#tage/dylan are Big Boys

[three-headed-monster]

how does one simply explain sabres ships to people???? like everyone thinks they have no ships when objectively they're all actually in love with each other sooooooo

[lukeevangelista]

Hiii, hope your doing well! Wanted to request a blurb or imagine where your Tage Thompson’s younger sister and you start dating Dylan Cozens! Your writing is one of my favourites 🤍🤍

Tage’s Sister - D. Cozens

I’m obsessed with this concept.

And imagine she’s interning there too for management classes 👀

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“You know he’s going to kill us if he finds out, right?” You murmured against Dylan’s chest.

You had stayed the night with the dark headed boy; not telling your brother you had been there.

“I know.” He said as he grabbed his phone from the nightstand, his hands in the air as he scrolled through his notifications before setting his phone close to your face on his chest, “I gotta start getting ready for practice soon.”

“Do you have to?” You whined, “You’re comforting and I’m warm.”

“My ass would be grass if I didn’t.” He chuckled, “but as soon as you’re done with work and I’m home, you can come back, deal?”

“Fine.” You rolled your eyes.

It wasn’t long before you two were crawling out of bed, you grabbing your clothes from his spare drawer.

You had some professional clothes sores away at Dylan’s for moments like this.

It wasn’t unusual for you and Dylan to arrive together so no one would question anything the moment you two walked into the building.

You two made your way to his car, him opening the door for you.

“You think anything will be said?” Dylan asked as he started the car before resting his hand on your thigh, “I just don’t want anything to be said.”

“I’m sure people either speculate we’re seeing each other or we’re just really close.” You shrugged as you watched him roll his eyes at you, “What?”

“I highly doubt they think we’re just good friends.” He laughed, “I just don’t want you to get in trouble. My job is secure; yours is an internship. I just don’t want you to lose it.”

“I know- but all is fine Dyl.” You said as you gave his hand a tight squeeze, “I promise.”

*****

“I’ll see you in a few.” You whispered to Dylan, him murmuring about how he’d meet you in the car.

Tage was walking up to you two when he said that, his eyes darting between the two of you before he gave you a slight smirk.

“Hey.”

“Hi.” You gave him a confused look as he watched behind you until Dylan was out of his line of sight.

“You going back to Dylan’s or are you coming home? Tage asked as you gave him an exasperated look, “A little birdy mentioned it.” Tage chuckled, “Besides, I figured when you didn’t come home, something was up.” He continued, “I’m not mad; so don’t think that. But I need you telling me when you’re not coming home so I’m not worrying over you,” he slightly fussed, “You might be grown, but I’m always going to be your big brother and I worry about you.”

“I honestly thought you’d be more protective.” You shrugged, “and I know. It slipped my mind to tell you.” You said as you wrapped your arms around his waist.

“You’re a smart girl. I know you’ll think things through,” he said as he brought you into his chest, “And I’m here if you need me, but until then, it’s not my business.”

[leafsbabe]

ok but, which players do you think would like being the little spoon?? im only short but i looove being the big spoon more. being able to wrap your arms around a big hockey boy and cuddle into their back?? yes please.

Andrei Svechnikov

Alex Galchenyuk

Andre Burakovsky

Alex Nylander

Beau Bennett

Ben Hutton

Claude Giroux

Colton Parayko

Clayton Keller

Casey Mittelstadt

Dylan Larkin

Elias Pettersson

Frederik Tiffels

Gabriel Landeskog

Haydn Fleury

Ivan Provorov

Jesse Puljujärvi

Jeff Skinner

Jakob Chychrun

Jason Demers

Josh Morrissey

Kailer Yamamoto

Kevin Hayes

Mitch Marner

Morgan Rielly

Mika Zibanejad

Mikko Rantanen

Michael Latta

Mat Barzal

Mark Scheifele

Mats Zuccarello

Nolan Patrick

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Paul Bissonnette

Quinn Hughes

Rich Clune

Ryan Graves

Rasmus Dahlin

Tyler Seguin

Tyson Barry

Tyson Jost

Travis Dermott

Travis Konecny

Tage Thompson

Zach Hyman

[andrewuttaro]

