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I agree... initially I suggested he stay in school another year, however as the year has worn on I'm comfortable signing him after his college season. Llet him finish the year with Roch, maybe even give him a game or two with the big club.... which is often part of the negotiations.

Not a big fan of those uniforms, but as a third I'll allow it.

The lack of attention to detail in the d-zone continues to plague this team. Won't matter how much talent they add. They'll continue to lose until they figure out how to defend.

Logan Couture

We have our answer in goal.

He has 9 shutouts in 22 games, with 13 (at least) remaining. If he keeps his current pace, that's 5 more shutouts... shattering the current record.

I don't believe acquiring better defensively capable defensemen will help. In today's game it's paramount to play sound TEAM defense. ALL players need to buy in and focus on defensive play as much or moreso than focusing on creating offense. Unfortunately, they've shown very little (if any) progress in that area. Only Granato and his staff can fix it... do they know how? I don't believe so, which is why I don't believe (never have) that he's a long term solution at the HC position. Do better.

nobody: me: ============================================================== BUF even strength goal differential through 38 games = -32 BUF even strength minutes played through 38 games = 1973.68 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min BUF Mark Pysyk 12.29 38 2 -10.29 32.2 BUF Colin Miller 6.62 32 -2 -8.62 26.9 BUF Mark Jankowski 5.50 8 4 -1.50 4.7 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza 3.86 36 -4 -7.86 24.6 BUF Alex Tuch 2.34 6 1 -1.34 4.2 BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen 2.09 18 -1 -3.09 9.7 BUF Zemgus Girgensons 1.53 33 -5 -6.53 20.4 BUF Kyle Okposo 1.01 36 -7 -8.01 25.0 BUF Casey Fitzgerald 0.96 4 0 -0.96 3.0 BUF Tage Thompson 0.56 36 -8 -8.56 26.7 BUF Brett Murray 0.52 17 -3 -3.52 11.0 BUF Mattias Samuelsson 0.29 1 0 -0.29 0.9 BUF Jeff Skinner 0.23 36 -8 -8.23 25.7 BUF Ryan MacInnis 0.16 1 0 -0.16 0.5 BUF Drake Caggiula -0.24 18 -4 -3.76 11.7 BUF Ethan Prow -0.24 4 -1 -0.76 2.4 BUF Rasmus Dahlin -0.61 38 -13 -12.39 38.7 BUF John Hayden -0.75 31 -6 -5.25 16.4 BUF Jack Quinn -0.78 1 -1 -0.22 0.7 BUF Anders Bjork -1.00 33 -7 -6.00 18.7 BUF Henri Jokiharju -1.33 22 -8 -6.67 20.8 BUF Cody Eakin -1.40 33 -8 -6.60 20.6 BUF Rasmus Asplund -1.85 38 -10 -8.15 25.5 BUF Christian Wolanin -1.87 1 -2 -0.13 0.4 BUF Will Butcher -2.33 28 -10 -7.67 24.0 BUF Jacob Bryson -3.26 32 -12 -8.74 27.3 BUF Robert Hagg -4.07 28 -11 -6.93 21.7 BUF Peyton Krebs -5.10 4 -6 -0.90 2.8 BUF Casey Mittelstadt -5.24 4 -6 -0.76 2.4 BUF Dylan Cozens -6.10 35 -14 -7.90 24.7 BUF Victor Olofsson -7.29 30 -14 -6.71 21.0 ============================================================== VS ============================================================== OTT even strength goal differential through 31 games = -23 OTT even strength minutes played through 31 games = 1553.4 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min OTT Artem Zub 15.92 31 7 -8.92 38.8 OTT Thomas Chabot 11.67 31 1 -10.67 46.4 OTT Drake Batherson 11.20 26 5 -6.20 26.9 OTT Brady Tkachuk 9.33 28 3 -6.33 27.5 OTT Alex Formenton 2.93 28 -2 -4.93 21.4 OTT Nick Holden 2.93 25 -3 -5.93 25.8 OTT Nikita Zaitsev 2.21 22 -3 -5.21 22.7 OTT Dylan Gambrell 2.13 20 -1 -3.13 13.6 OTT Jacob Bernard-Docker 1.07 5 0 -1.07 4.7 OTT Shane Pinto 0.83 5 0 -0.83 3.6 OTT Dillon Heatherington 0.42 9 -1 -1.42 6.2 OTT Clark Bishop 0.12 1 0 -0.12 0.5 OTT Andrew Agozzino 0.10 1 0 -0.10 0.4 OTT Parker Kelly -0.62 11 -2 -1.38 6.0 OTT Scott Sabourin -0.64 4 -1 -0.36 1.5 OTT Logan Shaw -0.93 17 -3 -2.07 9.0 OTT Erik Brannstrom -0.94 5 -2 -1.06 4.6 OTT Connor Brown -1.17 26 -7 -5.83 25.3 OTT Josh Brown -1.30 15 -4 -2.70 11.7 OTT Egor Sokolov -1.43 4 -2 -0.57 2.5 OTT Adam Gaudette -1.68 3 -2 -0.32 1.4 OTT Austin Watson -2.38 18 -5 -2.62 11.4 OTT Tyler Ennis -4.72 28 -9 -4.28 18.6 OTT Chris Tierney -5.89 31 -11 -5.11 22.2 OTT Zach Sanford -5.99 31 -11 -5.01 21.8 OTT Michael Del Zotto -6.78 10 -9 -2.22 9.7 OTT Victor Mete -7.04 21 -11 -3.96 17.2 OTT Nick Paul -7.72 30 -14 -6.28 27.3 OTT Tim Stützle -8.64 30 -15 -6.36 27.7 OTT Lassi Thomson -9.44 12 -12 -2.56 11.1 ==============================================================

He's severely underrated by most. Hear me now, believe me later.

Fwiw, one of my sources says there are no plans to remove the GM title from Adams.

Dahlin Bryson Jokiharju Power Pysyk Miller Samuelsson Haag Butcher Novikov Laaksonen Fitzgerald Johnson Lyckasen Prow

One or two solid vets is enough. Right now that's Okposo and probably Pysyk on the back-end, although I'd prefer bring in a higher quality veteran to mentor Power moving forward. A former All-Star type who's won a Cup or at least has ample playoff experience.

Left off the Olympic roster.

and?

trade him as part of a package for McDavid

Who would the starter be? Cossa?

Ha, no it's not Craig.

Haha, I do like him tho. I skated with him (and his Dad) a bit over the summer last year. That said I think he's a guy that will need a couple seasons in Rochester. He has a very slight build (he's actually closer to 5'11 than 6'1) and it will take him some time to figure out how to win pucks at the pro level since he won't be able to out leverage guys.

hence... walmart

walmart brian campbell

He needs to make better decisions with the puck, particularly at the blue lines, but I really enjoy how he plays the game. That said, keep him in Roch the rest of the season. Buffalo has become a dumpster fire with their goaltending situation, let him slow roast in a winning environment. He'll kick the door down in camp next season.

Quinn looks annoyed... a little sour about being sent back down maybe?

On the flip side, they pull him out of college and he gets lit up on Roch... then what? I hope he stays in school, for another year even... more so for Portillo.

Subban has a history of being injury prone. Anderson is 40. UPL has had a history of injuries of as well. What did they expect?