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For me, O’Reilly’s end of season comments showed he needed to go. He was supposed to be a team leader and he admits that he wasn’t enjoying playing that season which affected his play? He should’ve been leading by example.

It was sad to see the seniors go out that way. I really enjoyed watching Massenburg, Perkins and Harris these past 2 seasons.

Made for a good DFS play. I started DeSmith in goal, Kessell and Guentzel. Should've played more Penguins.

At the trade deadline in the season of ‘Tank for McDavid or Eichel’ I thought it got ridiculous when Murray kept trading down on goalies. A goalie would play well for a couple games, like Halak, and he was then traded for a worse goalie. So, I didn’t like that part of it but liked the result of Eichel. This season is already in the tank so I would hate to see meaningless wins ruin chances at a better draft pick. Carter Hutton, I believe has shown he’s not good enough to be a starting goalie so I would play Ullmark as much as possible to further evaluate him as he hasn’t shown enough either.

Yes, the goaltending tandem of T.Rask and Halak have been great. They alternate starts and it’s worked out very well.

That first goal was pathetic. Three Sabres in the area and nobody checks Lindblom as he just stuffs it in!

They need to forget about the early 10 game winning streak and come to realize that not all the wheels are on the track.

At least the Sabres took the right Sam in the 2014 draft. Sam Bennett has been a bust.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. You’ll be better off.

Wait a minute. There was a fair amount of turnover to the roster from last year. By my count there are about 7 forwards, 3 defensemen and a goalie that weren't on the team last year. That's a big change. Perhaps one could say Botterill has acquired a bunch of guys that are dumb and lazy but Phil hasn't done much with them.

They both have problems with wraparounds. Seems like there’s one every couple of games.

When I can’t watch a Sabres game, I usually record NHL Network’s ‘On the Fly’ to watch the highlights. The other day they had a live look in on a Tampa power play. The Tampa players kept crowding towards the net as a group and were half way in from the blue line and scored. Watch a Sabres power play and they hang out on the perimeter passing back and forth causing me to yell at the screen to shoot the puck. When they do, it’s either blasted wide or blocked and seems to be easy to defend by the opponent. Individual plays by Jack either scoring or passing to Skinner seem to be all they can do.

I just watched the Mogilny defection story on NHL Network. Very intriguing. Interesting that Luce and Meehan put themselves on the line for him. I was already on the West Coast when this happened so I don't recall hearing much about it, but it was 30 years ago. Then with things changing in Russia it was good he was able to go back and coach. It's unfortunate that I didn't get the chance to see him play much with the Sabres.

Did he have a nephew playing in the game or is that just something he says?

Woohoo! Is this for real?!! Skinner acquisition gets an A+ !!!!!!

Canada’s Thanksgiving was in October so I wonder how that works.

With each win on this streak I pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming. I now have a bruise on my arm. ?

That picture reminds me of my experience in Boston. I pulled up to it and the instructions to get to the hotel just said to take a left. No matter which one I took I kept ending up back there. Five hours later I ran out of gas.

And go around in circles? Sounds like fun!

So when was the last time the Sabres had only 3 points less than the top team in the league this far into the season?

I was at that game

Saw II. Exorcist. Alien.

This is the 3rd straight season with a West Coast trip in October. NHL not doing them any favors with this schedule. At least this season they have the 4 home games before heading West. In 2016 they did well to get 4 pts in 4 games out west with only one game prior. Last year a little worse with 3 pts out West in 4 games. I think they need to get at least 4 pts in these 4 home games and hopefully the same for the 4-game trip which maybe will provide some team bonding (didn't work the last 2 years). A record of 2-6 or worse through the trip will again be difficult to overcome and should put Housley on thin ice.

So, I guess the 2nd league isn't happening?

Direct TV sucks! If they didn't have the monopoly on NFL Sunday Ticket, I might research options. Recorded shows randomly disappear from the recording list. They've known about it for months but a couple of software updates later and it's still happening.