New Look Sabres: 2019 Training Camp Opens

Hockey is back! This offseason was a little bit slimmer on the back end than last year, phrasing intended; so the gap of time created by Hockey-less August felt much more oppressive. Earlier this week in the blog on the Prospect Tournament I waxed on poetically about how it’s harder to get excited for the Sabres this season. We’re probably looking at a less that 50% chance this team qualifies for the playoffs this season. Between the completion of the Prospect tournament and the arrival of Training Camp, my Sabres heart has come thundering back to life this week. That’s a huge relief considering the aforementioned difficulty seeing this club make the playoffs this season given its current roster construction. More good news: Training Camp narratives are not in short supply! Last year we celebrated competition at Training Camp as a long-awaited sign the team was turning a corner. Perhaps it was still the residual haze of the Jeff Skinner trade washing over us, but something was new about this club going into last year. This year still features a lot of competition for roster spots, Thank God, but this time around it requires a little bit more creative thinking to see how different players raise up the club overall. Last year both of Jeff Skinner and Conor Sheary were upgrades on the left wing no matter how you cut it. In the same way Rasmus Dahlin was a huge upgrade, even as a rookie, on defense. As the players filed into the building for their physicals yesterday and engaged in media day it may be helpful for us to look at Training Camp competition positionally this Preseason. While the new pieces and therefore the tighter competition for fewer roster spots came in the forward corps last year, this go around the change is much more obvious on defense… hopefully.

The big X factor I see in this year’s Training Camp is the guy behind the bench. Ralph Krueger returns to NHL coaching with the Buffalo Sabres six years after an Edmonton Oilers organization in even more chaos than the current version let him go. For someone looking at Krueger’s history for hints at how he’ll coach and deploy players it’s like he’s a super-electable politician: he’s more or less what you want him to be. In other words, he’s something of an empty glass you put your values in. The buzzwords that orbited around him in the early summer when he was hired were communication and flexibility. We were teased about that flexibility a couple days ago when he said this Training Camp will see the players pick what positions they’re fighting for a spot in. More on that later. After firing a Head Coach who was only consistently inconsistent with his roster deployment, General Manager Jason Botterill opted for someone in Krueger who maybe more of a chameleon. The last three coaches of the Sabres, two of which who are still being paid to not coach the team, were problematic in large part because they were too rigid in their systems and didn’t allow the skill players to be skilled in game situations. Phil Housley was moderately better than Dan Blysma on that front but all shit stinks, right? Ralph Krueger is going to let his butterflies fly and rigid is certainly not a word to describe him in anyway. Beyond that however it’s hard to say what exactly his style and decision-making will look like come Opening Night. He’s the biggest wildcard this preseason and maybe also once the games mean something in the regular season.

Unlike in past seasons this year we find ourselves with a rare logjam on the blueline. There are too many good defenseman on the Sabres depth chart! That was such a weird sentence to write! While at least three of Brandon Montour, Marco Scandella, Zach Bogosian and Lawrence Pilut will start the season in the Press Box nursing injuries, only two of those guys will the average Sabres fan be dying to see get back on the ice. Rasmus Ristolainen and Marco Scandella are two players you want off this club pretty soon for very different reasons. Ristolainen is likely traded for just not being up to par in the advanced stats categories the modern game requires of its defenseman. It was hilarious but encouraging to hear Risto acknowledge his defensive game needs some work yesterday. If he is on this roster Opening Night let’s hope we see the effort pay off. Marco Scandella on the other hand is, to put it creatively, a crater full of trash. Those two players, on the right and left sides of defense respectively, are jamming up the pipes for a handful of really awesome pieces fighting for roster spots. Colin Miller was acquired via trade with the hope he could be a good shutdown-defenseman on the second or first pairing depending on how optimistic you are. He probably makes the roster below the pairing he deserves. On the younger side Brandon Montour and Henri Jokiharju are poised for breakout seasons if they’re given the right opportunities. You could argue Montour could single-handedly be the difference maker on whether this club is close to that playoff line or not come April. Then again Jake McCabe and Zach Bogosian still have jobs if they’re not beaten for them this preseason. If Housley were still coach I’d tell you the chances of the kids getting their shot at changing this team, even in preseason action, are slim. Again, Krueger is a huge wildcard here and there’s a lot to be learned in the preseason games coming up next week. Two more dark-horses worth mentioning in any conversation about Buffalo’s defense are Lawrence Pilut and Will Borgen. Pilut was a true rising star in the chances he got last season and it will be very interesting to see what he can do after returning from injury. Will Borgen on the other hand has been developing for what feels like an eternity. The season he finally looks ready to make the jump to the NHL and that’s the season there is this giant logjam. Don’t be surprised to see him really gunning for a look as Training Camp goes on though.

The offense should be an easier discussion. It’s not because Jason Botterill’s weird move of the offseason was bringing back several guys who are or should be on their way out the door. I am totally okay with not buying anyone out, there are few guys that makes sense with and even the ones who it does can be banished in less salary-cap damaging ways. However if we’re going to bring back a fourth line of Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson and Kyle Okposo you minus well just build a wall that says “Stay in Rochester” on it. Guys like Arttu Routsalainen, CJ Smith, Rasmus Asplund and even Victor Olofsson may be staring at the wall wondering if they have any position to gun for. And I’ll be very honest up front: I have no clue what the plan is with Tage Thompson. I’m more patient than the average joe with a guy like that but it’s just too crowded in the forward group. We probably just need to suck it up and ride out Okposo’s albatross of a Tim Murray contract, but those other two guys on the likely fourth line would’ve been very sensible departures given how long they’ve been given second chances. They each brought something to last season’s team but I’m not sure I don’t want their spots taken by the young guns anymore. I suppose there is still time for those young guns to take their spots. It is a new coach after all. As mentioned earlier Krueger wants to have each of these guys fight for the spot of their choosing. Is Zemgus Girgensons better than all of Thompson, Andrew Oglevie and Matej Pekar? Strong maybe I guess? What about Johan Larsson: is he better than all of CJ Smith, Arttu Routsalainen, Rasmus Asplund and Dylan Cozens? Two of those guys are likely sent to their junior teams once camp ends but Smith was an AHL All-Star last year. Competition in the bottom six, at least the fourth line, should be very interesting.

The biggest questions in the forward corps is who will be the second line center and who will be the first line right wing? Both questions have obvious answers that are not necessarily the only options. A top line of Jeff Skinner, Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart is very on brand for this club but if you use Reinhart at second line right wing you give Casey Mittelstadt some help shoring up that second line center role. Sheary could play on his off-side if it meant tapping in Eichel apples. If Victor Olofsson does indeed arrive as this top six player we’re all expecting, and you put him at 2LW you got a promising second line and a very interesting potential third line of Jimmy Vesey, Evan Rodrigues and Marcus Johansson. Yeah, I opt for the more experienced 28-year-old Johansson to play his off-side because I think he can do it fine on the third line and our good friend E-Rod may be fantastic at center if we give that an extended look. Now you may look at that summation of the top three lines as a pretty upbeat projection outside of the bitching about the fourth line. Where’s the difficulty in this discussion of the offense? Click, Click! In rolls every Sabres fan’s lineup projection grenade Vladimir Sobotka! NHL.com says he’s from the Czech Republic but anyone who watched last season’s Sabres knows he hails from the Kremlin. Wherever Putin hides the illegal chemical weapons, that’s where Sobotka is from because he stinks on ice! He’s not off the roster yet and that alone throws a wrench in the most fun version of the Sabres we could get out of Training Camp. Thompson and Sobotka are the guys that make the most fun version of the forward lines look unlikely but hey… Thompson could surprise me? I know, I wrote that full of doubt. Joking aside, he could be a late bloomer even though he didn’t exactly shine after getting sent down to the Amerks last season. Hmm, we really do have a lot to figure out during Training Camp, don’t we?

So what did I miss… Risto came to Training Camp after he definitely asked for a trade but why would he say that on media day? Eichel wants to score more goals, of course sweet boy. Marcus Johansson thinks Ralph Krueger is *pause for comedic effect* not your average Coach. Kyle Olsen was a Prospect Camp invite who earned an invitation to Sabres Training Camp. He’s probably the darkest of dark horses to make the roster. Uh… I think that’s it for now. When we wrap up Training Camp we’re going to tie all these loose threads together and preview the regular season. Between now and then however we have six preseason games to see how some of the questions get answered. Note: Six is fewer games than last year’s seven thankfully. If you weren’t reading the blog last year those games will be a taste of what the regular season is like here. Game action is much more fun and has a lot more opportunity for humor. Even though they’re meaningless in the standings I hope you’ll read, like and comment for the fun of it. It’s a sprint to regular season hockey from here!

