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His glove sucks. He struggles to catch the puck, seems to bounce out of his glove more often than not.

They need to do some serious self scouting. Decide what type of team they want to be, project players into roles and move the others. Does anybody trust this regime to get it right? I certainly don't. I'd feel better about it if they had a trustworthy POHO with a clear vision instead of Terry pulling the strings.

1st goal UPL overcommitted and then just sat there instead of finding the net.... he had time to recover, 100% on him. Second goal was deflected in by Byram. Boston player was trying to pass. It was going wide until Byram deflected it jn, nothing UPL could've done there.

Can't remember the last time I saw that in an NHL game. Usually it takes both linesmen to miss that as they signal each other on icings.

That's on UPL, horrendous. I've seen enough. Calgon, take me away!

harlem and maryvale iirc, grew up less than 2 miles from there...

Fun game, entertaining. Thought they were lucky to win, gave up way too many high quality chances. Reimer stood on his head. Doesn't change anything for me tho. That losing streak in November told us everything we need to know about this team. You simply cannot "run it back" based on a few weeks of meaningless games at the end of the season.

Jack Quinn anytime goal scorer 🎯

Levi is doing well in Rochester, but watching some of those games I still don't think he's going to succeed in the NHL. Makes the athletic save but gives up too many softies. Hope he proves me wrong. Leinonen? Leino? nen? Nope!

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Serious question... was Thompson simply unaware that a penalty had been called?

Lack of discipline, young team still figuring out what they can and can't get away with. There's plenty of nuances when it comes to what is and isn't an infraction in the pro game. They only have 1 player in the top 40 for PIMs now that Cozens is gone.

They played hard and I'd say they were fortunate to win. Still many mistakes, poor puck support and poor puck management. Boston is a bad team, 3 wins in their last 10. Not impressed, do better.

"Hate" is a strong word, these are people with families and lives of their own. I'll never hate someone for how they play hockey. That said, never felt like these guys cared much about winning in Buffalo... Leino, Berglund, Hall, Staal, Kozlov, Kane. This season that guy is Samuelsson... and Cozens the last few months, he was checked out.

farm team

fwiw a close friend of mine who played with him in Sweden has told me the same thing... actually i'm mildly surprised it's taken this long for this info to get out.

Whatever Lindy is preaching isn't resonating with this group. The only guys performing well are the veteran players, Zucker, McLeod, Greenway, etc.. The young core hasn't taken that next step, why? Who the ***** knows, that's Kevyn's job to figure out. If he believes Lindy isn't the right guy then he should move on, but it feels like the tail is wagging the dog in this case... Lindy dictating to Kevyn what he should do with the roster... which probably doesn't sit well with guys like Karmanos. It wouldn't surprise me if Karmanos said "***** it" and left for greener pastures in the offseason.

No he won't. His hockey IQ is too low and lacks high end skill. Could be a nice 3rd/4th line guy down the road but he's below average at too many things. He's a guy that could've benefited from an extended bake period in the AHL. Jumping directly from juniors to the NHL typically doesn't end well unless you're a generational type talent. I'm afraid Zach Benson is head down the same path. Love that kid, but the toxic losing environment and pressure of the NHL will eventually wear him down.

He works hard and makes smart plays, but he's not producing. He was a point producer in juniors, but he's a third line player on this team and has 21 points on the season. I don't care that he's 19. This isn't a development league, it's the NHL. Do better.

What's next?!

How? Jason Botterill acquired Jokiharju from Chicago for Alex Nylander back in 2019... which turned out to be an excellent deal for Buffalo.

upgrade over Bryson