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It's an illusion. They were 9-16-3 under Granato... thats uhh, not good.

Sure it's commendable they have a type of player, type of game they want to play. Truth is, it's the same across the entire league. It's the same style Housley wanted, and frankly I don't expect the results to be any different this time around. Severely lacking talent, rookie head coach (again), zero goaltending. You have to be delusional to think this time will be different. The problems with this franchise are at the top... it all trickles down from there. They can draft well, but it won't matter when TP pulls to plug on KA and DG in 2 years and hits the reset button again.

Sounds more like Beniers than Power. 🤔

Where is this fusion story coming from? Friedmann? We haven't heard KA or Jack's agents say they only approved fusion surgery.

They agreed to give it time to heal on it's own with conservative treatment. They also agreed that if it wasn't healed by a certain date, they would OK the surgery. That said, the agent's letter mentions that Buffalo is no longer approving surgery even after the agreed upon rehab window has expired. This tells me that either it is slowly healing and they want to give it more time (most likely IMO), or they are close to a trade and don't want to be liable for the surgery.

I believe he shows up to camp with a prepared statement. Something along the lines of... "...as of today I am a Buffalo Sabre and will do my best to help the team in any way I can... unfortunately my injury will prevent me from playing the game I love.... Kevin Adams, ***** you very much."

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Just a bit, since the team had a positive ES goal differential. The rest of the team... ============================================================== DAL even strength goal differential through 56 games = 5 DAL even strength minutes played through 56 games = 2898.88 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 DAL Joe Pavelski 20.54 56 22 1.46 29.3 DAL Roope Hintz 12.00 41 13 1.00 20.0 DAL Jason Robertson 11.72 51 13 1.28 25.7 DAL Jamie Benn 11.69 52 13 1.31 26.2 DAL Andrej Sekera 10.98 46 12 1.02 20.3 DAL Esa Lindell 9.17 56 11 1.83 36.6 DAL Alexander Radulov 8.73 11 9 0.27 5.3 DAL Mark Pysyk 5.33 36 6 0.67 13.4 DAL Joel Hanley 5.25 35 6 0.75 15.1 DAL Joel Kiviranta 2.50 26 3 0.50 10.1 DAL Ty Dellandrea -0.48 26 0 0.48 9.6 DAL Tanner Kero -0.65 39 0 0.65 13.0 DAL Denis Gurianov -1.29 55 0 1.29 25.7 DAL Joel L'Esperance -2.17 12 -2 0.17 3.5 DAL Jason Dickinson -3.26 51 -2 1.26 25.2 DAL Justin Dowling -4.45 27 -4 0.45 9.1 DAL Jamie Oleksiak -4.82 56 -3 1.82 36.3 DAL Andrew Cogliano -9.15 54 -8 1.15 22.9 DAL Rhett Gardner -9.46 28 -9 0.46 9.2 DAL Miro Heiskanen -10.96 55 -9 1.96 39.1 DAL Blake Comeau -14.22 51 -13 1.22 24.5 DAL Radek Faksa -16.31 55 -15 1.31 26.3 DAL John Klingberg -16.77 53 -15 1.77 35.5 ==============================================================

Yep, and there's a summer pro league at Foxboro Sports Center where they play too. Not sure if Eichel's playing there tho.

team relative plus/minus ============================================================== DAL even strength goal differential through 56 games = 5 DAL even strength minutes played through 56 games = 2898.88 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 DAL Mark Pysyk 5.33 36 6 0.67 13.4

A missing piece in all of this is the status of the healing process. Is it any better? What do the scans look like now? If it's slowly healing then waiting another 3-4 months isn't a big deal. Maybe that's why team doctors changed their mind and recommend giving it more time.

he should do this

Fedun, Vesey, Rodrigues, Willman, Blackwell and Eichel... 🤔

And there it is. Fish tightening the screws to help Drury get his prize.

Who else does Fish represent and will that hamper Buffalo's ability to attract free agents?

Nah. Woulda happened already. He's not gonna cave at this point.

Seavical Spine

This may be the first step by Eichel's camp to file a grievance with the league which could end up in the hands of an arbitrator.

For reference Tony Romo I believe had fusion surgery and went on to play a few more seasons. Famous russian figure skater, Evgeni Plushenko had artificial disk replacement in his lumbar spine and came back for a bit but he suffered another injury... "The injury was not disclosed but he was seen clutching his back and in an interview said he was unable to feel his legs from the back injury." 😬

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Gonna be an epic draft... thr entire first round is absolutely loaded.

As someone who played, you want a captain who does all the little things exceptionally well... I'm talking about hustling to the bench for line changes, high effort plays, 3rd 4th 5th effort never quitting on any puck, willing to block a shot in key moments, keeping the boys spirits up when things aren't going your way. Jack never really did any of these things consistently enough, so if I was on his team and he had something to say I'd be like "meh, whatever dude." When he's the supposed "leader" and he doesn't do those little things, then why would I? That creates a poor culture... no matter how much guys like each other in the room.

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There's more to hockey than points.

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