Thanks for reading.

P.S. So it looks like Mitch Marner is going to pull a Will Nylander and miss Training Camp. The drama is better this time around for us Leafs Haters because for some reason Marner is personally offended by an $11 Million contract offer because it’s not as big as Auston Matthews’. Better more he’s much more likely to get traded than Nylander. I’m giddy for that Toronto Meltdown!

[hittveu]

Größte Konkurrenz aus Belgien, Italien, den Niederlanden, der Schweiz und den USA

Team Germany muss sich gegen 39 internationale MX-Teams behaupten

Team England durch Heimvorteil nicht zu unterschätzen

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München. Neues Jahr, neues Glück: Nachdem das Team Germany im vergangenen Jahr aufgrund einiger Stürze vom Pech verfolgt war, werden 2017 bei der 71. Auflage des prestigeträchtigen Motocross der Nationen die Karten neu gemischt. Demnach rechnet sich die deutsche Nationalmannschaft um Max Nagl als MXGP-Fahrer, Henry Jacobi als MX2-Pilot und Dennis Ullrich als MX Open-Starter wieder gute Chancen aus, sich erfolgreich beim MXoN am 30. September und 1. Oktober 2017 in England zu positionieren. Allerdings ist die Konkurrenz auch in dieser Saison nicht zu unterschätzen, gehen vor allem die USA, Belgien, die Niederlande und die Schweiz mit starken Teams ins Rennen.

Die USA sind mit 22 MXoN-Titeln Spitzenreiter in der Liste der bisherigen Motocross-Mannschaftsweltmeisterschafts-Gewinner und könnte nach einem guten Platz drei im vergangenen Jahr auch 2017 wieder von sich reden machen. Mit Cole Seely in der MXGP-Klasse, Zach Osborne als MX2-Pilot sowie Thomas Covington als Kandidat für die Open-Kategorie hat sich Amerika erneut mit einem starken Team zum Motocross der Nationen angemeldet. Seely hat vor kurzem die renommierte amerikanische Lucas Oil AMA Pro Mo¬to-cross Meisterschaft bei den Big Boys mit einem fünften Platz beendet, Osborne gewann die US Outdoor Meisterschaft in der kleineren Klasse. Covington mischt als Fünfter in der MX2-WM vorne mit.

Ähnlich stark gestaltet sich das diesjährige MXoN-Line-Up der Niederlande. Genau wie im vergangenen Jahr gehen 2017 wieder Glenn Coldenhoff in der MXGP-, Brian Bogers in der MX2- und Jeffrey Herlings in der Open-Klasse an den Start. 2016 erreichte das Trio in dieser Konstellation Platz zwei, um einen Podiumsplatz wollen die Drei auch in England wieder kämpfen. Und die Chancen dafür stehen gut. Mit Platz neun und Rang zwei gehören Coldenhoff und Herlings in der Weltmeisterschaft zu den erfolgreichsten Top Ten-Piloten, Bogers muss sich als Achter in der MX2-WM ebenfalls nicht verstecken.

Das Team Belgium konnte seit der Einführung des Nationencross in 1947 bereits fünfzehn Mal die begehrte Chamberlain Trophy gewinnen, in dieser Saison wollen Kevin Strijbos als MXGP-, Julien Lieber als MX2- und Jeremy van Horebeek als MX Open-Starter von sich reden machen. Van Horebeek und Strijbos haben bereits Erfahrung als Motocross-Mannschaftsweltmeister, Ersterer stand 2013 als MXoN-Sieger oben auf dem Podest, Strijbos in 2004. Mit dem WM-Achten van Horebeek, dem MX2-Sechsten Lieber und Strijbos, der in der WM Rang 15 innehat, ist das belgische Team gut aufgestellt. Zumal van Horebeek und Strijbos bereits im vergangenen Jahr zusammen mit Brent van Doninck mit einem vierten Platz geglänzt hatten.

