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would love to see more physical players that are tough to play against. We are so easy to play against. perimeter team and soft in our own zone.

one minute of extra ice time is significant. too small a sample size to make much of it yet. We are still a soft team that is easy to play against....

exciting time to be a fan of Sabres' prospects!!!! Distract me from crying over the Bills' injuries!!! OT Did i use the apostrophes correctly in sabres and bills?

They were not team friendly deals out of players love for buffalo. The players received guaranteed money right now far above what they would receive if they played out ELC to bridge to Arb to FA etc.. It was good for the players and particularly good for the team if players continued to improve. If Samuelson keeps getting hurt, then the deal is not the great deal we hoped it would be.

Fair contract. Assuming cap keeps rising and he continues his high level of play, it will be good for both sides. I don't think team friendly deals are possible in NYS. taxes are too high. Places with low/no taxes make those deals possible. Glad to have this done. On to Power now. My dream is to somehow trade skinner, but it is a dream lol. What a horrible contract that is.

yes. The other player is better than you. here are things to work on. You are close but not ready yet. There are a ton of people on this board that think players have soft feelings you need to protect. You don't. Tell them the truth. They know it already or lack self-awareness and people around them being honest. In that case they need to hear it even more.

i think the Rousek's have it. No reason to rush either of them to NHL. As my dad would say: We need Kane like a hole in the head. He is not a good guy and is amongst the laziest players in the league at this point. who do we take off number one PP for him? Tuch? Thompson? Only place he provides value potentially is number one PP. I assume anyone wanting to sign kane has not seen him play in 4 to 5 years. he look like he is ready to make a jump. If he can maintain in AHL for half a season this step up he is a good candidate to bring up for injury.

sabres play 45-50 home games a year downtown so there is tons of ancillary spending. The concerts and other events held downtown in the arena increase the spending. Cant imagine the arena would stay open without Sabres paying bills. Bills play ten or eleven games at home in a good year. Little ancillary spending by fans. For Buffalo I think Sabres have more of an impact.

If we could keep only one which, would you want? I am Sabres all the way.

With krebbs and greenway this would need to be a forechecking/physical line with cycling the puck as key to success. 1/3 of line cannot forecheck or play physical or cycle the puck well. Green and Krebs are at least average skaters. Olo is below average skater. Can't do much of anything but shoot. it was a fitness issue. He came back in October 2022. he could not hit but certainly could work hard on fitness for at least a month before that. By the end of the season he certainly should have been in good shape. I think Granato mentioned lack of fitness as issue. That is a big deal for him to criticize a player like that.

why are you confident they wont move? I wish we were building a great downtown hockey rink instead of the bills stadium. I think we will end up with only 1 pro team in next ten years. With the money sunk into stadium bills are not going anywhere. Buffalo cannot support two pro teams anymore. I would vote for sabres over bills. 50 games a year with playoffs. I am being optimist i know. Bills are maybe 10 games that we care about if they get a couple home playoff games. Would you all rather have Bills or Sabres? I am definitely Sabres all the way

Elite players: Sabres have at least two, Dahlin, Thompson with two others on upswing in Cozens and Power. Tuch is very good but i hesitate to call him elite yet. Sabres also have several players going into second NHL years ready to take a step up. Ottawa has one in Stultze and Tkchuck is coming on strong. Detroit has zero. Sabres have great young depth of players ready to contribute at nhl level. Ottawa has some but are younger. The trade for debrincat hurt them. Detroit signed some players who are second line at best and traded for debrincat. They have no elite level players. DeBrincat will help on PP. Other than that he is not helpful.

The organization that replaced his company for concessions with a competitor will see no loyalty from Jacobs. If it will increase league revenue and bring in a franchise movement fee he will be OK with it.

Separating everything is part of him trying to sell team. He has told people he has lost 300 million, this was a couple of years ago so more now, since he purchased Sabres. There is not a path to breaking even in the long term right now. Even if rink is renovated or new one built he will not be able to raise prices high enough to pay for it. The lack of Corporations in Buffalo removes a huge revenue stream most other teams have. Buffalo has amongst the lowest per game revenue in the league. With Kim out of picture he might want to reduce his responsibilities to just the Bills and sell the Sabres.

you are dead on. He is king of changing instead of backchecking. He put up stats on an awful team where he was focal point. He would be an awful signing. Thankfully, all of KA moves are around building a cohesive team not catering to a malcontent like Kane. He will be a cancer wherever he ends up. Also if you look at our biggest needs, they are face offs and penalty killing. he brings neither. And did i mention he is a horrendous defensive player 🙂

good one. he plays zero defense. never has no. terrible comparison.

Kanes major value at this point is on PP. He is awful on defense, just does not care and his physical ailments took away his speed and quickness. the question is not kane or olofson it is olofson or one of the younger players. Kane is not a great guy in locker room either. gets pissy when he is not playing enough. he did not wow, he played a ton on an awful team and put up some stats. He is allergic to defense and not a great teammate. We have no place for him to play. Thank god.

He is incredible and the best d in the league. Other teams game plan around trying to stop him. His power play QBing is enough, but he is the full package. His edge work is as good as anyone in league.

What a silly topic that has been talked to death. SB automatic 1 week suspension for posting this

True, but irrelevant to this thread. Topic: is Thompson a top 10 center? His inability to win draws rules him out as a top ten. Hopefully he is figuring out a new strategy and doing constant drills to improve.

In order to be considered with the top centers, he needs to improve his faceoffs. he is abysmal. you need someone else to take important draws.

Kane needs to learn where his own zone is. he has been awful for at least two years now. he is the king of making a change instead of backchecking

The 8-game streak without a point is the killer. just a couple OT losses and we were in.

Federov could have been one of great all time dmen. he and Lidstrom could have played half the game each.

Achilles is not as big a deal for a hockey player as it would be for about any other sport. That said, it heals slowly and at its own pace. Count on the 6 months plus time in Rochester to get timing and legs back. This stinks. Let's be positive though, better than shoulder injury.