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I am not trying to put the cart before the horse or anything but when I watch this team I see a much improved team from last year doing things that will win you games. They are fast, they have some skill, they can make nice clean breakout plays out of their own zone and attack quickly on the counter, they actually hem the other team in their end at least an equal amount as we get hemmed in if not more... I'm not saying we are a playoff team this year, but i don't think we are far off. This team is night and day different from the one we watched last year. Obviously Dahlin has helped tremendously as his breakout passes are just a thing of beauty of most times landing perfectly on the tape, but Botterill deserves some credit for getting these others guys in here and piecing them together. Rochester was fixed last year and and they look really good again this year leading the AHL in scoring and the Sabres look like they are well on their way to being fixed this year. Things are looking up finally for this group and its exciting to watch again. Even in some of the games where they have only had 1 goal they have been exciting to watch whereas last year they were boring and stuck in their own end most of the night.

Talk about way too early take...last time i checked playoffs dont start for several months.

Mittlestadt said Skinner actually smacked his stick which caused him to hit the puck and it to go in...Skinner should get some type of credit haha...

That was a very entertaining game especially the first and third periods from a Sabre standpoint... This team has skill and speed...its actually fun watching them most nights

The Sabres having the most wins in October since 2011 and not being out of the playoff race already

Zach Redmond is tied for 2nd in the AHL in scoring with 4 goals and 8 assists for 12 points in 8 games... Meanwhile, Victor Olofsson leads the AHL in scoring with 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points in 8 games while Lawrence Pilut has 2 goals and 8 assists for 10 points in only 6 games... 3 defenseman in the top 6 scorers in the AHL?? Former Sabres defenseman Prospect TJ Brennan is tied with Pilut with 10 points...Some random dude leading the AHL in scoring?? And he is with Rochester? This is exciting...

Did you see that no look backhand pass by Jack to set up the 2 on 1?? That was an unbelievable play by Eichel skating back to the puck and in one motion backhanding it out of the zone to Pominville

Skinner is fast and can make things happen on his own. I'd definitely be looking to lock him up. At some point you just have to stop trading players who could be part of the solution and keep them.

Risto with a bomb from the point!!

Put him in a bodybag Johnnie!!

Sabres are looking like a real NHL team...coulld we be seeing a transformation happening rightbefore our eyes??

Skinner has the jets!! What a goal!

Beautiful puck movement on the power play...Okposo buries it. I dont want to be too strong with it but I feel the Sabres are pretty much dominating this game. Am I being too optimistic? I mean there are times Anaheim looks like we did for much of last year...running arouns in their own end for 30 seconds clearing the puck out to the Sabres in the neutral zone and then we bring it back in and repeat the process.

Sabres are badly outplaying the Ducks even though they are down 2-0.

Sabres were the better team in that period

It was blatant sarcasm

At least 2 more years

Housley does not want to reward the team with wins for poor play in front of the goalie. So he wants them to lose 5-1 when they play poorly instead of getting a shutout and winning.

As bad as they have played the last 2 games is as good as they are playing this game. This team is an enigma. Also. Why is Ullmark not the starting goalie for this team? All he does is not allow goals.

The PP was bad most of the year even with them. Housley took the #1 PP in the NHL the year before he got there with mostly the same players and turned it into dog crap.

This team is playing with their head up their ass. Its unbelievable how bad they look in their own zone. Inexcuseable.

Then who do you blame when we continue to turn high scoring players from other teams into 10 and 15 goal scorers here? Funny how players leave here and suddenly figure out how to score again.

The problem is they SHOULDN'T be. They have enough scoring talent to be far far better than they are. There is really no excuse other than Housley's system is failing miserably to let them flow offensively.

Something isn't right when your team consistently turns 25 and 30 goal scorers into 10 and 15 goal scorers.

This team has way too much offensive talent to have the same damn issues scoring goals as they did last year. It is unacceptable to be shut out twice in 6 games with as much top end scoring talent as we have. Whatever system we run offensively doesn't work and needs to be changed.