sabresouth

The cost is to high? I say losing countless games over the past three years is to high a cost. The goalie is arguably the most important position on the team. KA should have addressed this position a long time ago

I am so tired of griping about goaltending. It is ridiculous that we are still going with subpar goaltending afterthis many years. KA has done a good job everywhere else but good grief get a serious goalie

We need a good goalie also. Comrie is at 3.65 gaa And Anderson is well on his way to being over 3 gaa. Tuff to win consistently when you have to score 4+ goals every game. Would be nice if our goalie would steal a game now and then as well.

Stop the loss skid. Just win. Let's go Sabres

I've been trying off and on all day to get espn+. I keep getting message that they are having technical difficulties. Hope they get it fixed before game time.

Agreed. To much white. I think a time or two I lost a player in the ice.

Wow... another great game. The tenacity level that they are playing at just wears teams down by the third period.

Wow!! What a great game. Too many good things to list. But even Middelstadt had two posts. He's got seven points in nine games. I think he'll sink one eventually. TNT and Skinner with beautiful goals.

Sell your house move two miles to the end of a dead end dirt road. We did this and haven't had any trick or treaters in the fifteen years we've been here.

Hence my harping about needing a good goalie for the last two years. That has really been my only complaint with management. I just don't understand why it took them so long to address it. And really this year they just took a flyer on commri. So far it is looking like it will pay off. Hope it continues.

Great game. Hopefully Comrie's game last night was the rule and not the exception. If so we will be in the hunt for playoff spot. TNT's goal was great. Dahlin has got it figured out. Now if we can get Tuch and Skinner going. The young kid's are holding their own and will improve continually although it will feel agonizingly slower than we like. We want them ready now. But it's fun to watch them grow.

I have two words for you. LET'S GO SABRES!!!!

This was the canes last pre season game. I doubt they were playing their ahl roster. Overall pleased with the play of some of our young players. They will be fun to watch this year

Also on NHLN... it's about time. I have missed sabres hockey.

Yeah.... I'm still pretty disappointed that this is the best management could do concerning goaltending this year. Goaltending usually makes or breaks the team. If they lose confidence in the goalies, it's over. You don't necessarily have to have great goaltending but you do have to have good solid goaltending for the playoffs. I just don't think this collection of goalies will be able to do that. Hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

I really appreciate a player taking the time to write a letter to fans. I don't remember a player ever doing this before. I will admit I only pay attention to the Sabres and don't remember this happening before. But I really appreciate it when it is heart felt.

Im glad we traded ullmark. He's an ok goalie but I don't think he is Stanley cup contender material. Having said that I know this is his first taste of the playoffs and has some jitters. But we need better.

A great game to finish out the season and give RJ one last victory. To much to say but just a couple of things. Thanks for the memories RJ. Suban was a nice touch. The guys wanted it to much early and were gripping the stick to hard. They finally settled in and pulled out a victory. Only way it could have been better is with a 5-2 victory. Going forward fix goaltending first and foremost. Then upgrade a couple of lower players and next season will truly be fun to watch. They definitely made big strides the last half of the season. Overall I'm a happy sabres fan looking forward to next season.

And they're all gone.

I know this is a Skinner thread and he has definitely helped this team turn around. But I read some where yesterday that with the 37 goals TNT has scored this season he has scored more goals than Jack did in any one season as a sabre. I hope they don't separate them as line mates. They definitely feed off each other.

I'm not going to be happy unless we get a true number one netminder. Bring up UPL to be the number two or whatever. But we don't need to mess around any more. We lacked 30 points from having a solid playoff position. Thats 15 wins short. Lack of good goaltending especially earlier in the season is a big part of that. It will be a disaster to miss the playoffs next year because of one position. Do not take a chance on a maybe or hope player. If we can pick up next year in play where we are now we will be there. Please fix goaltending.

Good point. I didn't realize he had played that many games.

TNT is better than Jack was tonight. Granted Jack is coming off a long injury break. But I am well satisfied with Tage.

I was thinking the same thing. I watched this game and had a hard time noticing when he was on the ice.

Yes I agree we definitely need to tweak the lines a little. I was just pointing out the most glaring position that needs fixing. The point I was trying to make is we are doing a lot better in the goal scoring department this year compared to the last several years. I'm willing to give Mitts one more season. Dahlin just since the all star break finally got his game figured out. Mitts wasn't drafted till the year after Dahlin. Mitts makes some really good passes and comes up with the puck along the wall pretty well. He just needs to start scoring more.