DarthEbriate

I've got a bad feeling about this... season.

Clarke is going to need to get a concussion check he whipped his own head back so hard.

You know what'd be really neat? Build on the PK goal by scoring a PP goal.

Greenway... as dangerous as TNT. But good scoring chances for both.

Phew. Got caught up-ice and Byfield with the Cozens' crest-shot.

McLeod weaves right around the King for a footrace win... results in a great scoring chance and a broken Byram stick.

Puck-removal is going to break Power's ankle.

0.0 before it's fully over the line.

Take away the Sabres powerplay and it's been a decent start. That's gonna be too late, I think.

The new 71 doesn't have the old 71's shot.

Clifton reads the telegraph and turns it into a nice chance. McLeod's got some wheels.

Had several days of PP practice. Get an extended 5-on-3 early on. Unforced errors on passes out of the zone, losing the puck by Tuch, and two really easy clears. Not the most confidence-inspiring look.

So... just gonna stand in a circle staring goofily at each other?

A tepid crowd shoutout for GM Sheevyn... But everyone like Lindy.

This is the way how we win.

It should noted that while in Green Bay, LaFleur was both calling the plays and the coordinator of the offensive game plan. Hackett just happened to be there. Because Hackett is his false front/protector. They thought they were going to Denver together, too.

Huh. One of my other favorite teams just announced something discussed in the recent Sabrespace talks. The Pohlads are planning to sell the Twins. Interesting. Very interesting.

Everyone is onboard now. https://www.theringer.com/nhl/2024/10/10/24265446/buffalo-sabres-jumbotron-nhl

Look at the size of that thing! What's more important to the Sabres brass right now? The product on the ice, or the ultimate power of that new scoreboard?

This fascinating relic provides us an intricate exploration of PoMo-Millennial art that was commonly referred to as "foodporn" at the time. In particular, notice the bacon rising up triumphantly, a reborn burst of deliciousness, through the center hole of the bagel ring. Records these days are scarce, and some translations are indecipherable, but we believe this was referred to by the people of the time as a bacon glory-hole. Notice the subtle use of shadow on the right side of the container and then deep shadow on the far right off of the brightly exposed table. This emphasizes the bagel rising up out of the darkness, led by the bacon glory-hole as a tentpole of ascendancy. What dark depths did this delicacy need to arise from? That is likely lost to time. The bacon is also balanced by the key figure of the image -- the Buffalo -- in the upper left. As our cunning student of foodporn @Stoner noted, the bacon is broken to allow us to see the Buffalo in near entirety. This Buffalo shield is leading the charge out of the darkness, using the bacon and bagel as a springboard into triumph. But alas, there is uncertainty. The head of the animal is off-canvas! This embodies the inconclusive nature of the times. The questions of "who is really in charge here?" and "is there some phantom menace on the horizon?". The answer is to head, pun intended, and spring boldly out of the darkness, and into the light. And there's some fries that look tasty, too. Edit: Sorry Cami, for hijacking your thread. Hope you sing really well this season!

Just wait until VO pulls an Evan Rodriques in the playoffs while the Sabres are still sitting at home. Incomplete player, absolutely. But in the right setup and having a playmaker to draw eyes away... he's a 20G scorer, and not everyone can be that. I still think that in 5 more years you can look around and see VO had a really nice little career with 160 goals and played for 4-5 teams, and he got traded for once at the deadline as additional playoff scoring help. And 10 years from now he's a "remember some guys" guy. Remember when VO had "Gimme Gimme Gimme" as his goal song?

It's Opening Day! Again! Lock s-foils in attack position and accelerate to attack speed.

Maybe. But they'll never know until they begin to extend themselves.

GM Sheevyn would say he didn't need to get a top-4 defensive stalwart like Pesce this offseason because he'd already gotten Byram at the trade deadline. Top 4 complete! But in 2023 offseason, the Devils lost Graves and Severson, then had Hamilton get injured and their goaltending fall apart. Pesce resolidifies the D-corps (with Nemec/Hughes a year older, etc.). And Markstrom is a good add. Established and fairly consistent except one poor year with Calgary.

Second-to-worst way. 😇 What they need is to rise up and confront, head-on and with gusto, a physical confrontation. And they need to do this as a team. There are other ways, but it's hockey, so a regular old donnybrook is the easiest way to accomplish it.