Mustache of God

Individual rankings would be tough after that number one spot but I could definitely categorize these as the following: Players I hated watching and hoped would prove spontaneous combustion was more than a theory: Cody Hodgson Ville Leino Jamie McBain Alexander Sulzer Andrej Meszaros Andrew Benoit Players whose game I didn't hate but contributed very little when the rest of the roster had similar or sub-par talent (would tolerate no more than 2 of these players on a roster for a bad team): Drew Stafford Brian Flynn Torrey Mitchell Tyson Strachan Phil Varone Matt Ellis John Scott And finally, the "Who?" category, names I'll hopefully have forgotten in two years: Matt D'Agostini Cory Conacher Linus Omark Zenon Konopka Corey Tropp Zac Dalpe Kevin Porter Jerry D'Amigo I don't know where to put Luke Adam so he goes in his own Luke Adam category

Hats off to the following guys for making the last two seasons really worth watching: Cody Hodgson Drew Stafford Jamie McBain Ville Leino Brian Flynn Matt D'Agostini Cory Conacher Alexander Sulzer Linus Omark Zenon Konopka Torrey Mitchell John Scott* Luke Adam Corey Tropp Andrej Meszaros Andrew Benoit Tyson Strachan Zac Dalpe Phil Varone Kevin Porter Jerry D'Amigo and our rock, Matt Ellis *I enjoyed the antics of John Scott and am looking forward to see him shattering his 3 goal milestone this year in Arizona.

I really like the idea of Larrson and Reinhardt playing on the same line together. I feel Larson has more long term potential than Mcginn and I don't see giant a being here once his contract is up in two seasons. Playing with reinhardt they can develop some chemistry which could be blossom into something special in the future. Not sure if Bylsma wants too much youth on a line though and I wouldn't be surprised if Larson is traded as well.

Is that another shortie? Edit: yes, yes it is

Can't wait to be watching the sabres brkadcast. The Ottawa guys didn't even acknowledge the hat trick.

Tyler ENNIS HAT TRICK WHOOOOO!

I love how ennis plays. Both goals have been all him.

Ottawa will have a feed. The only other preseason game that will not have a stream is Minnesota because they apparently don't have their shlit together.

Yes, so streams will be available

Really? I just heard the Ottawa announcer say we gave up 40 shots, didn't see our total.

This feels like the Sabres of last season. But it's the preseason and none of this really matters

This is getting real ugly real quick. The defense is abysmal

Man, Ennis is buzzing everywhere. Easily the best player out there today.

Lehner looking calm and collected on that breakaway.

Sabres are playing very sloppy behind their own net. They've had at least 3 giveaways around Lehner so far.

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