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To the bolded, as for the rest, I'm not the analytics guy that you are but I see things thru the production and eye test. The guy who's replaced him the past 3 games has 3 times the points in 1/3 the games played and he's not playing with Jack either. Also if I offended you, it was unintentional besides how it may have sounded/read. Maybe you could expound on why you thought he was missed even with the recent absences of key personnel and they still came out with 3 points in 3 games.

Tage played the right side........... SKINNER PLAYS THE LEFT, you didn't notice that and how many goals has Skinner scored this year??

I gave him a B, can't blame him for the NJ Covid situation and with the PK additions a positive and the injuries on the backend, I can't blame him for any of that. Hutton in goal, that may be a different story but he's covered most other bases.

And that probably blows up when Jack comes back which is hopefully sooner than later and Lazar goes back to 4C Side note, I don't listen or watch much Buffalo sports guys but is Brian Koziol the biggest dumb@ss in the market and I realize PHam is not the most popular guy in here??

I don't like HCRK, I think he's the worst situational game coach in the game right now Jeff Skinner has had issues with his coaches since his Carolina days, nothing really new here Has anyone really missed or noticed Skinner was missing the past 3 games?? I think no. Guys who people wanted in Rochester have performed better than he has. As for Okposo, I don't necessarily disagree that he's been better but he does play the right side as opposed to the left side where there are options besides Skinner. As for the PK it is much better with Eakins, Rieder, Sheehan and Lazar than it ever was with Larsson on it, so please stop with that one.

VS. Yes that is not a misprint we are playing the NJ Devils again tonight as the Sabres return home after a 4 game road trip and it's also the 3rd game in a 5 in 7 day bonanza. Have we been regulated by our recent play by having to play these guys over and over?? Is the league making sure the Devils don't infect the rest of the division and have them continuing to play us over and over?? Are we in a Ground Hog Day Loop?? Questions still abound around this Sabres team, will Terry P. fire HCRK before the season ends ala the Habs and Julien, what would Brandon Montour return if we did trade him, will Dahlin continue his very good play as of late, will Bryson, Casey M. and Asplund play again tonight after their better than expected play of late?? Will Skinner get back on the ice, the case against is Casey M. has twice as many points as him in his brief time on the ice and Asplund in 2 games has more goals, so production may be a factor?? The team has won 2 of the last 3 games and look better than they have since after the Covid break. With a win tonight the team can jump from 8th to 6th in the Eastern Division Standings. Another positive is the very recent play of L. Ullmark who hopefully will continue his very hot play in goal and can unleash a Sabres winning streak. SABRES at DEVILS This is the fifth of eight meetings between the Sabres and Devils this season having won 3 of the previous 4. Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New Jersey 4-1 in New Jersey on Feb. 23 Next meeting: Thursday, Feb. 25 in Buffalo The Sabres are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Devils; 3-5-2 on the road. This is the 163rd game all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has an 80-56-26 series record. The Sabres are 36-28-15 on the road against the Devils all-time. THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 15-6-0 all-time on February 23. February 23, 2011: The Sabres defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1 in the team’s first game under the ownership of the Pegulas, a day after Terry and Kim Pegula announced their purchase of the team. All three members of the French Connection surprise Terry on the ice in a pre-game ceremony. February 23, 2019: Sam Reinhart records his third career hat trick as the Sabres top the Washington Capitals by a score of 5-2. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW The Sabres are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Devils, outscoring New Jersey 24-13 in those contests. It’s the first time the Sabres have won at least four out of five games against the Devils since Buffalo won six straight matchups from Feb. 21, 2000 to Feb. 22, 2001. The home team had won six straight games between these teams before each team won on the road in the two most recent games in the series. With a win tonight, the Sabres would have wins in consecutive visits to New Jersey for the first time since Oct. 23 and Nov. 10, 2010. The Sabres’ special teams are plus-7 this season, with 16 goals for and nine goals against. Following last night’s game, they were tied for the third-best differential in the league. I am 5-5-2 in my GDTs and I'm hoping a win tonight puts me with 8 games with points out of 13 as opposed to when I was gone @Brawndo @nfreeman and @spndnchz were a paltry 0-3 with only 2 goals scored for us and only @bob_sauve28 capable of pulling out a victory. So in case inquiring minds want to know, you now can be assured who the jinxes are for this team and why I propose a ban on mods starting GDTs. 😜😜 NHL NEWS: Julien fired as Habs coach already, they were one of the hottest teams in the league coming out of the gate, a few setbacks and he gets whacked, who would have thought the LA Kings would be the hottest team in the league after 6 straight victories and sweeping the St. Louis Blues in the process. The NHL games played outside recently although having a bit of an ice glitch had all time high tv ratings for the event. Can the NHL be finally catching on?? Zach Parise scored his 800th NHL point in his last game, congrats on that achievement and in that game the Wild won their 4th straight game beating Colorado 6-2. In other Wild news Kirill Kaprizov is running away with the rookie scoring title with 15 points in 16 games and Dylan Cozens has 4 points and is tied for 20th. Yes there is an age difference but you have to admit that's a pretty hot start for the 23 year old Russian. Josh Norris is 2nd in scoring and Tim Stutzle is 4th who both play for Ottawa. Toronto, Florida, Boston and Vegas currently are the division leaders with lots of time for things to change but currently Colorado is 6th in the division and out of the playoff race at the moment. LETS GO BUFFALO Some information was found at https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com

