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Mittlestadt needs Rochester.

Maybe they could use a game day skate or two.

Same. IIRC he played with Eichel at the World Cup a few years ago and they had some nice chemistry.

Mittlestadt, Rodrigues, Sheary, Vesey, and Girgensons combined stats last 10 games... 0 goals, 5 assists

i'll watch, but my finger is hovering precariously over the blow-it-up button....

Doesn't mean any of them are good (besides Bylsma, haha. seriously tho, he's done the most with the hand he was dealt than any other Sabres coach in the last 10 years). What a turnaround in Edmonton tho, Tippett has them playing well... without any major roster shakeup. I've been banging the drum for TIppett for the past 5 years. Sad. He was available.

Teams have figured out how to stop it. Krueger doesn't have an answer.

Please explain how he has only 127 career assists in 351 NHL games. He's currently tied for 80th in assists in the NHL. Yeah, great vision.

trade him

That's the GM's job. However, due to his lack of foresight and planning he's effectively painted himself into a corner. The time to "do something" was a long time ago.

I'm sorry, but this log jam on D, while we need to call up guys like Lazar and Asplund is a huge failure of the GM. This is pro sports, stop overthinking and fix it already... you'll get what you can get for Risto and move on. JBot is entering Darcy territory.

They need a goalie, I'd try to pry Dubnyk from Minny.

============================================================== BUF even strength goal differential through 17 games = 0 BUF average even strength goal differential per game = 0.0 exp+/- is a function of gp, %min played, and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min BUF Marco Scandella 8.00 11 8 0.00 28.2 BUF Casey Mittelstadt 4.00 17 4 0.00 20.4 BUF Henri Jokiharju 2.00 17 2 0.00 27.7 BUF Vladimir Sobotka 2.00 16 2 0.00 23.8 BUF Jimmy Vesey 2.00 14 2 0.00 20.1 BUF Conor Sheary 2.00 13 2 0.00 20.4 BUF Marcus Johansson 1.00 17 1 0.00 28.1 BUF Colin Miller 0.00 17 0 0.00 31.1 BUF Kyle Okposo 0.00 17 0 0.00 18.4 BUF Evan Rodrigues 0.00 8 0 0.00 16.9 BUF Brandon Montour 0.00 3 0 0.00 30.4 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen -2.00 17 -2 0.00 40.1 BUF Sam Reinhart -2.00 17 -2 0.00 33.4 BUF Jeff Skinner -2.00 17 -2 0.00 29.8 BUF Victor Olofsson -2.00 17 -2 0.00 29.3 BUF Johan Larsson -2.00 17 -2 0.00 23.7 BUF John Gilmour -2.00 3 -2 0.00 31.7 BUF Jack Eichel -3.00 17 -3 0.00 35.1 BUF Rasmus Dahlin -3.00 17 -3 0.00 32.2 BUF Jake McCabe -4.00 17 -4 0.00 34.9 BUF Zemgus Girgensons -4.00 17 -4 0.00 21.6 ============================================================== ============================================================== CAR even strength goal differential through 18 games = 5 CAR average even strength goal differential per game = 0.28 exp+/- is a function of gp, %min played, and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min CAR Dougie Hamilton 5.09 18 7 1.91 38.2 CAR Andrei Svechnikov 4.66 18 6 1.34 26.8 CAR Jaccob Slavin 4.15 18 6 1.85 37.1 CAR Ryan Dzingel 3.72 18 5 1.28 25.6 CAR Teuvo Teravainen 2.41 18 4 1.59 31.8 CAR Warren Foegele 1.99 18 3 1.01 20.3 CAR Jordan Staal 1.47 18 3 1.53 30.5 CAR Haydn Fleury 1.39 12 2 0.61 18.2 CAR Erik Haula 0.92 14 2 1.08 27.8 CAR Julien Gauthier 0.92 2 1 0.08 14.0 CAR Eetu Luostarinen 0.86 3 1 0.14 17.3 CAR Jordan Martinook 0.78 4 1 0.22 19.9 CAR Joel Edmundson 0.53 18 2 1.47 29.3 CAR Brett Pesce 0.22 18 2 1.78 35.7 CAR Trevor van Riemsdyk -0.59 9 0 0.59 23.6 CAR Sebastian Aho -1.60 18 0 1.60 32.1 CAR Brian Gibbons -2.49 10 -2 0.49 17.7 CAR Brock McGinn -3.09 18 -2 1.09 21.9 CAR Martin Necas -3.16 18 -2 1.16 23.3 CAR Lucas Wallmark -4.03 18 -3 1.03 20.6 CAR Nino Niederreiter -7.33 18 -6 1.32 26.5 CAR Jake Gardiner -7.48 18 -6 1.48 29.6 ==============================================================

It's just lazy hockey.... you lose possession and suddenly everybody stops moving their feet, watch for it next game.

When they had success their d-zone gaps were tight and they challenged at the blue line. They've gotten away from that already, looking like they're on the PK in the d-zone when they don't have possession. Old habits die hard I suppose.

Better goaltending they win at least one of those games. Major issue moving forward IMO.

I'm too busy to watch full games sometimes due to my kids, especially while out of town at their tournaments so I'll often tune in late or catch only parts of the game. I would love to watch every game in it's entirety, but I just don't have the time. My kids have practice or off-ice every single day, often 4 or 5 games between the two of them every Fri-Sun including the high school games.... and traveling at least 1 weekend a month with my kid playing AAA. We're out the door everyday between 4 and 6 PT... so most of the time I'm lying in bed after we get home trying to watch but can't keep my eyes open sometimes.

How have they looked? Missed the first 2 periods

Impressive start. Tough stretch coming up.... ARI, WSH, NYI, TBL, TBL, CAR ...3 wins would be satisfactory.

That Sweden game is in two weeks, I think he might recover by then.

Correct. You won't find sustained success playing that way.

Ok Phil.

Gotta start Linus next game. Still a lot of questions after this one. Yeah it's a win but they looked like ass against an ass team.

This is THE game for me. If they play well, then I'll be convinced this year will be different and they'll at least challenge for a playoff spot. If they look dis-interested, loose defensively... then I believe they'll be on the outside looking in again this season. It's a team they should beat, they're coming off a poor performance, and have 2 days rest ahead of them. There is absolutely no excuse to not show up.