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The Sabres could upgrade in goal if they really really wanted to try and win more games this year. They won’t try to upgrade and it’s a real shame. This team is playing much better than anyone including their own management expected.

Just imagine what this team could do if we actually had a goaltender

Agreed. I know he lives in LA and does all his everyday work from there. So I wondered that myself. I wasn’t watching right before face off so I don’t know if they showed them up above for the intro.

Bucci is struggling tonight. I expected better from him. Almost sounds Tipsy. The other one is flat out unlistenable.

It looks very poor. I figured it might be decent with McDavid here.

Sabres have to fight through the opponent, officials and announcers. Lol that’s a lot

They are awful, not a good start for these announcers. It’s in it’s in. Oh wait maybe not. Morons

Sure looks like they are going to try to match the Bills record of 17 years of futility. It’s going to be damnnnnn close since we are already at what? 11 years and counting?

Sorry but your premise is wrong in regards to Pittsburgh. Mario’s rookie season was 1984-85. Recchi’s rookie season was 1988-89. Jagr’s rookie season was 1990-91. The Pens won their first cup in 1990-91. So it wasnt even close to a decade for the Pens to win. It was Mario’s 7th year, Recchi’s 3rd year and Jagr’s 1st year.

Only 70 more to go

He is now 200+ games into his NHL career and he’s still making the kind of mistakes you’d expect from someone in his first year. It happens continuously.

Donnie will be long gone by then.

The even MORE sad fact is we haven’t been a winning team since the Pegulas took over as owners. What’s it been 10, 11 years so far? Don’t you kind of think that’s even a bigger deal here? Amazing how people are so quick to blame everything on Eichel yet the far bigger problem with this franchise is still here overseeing everything. Is it still going to be Eichel’s fault 3 years or more from now if we haven’t made the playoffs between 2022 and beyond?

Describes half the lineup sadly.

I haven’t watched much of Seattle before tonight so far this year, are they always this physical and feisty or did they save it for us for some reason?

I think the last 2 1/2 games have felt exactly like RK is once again behind the bench. This is already no longer the same Sabres team from the first 4-5 games of the season.

Sabres have been outscored 5-0 in the 3rd period on this west coast trip so far. Not good.

The next 3 are all winnable as well. Have the Sabres ever gone 4-0 on a western road trip and I mean ever? I don’t recall it if so.

Gotta be a big confidence builder. Gotta learn to play 60 minutes but I feel like we’ve been wishing for that for the better part of 11+ years

Beautiful

This west coast trip is definitely set up nicely for 5-6+ points, which would be huge for this young group at this point in time. Gotta find a way to get 2 points now.

Sabres need to win this one in OT/SO. Blowing a 3-0 lead definitely could be a big confidence blow to a young team early this season.

Lots of standing around and watching. Would it hurt to put a hit on someone in front? Apparently too much to ask.

Born and raised in Niagara County from the 60s to the early 90s. Then Arizona for a couple years, Maryland for 20+ years, now North Texas for the past couple years.

I think if all NHL teams had the chance to play a goalie in his first NHL game they would pick the Sabres to do it against.