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That used to be me... but those damn Bills are making me feel again. I'm still nowhere near as close to being a football fan as I used to be however.

His language literally said nothing is imminent and yet you want to blame him for people not understanding the English language or completely disregarding what he had said.. How about we blame those who don't read what was written? Also, you are very angry lately. I hope things outside of this forum are good and its just this team stressing you out. Although, I hope you find a way for this team to stress you less.

Here goes nothing! The Sabres winning or losing will be overshadowed by the Bills game today. But I'd rather feel even that much better with a double dub day.

Hah, don't tell me about next year. We might as well turn that into a GIF to be used with most Sabres posts. 🙂

Especially when you've smoked as much as he did. I'm sure his lungs weren't the healthiest. He did his job well though. I was not a fan but can understand why people liked him.

Hall has been hitting people and has been hit. He's not shying away from anything. Olofsson has been completely engaged and caused more turnovers after the Chara one. He's not going to hit anyone.. he's too small. Skinner.. another story but he's in the bottom 6 🙂 The Sabres are not going to play a physically pounding game. They don't need to. They do, however, need to be hard to play against and that means challenging all pucks and making it difficult on the other team to move around the ice. That doesn't require hitting, but it certainly requires a lot more urgency in their skating than they've had so far this year. Dahlin has played physical in the past. This season, right now, is an anomaly for him. One that needs to get turned around really quick. Tage is still trying to do too much but he's never going to be that physical. I agree there.

Agreed. it's interesting right? Middlestadt's failures are all his but Dahlin's are all the coach? The plays that Dahlin are screwing up are not system plays, they are hockey plays that skilled hockey players make. He's not making them right now and it's beginning to snowball on him. I think they would have left him in the game but smashing his stick on the ice and falling over while doing it was a great indicator that he's completely off. It's a bit of a joke but also true. Do I think Dahlin will be better? I sure do... which is why I suggested they need to remove him from the ice so fans aren't losing their mind over it. It's a two part story.. is Dahlin playing like absolute garbage? Yes. Is Dahling absolute garbage at D? No. Jack Eichel also scores goals... but not right now. All of that aside.. they aren't winning and this isn't a year for moral victories.

It's on both, but Hall has the option there and Reinhart didn't fulfill the other end of the bargain. Rebounds can go anywhere, but you go to the net when a shot is coming. Also, people who play EA's NHL series would not expect Hall to shoot because everyone knows that the two-pass cross-crease 1 timer is king. 🙂 But.. there's no excuse for Reinhart in any shape or form.

They can waive for any reason they would like actually. Its possible Skinner gets sick of the 4th line and requests a trade. He could be traded, this is the NHL and crazy things are possible. The probability of it happening is slim. I think there's a better chance Okposo is "moved".

Do WE need announcers? Perhaps not. Does the avg. viewer need announcers? Absolutely. If you think about it, most other sports are littered with announcers telling stories during the game. It's usually because there are a lot of breaks in the action. I do think that Dunleavy and Ray were a bit off in how they called the game. I have no doubt that there is a level of excitement gained when you are in the arena with the crowd all around you. That said, good announcers would be able to work around that.

When I read this I thought one thing... with regards to the work ethic Cozens had. No way I would give up Cozens... everything about him screams he has the right attitude for the game. And then this was posted... PLD is ROR. Perhaps he's not as talented, but I'm not interested in acquiring another Eeyore. People fawn over ROR constantly. They point to the SC he won when he left Buffalo. They completely ignore why that happened (it wasn't ROR) and they ignore his comments. They point to how he "lost his love of the game" and all that and attribute that to Buffalo. The dude lost his love of the game in Colroado as he forced his way out there. Now's the "C" in St. Louis and but for the fact that division is so weak the Blues would be near the bottom. He's going to lose his love of the game there as well. He thinks he means everything to a team and wants to be adored. He's a really good player, but his need to be loved is too great. It won't be long until he falls out of favor in St. Louis and we'll see the same thing happen again. Dude is tied for 10th with 7 other players on the Blues with 1 freakin point. PLD's antics in CBJ wreak of ROR. No matter how bad you want out you don't dress for a game and then pull the crap he pulled on the ice. As a teammate I would have dragged him all over the locker room for it. Glad he's not going to be the Sabres problem. Let the Jets deal with it. He is. I wonder if there's any chance the Sabres are considering some way to move salary to Arizona and in return take Hossa's contract? I honestly don't even know if its possible but perhaps the Coyotes want Okposo so he can play with Larsson? 🙂 (That's some delusional thinking right there). But with regards to the complications, trying to deal for a goalie on IR would fit the bill.