Did we really miss Jeff?? Taxi squaders littered the lineup the past 2 games and they deserved better against the Islanders and beat the Devils pretty convincingly. I'd sit him again and see if the younger guys can continue their good play. Asplund even without the goal I thought played his best game, Borgen and Bryson both played well, Mitts is coming around and is there any question at all concerning Cozens?? Unless Jeff can switch to the right side, I'd say sit him again.

I'm guessing that we have about 30 years to go, the last time they were this mad they made Moses wander in a desert for a long time.

You gotta be fast to out duel Quick Draw Brawndo

. VS Well game #2 in a back to back, this time against the appropriately named Devils, who have been nothing short of catastrophic for the Sabres. Bright spots in last night's game were the play of Dahlin, Casey M. played like a legitimate NHL player, Reinhart continued his goal scoring streak, Hall looked like the guy we wanted and Cozens looks we finally hit on a draft pick. Besides that the team is on the fast track of here l go again Things You Should Know This is the fourth of eight meetings between the Sabres and Devils this season. Last meeting: Buffalo defeated New Jersey 3-2 in New on Feb. 20 Next meeting: Thursday, Feb. 25 in Buffalo The Sabres are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games vs. the Devils; 3-5-2 on the road. This is the 163rd game all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has an 80-56-26 series record. The Sabres are 36-28-15 on the road against the Devils all-time. THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 15-6-0 all-time on February 23. February 23, 2011: The Sabres defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1 in the team’s first game under the ownership of the Pegulas, a day after Terry and Kim Pegula announced their purchase of the team. All three members of the French Connection surprise Terry on the ice in a pre-game ceremony. February 23, 2019: Sam Reinhart records his third career hat trick as the Sabres top the Washington Capitals by a score of 5-2 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Part 2 The Sabres are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Devils, outscoring New Jersey 24-13 in those contests. It’s the first time the Sabres have won at least four out of five games against the Devils since Buffalo won six straight matchups from Feb. 21, 2000 to Feb. 22, 2001. The home team had won six straight games between these teams before each team won on the road in the two most recent games in the series. With a win tonight, the Sabres would have wins in consecutive visits to New Jersey for the first time since Oct. 23 and Nov. 10, 2010. The Sabres’ special teams are plus-7 this season, with 16 goals for and nine goals against. Following last night’s game, they were tied for the third-best differential in the league. LETS GO BUFFALO

I'm going to put HCRK with some blame for this loss, your in a 2-2 game less than a minute left in PK and you have Davidson and Jokiharju as your Dmen to kill the penalty?? Really, and AHL guy and possibly the worst D-man defensively on the team on your PK?? W-T-Heck was that all about. What was he thinking, the worst situational coach in the league IMO.

