DarthEbriate

Absolutely. That's basically 1 goal per game. If the Sabres were 1 goal/game better defensively, they'd have the second-best defense in the league with 176 GA (4 more than Winnipeg) and an overall +44 goal differential (sixth in the League).

Cozens is who we thought he is. He's been fine between Batherson (very solid 2W; 60 points three consecutive seasons if he gets 3 more points this year) and cagey veteran Perron. It does lead one to wonder -- what if Cozens skated between Zucker and Tuch all season, rather than always being with Quinn and another skater younger than himself? But look at Cozens' big homecoming game. 1 secondary assist on a powerplay set play goal where Batherson made the beautiful touch pass and Muel left Tkachuk alone on the doorstep. Beyond that... -2, 6/11 on faceoffs (6-5 is fine), 2 shots on goal, 2 hits, 1 giveaway, 1 takeaway in 17:18 TOI. Was he especially noticeable in the "Stick it to the Sabres" game? No, not really.

A mediocre GM could. Adams is not mediocre. (# blame Fury Road)

That one's on Amazon.

Good effort Kozak on the entry. Then the assist and nice shot by Bernard-Docker

Power won a battle on the PK

So…. Sens own the first 17 minutes. Sabres get 3. New period… Sens are the only team skating through the first 10.

JJ wasn’t wrong, it could easily have been called an interference as he would’ve won a foot race to the corner.

They’ll all be a year older, right? 😇

Ottawa’s opening shift was exactly what you’d expect from a team wanting to reset the tone. And … who is on the PP again?

And he’s defensively positionally sound as a center. The Quinnaissance begins!

Adams cackles…. A second line of JJP - Östlund - Quinn opening night next season? Done!

Sabres woke up in the final 5 minutes.

Woohoo! JJP and Quinn with excellent passes to each other

They want to make the playoffs.

Can you imagine a new owner retaining Adams?

One nice thing about Ottawa: they play with pace and pressure.

Quinn! A terrible, lollygagging, hesitation pass at the blue line causing JJP to go offside!

Yup. Offside.

Most teams only challenge when they know they’re going to win it.

Quinn! A pass!

That was pretty. Also, who knew it was allowed to do a one-touch pass on the power play? Not Muel. Because he’s never seen it in practice.

I hope he's the next Tim Schaller (he of the career season high of 23 points in college).

From Pegula's perspective we already won because they didn't have to pay ROR that $7.5M signing bonus.