Zack Holiskey ⚔️ 🏒🌴

@HudsonJus @MattKopnak All of the reporting has been that he wanted a huge deal. I think a rational fan can appreciate what he's done for this team and also understand that big money for a long term deal on Tuch is going to be an albatross.

@MattKopnak 1) we don’t make the playoffs wo Tuch, which doesn’t seem to matter to overly emotional fans 2) the goal for calm reasonable smart fans should always be keep Tuch on a reasonable deal

Offseason Goals for Jarmo: -Make a legit addition to the top 6 without using Helenius. -Let Alex Tuch walk -don’t fall victim of sunk cost, get rid of Norris. -7 year extension for Benson that mirrors Doan’s -Proactive Ostlund extension -Let Ventura moneyball you a 3rd pair.

@BillsontheRock @MattKopnak @NotTheJoeMarino Move out a guy you don't trust and lean on two even less trustworthy guys. Don't like that.

@MattKopnak @NotTheJoeMarino I think we really need to figure out what to do with UPL. He continues to prove that he cannot be trusted on a consistent basis. Move him for a 3rd round pick or honestly whatever we can get and roll with a mix of Lyon/Levi/Ellis.

@BKozThatsWhy @MattKopnak Tuch doesn't take that. Levi and Ellis clearly worse than UPL. Stop being mad enough at him to throw a useful player out the door. Why does STL want Norris if everyone in Buffalo doesn't? Metsa is a legit point.

@MattKopnak Metsa full time nhl 6/7 d man. Run lyon/levi/ellis trade odd man out at deadline as an asset. Trade for Thomas-(Norris package++) Sign Tuch around 8m x 2 bridge.

@MattKopnak @Gregbpav I would absolutely run it back with the goalies. I think at best you're throwing darts in the dark, hoping to get lucky and do better than those guys. Levi isn't it, and star goalies rarely move.

@Gregbpav I am fine with Lyon

@CMDeDominicis @Matt_Bove @PatrickMoranTB He's been better than Thompson and Tuch which is wild.

@Matt_Bove @PatrickMoranTB Can I give Quinn an ok (snakebitten) rating? Hasn’t been great but at least creating.

How many players this series would you say have played well for the Sabres? Benson, Doan, Samuelsson, and Power? Am I forgetting anyone? If they lose, it’s pretty easy to see why. That list needs to be much longer against a team as talented as the Canadiens.

@Ben_Mathewson @ST_5730 I was making the same joke about someone getting a staph infection for the nostalgia. People aren't getting the gallows humor.

@ST_5730 My man it’s a joke about the 06 playoff run where they lost all of the D. Relax.

It wouldn’t be a deep Sabres playoff run unless they started losing defensemen. Power getting hurt is actually good.

@ZCarr39 Yeah, I mean. Someone just get a staph infection at this point for nostalgia.

Well. Arguably their best player in the series just hobbled to the room. Cool Cool cool.

@Mikeisthebest39 @NotTheJoeMarino Ok smart guy. Who are you going to get? Last time a legit star goalie moved was Bobrovsky to Florida ages ago. Those guys don't move. So you want them to sign another guy like Lyon. They're re all lottery tickets. I'd take my chances with the young guy who's shown upside.

@ZackHoliskey @NotTheJoeMarino Your dumb if you think UPL is a starter, he’s never put two consistent years together and lets soft goals on consistently, he’s a backup fringe starter at best it’s been time to move on and get a legit starter

Was that the last we’ve seen of Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in Buffalo?

If the Sabres can get one in the first 5 minutes, they can win here. Montreal will go into a shell.

@CMDeDominicis First line is sinking them even more than the power play or the goalie. Tuch can take a fucking walk in July.

Also that’s an extremely selfish penalty by Tage…again

@xBuffaloAnth Need a complete new first line too

Need a fucking save there man…

Couldn't get $11 Million from me. Not sure I'd give him $11.

@MatthewFairburn Tuch can take a walk this summer. He's absolutely a passenger on this team since the playoffs started.

After the Sabres were dominating the start of the second period, the Canadiens end up getting the first goal of the period. Josh Anderson got open in front, and it's 3-3.

@boomertang @MattKopnak Krueger era Dahlin was so putrid. He was broken entirely.

@MattKopnak Trade Dahlin is a top 5 drought position. Probably top 3.

I was the “Trade Rasmus Dahlin” guy about five years ago, so I consider myself somewhat of an authority on being spectacularly wrong. That said, has any segment of this fanbase ever looked more foolish than the anti–Zach Benson crowd does right now?

@boomertang @Sabremetrix @colinedward But we sure don't.

@Sabremetrix @colinedward If we had competent zone entry on the PP, I wouldn’t care one bit about faceoffs.

There’s gotta be some face-off summer camp in Northern Ontario that they can send these guys to for two weeks

@Sabremetrix More like Paul isn't ready

Paul Hamilton spending yesterday morning replying to people saying Konsta Helenius isn’t ready for the playoffs is so damn funny

@ntrider825 Should out to the zamboni door

@mike_raymond716 @CMDeDominicis Missed a game sick recently. I suspect he wasn't good to go.

@CMDeDominicis Was Stanley so horrible that he couldn’t have just had his minutes cut? Just curious.

Credit to Lindy on the UPL and Helenius call. Also keeping Timmins in.

@SportsbyNorris @CMDeDominicis You didn't notice because he wasn't out there lol

@CMDeDominicis I missed the first period but... I didn't notice Schenn being horrible so, good choice?