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  1. West coast games the week after the start of daylight savings time is requiring a second cup of coffee. If they were weekend games, at least Bailey’s could be involved.
  2. Don’t overlook the Flyers as a candidate to fall back. They have a very tough schedule. I expect them to be on a 7 game losing streak 5 games from now.
  3. For the record, the Sabres have the tiebreaker advantage over the Islanders, Detroit and Washington with regulation wins.
  4. Wings were coming off a losing western road trip, so this is the way the game should have gone. Credit to the Sabres for playing very well with pace and taking advantage of Detroit’s poor play in general and fatigue. The Islanders will be coming to Buffalo in the same situation having just finished a western road trip, and where LA shut them out in their last game. Again, the Sabres need to come out and get an early lead and make the Islanders play catch up while trying to catch their breath. The difference is the Islanders aren’t generally sliding like the Wings and have good goaltending. It will probably be a closer game, but the end result has to be the same. Take advantage of their fatigue.
  5. As I posted in the Okposo thread, they should go with Dahlin and Tuch as co-captains like in the Briere and Drury years. That worked well then and this time you get more accountability within the leadership group. This way, neither guy feels slighted as well. Also one forward and one defense alternating that C, and each arguably are good leaders in different ways. Can’t recall how they determined back then who wore the C on any given night, but those would be my thoughts.
  6. They should go with Dahlin and Tuch as co-captains like in the Briere and Drury years. That worked well then and this time you get more accountability within the leadership group. Also one forward and one defense alternating that C, and each arguably are good leaders in different ways. Can’t recall how they determined back then who wore the C on any given night, but, those would be my thoughts.
  7. I was trying to figure out if they were playing drunk or hung over. It’s definitely one or the other. They can’t be sober.
  8. It’s trending toward 6,000 season ticket holders again next year.
  9. The Bills injuries on D in this year’s playoffs are starting to resemble the Sabres injuries on D in the 2006 playoffs… It’s so unfortunate.
  10. I said to my Sabres buddies several times last year that he is reminding me of Mario Lemieux. I haven’t said that this year.
  11. I subscribed to the monthly option from Fubo, and the original cost for the first 3 months is $5 a month. At the end of March, it will be at higher cost ($10? cant recall exactly), so in April, I will likely cancel and go pirating at that point, or if it’s critical, I might sign up again using a different email to get the same deal. I would rather save a different email for the first three months next year, and then ask friend or family to use theirs if they don’t mind for the second half. I don’t know if this deal is only for Fubo Niagara Sports in Canada, which is a separate local channel for us here in the Niagara Peninsula, but it was good enough to get me sign up. The record option, getting the pre and post game shows, pausing, fast forwarding and rewinding are also value added. Good picture vs streams and always getting the Sabres broadcast help too. No TNT games and I’m guessing the ESPN+/HULU games would also not be included, but I get most of those games on Sportsnet.
  12. Oh wow, watching the Leafs collapse in Columbus was priceless. Dangle should be awesome tomorrow. I mean, they even had Friedman and Kypreos arguing during the 2nd intermission! 😆 Hopefully CBJ are all happy and satisfied heading into Buffalo tomorrow… early start too. Rest advantage. Can’t take them lightly. We need to come out energized and score first.
  13. Merry Christmas Sabres fans! Tonight, Santa was bearing gifts dressed in white and blue! Dr. Jekyll was in the house as well and he was wearing his best blue and gold! Happy Holidays to all, and to all we want ten! Seriously though, thank-you Leafs, we appreciate you. To our Sabres, that was a nice way to bring the entire family back together.
  14. All the HNIC games are national now. Long gone are the regional breakdowns. Leafs will be national on SN, Sabres national on CBC and SN360, Senators national on City.
  15. Wow, you’re right. I never would have thought that was the case.
  16. I actually saw Sabres on Fubo on a billboard driving around in town yesterday.
  17. With fresh eyes, he reminds me of a shorter version of Jason Pominville with his puck movement and shot heaviness.
  18. Looks like there’s another option that just came available a few days ago. Fubo is going to be showing Sabres games from MSG, ESPN, ABC, and NHL Network in the US. https://ir.fubo.tv/news/news-details/2023/Fubo-Partners-with-Buffalo-Sabres-for-2023-24-Season/default.aspx So that would exclude TNT and ESPN+/Hulu exclusive games. I know games on NHL Network are a problem for some if it’s not in their package, but more so for people who are Leaf fans (NHL Net shows them most Saturdays) in the US like my uncle who can’t access them on TV in his condo building. I’m guessing for most of you, ESPN+ is probably still the way to go? It also puts the Sabres MSG games in the Niagara region for me again, after Bell pulled the TV plug a few years ago. I’m probably going to stick to my usual reliable free site, as opposed to ponying up the $10 a month, but there’s also Premier League soccer which we don’t have the TV access like you do south of the border on USA and other stuff, so that makes it a little more tempting, but not enough. What a bad time to try to sell this though… Edit: I guess this isn’t news to most of you after reading some of the previous messages, but it’s news up here as the local papers have stories on it today for those of us in the Niagara Peninsula.
  19. Matt Savoie with a special teams natural hat trick tonight. Scored PPG, then SHG, then 5-5 goal. Awesome!
  20. Just got back from the game. It started like the Sabres and 15,000 fans were still recovering from their Bills hangover from last night. It ended like the Sabres and fans were in a morgue also known as the Key Bank Center. In between, the best player got injured twice and the second time has probably sealed their fate. After the game, there were no tough questions asked, nor any overly upset players or coaches. The only thing missing from the last 48 hours was a lake effect wall of snow storm.
  21. Game #2 for me tonight in the arena. I hope the Sabres were watching the Bills last night and are angry and motivated to win. I hope after watching they aren’t demoralized and disillusioned so there’s no passion in their play. The way the season has gone so far, flip a coin. Scoring first will be key to keep the fans from grumbling… I will be yelling where appropriately good or bad.
  22. Why are we all so frustrated despite being in the thick of the standings? Look at some of these losses… Rangers 1st game, not even close. Flames 3rd game, you can’t lose at home to a bad team like that. Habs, 5th game, see Flames game. Flyers loss, not even close. This game, not even close. Except for tonight - they were all HOME games… inexcusable. What about a couple of the wins? Flyers game outshot 40-15, UPL stole it. Wild game, Levi stole it. So in about half the games they’ve played, they’ve been terrible. Too many people (in the media up here at least) were putting this team on a pedestal. I think they slightly overachieved last year and are maybe still a year away from being a playoff contender. Many Sabres had career years last year. This year, SO FAR, there doesn’t seem to be that confidence and some players have slipped. Where is the speed and offensive killer instinct from last year? More focus defensively can’t be at the expense of the offense. I’m just not even seeing much speed anywhere, on defense or offense. Puck control and playmaking is poor. The faceoffs and power play is a huge problem right now. The talent of this team is somehow having them at .500, but they’re just not playing better than their opponents most nights. OK, rant off, back into hibernation…
  23. Gutty, gutty win in regulation for the Sabres tonight. They weren’t going to be denied. Huge response to the debacle last night. They’ve actually won 4 of their last 5 games in Toronto. The road warriors are back. Good thing too because including tonight, 7 of the next 9 are on the road. Let’s make it another Buffalo W tomorrow night! Beating the Leafs is just the best.
  24. Make it an even 30. NHL Centre Ice free preview (at least on Bell) also gives us: - Saturday Oct 14 @NYI - Tuesday Oct 17 Tampa
  25. When Savoie is healthy, I wonder if he gets some games in place of VO if he starts the season again with his liabilities outweighing his goal scoring.
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