Ebenfalls leistungsstarke Fahrer weist die Schweiz auf. Mit dem MX2-Zweitplatzierten Jeremy Seewer, dem MXGP-Zwölftplatzierten Arnaud Tonus sowie Valentin Guillod, der bei den Big Boys in der WM Position 21 belegt, gehört das Team Switzerland mit zu der ernstzunehmenden Konkurrenz der deutschen Motocross-Nationalmannschaft. Anders als jedoch in 2016, in dem die Schweiz mit Guillod als MXGP-Pilot, Seewer als MX2-Geheimwaffe und Tonus als MX Open-Fahrer den sechsten Platz in der Gesamtwertung belegte, sind die Rollen in dieser Saison etwas anders verteilt. Überraschenderweise sitzt Seewer in England auf einem 450ccm-Bike und will sich in der MX Open-Klasse beweisen, während sich Tonus stattdessen auf dem leistungsschwächeren 250ccm-Motorrad bei den MX2-Teilnehmern versucht. Somit hat Team Germany-Pilot Dennis Ullrich einen berüchtigten Rivalen mehr neben sich, gegen den er sich behaupten muss.

Beim Team Italy ist es Toni Cairoli, der die Mannschaft beachtlich beim MXoN in den vorderen Rängen platzieren könnte. Nachdem sich der WM-Führende beim letzten Grand Prix in den Niederlanden vorzeitig erneut als Weltmeister feiern ließ und damit seinen neunten WM-Titel einheimste, zeigt sich dieser besonders motiviert in puncto Nationencross. Im vergangenen Jahr erreichte er zusammen mit seinem Team Platz fünf in der Gesamtwertung. 2017 will die italienische MX-Nationalmannschaft mit Cairoli in der MXGP-Klasse, dem MX2-WM-Elftplatzierten Michelle Cervellin als MX2-Fahrer und Alessandro Lupino als MX Open-Pilot, derzeit Rang 16 in der WM, erneut für Furore sorgen.

Schwer einzuschätzen ist das Team France, das nach seinem Sieg-Hattrick von 2014 bis 2016 eigentlich wieder als Titel-Favorit gehandelt wurde. Nach dem Verletzungspech von MX2-Pilot Dylan Ferrandis fiel wenige Tage später auch noch Reservefahrer Benoit Paturel verletzungsbedingt für den Rest der Saison aus. Wer nun neben MXGP-Pilot Gautier Paulin und MX Open-Fahrer Romain Febvre das dritte Teammitglied bildet, ist bis dato noch offen. Immerhin: Sowohl Paulin als auch Febvre sind als WM-Dritter und WM-Sechster topfit und absolut konkurrenzfähig.

Neben den eigentlichen Favoriten gibt es unter den 39 teilnehmenden Mannschaften jedoch auch wieder einige Teams, die aufgrund ihrer starken Einzelkämpfer unerwartet auffallen könnten. Mögliche Durchstarter wären beispielsweise die Gastgeber, zu denen Max Anstie, Tommy Searle und Dean Wilson gehören. Das Team England siegte in den vergangenen 70 Jahren beim MXoN 16 Mal, 2016 reichte es für einen soliden Rang sieben. Zwar gehört MX2-Fahrer Searle als momentan 27. in der Meisterschaftstabelle der Weltmeisterschaft nicht unbedingt zu den härtesten Gegnern auf der Strecke, dafür haben es seine beiden Team England-Kollegen in sich. MXGP-Pilot Anstie rangiert als WM-Zehnter in der Weltmeisterschaft und MX Open-Athlet Wilson beendete als Vierter die amerikanische Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Meisterschaft. Hinzu kommt der Heimvorteil der Briten, der für sie eventuell von Vorteil sein könnte.

Quelle: ADAC Motorsport

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Die Konkurrenz des Team Germany beim MXoN 2017 Größte Konkurrenz aus Belgien, Italien, den Niederlanden, der Schweiz und den USA Team Germany muss sich gegen 39 internationale MX-Teams behaupten…

[three-headed-monster]

everyone suddenly liking the sabres because of owen power is equivalent to everyone liking the sabres because of dylan cozens last winter