Derrico

I know, I'm actually surprised his +/- has been as solid as it has been. But the guy is here to score points. Period. I know there is the argument to made that Ruff has him playing with guys like Ott and Hecht for the most part and he hasn't seen as much time on the PP as I would like. However, if he is as super talented as an 18 year old should be to crack an NHL lineup than he needs to bury a couple (including the chance he had late in the game Sunday).

Ya, he must have strained it pretty bad. Usually guys who don't come into training camp in shape have these types of injuries. Not that Lenio has dogged it since signing his massive contract or anything. I know this isn't the thread but the only guy on this team I would buy out next offseason would be him. Really? I know his 0 points and -1 +/- is blowing us all away.

Once again, these are fantastic. I use them for home and work. Greatly appreciated man!

At home Tuesday against the 2-3 Leafs.

Well atleast we have some jump. Foligno must sense my appointment as I've really liked his last couple of shifts lol.

I like your optimism Hound! This team has beat me down the last few years I suppose haha.

There is hope.....

Is it too early for the Drouin, Jones, MacKinnon watch??

I hope you're right but neither of those two guys are even getting chances IMO. Foligno was so noticeable last year but seems a step slow this year. The only hope I have is that they're both young, but that's about it.

Ya, this team is just not very good unfortunatley. Absolutely no depth. Gerbe is too small and is just very ineffective. The young guys have regressed/not lived up to expectations so far in this early season (Grigs, Foligno) the D has been poor (Myers and Leopold in particular). If not for Miller and our top line we could easily be 0-4. I love watching the Sabres so I'll keep watching all year, they just look like a team that doesn't have what it takes to make the playoffs (only 4.5 games into the year I know). Forgot to mention that Stafford is absolutely useless.

If we end up winning this game it's on Miller.

Sit Leopold.

This is gonna be a tough one without Vanek. What's wrong with him BTW?? Hurt?

Or the rest of the league was hurt more by the call ups.

Well that's quite the analogy.

Hahahaa, Boyes is lighting it up on the Island is he??

I thought you were done with this team?

As much as I'd love to see that happen, there's no way you can break up the Hodgson line IMO. That's literally our only scoring line. I'd like to see the kid more on the PP though. I get having him play with one winger like a Hecht to ensure we're defensively sound but put the guy on the PP where he can showcase his skills. He's looked invisible to me and honestly I don't know what is better for his development. Is it going down and playing a ton of minutes in key situations (which I agree he has already mastered) or is it to stick with the team and hope his confidene doesn't deteriorate and he regresses?

Big game tonight. With a shortened season you especially don't want to lose two in a row. Let's hope that resting Miller paid off and he's fresh and plays well tonight. We need another line to chip in offensively. I don't want to pull a Lindy Ruff here but I'm alright with them mixing and matching the second and third lines. 4-2 win with the score closer than the game indicates. Let's Go Buffalo!

Hhahaahahahhaha, nice......

Really?? Maybe it's just me. I've been looking for this kid while watching the games and he's been invisible to me. He doesn't do much in the corners and other than the beauty pass in the first game he's done very little. I don't want to over-react the first loss but to me he hasn't been a difference maker as of yet. If he hasn't had a single noticable game after the 5 then I don't know I want to burn a year of his ELC.

My thoughts on the game: D was terrible, 1 through 6. Might be time now with the loss and back to back to shake up the D and get a Brennan or Weber in there. Enroth looked bad. I know the D didn't help but he never came up with a save when we really needed one. That 2nd goal was horrible. Other than the Hodgson line there is NO scoring at all As much as I like Foligno's game he is useless in the offensive zone. Stafford is completely invisible out there offensively. He's always been streaky but he's been horrible IMO. Give Grigs some wingers to play with!! I know you want Hecht covering up for his youth in the D zone but he's been invisible without any wingers. I say switch up the second and third lins and get Grigs with maybe Stafford and Ott to try and get Staf going. The way Grigs is playing I'd be fine with him going back to Quebec.

Although I still probably agree with this, they won their first game in a hostile environment in Montreal's home opener, played us very tough and then beat the Penguins last night in their home opener. If they keep playing like this I may have to change my tune, although Lupal is hurt now and this is a discussion under a different topic. Anyways, as for the Canes losing their first two and 'needing' this win. I thought that same thing about the Flyers third game and they got whopped by the Devils to move to 0-3. If we play to our abilities we're the better team IMO.

Let's pile up the points early in the season so we don't have to stress during the stretch run. Four more points in two nights against the Canes will go a long way in April.

I agree with Grumpy that he's been there, done that in juniors. If he can get decent minutes in the NHL then keep him up to help his development. I know there's a salary cap but I don't think 'burning' one year of his contract is as big of a deal now that T Pegs runs the show.