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Any SS'ers here at the game, alot of bills fans here. I'm in section 441, nosebleed section

Wow!! Two great games. Really fun to watch. My feeling throughout this past off season was that Jbot should bring in a true number one goalie. They showed flashes of greatness but were terribly inconsistent last year. I think the pressure was to much trying to carry the team and keep them in games. But as long as we can keep outshooting our opponents and spend more time in the O zone, I think they will be fine this year. Carter has looked good, hope it continues.

Can't wait GO SABRES!!!!

Um.... Maybe you should cut your hair, it hasn't seemed to help the last three years ?

I bought my tickets on stub hub back in the middle of August. I did find out that they are season ticket holder seats, obviously not able to make it to those games.

We are going to two games one night apart ( Jan 28 & 30). Got the exact same seats same row section 110. They are priced $45 - $96 each accordingly. So yeah price is based on demand per game IMHO.

We're renting a car at the airport. Will do a little sightseeing if weather permits. Maybe the falls or make a short trip to Ithaca, got kin folk there. Lived in Buffalo maybe 42-43 years ago as a kid for a few years. Was actually there in the blizzard of 77. Now live in San Arkansas, lucky if we get 2-3 inches a year.

Wow, this is cool. We are flying in on Monday leaving on friday for the senators game on Tuesday and the Canadians game on Thursday January 28th and 30th. We went ahead and booked the harbor center, figuring the weather will probably not be good. Like Miles, only get to one away game a year in Dallas. This will be our first time to key bank. Looking forward to it. Good luck to you Miles. I also appreciate the info for around harbor center.

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Did Jbot loose his fax machine or something? ?

Krickets chirping............

Unfortunately none of us ( myself included) truly know what coach we need, we're not privy to the room. All we have are our opinions and ideas. Which then leave us trusting the leadership to make the right call. Hope they make the right one. Tired of loosing.

I was mainly agreeing with the statement that we need a coach that can instill a whole lot of discipline. Our young team needs a heavy hand I believe. Some on the team seem to have a sense of entitlement. I'm not saying he's the right coach or not but I liked what Doan said.

This is exactly what this team needs. Especially the last sentence.

Has anything like this been done before in the NHL?

Agreed, second in points, only behind Jack. He's not flashy or dynamic but just gets the job done.

I don't think Plummers can keep up on the first line. That's why they keep switching back and forth with Sam. It would have been nice if we could have gotten someone at the deadline to fix that. It would have had a trickle down effect on all the lines.

I think the pressure of trying to win a team record eleven games got to them a little bit. They are a very young teem. If they had come into this game on a five game win streak they probably would have played better. They just seemed off a bit. Of course playing one of the best teams in the league added to it as well. Over all I'm well pleased with this team. FUN TO WATCH. Finally...

ugh.. emoji didn't take. Being sarcastic.... Well sort of.

Wow, you're giving Lhener a lot of credit there.

I've never been on the trade ROR train. I think a winning team will cure his problems. If this article is right he played the third hardest minutes and was still our second highest point getter. Above that I don't think people appreciate his face off wins. Does anyone have any stats on goals we scored after he won a face off? I know this is impossible but how many goals against were saved. I know we didn't score many but Imagine if we had a good team how many more goals we might score. We will be good this year. Now if we trade ROR and replace him with someone with a lower face off percentage we lose those goals as well.

Lehner makes spectacular saves there's no doubt about it. But he has 6 problems that add up to an average goalie at best. 1: In the back of my mind I'm always wondering when the other team will get that soft goal. I think it also kills momentum for our team when it happens which is quite often 2: When he plays the puck behind the net he shoots it to the opposing team half the time. 3: he has a hard time holding the post. 4: He is prone to way over comit to one side and has a hard time getting back in time. Which allows him to make spectacular saves but if he didn't overcommit it wouldn't have to be a spectacular saves. 5: Rebound control is not very good. Has he ever heard the term "freeze the puck". 6: His breakaway and shootouts are terrible. These 6 things make him nowhere near a playoff calliber goalie IMHO.

Do you think he might want to play this year under new GM, new coach, and new system, then if he likes the style of play want to resign with us?

I don't know, I just did it Buffalo came up number one on third try, then didn't hit top three for four times then Buffalo hit number one next four out of five.

YESSSSS. PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER