2022-2023-2024-2025-2026 NHL Season

[Da King]

Ovi. 6 away from setting the record.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

John Tortorella fired in Philadelphia.

Lindy to President of Hockey Operations. Adams runs the draft. Tortorella to coach. I am sure there are better ideas. But this would be better than what we have now.

[Da King]

Ovi 5 away from the record.

I am sad that Philly fired Torts. A kid from Fairport was drafted by the Flyers last year, and he's playing with their AHL team this year. He's a 6'4(ish) big body defenseman, who leads the team in +/- (last I knew), and is providing more offense than expected. TOTALLY a Torts kind of player. I'm sad he'll never get to play for him.

I would love Torts in Buffalo. Stop treating these players like snowflakes. It worked in Rochester back in 1996.

[Da King]

892 for Ovi. 2 to tie Wayne, 3 to own the record.

39 goals at age 39. Dude is amazing.

[Da King]

OVI BREAKS WAYNE'S RECORD!

[pinback]

Good. Screw that needle-nosed twerp.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

They're both pieces of shit.

[pinback]

Yeah, fuck those guys!

[Da King]

Poor Wayne. What did he do to anyone? (Other than start cozying up to the conservative Canadian party??)

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Earlier this season, I took the wife and daughter to a Sabres game, and watched JJ Peterka score the GWG in OT.

Tonight, my son went to the game with his girlfriend. They watched JJ Peterka score the GWG in the 4th round of the shootout.

I think JJ and the Sabres should offer us season tickets.

JJ got traded for a "right handed" defenseman and Shane Doan's kid.

I do not understand why the handedness of a defenseman matters. I never heard that shit in the 90s when I was following hockey. NEVER.

[Da King]

The Sabres top 3 left-handed defensemen: Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power, Bowen Byram.
The Sabres top 3 right-handed defensemen (before the trade): Jacob Bernard-Docker, Connor Clifton. (NOTE: I did not get to #3).

They also have LHD Mattias Samuelsson and Jacob Bryson.

5 lefties and 2 righties.

I'm sure there are NHL analytics people who will tell you that you need 1 RHD and 1 LHD on every D-pairing. If you have someone playing on their off-hand, they lose efficiency. Like playing a righty at 1B.

While I hated to lose Peterka... scoring goals was not Buffalo's problem. They were 8th in the league in Goals For. They need to keep the puck out of their net. Kesselring is a 6'5" defenseman who can play physically, and has a rocket of a shot who can probably jump onto the top pairing.

I'm cautiously optimistic that this trade may well work out for Buffalo. If so, I credit Jarmo Kekalainen. If not, I blame Kevyn Adams.

[Da King]

BTW The Sabres need to trade up to pick Porter Martone or Kashawn Aitcheson. Any other pick in this draft will be a letdown.

[Da King]

I will amend this to say that Lightning McQueen's younger brother, Roger, would also be an acceptable pick.

4 more until Buffalo picks. We SHOULD either Martone or McQueen. They'd probably view Aitcheson as a stretch, but he's my pick.

[Da King]

Well, we got (theoretically) the 2nd best defenseman in the draft. A 6'6" two way defenseman who has never trained with a skating or skills coach. He's all hockey skill. He better fucking pay off.

[Da King]

Roger McQueen goes the very next pick to Anaheim. Buffalo may regret not taking him.