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BillsFan4 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Boo! No Dahlin. No Thompson. No Borgen. No Guhle. Sitting Luukkonen for Jonas Johansson. Edited September 10, 2018 by BillsFan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 And the rout is on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Wow! Now that was fun. 10-2 Buffalo. Nylander with 2+2 Asplund with 1+3 (and that 1g was an absolute highlight reel goal) Mittelstadt with 3 A’s Good game by pretty much everyone tonight. Much better system play and teamwork compared to that bruins game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sabres needed to win by six goals or more to take the tournament title ended up cruising to an eight goal differential in this game. The future looks bright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 3 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: Golden Knights Sign Forward Max Pacioretty To 4-Year Contract Extension VEGAS (September 10, 2018) - Vegas Golden Knights General Manager George McPhee announced today, September 10, that the team has signed forward Max Pacioretty to a four-year contract extension through the 2022-23 season worth an average annual value of $7 million. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lurker Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, BillsFan4 said: Wow! Now that was fun. 10-2 Buffalo. Nylander with 2+2 Asplund with 1+3 (and that 1g was an absolute highlight reel goal) Mittelstadt with 3 A’s Good game by pretty much everyone tonight. Much better system play and teamwork compared to that bruins game. Not to rain on the Sabres parade, but that Pittsburgh lineup was pitiful. Only one high draft pick (a 2nd rounder) and virtually everyone else was round 5-7 or undrafted. If that's the future pipeline for the Penguins, Crosby and Malkin better play until their 60s like Gordie Howe did... Edited September 10, 2018 by Lurker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K-9 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I'm going to predict that Asplund makes the big club this year. He's well seasoned after three full seasons as a pro in Sweden and is better than anyone else we can slot in as a 4th line center. Good-bye Larsson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/sabres-botterill-enjoyed-prospects-challenge-sabres-win Quote Sabres scoring: Goals-assists-points Asplund 1-5-6 Nylander 3-2-5 Dahlin 2-1-3 Coskey 2-1-3 Powell 1-2-3 Mittelstadt 0-3-3 Pekar 0-3-3 Welsh 2-0-2 Glotov 1-1-2 Hancock 1-1-2 Cornel 0-2-2 Atwal 1-1-2 Aquin 0-2-2 Olofsson 1-0-1 Thompson 1-0-1 Oglevie 1-0-1 Laaksonen 0-1-1 Stephens 0-1-1 Peterson 0-1-1 Eiserman 0-1-1 Johansson 2-0-0 2.61 .915 Luukkonen 0-1-0 2.73 .892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 This past weekend, the blue-and-gold faithful saw Thompson in action for the first time and his performance in the annual Prospects Challenge in downtown Buffalo left spectators wanting more. While he certainly acquitted himself well against other prospects, did he do enough to convince the organization that is he ready for a full-time role with the big club next season? The answer remains to be seen, but the hulking forward certainly brings a certain skill set to the table that the Sabres have been lacking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good pick up by TBN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Good pick up by TBN. Yes, Nice to see that Yost will be covering the Sabres on a regular basis. I think people forget how good Eichel and Skinner have been without anyone elite paired with them. Together, they should be dynamite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Good pick up by TBN. Great addition by TBN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) 58 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Whoa! Craziness. Montreal’s owner and fan base have to be sad to hear this. I honestly think Geoff Moulson has just been waiting for BriseBois to become available (being a francophone and highly regarded asst. GM and all...). His contract was set to expire within the next year or two IIRC. Tampa hasn’t been allowing him to interview anywhere, even though there were many requests. Maybe now we know why... Edited September 11, 2018 by BillsFan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: Whoa! Craziness. Montreal’s owner and fan base have to be sad to hear this. I honestly think Geoff Moulson has just been waiting for BriseBois to become available (being a francophone and highly regarded asst. GM and all...). His contract was set to expire within the next year or two IIRC. Tampa hasn’t been allowing him to interview anywhere, even though there were many requests. Maybe now we know why... I don't know how long it will take, but this will all lead to Yzerman returning to Detroit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Just watched the Tampa Bay press conference. Boy, Julien BriseBois inspires a lot of confidence. You can see why is was so highly thought of and in demand around the NHL. I think he is going to be a very good GM for Tampa. They have what seems to be a great owner too. He also inspired a lot of confidence in this move. But he pissed me off with his comment about “we are so lucky that some other NHL team didn’t steal JB from us”. Lucky? You guys outright refused to even let him interview for GM jobs. I don’t know how many requests they denied, but I know it was multiple. Buffalo tried to interview him before they hired Botterill and Tampa refused the request. I gor got the impression that Steve Y. is gone once his contract is up at the end of this year. It sounds like he made this decision in part to spend more time with his family, but also because he did not want to renew his GM contract with Tampa. Whether the reason for that is truly to spend more time with his family or not will be determined by what he does in the next year or two. 1 hour ago, shrader said: I don't know how long it will take, but this will all lead to Yzerman returning to Detroit. I don’t know if he would be willing to let Detriot fire Holland in order to replace him. It may have to wait until Holland’s deal is up in 2 years. Unless Holland leaves willingly, to join Seattle or something like that. But yeah I could totally see that happening eventually. It makes too much sense not to happen. He spent his entire 22 year career as a player there (age 18-40) and then got his start as an executive there. It seems like it’s only a matter of time until he’s back as the GM/team president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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