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Sabres absolutely dominated the 2nd period and that was a rocket by Olafsson to tie it...he has been a revelation...dude has a good shot at 30+ goals which is pretty impressive for a rookie even if he is 24. Sabres need a good 3rd. Even penalty kill has been good allowing very few shots and had an odd man rush...definitely need to do better than winning 20% of the faceoffs like they have through 2 periods. Sabres starting to really play consistent good hockey and limiting their lapses...Kreuger is putting his stamp on this team and they are finally starting to believe in themselves and show some mental toughness instead of cracking like a raw egg at the first sign of any trouble.

What has me so excited is that Eichel has improved goal and assist numbers every season he has played in the league so far and it looks like he is going to shatter his previous best this year...all while improving his defensive respnsibilities and turning in an impressive +15 so far

Yeah I guess I didn't think about that...plus they have something like 50 rounds in baseball...

Dude is on a 114 point pace this year...he is absolutely scorching right now...

Eichel is rocketing up the leaderboards and is currently tied for 5th with 46 points in 33 games thanks to a torrid 15 game point streak that has seen him get more than half his points this year so far. He is currently on pace for 114 points if he plays all 82 games. Will he crack 100 points this year? I say yes and I also say he hits 40 goals as well. This is all as long as he stays healthy of course. What say you? Will he or won't he? And if you vote no, what do you think his goal/point totals look like at the end of the year?

Hockey is the only sport where players are drafted in the first round with the expectation they turn into good 3rd line players with little to no offense. Could you imagine a team in the NFL drafting someone in the first round expecting them to be a good 3rd down RB that is good at pass protecting?

Is it just me or do the Sabres potentially play better without Dahlin in there? I know he is an all-world talent but he also makes some very poor defensive zone miscues and seems to be at the center of bad goals a lot as well...Sabres seem to play a simpler game when he is not in there... Not that I am advocating him not playing, he will eventually solve that and continue to evolve offensively, but I just wanted to see if anyone else saw the same thing?

This is what Housley wasn't able to do for 5 months...get the team to climb back up once they jumped off the cliff last year. I don't see the ST being this bad all year long...I mean how can they allow more shorthanded goals for a month than score PP goals---that's nearly impossible. I think they have to regress to the mean at some point...the good thing is they are routinely winning at 5 on 5 which is something that hasn't happened in a LONG time...

He is good for one "are you freaking serious??" goal pretty much every game it seems. Against the Islanders when we lost 1-0 that was the difference in the game...they scored a goal that no NHL goalie should allow, but he allows them on an almost every game basis and then stops really tough shots. I don't get him. He is sort of like an enigma.

I mean don't we already have this player? A guy who is supposed to score more goals but just doesn't for whatever reason? Basically he is Jimmy Vesey at this point in his career,

I dunno man...the Sabres are middle of the pack in both GAA and SvPct ranking 18th and 17th respectively in the league. I think they need to play better in front of the goalies a little bit more and the definitely need to play a lot better on the penalty kills. They are just dreadful penalty killing and give up way too many easy chances for the other team. Frustratingly, they will do a great job for half or 2/3 of a penalty kill and then just either have a mental breakdown or not pick up a guy at some point and it ends up in the back of the net. The fact they have given up more shorthanded goals than scored power play goals in the past month is a joke as well.

This team should probably start declining penalties. Their PP is just terrible and they have allowed double or triple the shorthanded goals as they have scored PP goals the past month and a half. Pathetic.

We have to have the worst PK in the NHL....when was the last game they didn't allow a PP goal?

This game hasn't been in doubt since the 7 minute mark of the first period.

What the hell is going on tonight?

I agree....might have been the most exciting 2-1 OT game ever You mean you forgot all the turnovers that lead to goals he has?

The Bills may not be, but every year teams make the playoffs due to playing weak schedules. It's honestly long overdue for the Bills. This is coming a year early for the Bills, the expectation wasn't to be making the playoffs until next season, but I think they have done a great job rebuilding the OLine and adding playmakers in Brown, Beasley, Knox and Singletary. With another offseason where they have tons of Cap Space and extra picks to use to maneuver around the draft board in the mid rounds, I am expecting they will add more on offense to bolster what they started and add another pass rushing DE hopefully.

What he is saying to the press and fans and what he is saying to the players are likely two different things.

Sabres always suck against the Panthers. I give them a 10% chance of winning.

Trading for Skinner and giving up Pu and a 3rd was so terrible....what an idiot.

Sabres are dominating this game overall. I'm not sure of they will win this game playing that way, Rask seems to be standing on his head tonight, but they will win a LOT of games if they play like this more often...

What the hell is going on here?? They are outshooting the Bruins 12-0 right now, are up 1-0 and could be up 3 or 4 goals easily...

Wow...kinda saw the writing on the wall

I mean cmon..that was such a lazy backcheck...

I think they won't admit it but I'm willing to bet JBot is praying Okposo decides to call it a career due to concussions for the salary cap relief they would get from his albatross of a contract... Would the Sabres get his full salary(prorated obviously for this year) credited back to the cap moving forward if that happened or only part of it? Not sure how that works with injury retirements....I am pretty sure they could put him in Long Term IR and move his salary off the cap too...