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In The Buff

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  1. Had hoped it might've been the Goat but this makes sense too
  2. if you or anyone else needs a link to watch it, send me a dm & i can send you the best website i've ever used. Its been my go to for all things hockey, NHL, AHL, QHL, NCAA, SHL etc Anyways i'm excited for Levi's start tonight. It should inspire the boys around him to play defense... you'd think at least! I hope its a good competitive game & Devon's debut is a good one. With this team it could be 4 goals against in the 1st period, u just never know. But i'm thinking good thoughts.. good thoughts, it'll be good haha.
  3. besides from the visa, i know they were waiting on some of his equipment to arrive. His official team gear, and then Levi will need time to break in the new pads & chest gear before playing in it. Probably 2-3 days alone just to do that i would think? Wondering when is the soonest we might expect to see him
  4. the lesson these youngsters are learning will be invaluable to their future development. Trust the process, its all going to plan ps: rock 'em Sabres!
  5. it definitely feels wrong because when I was a kid & first became a fan, good goaltending was part of our identity. It was part of who we were. And then like so many other things... it just wasn't anymore. Barrasso thru Miller to these lost years that just. wont. end. 10 years since Miller. 10 freakin years & we finally found one (Ullmark)... only to let him go... for nothing. yeah it definitely feels wrong
  6. exactly. You're surely not going to buy him out & take a loss. You limit his ice time & work out whats wrong with the intent he improves. Or you send him to the Roch. We only do something wit Comrie if we bring in another goalie. Until that day happens he will be in our organization.
  7. we were out of the playoffs when our GM decided it wasnt that important. Did he make a concerted effort to accomplish that goal? Was it even a goal in the 1st place? If the answer isn't yes to both of those then therein lies the problem i guess? ps; yes i know all about the long term plan
  8. yeah i thought he shouldve been pulled after the 1st period. But if not the 4th goal surely the 5th. I dont really understand why you'd leave him in. I'm no expert but it was hard to watch
  9. I watch it on the best hockey website to view hockey ive ever seen. Basically any camera on the ice anywhere in the world is available to view for free. Sabres, Amerks, Finnish Hockey, KHL, OHL, QWHL, NCAAD1 Womens, any alphabetic letter you can think of. More than happy to give the link to pm's
  10. Casey has come a long way from this. I've really been impressed
  11. Sure would've been nice, being this close to the playoffs after missing it the past 11 years. It sure wouldve been nice to use 1 of our 3 2nd rd picks on someone like Luke Schenn. Not altering the long term plan, not sacrificing a future star. Just bringing in some help to shore up our backend & give us a boost, since we're this close to making the playoffs. Can you imagine the education & experience our young players would get from getting in? Not to mention the boost of confidence in our team & the plan? Beating a deadhorse but it sure woulda been nice
  12. C- C being average, the minus for delivering on our already low expectations. Hope that doesnt sound too harsh, not my intent haha
  13. Idk about a 4th but we can probably both agree on: anything more than a 2025 7th. A 7th rd pick next year would make sense. Im not gonna hate on KA for the return, just surprised it wasnt a little more
  14. the team last night showed what the future looks like if we don't bring in any outside help for our D. The future didn't look so bright last night, with the only thing being sacrificed: our Sabres.
  15. I think anythings a possibility until you can rule it out. Given the question marks we have at goal, with Levi being no sure thing himself, if Portillo believes in himself there's no reason to think he cant see an opportunity here. But in the Buffalo News he was quoted saying: he was recommended to go this route, as a business decision. So perhaps Levi is part of it? I'd imagine with a decision like this, its a combination of factors, pros & cons & the cons here were too much, for whatever reason
  16. I'd guess its because we haven't sniffed the playoffs in 11 years. We finally have a team in an actual position to end that streak. We have lots of assets in players & picks & while you don't want to alter the long term plan, a little boost seems worth the risk to give yourself a legit shot to make the post season, something we havent done since 2012. At some point the calculus has to change
  17. i can see & even agree that Chychrun wasn't an ideal fit given everything already said on it. But how does one explain away passing on Schenn? A lot of the concerns or reasons against trading for Chych u didnt have with Schenn & i'd say we had the surplus of resources needed to get him or someone like him. If Stillman is the tip of the spear this trade deadline, it will have been a missed opportunity & disappointing for sure. Fan base wont go anywhere tho, we've made it this far haha
  18. i could see it being possible until you see the return Arizona received. Surely we couldve beaten it without sending Savoie, so i cant see Arizona turning down a better offer because they're upset we wont give them Savoie. That doesnt really make much sense. Simpler explanation is KA didnt think he was worth this, for whatever reasons he has.
  19. would be a good idea. In the meantime thankfully i can look at my cell phone to look at the scores there lol
  20. Idk how much of a BILLS fan you are, but this idea of placing priority on character over talent is a theme being discussed with Brandon Beane right now too. I remember some months back hearing how KA was confiding in Beane to discuss how he approaches roster building & what not. Bit of a similarity between the 2, for better or worse
  21. i actually read the whole thing & generally i agree but i dont too. The game is always changing but the fundamentals stay the same. Thats why coaches who have coached the game for decades are still able to find success today. So try to be an evolution of coaching? If thats the goal it would seem misplaced or even dangerous. Do we have the brainpower in our organization to be even capable of that? And if thats the focus, it'd mean your focus is on some philosophy you have as opposed to being predicated on what you see from the players & staff on the ice. The only thing i care about is having a hard working team that gives an honest effort, does what theyre supposed to do & represents our city & teammates in a desirable way. Winning would be nice too & making the playoffs. Everything else like being on the forefront of this or being an evolution of coaching, i have no idea what any of that looks like. One could argue Krueger was that experiment or even Granato now given his developmental pedigree. But i know what good sound hockey looks like. Not giving away the pucks in your zone, not letting players free & undefended in your zone. Having a good faceoff guy, good goaltending etc. We still do a lot of the basic, fundamental foundational things poorly. I do know that if u coach up the simple things you can tackle the bigger things & winning makes everything better. That would be an evolution of coaching around here. I guess my TLDR is lets just start with doing the basics competently before we think of trying to be an evolution of anything lol
  22. https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada/
  23. I read that in 2017 he spent some $1.2 million on exotic snakes. I knew right there how serious a problem he had lol hope he gets his life in order, but don't blame the Sabres for it. Even if he ever had a legitimate gripe there were probably better ways to handle it & there were bigger issues going on where some personal responsibility is what you need... something he evidently lacked.
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