Mustache of God

Anything less than 6 points a night for that line will be unacceptable.../s In all seriousness, at least for tonight I'm hoping to see some dominance by the Sabres. As much chemistry our team is lacking this Ottawa squad we're facing hasn't played together as one unit either and will be looking for their own chemistry as well.

Here's a look at Ottawa's roster: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/Sept23_Roster@Buffalo.pdf Only 6 players played for Ottawa last year. With these guys going up against 2 of our top 3 lines and our supposed #1 goalie this better be an unbalanced game in the Sabres favor.

I'm surprised I don't see more people pulling for Andrew WK. The songs not the greatest (none of them are) but more people should take after Andrew WK. http://www.villagevoice.com/music/ask-andrew-wk-my-boyfriend-listens-to-evil-music-6646591 Party Hard.

Catenacci also skating. D-men: Colaiacovo, Donovan, Gorges, Guhle, Leduc, Ruhwedel. Lehner & Makarov in goal. #OTTvsBUF

Didn't hear the segment but I'd be curious to hear what exactly that policy includes. The past two days Hockeystreams have had streams for 12 different games which means at least 6 teams each day have either televised or streamed their games in some fashion. Looks like I'll be watching an Ottawa feed tonight as it's on the HS schedule. I'm really excited to see Kane - O'Reilly - Ennis skate together, it's been so long to see what a real scoring line looks like. All eyes are going to be on Reinhardt tonight as well. I hope he has just as big of a game that Jack did on Monday. Go Sabres.

"If a guy needs to be punched in the face a few times to teach him a lesson, we'll I'm all for it." - wise words from Andrew Peters

Each team is getting three madatory 3v3 it sessions this preseason, it's to allow them time to get acclimated to the new format.

I'd like to see Eichel finish this for a 2nd time in 3v3

Jack Eichel baby!

Tonight I'll be interested to see how the following plays out: -How does Eichel fare against better opponents while playing with better linemates. Looks like he'll be playing against Parise, Granlund and Pominville so it'll be nice to see him going up against strong opponents. -How is Larsson looking? He's gotta stand out if he wants a solid spot on this team -D pairings, will be interesting to see the Guhle-Psysk , McCabe-Fransen combo and most importantly 3 v 3 OT - regardless of the score at the end of the 3rd period the teams will be playing an extra 3 v 3 period to get accustomed to the new format. Whose Blysma going to throw out there? Eichel - Girgensons - Psysk? Moulson - Larrson - Weber? This would all be great to watch live but unless any of you live in Minnesota we're S.O.L. At least we'll be blessed with a 2 minute video recap tomorrow /s

It's frustrating as a fan hungry for any kind of content so deal with the lack of coverage. Maybe they have a agreement with MSG for not airing pre-season games (but why??) but not streaming the Prospects Tournament, or only piping in the jumbotron stream for the Rookie Scrimmage at the last minute in July? It's pathetic. You're telling me they couldn't sync up the WGR Broadcast with the jumbtotron stream for the prospects tournament? It's 2015, setting up a live stream isn't that complicated, especially when you're a part of the four major sports in America. Content will continue to shift from broadcast television to streaming over the internet. I remember reading a few articles a year or so ago about Ted Black addressing the possibility of Pegula Sports and Entertainment starting up their own broadcasting station akin to Empire sports, which would be a horrible venture but why not shift those broadcasts to stream on the internet? You'd increase your coverage from the WNY region to fans spread out across the country/globe, etc. I could go on and on about this. At the end of the day it'd be nice to have our organization be on the cutting edge of this transition by providing streaming content for the fans. If the team is on the ice then we should be able to see it and not have to research a hundred different ways to see if there's a chance to watch the team. At this point it looks like the only games that people won't be able to stream are the Minnesota games. I'm placing the blame on Minnesota for that one since they should be streaming their home games. As LGR said, it's mind boggling all the games aren't available.

I subscribe to hockeystreams and looking at their future schedule I see 4 of the games are currently scheduled: Sept. 23 - Buffalo vs. Ottawa - 7 p.m. - First Niagara Center Sept. 25 - Buffalo at Toronto - 7:30 p.m. - Air Canada Centre Sept. 26 - Buffalo at Ottawa - 7 p.m. - Canadian Tire Centre Sept. 29 - Buffalo vs. Toronto - 7 p.m. - First Niagara Center Again, I think failure to stream the pre-season games is another embarrassment for the way the organization that claims to be "Hockey Heaven" is run.

