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I think we’ve all seen so far this pre-season that the ‘new sheriff’ Brendan Shanahan is wielding a big stick when it comes to player safety and suspensions. This is good, as there are a LOT of dangerous hits that can be taken out of the game without a huge change to how it’s played. With that being said, until the players fully integrate this level of enforcement into their game, it’s likely that there could continue to be suspensions at a prodigious rate. I’m curious as to who you think might lead the way for Buffalo in the regular season? I hope that it ends up being just one guy with a two-gamer, but I’m nervous that it won’t be. Buffalo plays a phsyical game now, and adding a guy like Robyn Regehr is just going to enhance that. Tyler Myers makes me nervous too, since he’s gotten more physical and his elbows are right at Scott Gomez head level. Have a different candidate? Let me know who you think.