Derrico

I may be a couple old fashions deep but I think we come out flying tonight! Home opener. Let gooooooooooo

Agreed. I use to go dt Toronto for a night out. It’s obviously much bigger but really, downtown Buffalo has nearly everything you would want (good restaurants, bars/clubs, Sheas theatre, Sabres games, concerts etc) with probably 25% of the crowd, traffic and bs. Others will differ but I’ll take dt buff over dt Tor all day everyday.

I always see it and think what a bizarre name they have. It’s pizza plant but picture of a planet as if that’s what they were going for. Been meaning to try it sometime but my kids always insist on going to Chefs.

Love sidelines! I’m in town for the game and will be cheering loud and proud from our new section in 112. Let’s Go Buffalo!!!!!!

Finally some good news seeing reports that JJ and Benson back practising.

So what's the minimum someone is out while on IR? Looks like 7-days? Has it been reported what the injury is?

Agreed. But isn't most teams in trouble if one of their starters go down? The 3-headed goalie idea sounds awful. So the alternative is sending Levi down. But what if (as seems obvious) they think Levi is the better goalie today? Are we not trying to win now? I wanted Reimer as the #3 to be sure. But we're talking about a 36 year old journeyman career backup vs a top prospect no? Sucks we lost him but not sure I wanted them sending Levi down just so they didn't have a chance at losing Reimer.

Good game! I needed the win more in standings haha

I assumed Benson was dealing with something and wasn't healthy scratched.

Where have you been my captain? Completely invisible in both games.

Wow we are an angry bunch to start the season. The loss pissed me off too but until I hear Benson was a healthy scratch I’ll continue to assume he’s not. Many clips of Ruff praising Benson all through training camp.

Benson being hurt. Hoping it’s nothing serious and they recognize this is very early in the season to have to play through some type of injury on a back to back with 5 days rest incoming.

Give me more of them fancy stats

That drop pass on pp is getting super old. Rarely works. Figure your damn Power play out. A joke again

Big save my Luuuuuu. LFG guys.

Let’s Go Buffalo!!!!!!!!!

We’re on the eve of a new season. One week until the home opener. Almost there now. Let’s go Buffalo!!

The best form of PR is winning some ***** hockey games. Give me the best lineup that can do that. All else be damned.

It's a couple of days before the season opener. Despite wishing they brought in one more top 6 forward, I think there's plenty of reason for optimism. Tuch / Thompson / Peterka is a legitimate top line for a playoff team Benson / Cozens / Quinn has so much potential. Could be just as fun as Peterka Quinn Cozens from two years ago Zucker / McLeod / Greenway is one of the better projected third lines we've had in a long time Malenstyn / Lafferty / Aube-Kubel comprises of legitimate 4th line NHLers who excel at playing a defensive game rather than the washed up NHL/AHL tweeners we've been running out the past few years. No doubt Lindy had a say in who he wanted to bring in. Should be much improved from a roster construction standpoint. The Defense looks to be deeper than past years and OP is another year older now. Lots of potential in the top 3 of Dahlin, Byram and Power Many thought Levi was the savior last year but its tough making the jump from juniors. A professional year under his belt now and he is going in as the backup if he remains with the big club. As Thorny (Thorner?) said, betting odds are UPL is who he was last season, particularly if they play tighter D under Ruff. It'll come down to health. We can't afford to lose any top players (especially top 6) for any length of time. But the critical mass of drafting high and developing has arrived. I sure hope it doesn't go poorly because most of our key contributors are home grown and finally at the age/experience that they should be difference makers.

Agreed. But what does this mean in reality if they want Levi backing up UPL? Reimer takes up a spot on their active roster as the third goalie? Also doesn’t seem like a great idea.

I'll be there doing my part! Let's Go Buffalo!!

Veteran lineup be damned. I can’t wait to watch that Cozens, Benson, Quinn line. Looks like so much fun.

The time is now

Great Reimer article. My wings buddy says he was the most reliable of their three. Goes a bit to my point on better depth. Comrie was a tire fire last year. Horrendous numbers by any metric. Levi wasn’t ready. Not saying he’s ready this year but does have a full AHL season under his belt and by all accounts was pretty good. Obviously has a lot of potential. UPL finally took that step and should be good. Just need one of those other two to play well under hopefully a tighter Lindy Ruff D with those D specialists we added, I see an argument that goaltending may end up being a strength of this team. It’s been a long time since we’ve had that.

I’m not convinced that running out a patty kane and vlad terasenko in the twilights of their career is a better option. I really don’t. Give me the younger upside. These aren’t complete rookies. I’ve seen enough from all 3 that there is huge potential there. Many forget how good Quinn peterka and cozens line looked two years ago. You are right. That line probably has a large impact on where the Sabres end up. I’ll still sign up for our second line over the wings veterans.