Here's a vine of the first goal 25 seconds into the game of Eichel setting up Baptiste: https://vine.co/v/eFrJ6gj5XX7

The prospect "tournament" is less than a week away, then training camp boots up a few days after that and the pre-season opener is less than two weeks from today. We'll have plenty of Sabres related news rolling in soon and that season opener will be here in no time. Like having a cup of coffee, really.

Reinhardt, Moulson & a 2nd Round pick so we can wear Chicago's dirty laundry? No thanks. I think #OneBuffalo has taken on enough "high-risk" players this past year. Reinhardt & Eichel will be the face of this franchise for a long time, the Toews/Kane combo for the Sabres (minus the allleged sexual assault hopefully). The only way I'd even consider considering that trade would be if Chicago retained 80% of Kane's salary/cap hit. Plus how can Murray trade Moulson when he's letting Eichel nest with him?

I like the deal. At this point I haven't seen anything from Murray which makes me question his judgement. The man has a plan this whole time and has been following it just as he said he will. One aspect of the trade to consider compared to the other goalies that were floating around at the time was the term of the contract. Doesn't Lehner become an RFA when his initial contract runs up? If he performs the way Murray hopes he will or is at least trending upwards we'll be able to sign him on long term if all goes well. Here's a link to all the 21st picks going back 30+ years: http://www.mynhldraft.com/nhl-draft-picks/21st-overall/210509/ I'd rather take a dice-roll on a starting goalie who can produce NOW rather than wait 2-4 years for the 21st pick to develop (and I'd much rather have a starting goalie than any of the names listed above). I'm tired of waiting on this team through this re-building process and I'm glad the moves Murray is making is helping accelerate the process. You can't win big if you don't take some risks.

Is this gonna draw any heat away from Ryan O'Reilly?

Last year I switched to hockeystreams after 3 or 4 years subscribing to GameCenter. I was sick of the blackouts (all the NBCSN games combined with that I live in NYC so any Rangers, Devils, and Islanders games were blanked as well). Never had a problem with any of the streams, all the games are in HD, no blackouts and you get to watch the playoffs.

He really doesn't turn it on until after the break.

My completely unbiased opinion: Where do the Sabres finish: (3rd) Eastern Conference Finals: (Washington vs. Sabres) Western Conference Finals: (Anaheim vs. Calgary) Stanley Cup Finals: (Anaheim vs. Sabres) Stanley Cup Winners: (Sabres) Rocket Richard Trophy: (Eichel) Hart Trophy: (Eichel) Vezina Trophy: (Lehner) Norris (defenseman): (Risto) Jack Adams (coach): (Blysma) Calder Trophy: (Eichel) Bonus: Who will be the biggest name moved during the season? Eric Staal Bonus: How many Buffalo Sabres participate in the All Star Game? (4: Eichel, Kane, O'Reilly, Girgensons) Bonus: Biggest bounce back season by any player? (Cody Hogdson)

Something interesting I heard in regards to Zadorov today in between beer league games: One of my teammates happens to be from Buffalo and he mentioned that during the draft one of his buddies was watching with Cody McCormick who was relieved when he heard that Zad was part of the ROR trade on accounts that the team wouldn't have to "babysit" him any longer and that his maturity issues go well beyond just being late occasionally. Of course I have no way to substantiate any of this and I still think once he grows up he'll be a great player but I figured I'd throw it out there anyways.

I agree, I don't want to see Murray moving any more prospects for the time being in this situation. The bold moves he has made so far have come with some criticism saying he overpaid which I feel is valid to an extent. I'd like to see if Murray is capable of pulling a Darcy-esque trade now where he's able to pull of some GM magic. Given the situation, I simply can't see this team going into the season with all the forwards we have. I think McGinn & Foligno share the same role and I can't envision a role for Larsson on this team anymore. He was upset with the 4th line minutes last year and shined when he was given a chance at the end of the season but now with the new additions coming in (Kane, ROR, Eichel, Reinhardt) I don't see him carving out a spot on this team. Does anyone else think Larsson will get moved? What about trading Legwand to a cash strapped team and eating his entire salary if we can get a good defensive return? Is that legal?

I don't see how Murray doesn't make a trade given the current state of the composition of the forwards in the line-up. In the bottom 6 they have the following players competing for a limited amount of roster spots: McGinn, Foligno, Desluariers, Larsson, Legwand, & McCormick. I just don't see all these players on the team by the time the season starts as some of them will inevitably have to be sitting on the sidelines each night.

It was Kea who got nailed.

After one period I'm now rooting for Kea to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick.