Andrew Amerk

Thank you. I’ve tried to tell posters that Olof wasn’t just a PP scorer when I watched him with the Amerks. He has a 5v5 game as well. He just happened to score a ton of PP goals in his 1st season and got painted as only a specialist. There’s more there.

I had to listen to the first half of the game during a car ride, and he reminded me of what I used to fall asleep listening to as a kid. Great job today by RJ.

Whoever the Bruins homer announcer is was loving it. He was salivating over Lazar and Hall (both had goals) and was down talking the Sabres.

I wasn’t completely sure if I had read an actual article about it or not, but it sounds likely fairly accurate even if it was only hypothesized somewhere else.

How is he on the fly? Does he have some bite on his shot? How is he when he’s knocking on the doorstep? Does his game have any reflection of other players?

Drake Caligula sounds like a savvy, yet modern, vampire.

I believe it came out somewhere that essentially Tails was viewed as a threat by RK, due to things that happened while Tails was temporarily up on the bench with the Sabres. Thusly, Tails was axed when Kyvon was named 1A and RK named 1B.

I was told that this was Hockey Heaven.

I’m not “keeping track.” I’m watching the Bruins-Isles game. This is the “Around the NHL” thread, isn’t it? 😂😂🤦‍♂️

Hall now with 2 goals in 2 games.

I am the “pharmacist.”

Period .

Or maybe some free jam.

He’s a great guy, who is smart but wasn’t smart enough to apply his best. Many intellectuals are their own worst enemy. Hopefully he writes a book about it that is only in German.

I wouldn’t have said this 2 weeks ago, but maybe Donny G is the man. He seems to have a pulse on the players he has, he seems to game plan for each team, and he seems confident in his mixes and when he alters them. There’s still a handful of games left, mostly against the hated Bruins, but I’ve liked what I have seen thus far.

That’s called a 3 pronged element there. It’s like a pitchfork. Or Ghidorah.

Lol. “This losing culture sucks! It needs to be fixed!” Also: “Stop winning games! It’s wrecking the draft position!”

You’d have to ask Joe Crozier.

I’m sure Jack would be far more excited to be playing on a Sabres team with an open, skating offense such as this version, than the defense-only-system-losing-thing that Ralph had everyone depressed to be stuck in. Players like to score and play offense. It’s fun and motivating.

“oLoF cAnT sCoRe 5v5”

Too soon.

The soft pretzels are usually overcooked, but they DO have pretty damn good Puck Plates. Also, Suzie Cool is pretty fly.

Freakin IRWIN!

Back to my original post - does anyone know what Darcy has been up to the last 5 years? Any thoughts that he might return to the NHL in some capacity someday?

Regier was fired by the Islanders in 1997, and hired by the Sabres the same summer. In his 2nd season, the Sabres went to the Cup Finals, where they were robbed by the Hull No-Goal. In 05-06, the Sabres were poised to win the Cup until an inexplicable rash of injuries hit the D. The Sabres did not re-sign Drury or Briere in summer 2007, matched an Oilers offer sheet for Vanek, then traded Campbell. The Sabres subsequently only made the playoffs 2 of the next 5 seasons, TPegs comes in, and fires Regier. Regier’s tenure with the Sabres was marked by three ownership changes and periods of economic hardship, particularly in 2003 when the team filed for bankruptcy protection. Regier was frequently praised for creating results despite severe budget restrictions. He is recognized as an NHL pioneer in video scouting and analytics. The Corsi number, a widely used advanced statistic, was originally to be named the "Regier number" by blogger Vic Ferrari, who first heard Regier discussing the principle (in the end, Ferrari preferred the sound of "Corsi number"). In summer 2014, Regier was hired to be AGM of the Coyotes. On 2/2/16, he leaves the Yotes for “personal reasons” - who after years had been bottom dwellers, and were finally in the middle of a playoff hunt. This was the season John Scott was voted into the All Star game. Scott was traded Jan 15, 2 weeks before the All Star game on Jan 31. At the time, Scott’s wife was due at any time with twins. Regier had signed Scott twice for the Sabres. Did this saga have anything to do with Regier suddenly leaving out of nowhere, 2 days after that ASG? When I asked Scott about this in the Sabres locker room at the Sabres Fan Fest last year, he smiled and said “let’s take a photo.” So, what really happened with Regier and the Coyotes, and what has he been up to since? I wasn’t able to find much info. Does anyone think he will ever return to hockey? Regier is such a big part of Sabres history, and I’m curious what he’s been up to. He famously predicted “suffering,” and it’s what Sabres fans have been doing since he uttered the phrase.