Mustache of God

Tried to grab tickets to this earlier in the week but the cheapest seats were $135 and those were for single seats only. If my buddy and I were to split a pair it would been $250 each. Sorry Sabres, I'll be watching from a bar.

What's the story with Phil Varone? He's leading the Amerks in scoring with 18 points in 16 games. There's all the buzz about Armia & Grigorenko down in Rochester but I never hear Phil's name thrown around. Does he have any chance to make the Sabres or is he in Luke Adam status?

Indeed. Here's my take on the above. Not really sure how to attach photos here so hope this goes through.

Two regulation wins in a row? What sort of mirror universe have we entered?

Nuevirth out, Enroth in. THE PLOT THICKENS!

Glad they're giving RJ a good period to call. This is the biggest victory of the night.

This season has been so bad I have gone out and bought ice hockey equipment and I am starting to play hockey again after a 15ish year hiatus. Watching the Sabres these past years has literally sucked the fun out of hockey for me to the point where I've said "forget this, I'll do it myself." Instead of watching the game last night I was at a stick and puck session at Prospect Park whacking around pucks and practicing my skating. Looks like I made the right choice.

Why not give some players some reality TV shows to act as "fluff" during the off-season. Maybe force Kiko and Girgensons to be roommates for a summer and put the cameras on them, 24/7. I'd probably watch that. Or maybe have a "Punk'd"-eque show where someone follows around Leino and throws eggs at him, keys his car twice a week or maybe even cold-###### him just for the f of it? I'd probably watch that too.

Drew "power play" stafford.

Well, at least we're on pace to shatter the being shut out record. It's good to have goals to aim for.

I imagine Kaleta will fill that 4th line spot nicely. Coho can use a tougher line mate.

Anyone else notice Myers is listed as being sent to both the Ducks & the Oilers on the "Buffalo Sabres Transactions" tracker on the main page? What's up with that?

This year feels worse than last year because we don't have RJ calling the shots which makes the boring, bad hockey that much worse.

Only 3 other teams are scoreless on the Power Play: Rangers, Wild & the Jets. Who will hold out the longest (probably us). Looking over the stats page it's also alarming that the Sabres are dead last in Face-off % at 38.5%. The next team is the Rangers at 44.7 It's gonna be a loooong year.

What happens to the "bubble" players on the Americans? Do they have farm teams as well that they can call up and down from?

Happy to see Big John Scott pot a puck. It was nice to have those "character" guys to lighten the mood from time to time, lessen the suffering of our team. As it stands now, I don't have a favorite Sabre. I like Zemgus for his effort but that eastern European charisma isn't exactly winning me over.

I'm shocked at how bad they're playing. Where is the compete? Were they this bad last year, it's hard to think that far back when I've tried so hard to block it from my memory. A quick look reveals this after 3 games last year. 2013 1st 3 Games: Sabres goals: 2 Goals Against: 7 Sabres Shots: 76 Shots Against: 115 2014 1st 3 Games: Sabres goals: 4 Goals Against: 14 Sabres Shots: 57 Shots Against: 131 We've doubled our goal output but have also doubled our goals against. It's gonna be a long season without miller.

I like these 3 p.m. games a lot. Have the game on while I work so I'm essentially being paid to watch the suckfest that is this team. 29-7 shots? Are you kidding me?

This'll be a good test to see just how much "compete" this team has to offer. I don't see them winning this and wouldn't be surprised to see them lose by 3+ goals. Go Sabres.

Reinhardt looks like an 18 year old out there. I don't see him staying up here but I do like him having 9 games so he knows where he needs to get to. This team is better with Grigorenko in the line up over Reinhardt.

Sorry, Enroth. It's tough to win with this team. How many more 2 on 1s are we going to give up?

I ditched center ice this year and switched to hockeystreams.com stream looks great so far. Sabres look....okay so far. It's nice to see them completing passes so that's a plus.

But also one less Leino. :flirt:

Opening Night Roster 2013: C. McCormick F S. Ott F K. Porter F C. Hodgson F D. Stafford F V. Leino F M. Grigorenko F T. Vanek F Z. Girgensons F P. Kaleta F T. Ennis F B. Flynn F M. Pysyk D M. Weber D C. Ehrhoff D H. Tallinder D R. Ristolainen D T. Myers D R. Miller G Opening Night Roster 2014: N. DESLAURIERS F T. ENNIS F B. FLYNN F M. FOLIGNO F B. GIONTA F Z. GIRGENSONS F C. HODGSON F C. MCCORMICK F M. MOULSON F S. REINHART F D. STAFFORD F C. STEWART F A. BENOIT D J. GORGES D A. MESZAROS D T. MYERS D R. RISTOLAINEN D M. WEBER D J. Enroth G

#1 & #3 I chose Grigorenko. He's been dragged through a real $hitparade so far by the organization. I hope he can use that as a chip on his shoulder and be able to compete & produce at an NHL level. #2: Tyler Myers. Everybody here seems to be agreeing with the goalies which I agree with to an extent but for the first time in a long, long time the team is devoid of a goaltender who is going to steal a game for us when all other parts of our game break down. We need Myers to step up to the player he's shown he can be and more importantly paid to be. He needs to set an example to the rest of our D-Core. If he plays confidently it will trickle down to the rest of the team. Personally, I don't think that's going to happen and poor play in our defensive zone by the D & Goalies is what is going to keep us nestled tightly in the bottom of the standings all year. I do predict our offensive to be more productive this year (how can it not be?). I sincerely believe Leino had some sort of kinetic vampirism that sucked the goal-juice from everyone on the team. Getting rid of the waiver scraps and having the younger guys become less young will help as well.