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Sadly, they can, as they have proven the last two seasons. This is the pts trend under Adams leadership - 91, 84, 79. 10 reasons they could continue to regress 1. The Atlantic division is deeper than ever. Det, Mon, and Ott are actually improving while the Sabres have regressed 2. Adams traded away another young developing scorer, who has improved each of his 3 NHL season, for two depth players who may or may not have upside. 3. McLeod is almost certain to regress. He is a career 11.9% shooter who had a career year last year when shooting 20.9%. 4. The goaltending is woefully inadequate. The save % of our 4 goalies last season were as follows - UPL .887, Levi .872, Georgiev .875, and Lyon.896. League average last season was .893 in all situations. 5. Norris unlikely to play enough games to adequately replace Cozens. Norris has never played more than 66 games in a season and has averaged only 47 games a season during his time in the NHL. Remember he was shutdown after only 3 games last season following the trade from Ottawa. 6. The entire failed coaching staff returns including special teams failure Appert and defensive failure Wilford. 7. The team again refuses to spend to the cap and with the cap rising quickly, the Sabres are likely to fall further behind. Remember that teams that don’t spend to the cap rarely make the playoffs. 8. The defense remains defensively suspect. Byram, Power, Samuelsson and Bryson are still inept defensively. Kesselring and Timmins maybe upgrades defensively over Joki or Clifton, but neither has ever been a full time top 4 defenseman. Timmins has averaged less than 16 minutes a night for his career and last season was his first in 6 years as a full time NHLer. Kesselring played under 18 a night last season and while he did fill in the top 4, as soon as Utah got healthy he was relegated to the 3rd pair. He did have a solid all around season, but it’s fair to wonder if he is ready to pair with a player as defensively inept as Power for 22 minutes a night. It’s also fair to question whether the addition of two 3rd pairing D is enough to elevate a group as terrible as the Sabres have been defensively for years. 9. I am a big fan of both Benson and Kulich, but Sabres are betting on their continued improvement, plus rebounds from injury prone guys like Quinn and Norris, plus continued success from Zucker and McLeod, to keep the offense working. That’s a great deal to ask and comes with a high risk of failure. If the offense regresses, it raises the odds of another regression by the team significantly. 10. Kevyn Adams is still the GM.

2-2 51 for the Sabres. Kucharcik

1-2 Double boo.

They were playing a lot better before you got here. 😉 1-1 Boo.

Meant that link on the Sabres home page wasn't there until 6:55. The link you'd clicked was what was there prior to that.

yay! found it

Yes. Go to www.nhl.com/sabres and you can get to the live feed from there. That link wasn't available until 6:55PM.

Am I doing something wrong? No video at the above link 😢

Mrtka. Sweet. Nice keep in by 37 to start it.

Östlund, Rosen, and Novikov each have an A Novikov - Mrtka is a defense pairing... God help opposing forwards.

What's it like hating your teams best player because you didn't like a Draft pick 7 years ago?

https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/how-to-watch-buffalo-sabres-new-jersey-devils-prospects-challenge-rookie-camp

Where can I watch the game?

Someone who drives that hammered with three kids in the car has such poor judgement and is so selfish that I would question any decision he ever makes again. Let the courts play out if they must, and let him go after that.

Just bumping this up. So far 1 ticket for myself 1 ticket paid 5 tickets with payment promised 1 ticket remains

I get the impression Eichel really likes playing in Vegas (the city) and the organization isn't bad also. The only way I see him leaving is, well, 2 ways: 1.) Vegas isn't big on giving him top dollar, for a guy who HAS had injury issues and is entering his 30's when the new contract starts. 2.) He wants to play in Boston.

I’m well acquainted with the ramifications but thanks for the feedback nonetheless. I’m not necessarily advocating for the commitment of our fighting men and women in any theater, let alone this one. We can certainly come to the aid of our allies without sending boots on the ground but given Trump’s previous denouncements of NATO and his reluctance to condemn anything Putin does, I have to wonder if he will honor our commitment, regardless.

Playoffs here we come!!!

Yowza. Blowing a .2 in the afternoon, with kids in the car, is really, really something. (And I'll assume for the sake of this discussion that the breathalyzer was working properly.) Seems safe to say that it's time for Mair to reevaluate his relationship with alcohol (i.e., stop drinking).

Hard to argue with anything that was said in that.

If UPL misses extended time, its very likely levi. I think Georgiev would clear waivers, or you keep 3 (because you have none).

Article 4 gets the ball rolling by convening discussions. If Article 5 is enacted it would not mean every member nation has to send armed forces. Essentially it calls for the mutual defense with each member doing so how they see fit. I would be cautious about committing our military forces to that one theatre if it comes to that.

Big Ed will be out a couple weeks at least. The only guy on D who showed up last Sunday. Ankle injury. Got stepped on in Wednesday’s practice. JFC.

Benson's new nickname: "Mini Donuts."

Have to agree: We been here