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Blackbelt Bobman
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Reposting these from last night:

https://twitter.com/wingreviewz/status/1377426042835492870?s=21

https://twitter.com/conorryan_93/status/1377477321167360002?s=21

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https://twitter.com/tictactomar/status/1377446055348994048?s=21

Just let us be happy for once this season!

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drat I thought that Wii Bowling video was funny, this thread is even funnier

https://twitter.com/theavsabs/status/1377499543823024130?s=21

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It’s hilarious how he very blatantly had his stick slashed out of his hands but no penalty was called! That wasn’t the only time something like that happened to him last night, and I only watched the highlights.

Skinny :love:

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The Sabres and the Amerks both won, today is a good day.

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https://twitter.com/emarinofsky/status/1378431872921915406?s=21

RIP Crosby, his face was lightly grazed by the butt end of a stick

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I mean, it was but come on.

Anyway,

https://twitter.com/buffalovogl/status/1378525222886903810?s=21

Linus Ullmark is the greatest goalie of all time in the shootout.

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Mike Works posted:

over under on how many of these we would have seen at the capitol riot?

How many people that participated in the riot were even aware of the existence of hockey? Now how many of those know about the ECHL?

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https://twitter.com/igor_larionovii/status/1378820527398084610?s=21

Nice x2

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lmao 302 people attended the Sabres game on Saturday! There were fans wearing paper bags on their heads and yet they still attended the game in spite of everything going on.

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Aye Doc posted:

to be fair, it would probably have been worth it if you got to see the game where they owned the flyers

It was for the game Saturday so at least they won!

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The three Rasmii scored goals tonight

Rasmus Asplund
Rasmus Dahlin
Rasmus Ristolainen

Also Casey Mittelstadt is good now. He’s worked hard to overcome his handicap of being a part of the Sabres organization. But seriously, good for him.

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Seriously, check out these extremely good plays by Mittelstadt from the past two games:

https://twitter.com/sabresplays/status/1378490799688667142?s=21

https://twitter.com/sabresplays/status/1379577087196037123?s=21

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Jhet posted:

I mean, he was good in high school and college too. Former Mr Hockey you have there. He was good during his one year at Minnesota too. I’d think the last two seasons under Krueger are more of a not-normal and with an actual coach and system he’ll be a decent player for a few years. He won’t be scoring 50 goals, but 50-60 points might be achievable.

The issues go back to when they pulled him out of college early and burned a year off his ELC to play him in like three games at the end of a lost season. Then Housley was playing him as 2C when he clearly wasn’t ready for the NHL. They should’ve sent him down to the Amerks way earlier so he could gain some confidence. But I think he’s finally got the size and skill to be a genuine NHL Center. Which is great for them, considering the issues they’ve had with that position for like a decade. Now if only they could improve at every other position, too!

Edit: forgot to mention that Granato is letting Dahlin be Dahlin again so he’s pulling off poo poo like this:

https://twitter.com/sabresplays/status/1379593015556243458?s=21

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Ridiculous trade deadline rumor time!

https://twitter.com/puckauthority1/status/1379962807513452544?s=21

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Buffalo trading away the only good goalie in their entire system would be the most Sabres thing ever.

Unless they then signed him as a free agent, which would rule.

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Otis Reddit posted:

If you're Buffalo, with a lame-duck interim coach, a zombie roster, and limited gate revenue, why not race to the bottom and grab the highest picks possible?

Because, unless they sign Ullmark in the off-season, they would be looking for two good goalies this summer. They wouldn’t be able to go back into total rebuild mode while keeping Eichel. They should try to keep Eichel. Now that they have legitimate Center depth they can build on that, a d-core (McCabe/Jokiharju/Dahlin/Borgen/Bryson) that will be decent once healthy, and their one good goalie. Trading Ullmark would be a huge mistake.

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He has been good the past few games, scored those two shorties in a row, has contributed offensively and defensively. Glad he could ramp up his trade value right before the deadline!

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Lol they got a third round pick for him.

They originally traded a first plus Brendan Ghule to acquire him, wow

https://twitter.com/kevinweekes/status/1380935033448464391?s=21

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https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/1381353460415803395?s=21

Hurry up and bring on the disappointment

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https://twitter.com/sabresplays/status/1381326422678069254?s=21

This guy (who was the leading scorer in the Finish Liiga) was buried in the AHL for a season and a half because they thought he needed to get used to the smaller ice surface :confused:

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That Hall deal is even worse than I imagined lol Kevyn got completely played

Edit: seriously he had to give up Lazar just to get a second rounder?!? What the gently caress

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WeaponX posted:

Is Lazar any good?

