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Hard to call a November game a must win, but this team HAS to get above NHL 0.500 while it's still merely a slog to get to NHL 0.600 and not requiring a nearly miraculous run to get there. Pittsburgh seems as good a place to get over 0.500 as anywhere. Hoping we see Lyon, but fully expecting UPL between the pipes. Maybe he's finally in a good spot in his own head. Guess we can hope.

If I remember, he is always a guy that gives the Sabres fits and scores against them or at least causes goals to be scored against them.

Will we encounter a Thanksgiving miracle and see the Sabres win 3 in a row???

Goaltending!

I saw it on the sportsnets dere.

You been visiting places with paranormal activity? 😂

As much as they need a goalie the defense was non existent last night. If they had a great goalie they would have only lost 5 to 3 with the way they were playing.

Canuck is interested dere … what’s wrong wit dat?

Not only that they have 3 guys with the same last name of Pettersson. Elias the forward Pettersson, Elias the defender Pettersson, and Marcus the defender Pettersson.

The fact the Oilers haven’t improved their goaltending in 3 years is mind blowing. Roll the dice on Binnington. Do Something! They are a team right now that knows their goaltending will let them down regardless of how hard they play.

Jack has never been likeable and also has always been the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.

Eerily reminiscent of last year when every roster move was attributed to Ruff’s influence, until it all fell apart.

They need one of our goalies.

6 of 7 on the road is a big hope. So I guess if they do that maybe you can think they will make the playoffs. I will still be interested to see how they perform after the Olympics. We all know the second half can get tougher and more serious. I think this year the Olympics will be the differentiating point and some teams will get very serious after them and pull away. Who that will be remains to be seen.

Yes I think it's entirely possible. Again, there are threads about all the games the Sabres have lost due to injury and yet they're still within reach. They're getting healthier and their records shows it. Even more in our favor is the Sabres haven't played the last two nights and they lost.... one point in the standings. The teams ahead of them are not tearing it up. There precisely 2 teams in the Eastern Conference on winning streaks (i.e., more than one win in a row): Tampa with a 4 game streak, and your Buffalo Sabres with a modest 2 game streak. Sure, the Sabres have struggled this year. But so has just about EVERY team in the East. A quarter of the way through the season, there's only a 9 point difference between first and last in the Eastern Conference. Compare that to the Western Conference where there's a 21 point gap between first and last. The Wildcard, Division, and Conference are all up in the air right now. Whatever team can string a few wins together will be in the driver's seat. So far, none of the teams in the East have done that really. The first two weeks of December will tell us if the Sabres have a chance: 6 out of 7 games on the road. If they can win on the road in December, they'll make the playoffs.

But to do that they have to win and improve from their current win percentage. The season is already 1/4 over and do you have faith that they will be substantially better than they have been? Because they will have to be.

I am going to finally sign up for ESPN+ again to catch the game Norris is back. I want to see him play at least once in a Sabres jersey. Waiting until next week is too risky.

Just don't get sucked into the Pettersson (the Center; how weird is it that they have two Elias Petterssons on their roster?) fallacy. Immensely skilled player but production and attitude have been an issue throughout his career. He has the skill to be a 100 point guy but he looks absolutely awful way too frequently and for too long for a guy with his talent. He's the kind of guy that would come here, probably start off hot then disappear if they're losing. No thank you. Quinn is a pipe dream. I don't know what kind of clauses he has in his contract, but if he has any say he'd never come here. Plus I suspect there are teams out there with more ammo than us to acquire him. Boeser might be an interesting name to bolster the top-6...again, unsure of any clauses in his contract. Sherwood/Garland could be interesting middle six pieces. Demko is a terrific goalie, but dude is hurt A LOT.

Norris has missed 21 of 22 games, a quarter of the regular season schedule.

Parity has now come to the NHL. 😏

Someone check on Edmonton, they need a wellness check.

Well the Sabres would be in the same boat, wouldn't they? Realistically would trading him to the Sabres mean that he also would demand a trade?

FUCALE!!