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Kevin Porter named Rochester Captain. 

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

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?

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?

Time for a new one
 

So my QB ranks are as follows
Rosen
Mayfield
Darnold
Jackson
Allen
Rudolph

I'll start:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DNT7uZf7lew&hl=en&fs=1

Sabres D Victor Antipin has been diagnosed with a concussion following a hit from last night’s game against Nashville. Antipin also suffered facial lacerations, a broken nose and dental injuries. He will be out indefinitely. Antipin will travel with the team from Nashville today.

Per Sabres PR

I don't start many threads on here but I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring and re-start an old topic to give us all something to argue over since politics and that guy who lost a bid to Terry Pegula to buy the Bills is out.

Keep political discussion out (or to an absolute bare minimum) and let's spark a new debate. So what do you believe? Do you swallow the story whole or just take the parts you like and ignore the rest (a guy can't really go to hell just for desiring his neighbor's wife or his jet ski... 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...

Three years on from a fateful day in Sabres history, and I don't feel like anyone has been held responsible.

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Rak needs to weigh in the stats angle of translating NCAA stats to the NHL, but what should be our realistic expectations for Casey for the rest of this year and next season? Do these expectations change if he plays top 6 wing or 3rd line center? Does he even make the Sabres to start next season? If he does make the Sabres, what can we expect production wise?

Here is some food for thought
O’Regan freshman numbers at BU - 16g 22a for 38 pts
Eichel at BU 26g 45a for 71 pts
Wilson... Читать дальше...

It was my idea, so I get to announce it, but there was a lot of work by Josie (coding and art), Swamp (audio engineering), Chz (more coding), SDS (obviously), and a few others not associated with the board.  It went live on the Apple App Store this morning at midnight PDT and we should have an Android version on Google Play shortly--hopefully by the end of the day.  Wish we could have done it with more than three games left in the season, but it was an ambitious project.

It’s the Battle of the Opposites Tonight in Smashville.

One team is very good, the other very bad.

Casey may have Kyle as winger instead of Samson Tonight

I think Sam Reinhart's play over the last 20 games deserves it's own thread. He has played at a point per game pace over the last 22-23 games and is starting to have the impact a #2 overall is expected to have on team success.

I have seen a lot of topics flying around lately.  I don't care what it was all about.   Was a lot of rehashing same old ######.

http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/17/sabres-young-trio-takes-big-step-against-blackhawks/

This article reminded me how much I've grown to like Evan Rodrigues this season. 18pts in 37 games in a utility role in an amazing accomplishment. Need more speed, plug in Erod. Need someone to play center or wing. Plug in ERod. Need someone to produce on Jack's wing. ERod. Need someone to produce and help some callups produce. Add ERod.

He is turning into what Girgensons and Larsson should have been. Читать дальше...

Have at it. Trpm. Regular PM. Whatever you want about plus minus. 

The Avs were an all time bad last year. 22 Wins, 48 pts, 160 goals -112 goal differential. Rookie coach. The talking heads said Sakic had no idea what he was doing, waited to long to trade Duchene, was going to field the worst D in the NHL this season etc.

This season 41 wins, 90 pts ytd, 241 goals for and fighting for a wild card spot. So what changed and can we replicate it?

First thing is Sakic stuck with his rookie coach. Second he dumped nearly every player over 30 on the roster. Читать дальше...