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Holt chit, I am 55 yrs old, been around for a long Sabres and Bills time. Not remotely the longest mind you, but I’m a true grizzled Buffalo sports fanatic veteran. Josh Allen is with out a doubt, 100% hands down, the best athelete we’ve ever had in Buffalo. you young’ns, you remember this moment, cherish it like no other, he is freaking amazing. Go Bills!!!

Mahomes out Ref mistakenly announced Kansas Sissy instead of City. Aaaaand KC is out

Don’t know

Wow, what a game. All of New England is quiet now, I can assure you.

I agree - I’m just saying: take one step forward.

Nice win!!!

This team. They are going to be the death of me. And Mahomes is hurt now with the Chiefs behind late.

Now just fix the opening drives against and the run D. good job overall! Go Bills !

Kuntar signed a 2 way deal so he gets $9451 for that one game. and about a $1000 for every Rochester game. It would be kind of sucky if they stuck him with a big bill for flying out for that one game and I doubt it happens but either way I think he will survive.

Valid points, but the scouting staff really needs to be looked at as well along with the entire coaching staff.

Make the playoffs, and build from there. Brick by brick. Take your lumps. That’s *always* the way it was supposed to be. Instead they went with the utterly hubristic “Simply making the playoffs is for mere mortals, are we are building a cup team not a playoff team” nonsense Nothing wrong with Jarmo being merely the guy that gets the team back on a real, honest to goodness nhl team track

Or he can pass on McKenna thinking he's the fifth best and then McKenna turns out to be the best after all just took an extra year or something. You never know with these things. Look at how much more impactful Schaefer has been to Power. They were not the same but both were consensus first overall picks in their drafts. You rarely know for sure.

Never said Jarmo was an idiot, I don’t see his success in Columbus to be that appealing. Yes, they have made the playoffs but they ain’t all the great either.

Seattle this year plays a faster version of what the Islanders have played over the last decade. Choke everything off and clog the middle. Force the play outside and try to win 1-0. They are good at it but not good at scoring. I expect the Sabres to have a hard time with this but you never know. They definitely have more scoring skill if they can fight through it. But will they? More often than not they don't.

I wouldn't trade Dahlin either - unless he has privately said he wants out and has had enough. Then you might not have a choice. I wondered when they tore it down with Eichel and Reinhart if Dahlin had too much losing stink on him and maybe should have been dealt as well for that reason but if he truly wants to stay then no, I don't trade him. I will say this, Dahlin has a nasty side to him and if this was a bigger, stronger, meaner team where he felt safe and protected at all times I think he'd be a beast. As is he plays a little more restrained at times. That's just my opinion of course. Power got too much money that's the problem there. Paid for future performance but so far that future performance hasn't emerged. Might be tough to find a team that'll believe they can bring it out of him. Philly apparently called about Byram in the summer. They also wanted Hughes. I'm looking hard at them for Byram if it's me in charge. No idea who or what might be available from them though.

I don’t think he can. I never argued he could be. I suppose he could take over and jettison Dahlin and draft McKenna only to find he was the fifth best in his class, but I don’t think Jarmo is an idiot.

Live look at the officials being extra careful with the bills today

Exactly, so how could Jarmo Kekalainen be any worse?

That was my feeling before Jarmo got here. Pegula would stay internal and give it to Forten (and then likely Appert as coach) and I'd hate all of that but Jarmo may have been brought in specifically as an option. Pegula needed him around to get to know him before handing it over. I wouldn't be surprised if Adams stays with a different title. He does more of the business stuff and Jarmo handles the GM hockey stuff. The "free reign" thing is the issue though. If he doesn't get it and it's still some group decision thing with Pegula in on every call then not much will change if anything. It's always possible but highly unlikely. The real question (aside from his power and autonomy as we mentioned above) is how can he reconstruct this roster to actually work. Will Tage and Rasmus want to stay if there's any sort of rebuild? Will they actually have a good goalie? What can he do saddled with Norris if he rarely plays? Power and his contract if he doesn't improve? Tuch and RFAs that may ask for the moon to force a way out. Will the philosophy change? The identity? Will they actually have an identity? It's not an easy fix for anyone, and if Pegula meddles, even a little (eg. imagine being a GM, thinking Quinn is a slacker and needs to go, but Pegula says to you "I like Quinn, don't trade him" how do you operate under that?) I hope they make the change. I hope Jarmo can get it done, but a big part of me thinks they do need to blow it all up and start over or as I said earlier a full radical subtraction phase and a Torts type coach to change the culture and raise the bar. Maybe Jarmo can bring that in too. idk

He lost JJP. He’d lose Benson and Doan. He’s garbage.

1 play, 65 yard TD rush for New England. *table flip*

KA was not good selection as a GM. That doesn’t mean that he should be automatically pre-judged. He didn’t do everything wrong but he definitely do enough right things to make the Sabres a serious team. He was given more time on the job than most other owners would have allowed. His body of work was inadequate. And that’s an easy and fair judgment to make.

Well... hmm. Okay, keep going.

28-24 lead after being down 0-21. Please don't screw this up.

100% agree. I don't agree that they should be trading Dahlin