You and I are watching two different teams out there. I see a team that is sloppy in its defensive zone and being forechecked all over the place. Their breakouts are predictable. Washington was standing on top of any player they were passing to last night. The only line Washington respected was the Eichel line. As soon as that line was out they switched into a defensive posture to slow the attack and counter. Other than that they were pushing our guys and winning puck battles. That's the other thing with this team, they don't win puck battles. There are a few players who have been tenacious, Olofsson and Cozens. They've had chances, and if they bury them it changes things, but they are giving up chances, bad ones. I'd be curious what the Sabres puck possession time would be if you removed the Eichel line from the mix. Certainly Dahlin is directly responsible for two of the goals last night because he's lost out there. That could change things, but good teams overcome that. Right now it's "ifs and buts".. neither of those have W in them. I'm certainly not losing my mind, but this team is not good right now. You're talking about potential but potential doesn't have a W in it. You know what does? Work and this team isn't doing enough of that right now.

It's all designed to drive people to Peacock. USA is just the least failing NBC station so they'll use it as bait. I think i said it in the streaming Sabres thread. This year is the year that everyone gets punted to streaming services. Those who produce the content want to control the delivery, gather the ad revenue, the analytics, and certainly get paid for it. No more contracts to discuss on carriage rights. Give the success the NHL is having this season with announcers calling games while not in the building I would HIGHLY suspect that the NHL pulls back its streaming rights and begins to hire local camera operators and some local personnel in rinks and then uses remote announcers to call the games. Hell, they could go to an all remote camera operations crew if they wanted to. The technology is there. Then they control their whole product.

Meh. I'm not even going to read the thread... I'm checked out on this team already. They look lost and disinterested out there a lot of the time. Sure they generate some chances, but not many. The D is shot. Glad Dahlin got screwed to the bench.. he can sit a few games. if he can't respond to that then ship him off. People will say that's drastic, but you know what? Sitting around waiting for potential is garbage. If he has issues right now, get him out of the lineup. Stop letting the fans see his issues manifesting themselves on the ice. He's responsible for this loss tonight. When you look more clueless around your own net than Ristolainen you know it's bad. I'm not gonna bother with the "if this or that". They didn't win. It's that simple. The only analytical stat I care about anymore is the winning percentage and is sucks, again, still, as always. F this team, the coach, and the front office. Because Mom always said end with a positive thought... here it is. I won't be paying for Fubo for the whole season!

And the only response to that will be.. "W". Now... to lose to Chad Henne.. that would suck.

His name suggests what to do with his content. So I do that. I skip it.

An amazing game.. I spent much time playing it thoroughly and the Frozen Wilds expansion as well. Looking forward to the new one. Made some ramen tonight, went birding, took some photos, bought some beer, played some NHL21.... And now it's almost time to drink that beer.

I'm not going to wade into too much yet. The team clearly needs work. But, Skinner deserves to be moved up and a few more offensive players need to be added to the lineup. The whole team needs a kick in the ass and they clearly are not in game shape given how dead tired they were near the end of the 3rd last night. I don't think they are alone in being out of shape but it doesn't matter. They are certainly not fun to watch, they play with no speed or creativity. If this is indeed what Krueger wants then I'm not going to be around for long.

He'd probably be the first one to label himself that mayonnaise of comedians too. I like his stuff, but the world tour thing they did on Amazon or whatever was tough to watch. Got a little bit insulting to the cultures he was standing in front of in my opinion.

I mean, I will absolutely willfully choose to not watch the game so I guess it won't matter if there is hockey or not at that point. And it's 100% this. You want to put ads up, superimpose them on the blue tarps sitting in the lower 100s just like baseball teams do with the signs behind the batter. Stop shrinking the screen.. it really does bother me and not just psychologically but physically when the screen moves like that trying to watch the game.

He's been slow, grabbing opponents, missing pucks, making bad passes. I don't see that being on the coaches. He simply does not look good at all and I dare say he might be the worst player on the ice at the moment.

I need to say one thing.. If placing ads on the TV is going to be the norm this season (and I am sure it is).. I'm not sure how long I can continue to watch. It annoyed me to no end each time the screen would resize just so an ad could be shown along the bottom and side (when they switched the sponsor next to the score panel). Ugh...

Fubo streams the game at 720p and 60fps. I thought the quality is excellent last night. That's a 720p stream being sent to a HD output and then upconverted by my 4k TV and it looked great using my Firestick 4k.

Yeah, but I mean all teams. Washington didn't look good last night but a few times at least their players seemed to know where the others would be on the ice. Buffalo looked straight out lost at times and I don't think it's just a lack of talent. I haven't looked at other teams to see if its isolated to the Sabres. Just a lack of any pre-season games might play into teams that have a more cohesive returning roster getting off to a quicker start than others. If they look this bad by mid-February I'll be saving money on my Fubo subscription. I love this team, but not enough to pay that much money to watch them lose. 🙂

My hangover tells me that beers of sorrow is not worth it. I'm curious if the teams that have had more changes to their lineup will struggle early on as they adjust to gameplay and each other. I'm still glad we get to see hockey.