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I would consider them the 4th line at this point.

The Sabres genuinely look like a good team from top to bottom. It's nice to see!

Oh whatever. The guy stood on his head for 8 seasons, often knowing that his team was never going to score.

It's a long season, and if you can still get a point on a night where you're not playing your best, you're doing OK.

It's a different roster, but on paper it's about the same as what Housley was working with, maybe even a little worse. Olofsson is playing great, but he has no resume in the NHL at all. None of the other new guys were superstars in their previous uniforms, either.

Oh well, one point is a good outcome for that game.

First big mistake of the game.

The Sabres are competent! The Sabres are competent!

This Power Play is en fuego!!!

That was a classic, maybe the sweetest goal of the tank/post tank-but-still-tank era. And if I had to vote, I would rank it a notch higher than Sinner's tonight, for the extra skate-around involved.

It's early, but that could hold up as a goal of the year candidate. It doesn't get much better than that!

A 10-game win str- ... Never mind.

Something about those uniforms made them look a little bit like Blackhawks unis on TV. Well, on my laptop anyway.

Wow, I guess they are really trying to eliminate fighting. How many game misconducts is that? Were any actual punches thrown?

Who are these guys in the white uniforms, scoring goals and smashing people?

I have not been following the Sabres off-season at all this year. Knowing the NHL roster deadline was recently passed, I checked in on sabres.com today to see who they were suiting up this year. WOOF. That is one of the most anemic forward groups I have ever seen assembled. These guys are going to suck out loud. Well, that's all I got. Go Sabres.

Number 2 sounds about right ?

The preseason is RUINED! Wake me when this nightmare is over.

I was just about to say the same thing. Good enough to start, but only until someone a little better comes along.

3 is a magic number.

Shaw Boomhower is the best hockey name since Cal Clutterbuck.

The only reason for hope is the possibility that the losing was all Housley's fault. Otherwise, I see largely the same team, with a few tweaks but no big difference-makers added to the mix. The fear is that there is yet another rotten 'core' in Buffalo. I expect marginal improvement, but still more losing than winning.

Risto's comments translated from Finnish, the most obscure and least understood language in the western world. Nothing to see here.

I would put Sampras ahead of Nadal, but it’s close.

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