VS. The Buffalo Sabres shorthanded on defensive men will take on the NY Islanders in what will be the 1st of 5 games in 7 days for the team. To say that these games and especially this one is important to the standings would be an understatement. Can they light a fire under these circumstances and show some heart, we'll see Sabres fans. With Risto and McCabe both out for the foreseeable future, can Dahlin be ready to shoulder the responsibility of keeping the D corps respectable?? Will HCRK just let him play and gain some confidence or are his detractors correct in saying he's just another dumb blonde on skates?? Casey M. gets his first chance after being sidelined in the Covid protocol and can he try and stake a claim to more playing time. Will the 5v5 scoring finally return for this team or will this end up being a full year of disappointment?? If there is a bright spot in this season, the PP and PK have been the team's highlights. Then there's the Ralph K and Skinner episode, will they finally have a meeting of the minds or is this a matter of Sooner or later one of them must know what's next. THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 7-4-2 all-time on February 22. February 22, 1989: Darcy Wakaluk stops all 13 shots faced in relief and the Sabres score five unanswered goals to erase a three-goal deficit and defeat the New York Islanders 7-5. February 22, 2007: Patrick Kaleta records his first career point (an assist) in his NHL debut vs. Ottawa. The Sabres win the game 6-5 in a shootout after the teams combine to record 136 penalty minutes. February 22, 2011: And in a day that may still end up in infamy, Terry Pegula announces his purchase of the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres would finish the season by going 16-4-4 in the 24 games after the purchase to make the playoffs. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW The Sabres’ special teams are plus-7 this season, with 15 goals for and eight goals against. Entering play Sunday, they were tied for the third-best differential in the league and 3rd best PP percentage at just over 41% Buffalo’s penalty kill is 18-for-20 (90.0%) in the team’s last 11 games against the Islanders. Taylor Hall has recorded 18 points (9+9) in his 18 games against the Islanders dating back to the beginning of the 2013-14 season. Jack Eichel has totaled 10 points (3+7) in his 10 meetings with the Islanders since the beginning of the 2017-18 season. Victor Olofsson has scored in three of his five career games against the Islanders. Linus Ullmark is 3-2-1 in six career games against the Islanders with a .922 save percentage and a 2.16 goals-against average. The team ranks 2nd in the league in face-off won percentage and all 4 primary face-off men, Eichel-Stall-Eakin and Sheahan over 50% The Sabres are the least penalized team in the league and have the best differential of penalties for and against. NHL News: Anaheim Ducks finally call up Zegras, so we'll see if his debut is soon. Dubois scores twice including a nifty OT winner in a win over the Canucks. @dudacek may need to give us an update as to how long they'll let this season pass them by before they make some changes to the roster. The Penguins Crosby played his 1000th game the other day, Toronto is tearing up the North Division and unless there's a complete fallout they'll end up the #1 seed there plus Matthews is on a 56 goal pace in a 56 game season so far. Being to dumb to go to college doesn't seem to have fazed him and in comparison the Sabres top 5 goal scorers have a combined 20 so far which includes Olofsson, Reinhart, Stall, Lazar and Rieder and where the heck are our supposed 3 top goal scorers, Jack, Hall and Skinner?? A total of 3 so far. 14 games and we have a total of 3 goals from those guys. Good thing Okposo is banging them home, OH WAIT, he doesn't have any either. 33 million dollars in salary and we have 3 goals total from them. Yikes, yes I'd say that even overtakes the GK's as the #1 problem why this team in under the Deluca 500. LETS GO BUFFALO Some information was found on this website https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com I'm also back with power and safe water at the house, so I'm back at this also.

Sounds like I didn't miss much yesterday by being in winter hellterland. Thank you Nfreeman for the GDT and I guess to the HaterofRisto man for yesterdays. Looking on the bright side, hopefully we can turn things around with a win after a loss as opposed to the past loss after a win scenario. LETS GO BUFFALO

WooooooooooHooooooooo power just came back on, the heater is back on, I have water again and the internet. I don't want to say it was cold in the house but this is what I woke up to this morning. I haven't been this cold since January 1977. You can keep that freezing weather boys

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VS. The Buffalo Sabres play the NY Islanders on National TV tonight at a 6pm start on NBCSN. The Islanders with 19 goals in 9 games should provide little scoring but with the never know what team is going to show up for Buffalo, they're probably licking their chops. The Sabres normally show up for the 1st game of these 2 game series and then who knows who appears for the Sybil's of the NHL. The same can probably be said of HCRK who you never know who he's going to play from game to game and with who. The Risto-McCabe duo and the Special Teams are the only consistently good things happening for the team up to this point in the season. What we're watching currently is nothing short of a ball of confusion. SABRES at ISLANDERS This is the first of eight meetings between the Sabres and Islanders this season. Last meeting: New York defeated Buffalo 3-2 (OT) in New York on Dec. 14, 2019. Next meeting: Thursday, Feb. 4 in New York The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Islanders; 3-5-2 on the road. This is the 174th game all-time between Buffalo and New York; Buffalo has an 82-66-25 series record. The Sabres are 36-37-13 on the road against the Islanders all-time. THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 9-7-3 all-time on February 2. February 2, 1975: Buffalo records 58 shots on goal and Jerry Korab and Peter McNab each score two goals in the Sabres’ 8-1 victory over the Kansas City Scouts. February 2, 1998: The Sabres defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3, led by Brian Holzinger’s career-high four points (1+3) and a 35-save performance from Steve Shields. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Buffalo’s penalty kill is 15-for-16 (93.8%) in the team’s last nine games against the Islanders. Victor Olofsson enters today’s game on a six-game point streak (2+5) that ties as the longest of his career. The Sabres’ special teams are plus-8 this season, with 12 goals for and four goals against. Entering play Monday, they tied the Boston Bruins for the second-best differential in the league, trailing only the Colorado Avalanche (plus-12). Before Monday night’s games, only Edmonton’s Ethan Bear and Darnell Nurse (9 GF) had been on the ice for more 5-on-5 goals as a pair than Jake McCabe and Rasmus Ristolainen’s eight goals. Rasmus Dahlin’s 32 shots on goal led all NHL defensemen and tied for 12th-most overall entering play Monday. LETS GO BUFFALO Some information was gathered from the website https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com for those who may want to read more from this site.

