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Mostly the same players, similar results

Yeah, so triggered...

No team ever plays 60 minutes of awesome hockey. This is one of the silliest things you hear on a regular basis.

I guess teams have been waiting 32 games to spring the trap huh...

I mean it's possible they take a big leap and just skip the "almost", I just think our division is a little too loaded at the top...although if we could play Toronto every game I'd take it...they didnt know what to do with us last year.

I mean I don't know...since we got Middlestadt and Semuelsson back from injury and got Tuch/Krebs in the Eichel trade then added Powers to the lineup at the end of last year, we have played at a 105 point pace over the last 32 games(19-10-3). I'm not going to say we are going to sustain that pace over the entire year because I still think we are more of an 87-90 point team, but to think they aren't significantly better than what we have seen in recent memory seems to be REALLY trying hard to discount what they have turned into based on actual evidence over almost 40% of a regular season. Stop waiting for the other shoe to drop, it's not happening this time. The evidence is all around you. Stop seeing what you want to see based on ghosts of the past instead of what's there.

And thornier?? 😂

Dahlin said he saw Joker smiling after the game but hadn't checked on him yet...that would suggest something good maybe? I don't think you would smile with a broken jaw...

You may be right...Comrie is 10th worst so far in terms of Rebounds above expected/save

Comrie making saves like...

You mean 3-1? 😎

They have been on a 105 point pace for their last 32 games. It's actually more than 1/3 of a season.

So he is basically in the same spot he was last year in this ranking.

-I love Hinostroza...he is like a gnat that is all over the place annoying the other team with his speed. He also has some scoring touch and is probably good for 10-15 goals a year. -Comrie was 2nd in the NHL last year at goals saved above expected/60 behind only Shesterkin. And Winnipeg actually gave up more shots per game than the Sabres did playing a similar style of D...it's not like they were some stone wall he was benefitting from. There is a good chance he becomes an above average goalie for us with the extra time. At worst, he might be league average which is still a huge upgrade over where we were. -D seems to have WAY better defensive zone positioning than I can remember over the past decade. Very rarely do you see a player chasing a guy behind the net leaving wide open players in the slot or on the side of the goalie. They pick up trailers pretty well and force tough passes to players near the net who are covered. They also pass off players exceptionally well to the next guy. It's pretty impressive considering how young they are. Lots of contested plays on passes in their own end...way more than I ever remember. -Need to do better at stopping silly turnovers in their own end trying to do "cute" plays like drop passes to teammates with the other team nearby. I expect they will get this cleaned up as the year goes on. -PP has been brutal which is surprising considering how good it was last year most of the season. -Peterka looks like he isn't going anywhere. He looks like he belongs here...surprisingly more than Quinn does, who likely will be headed back to Rochester at some point if he continues doing not much of anything. -Samuelsson looks really good most times in his own end. Very calm, very under control. -Lyubushkin has brought a very much needed physical/nasty presence to the D corp. He seems to enjoy hitting people, physical play and isn't afraid to get his gloves dirty in the corner and in front of the net. -This team is FAST. Really FAST. Constantly getting odd man opportunities seemingly out of nowhere due to their speed.

agreed...perhaps we were better and not allowing that many shots?

Apparently the NHL uses a company called Supponor

The one where it showed the team logos and then contracted to like 5 or 6 logos was freaking awesome last night!

We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher... Oh wait... Nevermind. 🤪

Exactly where he was last year...at least in goals saved above expected/60

Wow...guess it's a night for history...first Dahlin and then Comrie became the first Sabre goalie in franchise history to record two consecutive game 40+ save wins...

I always thought it had to be in the same period

This team is going to be much better than most people thought. I still don't see them in the playoffs but my prediction of 87-90 points doesn't look at far fetched as a lot of people said before the season started

Sabres could have 10 tonight

I think we are seeing that 102 point pace since the end of February last year was not a fluke.

WTF was that???