Two or less

I'm not saying he's terrible but not going to throw him a parade either. He played against Germany. They are not exactly world beaters.

English isnt my first language, so i'll take blame for the bad grammar.

lol you guys are a hilarious bunch, thats for sure.

haha sick. 4-5 others are sick too, but Nolan only confirmed Omark as one of the sick players.

Agreed its not good. Nolan said hes home sick.

Yea, let's blame our historically bad offense on Omark. Team scores 8 goals in 2 games and fans quickly forget that we had only scored 2 of less in the last 12 of 14 games.

Ted Nolan on Omark's debut: “Eh, he has to be better”

For sure, with the puck he looked pretty solid. Very crisp passer. Tape to tape. He played with Porter and Ellis so his chances were limited but as the game went on and he started to create on that line, he was moved with better players once Porter got injured. He also didn't see any PP time until late in the game which i was disappointed in. I knew he would struggle on 5v5 and be limited, as he hasn't even practiced with the team yet (Sabres had no morning skate due to Celtics game) but thought he could do some damage on the PP. As Omark said on Sabres.com "hockey is still hockey just different teammates". The penalty he took was bad though. Just a lazy play by Omark. The Bruins scored on that PP.

To honor Max Afinogenov? haha

Yeah i know, but that's what he chose. I'm guessing his first couple options were not available so he took 33 to honor some Finn. Though thats a pure guess, i have no idea why he picked #33. No problem.

In Europe, they honor numbers very highly. Much more then they do in North America. For example, they don't retire a # in Europe unless a player dies on the field or something. Great players always end up with the legendary numbers as a show of respect. So, with this in mind, the Sabres honor players from Europe and don't pick random numbers for them. Risto as you said got the #55, Girgensons got his, Grigorenko got his #25. Armia got his #33. Larsson got #22. Novotny got #13. Not sure if Zadorov took 61 or was given it. Also, during the Sabres down years, Golisano/Quinn decided to scrap the tradition with Pominville, Roy, Miller, Vanek in hopes of selling more jerseys, thats why they also got to pick.

Myers. Flynn, if he stays with Buffalo, should get a number of his choice for next season. He's earned it now, but it's mid-season.

#23 with 22 players. #3 has been wore by 19 players. #19 in second place with 21, though, with Hodgson here long term, i think other numbers will surpass it pretty quickly. #3 has had several long term guys though (Mike Robitaille, Grant Ledyard, James Patrick, Garry Galley). Huh? No. They've earned it. Just because we're down on them sometimes doesn't mean they "didn't earn it".

Yeah, i mean i get the tradition thinking behind it. You wear whatever # you get, unless you've earned it, then you pick your own. Works real well on some teams, like the Ducks (Getzlef 51, now 15, Perry 61 now 10, Cam Fowler 54, now 4, Bobby Ryan 54) but the difference is, our guys never switch. So it becomes lame.

I think #10. Dale Hawerchuk, Criag Ramsey, Brad May, Henrik Tallinder and Christian Ehrhoff.

I wish, but i think he's staying with #82. When it was time for him to change to a "real" number, instead of the one Rip gave him, he decided to keep #82 because he said he would of felt bad for all the fans who had bought an #82 jersey his rookie season.

I'll be in section 112. Cant wait!

Not with the first overall pick, that is Reinhart all day long, but if the Islanders somehow give us their first this season, then i think William Nylander is exactly the type of playmaker this team will need going forward. The offense is horrid and has no flow. Nylander is a playmaker and creates offense like no other in this draft class and has a real speed burst to his skating. Plays a similar style to Alex Ovechkin.

It's too early to tell for sure, and i appreciate your feedback and i value it highly, but i do think there is reason to start to worry about Armia. Ever since his injury last season, he just hasn't been the same. I don't have his statistics from the Finnish Liiga after his injury but i remember reading it was atrocious. Then he followed a bad end to the season with a pretty sub-par playoff performance. He came to state-side and played in the prospects tournament with the Sabres in Michigan and was one of the worse player on the team. I don't even know if he got any points in that tournament? Logon Nelson and Colin Jacobs got several points while Armia did nothing. Now he's not scoring with the Amerks and stuck on a line with 2 veterans, which to me (only speculating) tells me they don't feel he can be a game-changer on offense and feel the risk to too high of him being a liability defensivly if he played with more offensive players.

Corey Perry scores a very beauty goal tonight vs. Thomas Vanek's Isles.

One of the worlds biggest mafia's.

Baptiste did not make Canada's training camp roster for the WJC, unfortunately.

Just wanted to thank dudacek and deluca for them working so well with me on trades this past week. Good luck to both of you the rest of the way.

JT Compher scored a goal and an assist tonight in Michigan's 4-3 win over Ohio State in the debut game of the Big 10 Hockey conference. Compher now has 3g, 9a in 12 games for the 3rd ranked Wolverines.

His second trade request to the Capitals, after demanding one in Nashville just several months ago. Next stop: KHL