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Rodrogues is better offense skillset. Sobotka better on faceoffs, 50/50 pucks, wall battles, and dzone.

The obvious move is sending Jokiharju down when Motour returns. They don't need to trade anybody.

Why is he here? A real oddball move from JBOT this summer.

Here we go again ?

Love it! Will help save battery.

That Eichel play was reminiscent of the own goal he scored in SJ last season. Just way to casual in his own end, not enough respect for possession. Hopefully Krueger can keep him from beating himself up too much about it, but man that was inexcusable by the captain.

So..... Housley > Krueger?

The team did better with less talent under Bylsma... why do people forget this?

Pekar with 2 more last night giving him 7 in 5.

I'm in Nashville for my son's hockey tournament this weekend. But yes, I live in Laguna in Orange County.

It's official, I'll be at the game tomorrow. I'll let everybody know what happens.

RK mentioned that he's watched plenty of film from past games. His objective was to figure out what each player does well so he's not trying to fit square pegs into round holes. That said, I don't think his system is any better or any worse than Housley's or Bylsma's for that matter. As a coach you need to be a good salesman, and RK has that ability to sell.... at least it appears that way early one. The players just didn't completely buy into what Housley or Bylsma were selling.

Pat LaFontaine won't be partaking in the festivities. ?

must win

They skated today. Just want to add that RK hasn't canceled any scheduled practices to date.

Awesome! Been saying it for years, game day skates are unnecessary, about time. Should help them stay fresh mentally later in the season.

Nobody cares what you know until they know how much you care.

i refuse to partake in such shenanigans as artificially increasing the number of posts in this thread. it's unethical. period.

Housley just doesn't have a strong enough personality to be a head coach. RK does.

He does some things well, this is true. However, for a second line winger, you would hope to find a guy that does those same things well AND has some offensive ability. That said.... in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

bandwagons full, sorry ?

Hockey players typically have a tough time with pull-ups because they have big thick thighs and butts, which accounts for the vast majority of their body weight.... Casey is no exception. That said, how can he not have done a single pull-up?!

....and one disorderly conduct charge for being a giant d-bag.

To me the most encouraging thing about tonight's game was to see just about everyone up and down the lineup get prime scoring chances.... Girgensons, Okposo, Dahlin, Sheary, Skinner, etc, etc, etc.... It wasn't just the Eichel line doing all the heavy lifting offensively. Hope to see it continue. And the defense was challenging PIT players in the neutral zone instead of just conceding the blue line on every rush... gaps were much tighter all over the ice than I've been used to seeing from Sabres hockey the past few years.

BUF also had to kill off 3 penalties in the 3rd. I'd rather have McCabe out there for those than Dahlin. He's more experienced, better defensive awareness in his own end, probably stronger physically on pucks and just is in his prime right now. Not worried at all about the minutes for Dahlin.