Night Train

I thought Cozens might be the one traded. Got his $.. but started to remind me of Stafford years back. Scores a lot in 3-4 games, then vanishes for weeks. Thought they might deal him and give Mitts a good deal with the savings. I don't hate Cozens and see his solid hits every once in a while. But he is horribly streaky and that hurts during bad stretches. Must improve. Mitts can't score like Cozens but seems vastly improved at hitting scorers with great passes. Still, the listed next contract numbers seemed high.

Team has already seen several "revert back" after getting paid recently. Not Mitts fault but can't keep overpaying.

Beane didn't want to be upstaged locally by KA,

Playoff push !

Harty and Morse both cut. Saving another 12.8 Mil.

" OMG ! We miss Casey ! " - posting it now before someone else does by the start of the 2nd period.

Samuelsson was bad enough. Then came the Power contract. I can only hope they wake up and get some proper coaching , in addition to a backbone.

CB Douglas has his contract re-worked to save 2.5 Mil.

Jordan Poyer released

Left handed shot. 3.8 Mil next year. Lots of concussions. Risky. I'll give it a chance with Power and Samuelsson struggling too often. Weren't going to give him the contract he wanted, since they rushed to overpay several others. Welcome. Make some more trades for forwards who aren't soft.

If we had a GM who actually wanted to make significant trades, it's more likely to happen during the summer/off-season. KO, Girgs and other minor sunset moves more likely to be made now. Never say never but I don't view KA/DG wanting to change anything. Too in love with their guys. Detached from reality and playoff hockey.

I'm hoping good luck is being wished to far more supposed talent than KO. This team needs multiple major changes.

I watched the gym short olympics (Combine) last week. WR is crazy deep. Also need DL and Secondary. Lots of depth. Deep draft. All have highlight film on Youtube . It's crazy how fast and athletic these guys are compared to players 20-30 years ago. Cyborgs.

The Bears were the team that gave Bates an offer sheet that the Bills matched. Insurance at the time. Bears obviously still wanted him and the Bills are now in a different place. Yes, Anderson has been taking C snaps in practice. Morse, along with J. Phillips, Hyde and others were some of the players I believe were considering retirement. I'll still wait to see more expected moves over the next few weeks before viewing the roster. Speculation now is just guessing. Media knows nothing.

I thought Bates was replacing Morse at C. Looks like Beane had other ideas. Now I believe the Bills currently have 3 5th round picks and 3 6th round picks. Beane is starting his wheeling, dealing and re-working. At least one GM in Buffalo is doing something to improve his team.

GA for NJ was 2.71 last year. 51 wins Now it's 3.49. 30 wins, Yikes ! Goals way down on O. Injuries and bad D. 2-5 in last 7 with a 4.5 GA. Hmm...

Are some suggesting Back To The Future with Ruff ??

9. Rochester Nick Tahou garbage plates will be the pre-game meal for all home games.

Cleared 70 F today, North of Buffalo. Sunny and enjoying a cigar outside on the deck.

So this current roster has basically peaked at .500. Non-physical. Wildly inconsistent. Turnover prone. Has some talent but the prime scoring players scored half the expected rate. Needs a major shakeup. With UPL and Levi, they have the G position solidified. After that, the D corp needs a couple more solid players. Power and Samuelsson need a major kick in the can. The Forward group has been puzzling. They were no-shows for such long stretches. Float back on D far too often. Just not rugged at all. Coach and GM are past their expiration date but the owner is AWOL with family and other business concerns. I sensed this was not going well when his wife sent out that bad letter to ticket holders, basically stating their lifestyle came first. Love hockey...but this hockey plan doesn't work. I'll watch to see if changes come before next October but running it back looks like the current thought. They seem so disconnected from reality. Can't blame the fans for taking a pass on tickets. 13 years of April golf.

" As you can see by the recent wins, we're almost there " Adams repeats again and for the next 10 years. Run mediocrity back ! .. or actually try and make the playoffs before we're all dead.

Sabres raised their sticks to the crowd tonight, instead of their 5 iron.

Don't care if Vegas has injuries. I'm enjoying the game out of spite.

What hustle by Benson