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What did Tuch do to you?

It was on Ch. 4. All Bandits games will be on Ch. 4 or CW23 unless televised nationally.

I strongly believe that if the Sabres were a serious franchise that the arena would also regularly be filled with raucous crowds. It’s a good hockey market that has foolishly been mismanaged. It needed not been that way.

Shooting directly into the chest of the goalie gets you a ***** ton of shots but you’ll never score and that’s what they’re doing. On top of that I would love to see if there is stats on how many shots go wide and enter the Sabres stand with that.

The problem is that there are about ten teams looking to improve their goaltending, fifteen teams learning to live with what they have and seven, maybe less, have franchise goalies. Their best hope is one of the guys in the system, either already here or in the minors, turning out to be that guy.

I can't stand the 'upper body injury' and 'lower body injury' word games. So stupid. Why bother? Just say, 'hurt and out'. At this point, I vote that they change Norris' injury designation from 'day-to-day' to 'year-to-year'.

Both starting OTs being out could actually be a blessing in disguise. Brady and Kromer aren't going to expect the backups to be able to stop Watt and crew without help, so they'll actually be giving the line extra help. They have too much faith in Dawkins and Brown that they can be playing through injury against some of the top rushers in the league and still get the job done without any help.

I do like getting rid of Krebs. Either he is a bust or he’s pulling a Cozens to get traded.

Frankly, their goaltending, while being slightly improved over last season is still below league average. Until that’s resolved, this team is booty cheeks.

Problem is they're 23rd for actual Goal%. They are the 2nd worst team in the league for 5 on 5 goaltending (goals against above expected) so until that gets better it'll be tough to improve.

To me its not unexpected at all. zero is neutral obviously...3 teams at at zero. Of who is left...14 are positive, 15 are negative. That is about as close to even as I would expect.

Or this:

They announced it was a sellout. Also, supposedly the game was shown on Channel 4. (Not in the Buffalo market, so have to take Gurtler's word for it.) So, people in the Buffalo market might want to check the listings for the 13th when the Bandits host the Thunderbirds. Btw, Benesch was the "new guy" who's name was drawing a blank on last night who had one of the goals.

They have been playing well lately, in the past 2 weeks, there have been multiple games they looked like the best line for the Sabres on the ice. Malenstyn has been interesting for me this season. He's not making a huge impact on the team playing the 4th line and getting less than 10 minutes per game even strenght ice time. I thought he started the season "OK", then had a stretch where he played really, REALLY bad, and now he is actually playing his role very well.

I don't want Rosen on the 4th line but if you put Kozak in the 4th line center spot instead of Krebs or Replace Kozak in the top 9. Then you have room for Rosen

It wasn’t far off.

No data.

I'm not there yet but maybe the message Tuch needs is a stint in the press box?

I would say, we don't know. How many games has he played in his career? we do know that UPL and Lyon aren't "it" so play Ellis and see how he does over a long stretch of the season

You created quite the convo off of it though...lmao

And many on here wanted the get rid of Malenstyn and Dunne to keep Östlind and Rosen. We finally had some grit and people want to just throw it away for more finesse.

Was the game sold out or close to it? The few times I have seen them on tv the crowd was energized and having a great time with most of the fans with a beer in their hands.

There is no room for him. I don’t care what people think about Malenstyn, Dunne, or Greenway. They serve a purpose that the Sabres desperately need. Last night was a prime example. If it wasn’t for Malenstyn and the fourth line, it would have been a regulation loss. Let them continue to hone their craft in Rochester. Their time will come. This team isn’t worth going on in. Protect your emotional health 😂

This was sarcasm BTW

That's a great description of him in action, Doohickie. I just hope everyone is patient with him as he continues to develop with the ups and downs that are likely to occur in the meantime. With the position this team is in, I think it's the perfect time for Lindy to stick with him as our main goalie for long enough to give him the chance to prove whether or not he could be the goalie we have needed for such a long time. Even now it is so fun watching his movements when trying to keep the puck out of the net, sometimes cat like, sometimes a little spastic looking, but always battling in any way he can to make the stop. He doesn't give up.