No feed on my app, not sure about yours, you,re on thru cable though aren't you, well someone must have just had their coffee because it's there now (☉｡☉)!

Oh shoot you beat me to it @dudacek

OMG, what is @Brawndo going to do and who will he have to trade now???

Being in Houston they are blacked out on NHL-TV because they are on NHL Network, so I wasn't sure if that held true everywhere, thanks for the info.

VS. The Buffalo Sabres will play their 10th game of the season today starting in 5th place in the Eastern Division standings, 1 point out of 4th and 2 points out of 3rd. They also have the 4th best goal differential in the Division at "0" followed by Pittsburg with a -5. They will also attempt to gain 7 points out of this 4 game home stand this afternoon. Also with a victory today the Sabres with hit the magical Deluca 500. I hope I haven't jinxed them. With the game on NHL Network, I don't believe they'll be on MSG today although I'll edit this if I find out otherwise. Some Sabres player stats.... Linus Ullmark is 23rd in the league with a .914 Save %, 22nd with a 2.56 GAA with at least 3 games played, tied for 9th in Wins with 3, 5th in Shoot Out Save % with .900 2 Players tied for 24th in points Jack Eichel and Taylor Hall with 9 and Victor Olofsson tied for 35th with 8 Jack Eichel is tied for #1 in the league in Shout Out Goals with 2 Victor Olofsson leads the Sabres with 4 goals followed by Stall, Reinhart and Rieder with 3 apiece Taylor Hall leads the team in assists with 8 followed by Jack Eichel with 7 and V. Olofsson with 4 Rasmus Ristolainen leads the team in +/- with +3 followed by Cozens and McCabe with +2 Jake McCabe leads the team in penalty minutes with 9 followed by Ristolainen, Skinner and Montour with 6 No real reason to think so but I would think the lineup changes a bit in a back to back and scenario and we should also see the return of Hutton in goal. So with that in mind Sabres fans will have to find a reason to believe they can win this afternoon. GOOD DAY FOR A MATINEE Today’s game is the third of 11 afternoon games for the Sabres this season. They are 2-0-0 in the first two. Buffalo went 7-2-2 in afternoon games during the 2019-20 season, including a 6-2-0 record at home and a 1-0-2 mark on the road. BACK-TO-BACK Today’s game wraps up Buffalo’s third of eight sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 4-3 shootout win yesterday vs. New Jersey. The Sabres are 2-1-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 0-2-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in previous back-to-back sets is: four points (0), three points (0), two points (1), one point (0) and zero points (1). EVEN-STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT The Sabres have seen a positive trend at even strength through the team’s first nine games of the season. So far, Buffalo’s 5-on-5 numbers have improved on the team’s per-60 rates from last season in several meaningful categories, including shot differential, shot attempt differential, scoring chance differential, high-danger scoring chance differential and expected goal differential. POWER UP Buffalo finished yesterday’s game with the ninth-ranked power play in the league. The team has scored on 10 of its 35 power play opportunities this season for a 28.6 percent conversion rate. Following yesterday’s game, the Sabres tied for the league lead with seven different players with at least one goal on the power play. Victor Olofsson leads the team and is tied for fourth in the league with three power-play goals this season. At the conclusion of yesterday’s game, his 16 career power-play tallies trailed only Leon Draisaitl and David Pastrnak (20 each) for the most in the league since he made his NHL debut on March 28, 2019. The Sabres have 10 players with at least one power-play point this season, tying for third-most in the league after yesterday’s game. OUT OF THE BOX At the conclusion of yesterday’s game, the Sabres were the least-penalized team in the NHL at 5:26 of penalty time per game. At plus-15 (38 drawn/23 taken), the Sabres had the best penalty differential in the league following yesterday’s game. NHL News: Defenseman Mete with Montreal and Bennett with Calgary have requested trades, for those non Samson fans aren't you glad we didn't make that pick, Kris Letang was injured yesterday to really put the Penguins D situation as dire, every team in the Eastern Division gained at least 1 point yesterday further emphasizing regulation wins to get ahead, Connor McDavid with a nothing short of spectacular PP goal yesterday in a win against the loafs, the NY Rangers blew another 3rd period lead and lost to the Penguins and the return of the un-Covid players with Washington who although blowing a 3rd period lead beat Boston in overtime with an Ovie goal. LETS GO BUFFALO Some information was gathered from the website https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com for those who may want to read more from this site.

My heart agrees with you, my brain tells me that we just played a team with their 3rd GK with their #1 not here and the 1st line and 2nd line Centers didn't play. We went to a shootout with these guys?? I don't see Modo-disaster here but they still look like crap. The Sabres team defense and PK are lightyears better than anything we've seen around here lately though.

May the Force be with us

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