matter2003

They had the 5th worst home record in the NHL last year. The only 4 teams worse? The bottom 4 teams in the NHL, ALL 30+ points below them in the standings(ANA, CHI, CLB, SJS). Inexcusable. We wonder why they missed the playoffs...that's the reason right there. Because they were abysmal at home where most teams are actually really good. One of the best road teams, dreadful at home. Makes no sense. He also stopped 3 breakaways that UPL would have let in 3 goals on, so it all balances out. Levi wasn't at his best last night, but he will improve and even last nights rebounds stick to him like velcro. UPL hasn't shown any indication of that and he had the worst rebound control in the NHL.

That's part of the Team D concept causing this because they aren't breaking out early a lot anymore and taking chances that one of the D is going to win the puck and be able to start the O with a stretch pass into transition where they have numbers coming back the other way before the other team can get back like what happened so frequently last year. Sometimes they also aren't exactly staying in position either so it's like the forwards are in No Man's Land not fully committed to either heading towards transition or fully on D and aren't accomplishing much of anything.

PK has been phenomenal both on the stats and watching it...they are all over the PP units.

They seem disjointed to me, like as a group of 5, 3 of them are trying to play more team D oriented with the other 2 are playing more offensive oriented. Don't look on the same page as a unit too often.

Have a feeling he is going to be on their @sses in practice like White on Rice until we see improvement...to the point they are going to do it at first because they don't want to hear it anymore from him.

When you have the 5th worst record in the NHL at home last year and the only 4 teams beneath you are the 4 worst teams in the NHL(ANA, CLB, CHI and SJS) that are more than 30 points below you in the standings, it's a major issue. There is no excuse for it. They are clearly better than that. One of the best road teams in the league but can't play at home? WTF is that?

And he is right... https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/sports/sabres/erik-johnson-knows-exactly-what-its-going-to-take-for-sabres-to-win-games IMO, Sabres are in a weird place right now. They are TRYING to play D better and do at times, but seemingly lose focus on that at other times and try to go back to the way they played most of last year. However, it seems to be hurting them on both ends...they aren't fully committed to playing Team D all the time, yet they are focused ENOUGH that is also seems to be hurting them offensively and they aren't generating the chances they usually do either. Sometimes it seems like a few players are trying to play defensively while the others out there are trying to play offensively and they aren't on the same page as a group of 5 and seem disjointed with what they are trying to accomplish. So they end up kinda "meh" at both ends of the ice for much of the game. The PK has been fantastic tho, so that is one plus. The PP not so much. Yes they did score a PP goal yesterday but also gave up 2 shorthanded breakaways and a few other good chances...like what are you doing? My bet is they figure it out at some point and when they do start rolling...just hoping that doesn't take til January and we have a mountain to climb.

Did they have a culture of losing last year when they had a winning record?

Also forgot to add Papi Grande to the list of decent places...out off Maple Road next to Regal.

First time for everything...but at least I helped him score

I am flour tortillas only, I can't do corn...I try and I just don't like the taste of them. But yeah, if they don't know how to wrap the tortillas properly to keep them in a good state prior to eating or have the little round tortilla holder thingy that keeps them fresh and warm then it's probably not going to be a good experience.

Oh God no... I got us...wearing my Goathead Tage Thompson jersey tonight...never have lost when I have worn it.

I usually make a quality judgement by the chips and salsa they bring out. Some salsas are so good you just can't stop eating it and other ones you take one dip and don't bother anymore. Also pretty easy to tell when the salsa is freshly made in house or not.

Haven't been to that one...on the rare occasion I go to Taco Bell I either go to the one in Lockport or the one near Transit/Losson in Lancaster/Depew. Actually just opened a new Mighty Taco near me a few months ago on Transit/Walden.

I know I am going to get killed for this but I also don't like Mighty Taco. Chipotle and Moe's any day of the week over that place for me. Honestly, I think Taco Bell is better than Mighty Taco and way cheaper.

Sometimes in the NHL what they count as "gaining possession" is highly questionable at best.

I would dump UPL in a heartbeat. I don't think this dude has it...at no level has he ever really performed well enough to make you think he is a #1 goalie other than a 9 game stretch in 2021-22 when he got hot for 4 games and had great numbers due to only allowing 2 goals in each of those games on lots of shots against. The other 5 games he was below average to abysmal. His rebound control is among the worst in the NHL. The only thing he is consistent at is being inconsistent. Literally you don't know if you are getting a brick wall or a turnstile in goal that night with him. If he wasn't 6'5" would the Sabres still be carrying him? They seem obsessed with big goalies...if he was 6'0 like Levi, dude would have been sent packing a long time ago.

Theoretically we should have a below average winter for Snow and possibly a much below average winter. the most snow we have had in a strong El Nino year before was like 78 inches...usually it's 55 inches or lower. Then again, the Lake has never been this warm either.

Well, the next time I go to an "authentic Mexican" restaurant and get served Louisiana Hot Sauce like I am at Colosso Taco I will let you know. I doubt it will be anytime soon since I have probably eaten at over 100 Mexican Restaurants throughout the US and Gramma Mora's still holds that unique distinction.

Any place serving Louisiana Hot Sauce and having no idea what Queso Fundido is should never be allowed to call themselves authentic. At best it's watered down Mexican food. IMO, nobody who has ever eaten at a quality Mexican restaurant before could ever tolerate that...Chipotle kicks that places ass.

It's not my favorite but it is still 50x better than Gramma Mora's. La Tolteca would probably be my top choice...the Parillada(for 2 people) is amazing.

Are you kidding me?? This is the WORST "Mexican" Restaurant in WNY...just terrible and unauthentic as can be. They had no idea what Queso Fundido was that I regularly order in most other places, so I told them what it consisted of and it looked like they brought me watered down macaroni and cheese sauce with some weird looking sausage in it. Then I asked for hot sauce and they brought me Louisiana Hot Sauce in a generic ketchup type squeeze bottle...no Cholula, no El Yucateco...Louisiana Hot Sauce. Food was bland and the salsa was runny like it was out of a jar. So bad that we almost got up and left mid meal. Left half the food and was the only Mexican restaurant that we didn't even want a box to take the leftovers, it was that bad. I would rather never eat Mexican food again than go back to that joke of a place. IMO, the best place was El Caporal which was on Union Rd near Galleria Dr but that closed many years ago when it got busted by federal immigration officers for having illegals working there...now La Tolteca(Williamsville-hired many of the workers from El Caporal), El Palenque(Amherst), Aguacates(Lockport) and El Amigo(Lancaster) are all good choices.

Wayne's World!

can you blame them? They miss the playoffs by 2 points but finished with the 5th worst home record in the NHL and the only 4 teams worse were the 4 worst teams in the NHL that had point totals of between 58-60 points, over 30 points less than them. If they would have even played marginally better at home they make the playoffs easily last year. they want more people watching them at home, then play like it.

I don't really care one way or the other. Whatever makes more sense for the teams. Nobody is actually watching the draft anyway.