How about this group of Defense

[Goldseatsaud]

Schoney 

[Goldseatsaud]

[bunomatic]

When men were men and sheep were nervous🤣

[Pimlach]

We could use a steady eddy Bill Hajt type of defender.  

[Nacho Libre]

[TageMVP]

1 minute ago, Nacho Libre said:

Only Samuelsson and Byram count as men in this picture 

[PASabreFan]

That pic is straight out of the Middle Ages. What's happening in the background?

Edited February 8 by PASabreFan

[GASabresIUFAN]

I remember watching Korab beat the Russians into submission in the Sabres dominating win over the Soviet Wings in 1976.  
 

https://thirdstringgoalie.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-first-nhl-club-to-defeat-soviet.html

That defense was huge.  Korab, Schoenfeld, Hajt and Guevremont.  All were 6-2+ and 200+ and Punch played those 4 a ton of minutes.  

[RangerDave]

6 hours ago, bunomatic said:

When men were men and sheep were nervous🤣

I thought it was when men were men, and so were the women, and the sheep were confused. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

15 minutes ago, RangerDave said:

I thought it was when men were men, and so were the women, and the sheep were confused. 

It’s when men are men, the women are men and the sheep are nervous.

Edited February 9 by GASabresIUFAN

[xzy89c1]

19 hours ago, Pimlach said:

We could use a steady eddy Bill Hajt type of defender.  

That type of player no longer exists. He would get a penalty every time he came on the ice. Clear the front of net guys no longer can play. Much more important to be able to skate, move the puck and jump into offense.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, xzy89c1 said:

That type of player no longer exists. He would get a penalty every time he came on the ice. Clear the front of net guys no longer can play. Much more important to be able to skate, move the puck and jump into offense.

How about Slavin and Eckblad and Faber?  

Bill Hajt had the best breakout pass of any of the Sabres defensemen in the 70's.  

[Pimlach]

21 hours ago, TageMVP said:

Only Samuelsson and Byram count as men in this picture 

Is this a fair assessment?   I am not a fan of Bryson but he is 28 and at 5'9" and 177 lbs he plays in the NHL.   You may not like him but he is probably much stronger and physically/mentally tougher than you think.    I give him credit for almost 300 NHL games as an undersized defenseman.  He is s 7/8 player on an NHL roster.  

While I don't see him and Metsa holding up in the upcoming schedule crunch, especially when both are in the lineup at the same time.  I am sure you are not being literal, but I do think it is a bit harsh to say he isn't a man.   

[Night Train]

23 hours ago, Nacho Libre said:

 

 

[John Tucker]

On 2/9/2026 at 9:33 AM, xzy89c1 said:

That type of player no longer exists. He would get a penalty every time he came on the ice. Clear the front of net guys no longer can play. Much more important to be able to skate, move the puck and jump into offense.

Hey, I vividly remember Hajt scoring on a breakaway from center ice!  Quite the goal scorer he was!!  😄

[PASabreFan]

The Midnight Plowboy! (He grew up on a farm, yeah, we'll go with that.)