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Byram has bought into the Ruff way. He hustled back and stole the puck. Way to not give up.

What’s slower, Thompson’s speed or his shot of late?

And this is how you get a job as the video review guy. Good catch!

I hope. He’s a minus 1 now.

Dahlin and Power saying “this is not the defense your looking for.”

Lafferty. Sabres going with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen.

Gilbert is in

Maybe this is the start of a 10 game streak where the “big guns” go on tear. Dont laugh please.

No excuses tonight.

Cozens: Promising but gets a beating from Hathaway and hasn’t been the same since. Thompson: Borderline garbage then pops off as an offensive juggernaut. Cools off and almost irrelevant to start the season. Dahlin: Good then bad then awesome. Starts the season as the Thompson of defensemen. Tuch: Good on PK. More of a groundhog player. Hibernates then does something then goes back to sleep. Muel: Has a last name and that’s about all. Peterka: Steadily developed into an offensive asset. Quinn: Very promising between injuries. See Thompson and Dahlin to start the season. Power: Didn’t like him, can’t imagine not having him now. More reserved when joining the rush. Looks more structured in his game. UPL/Levi: Great to have. Both developed into assets and the tandem inspires confidence at the position. Overall: Some bright spots. Mostly inconsistent players. Two top six forwards and one top four dman are needed. All would be expensive. I think there is a misplaced confidence in some of the aforementioned players to do what would be necessary.

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Agree with everything here. I don’t see a trade happening though. I do think we got a little flash in the pan with Cozens and TT. Not saying they’re bad, just not what we want them to be exactly. Line shuffling of the top six is where I’d start. Switch Quinn and Tuch. Switch McLeod and Cozens. Try it in practice and a game or two.

Sabres are not the Oilers. Not even close 😂

No it’s six points.

Not saying they didn’t play better. They’re still averaging 1GF and 4 GA though. Producers aren’t producing. Line combos might need a change.

Pump the brakes. 😂 If you want to wait 25 games for the team to get its act together that’s a lot of points to give up. This team is trying to squeak into the playoffs so 25 games of this is not going to work.

The Sabres have dropped six out of six points. They’re 0-3 to start a win now season. Big guys aren’t producing and are borderline liabilities. How to fix it?

Matthew’s will score more than the Sabres. 😂

If Lindy were to make a statement, sitting Dahlin for a shift would be a good start.

I would agree but they will pull some mid to late season “run” and still miss the playoffs. People/players will have hope for next year. They will say Lindy had to get the DG out of them. KA’s ego won’t allow him to move in from Tuch, TT, and Cozens.

Tired of getting made fun of for being a Sabres fan. 😂

Six points lost with 79 games left to get into the mid 90s. If someone can provide a reason why this is overreacting without saying it’s still early I’m all ears.

I’m gonna listen to After the Whistle just so I can hear Rivet triple down in his lack of analysis of the top six.

Welp, anyone still want to act like it’s ok because it’s the beginning of the season? Anyone wanna say people are overreacting? Bad calls by the refs but it’s not the ref’s fault they blew multiple PPs and our top six are getting exposed for their lack of ability.