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They seem pretty positionally sound so far in their own zone. Obviously some dumb giveaways but overall they seem to be in the right spots much more often than not.

Presidents Cup winning team.

Careless sloppy play at our own line...no reason to drop a pass to nobody there which ends up as a penalty when the pass gets intercepted... A little too cute

Still seen that way in the locker room and by everyone else in the media as well forcing the question to be asked constantly. No distractions.

I got a feeling...that Buffalo is going to the Super Bowl...

Ullmark was constantly getting hurt for long stretches of time tho...the guarantees in life? Death, taxes and Ullmark being out for more than a month at some point during the year.

I am not sure how people are complaining about a 7 year $30 million contract for Samuelsson which averages out to $4.3 million a year when we payed Risto $5.4 million a year. IMO, Samuelsson is a better player right now.

So you'd rather have a lame duck coach in the last year of his contract behind the bench? That would send a great message to the team.

I'm expecting somewhere in the 87-90 point range this year and being in the hunt, although on the outside looking in, until the final week or two.

Next year...it's coming. Forget meatballs...I want to eat, eat, eat Apples and Bananas...

Reportedly is a 2 year extension worth around $2 million a year.

I can't comment on how I know what I know, but that's an accurate assessment. Although there is fear "normal" might be a lot different than what it was a year ago.

Wow! They are locking up their young players early...smart as long as they turn out good.

I like it...he is exactly what this team has needed for a long time. Can't wait to se his and the teams growth this year and over the next few years as we rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.

That rarely works in the NHL. Plenty of prior cases where this backfires and not a lot of cases where it works. I'd prefer bringing up quality players that are ready like the Sabres are doing.

I hope not...Anderson had some of the worst metrics in the NHL last year....he was 53rd out of 74 goalies with a minimum of 10 games played in terms of goals saved above expected per 60 minutes at -0.28 goals. In other words, Anderson costs the Sabres an extra goal basically every 4 games he plays versus what he should allow. Comrie on the other hand ranked 2nd in the NHL to only Shesterkin of the Rangers, with a goals saved above expected per 60 minutes of 0.603, meaning every 5 periods, he saves an extra goal for your team that normally would be expected to have scored. In other words, there is a -0.883 per 60 minutes differential between Anderson and Comrie which should make it very clear who the goalie should be for this team. UPL only played in 9 games, but he ranked 37th, not great but clearly better than Anderson at -0.048, which is almost neutral. UPL's major issue is rebound control which he is among the worst in the NHL at coming in at 4th worst in the NHL out of 76 qualifiers with at least 9 games played. He actually had the lowest expected rebounds per save last year in the NHL, but gave up the 24th most rebounds per save.

Interesting there are people who with their bold predictions think the Red Wings or Senators will make the playoffs, two teams that finished lower than the Sabres in the standings(granted only by 1 and 2 points), but none say the Sabres. I don't see either of those teams being better than us this year. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bold-predictions-awards-and-stanley-cup-picks-for-the-2022-23-nhl-season-134706116.html

A little surprise Tuch wasn't an assistant

Maybe she is making so much at OnlyFans she has no time for this anymore? Why would non-hockey families care?

Embarrassing

Did Granato let his team know they were playing tonight?

Doesn't need to be near the top of the league...it was among the worst in the NHL last year. Even getting to league average would make a huge difference.

I recognize like 1 player on their team, so yeah I guess it's their AHL team haha

Sabres aren't playing games tonight. They decided to bury the Hurricanes

The Sabres are interesting because I heard I believe from Paul Hamilton on WGR that they basically get all the people in the room together whwn they are discussing players for the draft or how they are developing, etc that include the scouts and analytics people and go over all the players and let everyone give their opinion on them, then if there are significant differences between what the scouts are saying versus what the analytic people are saying they dive into it to try and figure out why and get to the bottom of it. He basically said they are very thorough with their evaluations, it's a total team effort where everyone's opinion matters and they don't rely on either side completely but take in all the information and are interested in learning about where there are differences so they can look to tweak their analytics to improve them. Also said there are no egos in there and nobody rolls their eyes when the analytics guys talk, they value what they have to say even if they don't agree with it all the time.