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The FTC should investigate the NFL's scheduling.

Ratzlaff is clearly more polished and is the more appropriate goalie to have in the AHL right now. Playing Leinonen once a week is doing him or the Amerks no favors. This is simply poor management by a GM who should've been fired a while ago.

Sabres have 61 games remaining with 20 points. Assuming 95 points gets you in, they have to play at a .615 pace the rest of the way. Or put it another way, they have to win 38 out of 61 games. 2 OT losses count as a win.

If the Jets were 1-3 and their fans were saying this, your reaction would be?

You play half of your games on the road. As it stands, the Sabres are the worst road team in the league with a 1-5-2 record. (Recognize that this is a small sample size.) I don't want to be overly negative because it is fatiguing be so. But the reality is that when you don't win games that you should, like Calgary and St. Louis, that it is a damaging blow for a team that has a small margin of error. I would love to be wrong and see the Sabres go on a 10-game win and non-losing streak. But the odds are heavily stacked against it happening. The Sabres don't need to worry about the big picture. Their attention should be on the game-to-game results. Tomorrow, a good Carolina team comes in. The home team needs to come away with a win. That's where their and our attention should be on.

If you look at his Elite Prospects page, pre-draft year he posted good numbers as a younger goalie. This, plus his size, are likely what had him as a higher rated goalie prospect in his draft year. He was ok last year in the Swedish 2nd league. The Sabres are moving heaven and earth to make sure Levi doesn’t get a sniff of the NHL this season. Leinonen is two full years (plus a month) younger than Levi, which means he is likely 2-3 full seasons away from being thought of for the NHL. Clearly there are reasons to be skeptical of his NHL potential, but there is still lots of runway. He should probably be in Europe or the ECHL this year though.

Muel on best contract in the league right now😝

It's early in the season and there are no dominant teams in the conference.

That's the math, some crazy things can happen. But if they were to win their next six in a row, their point percentage becomes .592. technically, as of today, that would still not put them in a playoff position.... So if you look at the standings exactly the way they are today they would have to win seven in a row, but with the way the rest of the league usually shakes out, six in a row from today would probably do it.

They need to read the fans and get TP on the air. I don't care if he lets it slip that we have reverse engineered UFOs or the Sabres are close to releasing AI Rick or the nacho sauce is people... we need to know WTF he is thinking.

They are close but everyone else is close. Some teams will improve, the Sabres have to be one of them. The Sabres will have to play well above their current 0.476 pace. If they play the remaining 3/4ths of the season at .600 they will be in the thick of it and their full season points percentage improves to 0.570 which is 92 points, so even then they still could be short. Points in October/November are important. So, they need a few winning streaks mixed in to overcome the poor first quarter, and they have to avoid losing 3 in a row at all costs. Every 5 game segment with 2 losses in it needs to include 3 wins to stay at .600 for that 5 game segment. They need to minimize getting OTLs within their conference too. Win your conference games and you take points away from a competing team. Bottom line is they are still alive but they do not have an easy path to get there.

Their standings placement is consistent, respectfully I think the issue is with your chosen metrics if you land on “can’t figure” Bad teams win games when you play 82. Sabres have averaged 78 points per season under Adams. This season so far? 78. Go figure.

I get the negativity and I would not guarantee anything but after last year’s disastrous losing streak the team played at about a hundred point pace for over half a season. With an improved team, they are clearly capable of making a run but as others have pointed out, losses to St. Louis and Calgary are unacceptable. The other factor in their favor is that teams at the top have started to age out and some of the stories favored by the press, I.e. the Canadiens, aren’t nearly as good as advertised. Last time I checked, Buffalo and Montreal had an equal amount of regulation wins. In summary, I wouldn’t bet the house on it, but it’s not nearly as daunting a task, as some seem to indicate.

Can't figure them. No middle ground. Feast or famine.

These are the types of games that result in “the sabres don’t need scoring” being parroted all offseason.

Playoffs in November only count for the CFL, not the NHL 6 weeks into the season.

6x4=28 War is peace.

Just an FYI, I still have two tickets available although they are posted so that could change at any minute.

with a full healthy roster (wishful thinking) the Sabres could win a lot of games. Center is fixed (but injured), D is fixed (but injured). Not sure what to make of them. Haven't really seen the team yet.

Hope you all get the Sabre Beers 🍻

Same here

The Sabres have the worst road record in the league. Their record on the road is 1-5-2. So extended win streaks will be an enormous accomplishment for a team that seems incapable of having sustained success. When you play a team like Calgary that played the previous night, and come away being flat and losing, you are creating a steeper mountain to climb. I'm not deliberately trying to be negative but face the reality that this team is contending with.

No interest at all. I would have considered Wallstadt in 2021. Also we've drafted a bunch of goalies. Ratzlaff, Leinonen, Meloche, that other one. Plus we have Ellis and Levi at 25 or under. This team desperately needs offense talent in the pipe.

Right now, Ottawa holds the final playoff spot at exactly .600 pt% (98-point pace). Some veteran teams are starting to warm up: Boston and Tampa are both 7-3 in their last 10. Outside the playoffs but closing in on the wildcard spots: Florida is 6-3-1, Caps 5-3-2 and stacking wins.

I was a Bar Bill last night and some people were actually excited. Great memories