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The 2003 draft class is considered one of the best ever. Guys like Pavelski, Moulson and Byfuglien were found in the 7th, 8th and 9th rounds. Names like Fleury, Weber, Suter, Burns, Bergeron, Getzlaf, Perry, Parise, Carter, Staal are household names in most hockey fan homes.

But how many of these guys have truly had HOF careers? Exempting Fleury and D Burns, Suter and Weber, how many, if any, of the forwards in this class belong in the hall. Right now, I’m not sure any except Getzlaf and maybe Bergeron. Читать дальше...

Per Sabres

#Sabres  defenseman Zach Bogosian will undergo hip surgery next week.

The procedure has an estimated recovery time of 4-6 months. As a result, Bogosian will remain on injured reserve for the duration of the season, but is expected to be ready for the start of 2018 training camp.

Well...

Preseason schedule is out.

2017-18 season schedules are coming out 3 o'clock this Thursday.

Did you here that Ott is now an Assistant Coach for the Blues?

The Red Hot Buffalo Sabres take their two game winning streak into Vancouver to face the Canucks in their final game before the All Star Break.

Does Jack continue his point streak? Tune in to find out tonight.

I was going to put this in the GDT but think it deserves its own thread. The Sabres playing keepaway for a full minute with a late two-goal lead and a delayed penalty coming on the Canucks was a quite a moment in recent Sabres history. A team that couldn't find its ass with both hands all season suddenly did the most.... amazing?... yes, the most amazing thing.

Maybe the college football national championship game put me in a bad mood.  Maybe the Sabres' currently losing streak made it worse.  However I have some real concerns about the future of this team.

Since we have a hit thread about complaints, I thought maybe we could have a thread for Fridays where we reflect on good things, positive moments, rave about a restaurant, new additions to your family, etc.

I guess my initial rave would be:

Fridays, for many of us, are the end of the work week - which is great! For others, Friday is also payday!

http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/comeback-concussion-tougher-sabres-kyle-okposo-expected/ by Bill Hoppe

Kevin Porter named Rochester Captain. 

Rochester Americans‏Verified account @AmerksHockey  28m28 minutes ago

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WATCH | HC Chris Taylor announces captain and assistant captains for the upcoming 2017-18 season.

Makes sense...the only guy who actually plays hard every night and is having a career year, has good possession numbers on an abysmal possession team...but yeah, lets trade him...

SMFH...

https://www.google.com/amp/nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/11/29/contenders-should-jump-on-sabres-offer-to-trade-evander-kane/amp/

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/laundry-list-issues-keeping-sabres-nhl-basement/

Let's discuss favorite beers.

I'll start off by labeling myself a beer geek, NOT a beer snob. That will be evident early in this post. I cannot pick a favorite beer. I can't even pick a favorite style of beer. There are so many varieties that it would take a lifetime to acquire and sample them all. And I am doing my damndest to try. I'll start by saying what I don't like. I don't like fruit flavored beers. Well, *most* styles of them anyway. There are a few Belgian styles that use fruit that I enjoy. Читать дальше...

Mahomes is the guy. Take him 

http://www.fanragsports.com/news/teams-may-believe-texas-tech-qb-patrick-mahomes-best-draft/

Sure this is a little premature, but with the deadline looming and the team self destructing, Jbot has already begun in off-season preparations. So put yourself in Jbots place. Make changes to make us competitive and try to be realistic.

Here are the major questions as far as I’m concerned, you may have others.
1) What do you do with TM’s big $ acquisitions. Kane’s fate is sealed, but what about ROR, Lehner, KO, Bogo and even Nylander and Reinhart? If you trade them what can you get? Читать дальше...

Preliminary Prospect Rankings are now coming out.  

Craig Button released his yesterday:

http://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-defenceman-dahlin-leads-draft-class-1.847739

You are seeing more and more Dmen under 6'0 on these lists.

Kids I will be keeping a close eye on this year are:

1) Adam Boqvist - Swedish RHD. Arguably the best player in this years Ivan Hlinka Tournament.  5GP 1G 7A  (lottery pick)

2) Bode Wilde - RHD US National Team Dman who will be attending Harvard this fall. Читать дальше...