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My opinion on the second period depends on how we come out in the 3rd.

Thank you. This was driving my OCD crazy.

I really like this team. I just didn’t like the way we lost tonight. It’s weird to me to look so tired after a week off. I know back to back, Boston, etc. if there was an opportunity to win 7 in a row with or without working your top line, tonight against Ottawa seemed like the night.

Relying on one line to play 30 minutes a game isn’t sustainable either. I get why your top 5 are toast tonight. I would have liked to have the team step up.

Flat footed most of the night. Disappointing. I get they’re tired from Boston. But they also had a week off. I wish they were full of mistakes and turnovers but at least played like didn’t have weights in their skates.

He’s done some good things tonight. But Christ, the wrap around didn’t make sense and he just ruined the offensive possession with that stupid blind pass. We have to win games without playing 5 guys for 30 minutes.

Mitts….Jesus…

Hopefully they’re rested enough after taking the first 12 minutes of the period off.

Have the Sabres tried skating? Disappointing period so far.

I’m glad Marty mentioned it as his first comment. You have to crash the net sometimes.

Seems like there’s never anybody around to get the rebound in the offensive zone. Always shot, save, Ottawa with the rebound. Or shot, hits the boards, fight for it in the corner.

When Tuch said he was exhausted against Boston with a lot of back to back shifts, I thought the first line might struggle tonight.

No, it’s the official store for the Sabres. They also did the official Bills release of both “Choose Love” and Josh’s “Firebaugh Football” hoodies. Likely just buying time for highly customized stuff. But I was curious what others experiences were since I am sure some here have ordered the same jerseys I just bought.

Does anybody have any experience with jerseys from One Buffalo? I just ordered Tuch and Jeanneret, the general disclaimer is 8-12 weeks. Is that actually the case?

We’ve had Buffalo guys in the roster before but there is something sooo Buffalo about Tuch and wearing 89. Him having a 4 point game was huge. Especially against Boston after the storm. I expect him to have an A or a C on his jersey next year.

This was supposed to be a Saturday afternoon, keep me busy kinda game. I expected a loss here. But man, a W?! This was one of the most excited I’ve been watching a Sabres game at home in maybe a decade.

Also disadvantage of not being able to practice since 12/22.

This one is a bummer. Empathy for the city and its residents. Annoyed with Byron Brown. I get it, and don't disagree with it. But wish it were different.

Meh...We are still finding dead people. Some streets haven't seen plows. A huge portion of the players live in the city. It would be nice but it is totally reasonable to postpone. I think what the Bills did was irresponsible and disrespectful. I have some friends in the Southtowns who don't know how the Bills got to their homes. When they were reported to be driving in from the airport, their streets had not been touched. I suspect (but cannot confirm), the only way to ensure that the 70+ players and staff that traveled with the team home on Christmas day was for the Bills to pull some strings so that they could be taken care of first, which I strongly dislike when you have a state of emergency where the National Guard has been mobilized and first responders and multi-ton plows are in ditches all over the region.

Now that the practice facility is the Harbor Center and not the Pepsi/Northtown Center that is basically all of them. The last two made total sense. This one I am torn between empathy for people struggling in the storm and annoyance with Byron Brown.

Their IG posted the team at the Rosa Parks Museum in Alabama "4 days ago". They would have had to have left before the storm in order to be in AL on Christmas or Christmas Eve.

Honest question, I had family who still hadn't seen a plow in the suburbs when the Bills bussed in and drove home. Did OP/WS/EA clear the way for them on their streets specifically?

Good points. As some one who has grown up and spent a good portion of my adult life in the west side and Elmwood Village area, sidewalks at my families house in the suburbs are a convenience. Sidewalks in the city are much more a mode of transportation. I don't think you can have a conversation about emergency response for city residents without talking about both parking and sidewalks. But most of that is neighborhood dependent. North Buffalo is in a much better spot than the WS and EV in terms of road width, parking, etc.

He also though the city was getting soft for moving the last weather game to Detroit. He is still going on about it. I just told him to call it a day and become a Rams fan already. I feel irrationally angry about this. ha! I will likely spend the rest of his life trolling him about how the Rams offseason is going and whether they have a shot at the SB.

CBA aside it was the right thing to do by the league. The city is/was in the middle of a national weather emergency where there was a driving ban and the national guard was called in. Seems stupid to ask a hockey team to fly out.