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I really think Ottawas goalie had the worst goaltending performance I have ever seen in a real NHL game.

Guessing they did the requisite, who doesn’t need to pass through waivers criteria, as flawed as that thinking might be.

So you think he is not actually hurt?

Per AHL Transactions Page A NHL Coaching Staff in the year 2025, looked at Jacob Bryson and Ryan Johnson and decided the latter should be send down

I'd like to see how good/or not Colten Ellis is first. But I also can't see starting him while Lyon is playing so well and the Sabres need rack up a couple wins.

Dahlin is right behind with a -5. Tage is -4. Tuch, Bryson, Doan and Benson lead with +1.

I would continue with Lyon and make UPL the backup. Gives UPL a chance to ease back into it.

Yeah but we’re scoring 8 goals a game now. So we only need him to be solid, which he has been.

Hopefully he can be slightly above average which is improvement for us. UPL is a hypochondriac who is always hurt. We have a soft team might as well accept we have a soft gopalie.

The Otters were literally playing like the Sabres, going so far as to add to their repertoire that stupid 80' dropback pass on the PP on about their 3rd PP.

That is the sense I get as well. Cynical as always for me. Ive said in the past that waiting until a player is in their pending FA year and trading them at the deadline is negligence. It minimizes the return. If KA feels the same way, this should be the last games we see Tuch in a Sabres sweater. Fookin shame, really.

He seems to be playing in a lot of different situations with different linemates.

Dude's being asked to do too much. It feels like a familiar story from the Sabres over the past ~15+ years. Third liners being asked to be second or even first liners, third pairing or 7-D being asked to be a second pairing guy.

Every team faces issues with players who for a number of reasons prefer moving on. And every organization faces issues regarding makeup of roster and players fitting into their team concept. The reality is that when a franchise has been flailing for as long as they Sabres have, it is going to happen with greater frequency. JJP was in a contract situation that could give him additional leverage. So he used it. Good for him. On the other side of the equation, I believe that the Sabres got a fair return on the trade. It's all part of the business.

Given the recent history of the franchise I struggle with the breakdown that only leaves room for beneficial outcomes If I had to guess it more so looks like a case where we will lose a player we want unless we make the playoffs

Big difference is Tuch doesn't have some weird obsession with playing for the Rangers

Goes both ways. The other side of this coin is the claim JJ had “no interest in improving” and that he was “anti-culture” and that’s why we dealt him. Don’t really see the need to call into question the mindset of a player retroactively but we’ve been here many times before so it’s hardly worth relitigating. As mentioned it’s a both sides dynamic. Probably best to simply judge based on the macro results.

https://www.instagram.com/gatewaygolf_northbayon/reel/DPvLHc3DWMQ/ Sabres prospect David Bedkowski, playing for the Owen Sound Attack, lets his club fly out of his hands at the team night at a local golf simulator.

I saw Lyon make several unbelievable saves, including one against Boston.

I agree. It’s why a lot of teams send out their muckers to stir things up a bit, rattle the boards, and get the crowd going. These are layups for an organization yet thus one acts like they’ve never been to a hockey barn.

They’ve lost 3 of 4 games scoring 2 goals in the first 3. Have a positive +/- in that circumstance would be noteworthy.

It didn't cost them the game, but that 4th goal last night was entirely on Lyon. Felt the 1st MacKinnon goal the other night was on him too, but hard to fault a goalie too much when he has to move across the net and the shooter is MacKinnon. Other than those 2, not much he could've done on any of the others. He got the 2nd one covered last night and the ref's hands went up as if he'd blown his whistle and then they decided on replay that he didn't have it covered long enough. Not faulting him on that one.

Shades of Chris Drury. Though doubt the problem with this one was Pegula leaving an agreed to contract sitting on his desk for a few weeks before getting around to ok-ing it.