I feel bad for Bjork, I had hoped any deal for Hall didn’t involve any players going to Buffalo- for their sake.

Also we all knew Hall would be cheap but I didn’t expect a deal like the Foligno trade to make it so obviously cheap. Gotta get those intangibles

Lazar and Bjork are similar players except Lazar is a center and has a lower cap hit so it’s objectively a bad move for Buffalo. Everything about this trade is bad for Buffalo. Just embarrassing all around.

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Curtis Lazar might not be amazing but right now the Sabres have Cody Eakin at 4C and he is objectively making the team worse. gently caress. I am so angry rn there was a low bar for the Hall trade and not only did Kevyn Adams not clear it, he ran straight into the bar then crashed face-first into the ground.

Edit: if Lazar hadn’t been part of the trade it would’ve been okay but not great. This is just embarrassing!!!!

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The Pegulas decimated the front office of the Sabres and hired the Harborcenter manager as GM with no experience and no AGM’s or President of Hockey Ops and then wondered why their team still sucked horribly this year.

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https://twitter.com/unfortunatehky/status/1381748611772522504?s=21

I wonder if he sold his Bills gear on the way out of town?

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The Dirty Burger posted:

In Kevyn Adams’ defence, it sounds like Taylor Hall used his NMC to force the trade to Boston. On the other hand, Adams is the one who gave him the NMC on a 1-year deal lol

Yeah this is what happened.

https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/1381950461994012676?s=21

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th3t00t posted:

https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/1382370671443992581?s=20

Speculation has been rampant about Eichel injuries since he missed most of training camp with a generic UBI and then didn't look like himself most of the season. This neck injury looked like it was sustained in his last game of the season mar 7th against NYI. It would be nice to know if he had been nursing other injuries all season.

This was the neck injury, presumably.

https://twitter.com/sabresplays/status/1368644033816518656?s=21

He was absolutely hampered by that preseason injury but in spite of that he was nearly a point per game. They’re not going to trade him, especially with the team playing so well in his absence. Imagine how good the current team would be with a healthy Eichel/McCabe/Borgen. They still desperately need a better goalie (maybe two if Ullmark leaves or keeps getting injured) and a couple more defensemen plus ditching deadweight like Risto.

The biggest issue is the lack of depth, they have a lot of draft picks but unless they hire a bunch of new scouts it seems unlikely they will make good draft choices. That’s my stupid team run by idiots :shrug:

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https://twitter.com/buffalovogl/status/1382713861187461124?s=21

Interim Coach Granato throwing all kinds of shade at Ralph Krueger lol goddamn Ralph Krueger was a conman of the highest order.

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https://twitter.com/nhl_watcher/status/1382875477317189634?s=21

The Sabres are back, baby

Imagine this team with a healthy Eichel. drat. Also McCabe/Borgen/Ullmark/another goalie worth a drat

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https://twitter.com/sanjosesharks/status/1384336683689070595?s=21

Nice jacket, Mitch

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Ryan Miller was a stand-up guy and a great player. He loved Buffalo and was very active in the community. I hope they retire his number with the banner right next to Hasek’s.

Every Bruins fan shut the gently caress up for one whole day plz

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Haha I forgot about this interview

https://twitter.com/chloewojj/status/1387814094909095938?s=21

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https://twitter.com/nhl/status/1387794834505801733?s=21

Some great Miller saves and a couple choice RJ calls as a bonus

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https://twitter.com/shireyirving/status/1387786272975040513?s=21

What the gently caress :lmao:

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https://twitter.com/jourdonlabarber/status/1389237776093261830?s=21

This will go over well, I’m sure.

gently caress

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In non-Tom Wilson news, the Sabres played their sixth goalie of the season in net last night, tying a franchise record. Michael Houser won his NHL debut, making him the second Sabres goalie this season to do so. It’d be cool if they could win games like that when they still mattered :rolleyes:

Edit: Reinhart scored his 25th goal of the season, tying his single-season record except this time he did it in 52 games instead of 82. Maybe Botterill should’ve locked him up long term before so we could’ve had him at a decent rate, instead he kept doing bridge contracts and now they’re gonna have to shell out a huge contract to keep him. Great. Awesome.

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lol my wife went to Niagara University, I know they’re Division I but I had no idea anybody from there actually played in the NHL.

Also that suspension is dumb, league is bad, etc. I hope they have separate discipline for the Panarin head slam but I’m not holding my breath.

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I always thought that Violent Gentlemen was ironic but now that I think about it the woman who introduced me to it is a very hateful Trump supporter now so I think I will revise my earlier sentiment.

I think she liked it because they did a bunch of collaborations with Buffalo’s own Every Time I Die, but still.

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