Mustache of God

"Once Buffalo got healthier on the blue line, Tennyson went down to Rochester where he’s played 23 games with no points and was minus seven." ...yeah...playing Tennyson over Gorges or Antipin would certainly be a head scratcher. Maybe Phil knows something we don't. Hopefully Tennyson will only be up there as a body for the extra d slot as it seems like there's better D-men in rochester to choose from (unless you want the good players down there to keep playing down there).

Well hes due for a win in the 2nd half of the season

^ Bingo.

Can somebody photoshop Jack & Sam riding a tandem bike with the Ryan Brothers over Niagara Falls? Trying to link the image but I can't figure out how to paste in pics from the web on this board. There's a disturbing trend of pre-season tandem bicycling dooming Buffalo sports. Pegula needs to stop being soft and ban these bikes ASAP.

Are there any Lehner supporters on this board? I can't wait until he's off the team, the guy always seems wound up way too tightly. I think I recall some interviews from Ottawa players after he left saying "we can relax on the back end a bit" and reading into that makes you think Lehner's fiery attitude had guys treading lightly. I caught the 3rd last night and watching the 3rd and 4th goals had me rolling my eyes. His positioning was atrocious and my thoughts were "Ullmark would have stopped those". I haven't read the game thread but I'm sure others have had that sentiment.

I believe I read that the complaints last year was the breaks were too spread out and it gave teams an unfair advantage coming off the bye, not being in the zone. This year they condensed all the breaks into a 3 week span to even that out a bit. As a player, I'd love a 5 day break in the middle of winter to go hang out in the sun and rest up a bit...but I'm not an NHL player, just a beer-leaguer.

It's way to premature to call Nylander a bust. He's 19 years old playing in the AHL...there's only like 5 players younger than him in that league right now. Let him develop and put on some muscle. Baptiste and Baily are in bust territory. Nylander is not even close.

Okposo has always been streaky. He gets hot, then cold and repeats. The ICU scare definitely put in on an extended cold streak but he's definitely looking good these past few games. I'd expect to see him rack up a few points, cool down again, and then finish the season hot.

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Guhle is pronounced (ghoul-ie) correct? RJ's pronunciation makes me think this:

As for the WPG trade....I consider Myers and Bogo a complete wash. I also completely forgot Stafford was a part of the trade. It's my belief that Murray gave up too much with 2 prospects and the 1st round pick. Stafford: 104 GP 57 points - no longer on team, March 1, 2017: Traded to Boston by Winnipeg for Boston's 6th round (conditional) pick in 2017 NHL Draft. Armia: 141 GP 47 points Lemieux: 7GP 1 point Rosclovic: 3GP 0 points Kane: 178 GP 113 points I'm thinking that the return we get for Kane will look like what WPG got from us in that trade, 2 prospects and a draft pick or some combination of that. I think Buffalo gets declared a winner of the trade if an IMPACT player comes back/develops from whatever Kane brings in. Else it's a wash (this also depends on Amria, Lemieux or Rosclovic not becoming a force).

We need to see how Asplund pans out for this one.

On the Instigators, Biron is saying to expect Ullmark to start tonight.

This is something coaching should have fixed within the first 5 games.

^^^^.....seriously the Sabres game on Sunday will no undoubtedly have the lowest rating of any Sabres game in the history of the franchise.

For a game I'd like to see Eichel Kane and O'Reilly on a line because why the hell not a this point.

Who starts in net tonight? What are Lehner's back-to-back stats when he gets pulled in the 1st game? Wonder if PH will keep the lines the same, seems like they could use a shaking up to me.

He was billed as the "defensive-whisperer" but he may need to speak up because I don't think anyone has heard a damn word he's said at this point.

Gilbert Perreault would like a word with you.

I hope so. I was at the game last night and Beauliue was the only sabre who i felt looked really bad (minus the egregious penalties from reino, mccabe and risto)

Home for the holidays so im making my annual home hame attendance. Please dont get shut out. Make me clear my throat. Go sabres.

After 6 games, Moulson is now tied for 6th in scoring on the Reign with 10 assists and zero goals.

Welp, looks like the Bills are going to get creamed on Sunday. Happy Birthday! Sorry the Sabres let you down.

Does Eichel have another night? He seems to elevate his game vs Boston but I could just be thinking of his first game against them his rookie year. I'm jumping on the same boat as doohickier/anordning, I'd like to see Jordan Nolan hit somebody so hard that Brady feels it deep in his plums, an omen of what's to come Sunday.

Prior to Reinhart what did our center depth look like? Hdgsn, Leino, and Larsson?