Новости за 28.01.2018

I unwittingly brought a brown marmorated stink bug home from Raleigh at Christmastime. It was secreted in some old songbooks my niece had that I thought could sell on eBay (indeed the music sheet for Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water can go for 10-15 bucks, but I digress).

I'm really going to need Jack to pot a goal. Jason Pominville was the last sabre to have a goal in the ASG. That was 6 years ago. Zemgus didn't register a point and ROR and KO has assists in 2016 and 2017. I'd like to see Jack show some league dominance in this meaningless game.

Figured I'd start a thread for this since I'm sure some will be tuning in.

Will it be fun?

Will Jack do well?

Will the NHL ruin it?

Shouldn't someone start a 2017-2018 prospects thread?

So who are our top 10 prospects heading into camp and which prospects have a shot at making the team at some point this season?

Top 10
1. Mittelstud
2. Guhle
3. Nylander
4. Asplund
5. Bailey
6. Fasching
7. Baptiste
8. Pu
9. Borgen
10. Davidsson
Others to watch
Smith, and Malone. 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...

I'll start it off with baseball playoffs beginning tomorrow! I hate the idea of one-game series as too chancy, but I love the idea for the tension and excitement.

And what result is in the best interest of the club long term?

The Sabres sit with 14 pts in 30th place in the NHL. We are last in goals for with 52 and 29th in goals against with 79 allowed.

However, Risto and Bogo will be back soon and with 60 games left in the season there is still a reasonable shot at improving on last years’ 78pts. Simply earning 1 pt a game the rest of the season gets us to 74 pts.

Is this what we want or need? Would we be better off staying lousy and getting a top 3 pick? Читать дальше...

Wtf

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.

Kevin Porter named Rochester Captain. 

Rochester Americans‏Verified account @AmerksHockey  28m28 minutes ago

More

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

I mentioned I was in the Queen City yesterday. Did I see a picture of Cellino of Cellino and Barnes on a Cellino Plumbing truck? Twin? Side gig?

Mahomes is the guy. Take him 

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

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.

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...