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Bettman was paid a bribe by Pegula to state that on the record.

I wish him well in Rochester.

Teams purposefully losing is a bad thing. The Sabres did it dirty and went way too far. Nolan kept trying to win so they traded his goalies. Some fans booed wins. That was all regrettable. The irony is that the Sabres two consolation prizes have cups on other teams.

For any folks who were thinking he wouldn't report and that the Sabres were getting a glorified PTO... Georgiev isn't about to let that cash slide. He doesn't have a Minors Salary breakdown listed on capwages. But maybe he's an elite AHL-level goalie?

I am going to watch them forever. I’ll never change. I stopped going to games and I stopped buying merch. I won’t support Pegula in that way but I watch and hope for better days. I didn’t think they had a playoff roster to start this season. Still too many caveats requiring growth in young players. The center spline is not very good still. Without the concept of Norris we are back to last years problems at forward, only without Peterka. My hope is that Terry finally cleans house and the next guy can figure it out.

I might not be able to see this one live, but it is also a game I'm looking forward to as well. Test their mettle and resilience and how they respond. For a large stretch of game 1 they carried the play, but with the exception of Zucker they stayed mostly away from the crease. Now, another team that is not going to want to play freewheeling open hockey awaits. Can the Sabres offense exert their will upon it? We shall see.

He needs a bubble and padded walls. in the same room.

I’m looking forward to it. This is a good test of the team’s willingness to grind out a road win. I saw that Ellis is projected to start tonight. I think Lyon should get another game. The top 6 is marginal already with McLeod and Quinn having to move up. Any timeline on Benson being ready?

Hard day at the office as the clan emulate the sabres most recent score with a 0-4 match on Friday night against visitors Manchester Storm. Only nice thing from the game was Clan player Rob Lachowicz marking his 1000 eihl match.

I can’t see any team trading a top 6 wing for Norris. The entire league can sees the injuries and his salary. Unless they are trading equally bad salaries then maybe.

Forget watching on FUBO, Sabres games should be broadcast on FUBAR.

I have a very weird mental state when it comes to the Sabres. I’m essentially trapped in 05-06 when we should’ve won the Stanley Cup. When all the stars aligned and it looked like it was absolutely going to happen. So I don’t even know if the darkness of this stretch has really even hit me the way it has some other people. I just live in a state where the Sabres are still that team and are still a relevant franchise. I guess it’s some sort of mental gymnastics to protect me. But your post puts it into a pretty clear light. I think I’ll probably still stay in 2006 though, before Jay McKee woke up on the morning of game seven with a staph infection on his ankle. I still refuse to accept we didn’t win the cup. And I’ll stay here as long as it takes until this franchise sorts out the present.

I'm really glad that that HBP call wasn't the deciding inning. Fun baseball, though.

Don’t worry, Kevyn is going to trade for a top 6 winger last summer.

That new roof is the roof of a successful franchise

Other teams add to their top 6. Imagine if we had added 1 top 6 piece, just 1.

TERRIFIC BLE

How do other teams prepare better for injuries? Serious question. I've heard that we're awful at it and we suck when a key player(s) goes down. So obviously there's proof. I just always thought the roster was so thin, every injury was exacerbated. Is it that teams have a much better 13th or 14th forward on the roster, more/better vets in the AHL that can come right up, they'll sign a FA immediately?

There's as many as 7 defenders that could go top 16 in this draft

Gavin McKenna 1g 4a in 4games (NCAA) Ethan Belchetz 6g, 9pts, 9games (OHL) Ryan Roobroeck 3g, 6pts, 8games (OHL) Mathis Preston 5g, 9pts, 6games (WHL) Nikita Klepov 7g, 13pts, 7games (OHL)

If Power plays, that instantly makes the D pairings far better. Ik a lot are down on him but he's still a + player offensively and basically neutral defensively. I might give him Johnson instead of Timmins because Johnson can stay at home better than Timmins. The forwards are rough. They really needed to add another piece but once again, Adams isn't good at his job and is terrible at imagining there could be an injury. That Doan line probably works if you substitute Helenius from 2027 into it, but alas. Go Sabres. Must win.