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They are starting to figure it out and starting to understand how to create transition and offense from a more defensive team approach. Expect them to continue trending upwards.

depends on the type of sub and the type of condiment. These are not one answer fits all questions you are asking with subs. Neither of them are. Both of them are "it depends."

I checked out the climate and the average winter temps are pretty much almost the same as Buffalo's which is crazy for how much farther North you are.

Ah! I should have noticed the NS for Nova Scotia! Is it like Greenland up there where the ocean keeps you warmer than you would expect in winter?

People go to the beach when it is 25 degrees out? Are you part of the Polar Bear Club?

After Biro's performance yesterday, pretty large.

depends on the sub. There is no one size fits all answer.

Sorry, I'm too busy eating alphabet crackers in my soup.

Not a bad debut this season for the kid...

extend that man...he has been playing at a very high level for almost a full year now.

Dorian Gray?

that seems strange...must be some sort of power struggle he lost going on with either the owner or coach.

Eh...UB was getting decent when the team was going to the NCAA Tournament under Hurley and then Oats but has kinda gone back to nobody caring anymore...

Juniors may not help them much either if they are already well above that level.

Granato: *nudge, nudge* "So Zach, that leg is feeling not so great today right?" *wink wink* "Might just have to put you on IR for a few weeks." Stashes Benson to prolong "tryout" and bring up Savoie from Rochester to start his tryout. Adams and Granato playing Chess here, not checkers fool!

6th best at 89%

Sabres have taken the 3rd most penalties in the NHL this year with 37 and are 5th on a per game basis with 4.11/game. Last year they were 24th in terms of penalties with 2.89/game. They need to reel in their discipline a little bit.

Someone take a picture of an NHL gamecheck compared to an AHL gamecheck.

Cup and Char pepperoni is so freaking amazing and makes a huge difference on pizzas compared to WNY and most other places that don't use it...my only question is, "How can you not use it?" because it is so much better.

UPL gonna be up for at least the next few weeks. I'm not the biggest UPL supporter, but he has played mostly solid and at times spectacular. Rebound control seems to be much better as well. Pucks seem to be sticking to him far more than normal.

Sabres are a very good road team, no reason why they can't win this game.

Agreed...the goal last year was to have the young players realize they had high-end offensive NHL talent and get them to be confident in that. Because under Kreuger they got beat down into not believing in themselves...take Dahlin for example...dude was a shell of himself. So his first goal was to get them to believe in themselves again and let them go play and score. And score they did. Now that they know they can go do that, the goal is to get them to play more defensively and teach them how to make sure they aren't giving up as many chances as they are creating. And working on the PK. Sometimes trying to work on everything at once ends up really being not working on anything because the focus is too scattered and not enough time is spent on any one thing. In terms of this teams psyche, it had to be that way because Kreuger had beaten them down so badly. I mean he had the youngest roster in the NHL last year and it got even younger this year.

Probably because it's all too easy to walk down that slippery slope one day even if it's only on a whim.

Well damn...that escalated quickly. If he keeps it up he is going to be driving a Pinto...1978 style.

That is valid, but they look way way better than they did at any point last year. I think at worst they finish middle of the NHL and not at the bottom this year. More likely somewhere between 9-13 from they way they are handling things.