bob_sauve28

Go Sabres! Just win, baby!

I’ll be there! Hope it’s just a fun time

I don't expect any changes. This franchise, for better or worse, is on auto pilot. Aside from the goaltending, which I really hope either improves internally or gets improved from outside, I like the players. Youngest team in the league gets a little more mature, adds (hopefully) a healthy Norris, improving the top six while, and (hopefully) the team defense improves so that the nice scoring the team does not go to waste. Where this team is at in the standings come next Christmas will be interesting. If they start next season with again, the worst Power Play, the worst Penalty Kill and another ten game losing streak, or something close to those things then it will show that yet again the late season run was a mirage. In any event, there are a lot of bright spots to point to. Dahlin is just a rock star. Benson is a gem, TNT is someone to build around for sure, Tuch is great and Kulich, JJP and Quinn (sometimes) all seem like up and comers, while the lower six look like solid players. I do wish we had a Mike Ramsey type player on defense, though.

Yes you are going to watch! Didn’t you show up late last game and then demand someone else turn in their Sabres card?? Now you won’t watch? The nerve! 🤣

Let him heal up and play him. What else?

Oh well

Well that was fun

Dahlin another point

I have no idea what a penalty is for that. It’s so vague.

Just missed it???

This is a pretty good game

RR: Don’t shoot to score, just bounce it off goalie 🤷🏼‍♂️

Hurrah!!! Nice fancy pass!!!

Oh man! Benson deserves a point. He’s looked really good tonight

Benson!

----------- https://www.dimers.com/news/buffalo-sabres-vs-florida-panthers-prediction-nhl-ac-4-12-25 The Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres will meet in the NHL at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday, with puck drop at 6:00PM ET. Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven NHL model (see Dimers Pro for full access) projects the Panthers as the most likely winner of today's game. "Our team has used the latest data to run 10,000 simulations of Saturday's Buffalo-Florida game," said Mac Douglass from Dimers. "By incorporating recent updates and various other inputs, we estimate that the Panthers are more likely to win, while the Sabres have a lower chance of victory." For expanded analysis of Saturday's matchup, including best bets and player prop picks, visit our interactive Sabres vs. Panthers predictions page.

https://www.diebytheblade.com/game-79-preview-open-thread-sabres-vs-panthers/ 1. Bounce Right Back After a deflating defeat to Columbus on Thursday night, the Sabres will be looking to get right back into the win column. Their 8-2-0 run in the last ten has been marred by a couple of losses to the Flyers and the Blue Jackets. One thing we have seen in this recent streak has been the Sabres upping their game when taking on championship caliber teams, like the Hurricanes, Capitals and the Lightning. With three games to play, both the Panthers and Lightning are neck-and-neck for the second spot in the Atlantic Division, with the latter two points ahead. Division leaders Toronto are a further two points ahead, albeit having a game in hand over the pair. Coincidentally the Sabres play both teams back-to-back, so could yet have a say in how the final standings in the division shake out. 2. Stay Out of Trouble The Panthers are one of the better teams in the league in terms of special teams, just inside the top ten both with the man advantage and on the penalty kill. Being able to add a notorious forward like Brad Marchand at the trade deadline has served to make them even more fearsome. The former Bruin plays on the second line and is on the top power play line too. He just scored his first Panthers goal putting him at three points in eight games as he gets to know his new linemates. Marchand has played the most times against Buffalo as any other opponent, with his 68 points (27 goals, 41 assists) coming in 65 games. 3. Goalie Management James Reimer has continued his hot streak for a few weeks now, which has been something we’ve not been used into in Buffalo from a backup. Granted that the starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has had some struggles lately, and likely needed this time to work things out, but this does put General Manager Kevyn Adams in an interesting position. Is this summer the time to move UPL as a significant piece to bring in a contending team level goaltender? Or do the Sabres pin their hopes on him turning it around next season, fully knowing that the team’s inability to stop shipping goals has given the franchise the unwanted record of having the longest active playoff drought in the game. Should we infer anything from the team’s starting goalie selections with four games left to go? Buffalo plays Saturday and Sunday, and then close out at home with games on Tuesday and Thursday. Could who plays more of the remaining games point to what Adams will be thinking? Projected Lineups Buffalo Sabres Forwards Zach Benson – Jiri Kulich – Tage Thompson JJ Peterka – Ryan McLeod – Jack Quinn Jason Zucker – Peyton Krebs – Alex Tuch Beck Malenstyn – Noah Östlund – Sam Lafferty

There are not younger options, there are younger potential options in a market hungry for goaltenders, meaning you have to sign them. Sure, get someone better, by all means, if you can

Low cost, short term, wants to be here, has gotten job done and sat out with no complaints to let younger players try and prove themselves. Don't really see down side here

Dan, that’s down from Cleveland not up

Oh boy! Dahlin, just sweet

Nice!! This line is so special!

Ya, Leo!

Big game, must win, whatever, just entrain us! Mark Wayne!

And who cares?