms of +/-, but will definitely be a force offensively this first season. edit: after looking at the poll options and seeing a few rookie of the year comments, I just wanted to say I don't think that is a crazy thing to think. If he has already learned from his lumps in the AHL playoffs, rookie of the year is definitely in play

Seems like a pretty good signing (assuming that he is going to fill that tweener role b/w Rochester/Buffalo). Could definitely do a lot worse, we certainly had worse players in those final forward slots last year

Ah, that is interesting. Thanks for that. Learn something new every time I come here, cheers 👍 So, as for the draft process, only prospects that are interested in going to the NHL make themselves eligible for things like the combine? I'm guessing that inactivity with some of these pre-draft activities is one flag that teams look at to determine who may not want to leave their country? Although in his case, I'm not sure the combine was held the year he was drafted. Did Novikov verbally indicate at some point that he wasn't really interested in the NHL?

Been curious about this fellow since I saw that he played significant minutes in the KHL this past season. What exactly is the reasoning that led to teams concluding this? If you have no intention to go the NHL, why enter into the draft? I feel like I am missing some piece of information here.

I think the Sabre's success this season is likely going to hinge upon how well Comrie plays. If he plays good, there's a chance at the playoffs. If he doesn't, well we are probably headed back to the lottery. Here's hoping for the former and not the latter! It would appear he has been pretty good the last few seasons in spot duty, so I think there is a fair chance that he looks more like an NHL starter than not.

I finished the entire first season of Outer Range. I remember coming to the end of the first season and being disappointed with the lack of answers. There are definitely some answers that are provided, but not as much as I expected. In the end, I felt like they created more questions than there originally were (there were a lot). That being said, I really liked the feel of the show and will probably watch season 2 despite it feeling overly "wacky" at times.

I'd consider myself a casual fan. I have played for a pretty long time and actually still play in a men's league. With that being said, there's not much soccer that gets me excited. I enjoy watching the world cup, will occasionally watch the games like the UEFA champions league finals etc, and infrequently watch the USMNT. The EPL and all the other leagues like that (la liga, bundesliga, etc) are just too much and it is somewhat hard to follow from the US.

I see a lot of people are down on Quinn after the AHL playoffs. However, I would be really surprised if Quinn returns to the Amerks next year. I know he had a rough end of the year, but we're talking about a guy that was the AHL rookie of the year. The guy can score and probably will be given the chance next year

Wow this game sounds like an emotional rollercoaster