DarthEbriate

Life's a piece of #####, when you look at it. Good job, organist.

Hockey gods gave the Flames that bounce for playing hard from the opening faceoff.

Yes, but he's not been nearly as good with rebounds tonight as he was in starts 2-4.

I hope Benson returns to the lineup and the Sabres are rejuvenated for a 15-4-2 run. Oh, that's hyperbole. Just pick one.

For several years, at every chance to get to .500 (NHL), not even DeLuca, they just fritter it away for 2-3 games. Then, they'll attempt again, but just can't break through. Maybe they get a game over, and then just fall apart for a longer stretch.

I'm looking forward to a Paul Hamilton leading question, "Do you think maybe you overlooked them tonight?"

But there are soooo many better teams year-in and year-out.

They should probably trade for Farabee. He wants to be here.

Not out!

Harrumph. Go to the net, put the puck on net.

The Sabres got their legs going at the end of the first and throughout the second, but Calgary is winning the races lately.

Rosen lost his coverage on Frost. Dang.

Blech.

That's how the Sabre Sale Team gets you!

Sportsnet rolling the Rob Ray dig on Stuart Skinner (empty net, no difference from when the goalie was in). Seriously, that shouldn't be a viral thing. He's a homer color broadcaster. They're supposed to talk a bit of smack.

For my part, tonight is a simple Bifrost (Elysian's winter ale). They've sold out, but their beer is still decent.

It's the Reverse Granato. He knew defense, fell apart for a bit, but is learning offense.

Keep drinking! We must do our part.

Muel-PO has been adjusted.

Woohoo!

No one skating and only 5 shots on goal (that counted) is not exactly This is how we play now.

Finally in. Dunne, you don’t have that much time in the NHL.

Definitely needs more consistency. One thing in his defense this season: Early on, when the Amerks were missing only Dunne and R Johnson, he was lights-out. When the Amerks were missing Rosén, Östlund, Dunne, and some combination of Jones/Metsa, he's been a lot worse statistically. I want to see him steal some games when he's missing the big guns.

The market is set. Tuch is half a year older, but both are 29. Top-line wingers on their team for 5 years running (except at times when TNT isn't at center). Kempe is the slightly better scorer. Since Tuch joined the Sabres, Kempe has played in 38 more games, but otherwise they are close. Kempe has a much higher shot volume (he gets the shots on net, and not rimming around the boards and out of the zone, hey-oh!) https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/hockey/versus-finder.cgi?request=1&seasons_type=forall&year_min=2022&year_max=2026&player_id1=tuchal01&player_id2=kempead01 Kempe GP 338 145-143-288 +58 PIM 223 PPG 30 SHG 10 GWG 25 1046 SOG point share 34.3 Tuch GP 300 113-146-259 +38 PIM 166 PPG 15 SHG 10 GWG 20 790 SOG ps 28.4

The issue with the standings isn't that they're only 4 points back, it's that every single team in the East currently has a better points percentage than the Sabres. Any team could get hot at any point in time and the Sabres need to be one of the teams to do it soon so they aren't looking up at 7 teams still between them and the final wild card berth with so many head-to-head matchups going to OT. Tampa and Boston are already starting to stack wins where they could get clear of the .500ish mass.