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That felt like a measuring stick game. And the Sabres were more than the measure. That one felt good. I still don’t trust UPL. There was something about his game that seemed more fortunate than anything. Having UPL in net for more than a few games is scary to me.

A tale of two games. Sabres jumped all over the Habs in the first few minutes. I know the announcers were taking some flak on this thread, but after those first few minutes I saw what they saw, a Sabres team on their heels and struggling badly with Montreals forecheck. Fortunately for us, Montreal couldn’t cash in their best chances. Im not sure what happened in the 3rd. I missed the whole period. But it sounded like they had a similar start to the 1st and it was all over but the crying afterward. Mule…… Gawd I love him on this roster.

Might Watch.

I don’t know how it isn’t self evident that this many rookies and 2nd yr players is a recipe for disaster.

Slumps can last a decade?

Fixed.

It isn’t different. As Thorny so aptly said, and bumped, the team won’t start winning until the expectation is to win, period. Until then,

Already? It’s been over a decade of this.

I’m out. Lol

PTR says you’re a bad fan. Won’t subsidize his season tix.

Working that option too. The alternative is a Friday night in Charlotte.

Trying to get a flight into Rochester tomorrow since Buffalo’s airport sure as hell won’t be open. Seats on flights to Roc have become quite scarce it seems……

The last 2 seasons I’ve wanted to take the Sabres age distribution and compare it to every playoff team from the previous season to show the point that yes, Ethel, we have too many kids, and not enough diversity on this roster to think we can contend for a playoff spot. We are too monolithic. Alas, I are lazy and haven’t made that post.

Casualty of tank warfare.

Posting it twice in one day. The longer a rebuild takes, the greater the chance that something goes wrong.

So….. being on the west coast was good today, eh? Seems I missed a mess judging by the post game reaction. Sigh…… too many kids. Not enough vets. Seems like that should have been obvious in training camp.

Lollygaggers

I’m on the west coast this week. May actually get a chance to watch if work doesn’t interfere too badly. Dumb ass. Its a home game.

I believe the playoff futility record is going to extend another year. I believe the longer it takes to rebuild, the more things can happen to scuttle it.

This is not wrong. We are a 2 man offense for the most part. Need the rest of the team to get a little dirty and make it happen.

I don’t want to know what my blood pressure was during the 4th quarter. I walked away before OT started because I was feeling genuinely stressed. It wasn’t just the game, but the game was sure not the relaxing Sunday I sorely needed.

I felt like Boston never believed they were in danger of losing this game. Although there were good stretches where we tilted the ice, it seemed like when they really needed to, Boston sent the next line onto the ice and removed the danger. And also when they needed to, Boston grabbed another gear and accomplished what they need to. The Sabres never relented, which is a good sign, but it still felt like men against boys when Boston decided it was time to stop farting around. Another sign that we are a clear step behind at least Boston level of competition. We’ll see how the next handful of games go. It should be at least 1 tier down from Boston. Loved that little 3rd period battle that Cozens was engaged in. I assume he took a slash to the wrist. And really made sure whatever happened was paid back. He put on a couple of doozy body checks the following shift.

What the hell did I just scroll through?

Faceoffs and imposing his will. He does those two and he’s Lindros without the cheapshots.