GASabresIUFAN

He’s in the OHL. Biro, Rousek, Malone, Murray, Sheahan or Weissbach could be called up depending on need. Biro is the Amerks top scorer ytd.

Wow. Great news on Samuelsson.

Sort of. He isn’t part of the plan for another 3-4 years anyway. I’m more concerned with Lindgren. An offensive D who isn’t scoring isn’t a good thing. That said, excited about Komarov uptick. He may project as a D first player in the NHL, but it’s nice to see he can contribute. I was also hoping that Bloom would continue to blossom and become a dominate player in the O. His numbers are basically on par with last year.

So how are our prospects doing so far? Goalies Levi, NCAA - 11g 6-2-3, 1.88 .941 Portillo, NCAA - 10g 8-2, 2.59 .909 (2.14 .926 last year) Leinonen, Sm-Liiga - 8g 3.08 .841 UPL, AHL - 9g 6-3 3.07 .898 Defense Novikov, KHL - 28 gm 1g 0a 1pt Lindgren, WHL - 14 gm 1g 4a 5pts (significant drop in production so far) Komarov, QMJHL - 17gm 1g 12a 13 pts (had 19 last year in 60 games) Johnson, NCAA - 12gm 0g 7a 7pts High End Forwards (1st & 2nd rd picks) Savoie, WHL - 15gm 7g 13a 20pts (1.33 pts/gm - down slightly from 1.39 last year) Östlund, SWE1, 16gm 2g 9a 11pts Kulich, AHL - 13gm 2g 6a 8 pts Rosen, AHL - 13gm 2g 7a 9 pts Kisakov, AHL - 9gm 2g 1a 3 pts Poltapov, KHL - no stats (IR?) Older Forward Prospects Biro (24) AHL, 13gm 3g 9a 12 pts Weissbach (24) AHL, 13gm 6g 5a 11 pts Rousek (23) AHL, 13gm 4g 7a 11 pts Other Forward Prospects of note Cederqvist AHL - 13gm 2g 5a 7pts Kozak AHL - 13gm 1g 2a 3pts Neuchev KHL - 28gm 3g 3a 6pts Richard USHL - 13gm 7g 5a 12pts Karlson SWEJr - 21gm 8g 12a 20pts Ratkovic-Berndtsson SWEJr - 13gm 7g 4a 11pts Bloom OHL - 19gm 7g 9a 16pts Nadeau QMJHL - IR Saradarian, Huglen and Costantini not doing much in college so far. Honestly the one guy popping off the screen as taking a big step forward so far is Komarov. Kulich and Rosen started hot, but have cooled of late.

You realize that the Sabres are last in the NHL in attendance at 70.6% of capacity through 9 home games. We are averaging 13458 per game which is 3rd worst by actual people. Only NJ (12950) and AZ (4600) are worse. AZ doesn't even play in a real NHL arena. https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/attendance.cgi Poor attendance will continue until the people of Buffalo and WNY actually have a product worth supporting.

someone needs to help Josh learn to read defenses again.

Sorry but Samuelsson isn't even skating yet. Maybe KA is trading for someone? Just kidding why would a GM acquire a player to support his team.

They lose 5 in a row, 3 straight at home, the GM sits in his hands watching the team circle the drain and people are wondering why no one is going to games? Rinse, wash, repeat.

….and we play well for 40 and then the team loses it’s way in the 3rd. KA find some D help. Enough already. Sometimes a GM just has to go for it.

I want them to get someone help and Reilly is available. As I wrote earlier we should trade for Reilly but make sure Boston eats part of the deal. If they won't take money off then a substantial asset needs to come along with Reilly and his blotted contract.

While I somewhat agree, I think playing behind so many lousy D has hurt the confidence of the team. The goalies are afraid that any mistake will end up in the next (and they are more regularly now). The forwards are pressing now because the bad defense and goaltending has them chasing after getting behind. We have given us the 1st goal in the last 3 games and spent the entire night chasing.

Because he has a $4 mill real $ obligation for 2023/24. No team, not even the desperate Sabres are paying that tab.

I was skeptical of TNT’s raise to the top of the NHL, but he is bringing it night after night and is a legit threat to score on every shift. While I thought the extension was premature he is proving KA correct. Now we need a few more forwards to take a similar leap. Cozens and Mitts would be nice.

Murray traded our draft picks for ROR and garbage. He never built anything enough to get anywhere. Unlike TM, KA has a real core of 7-8 legit prime and young forwards and 3 excellent D. He also has a prospect pool rich in forwards with no near ready D. Yes, it’s hard to fix his failures to upgrade adequately the D and goaltending from the last 2 off-seasons now, but sadly because of the injuries on D he has to do something now or get ready to lose away another season. It’s really that simple. I’m not saying he can get it done, but to not at least try is also a mistake.

Spend does necessarily mean sign UFAs. It can mean using our cap space to acquire a player with a short-term High cap $ from a cap strapped team. It can mean trading one of our 140 forwards for a defenseman or 3 to help replenish our farm system and improve the Sabres. KA's job is to eventually finish the rebuild and make us a consistent playoff team. The offense is there and now it's about time to do the same with the defense and goaltending. Waiting until Levi is ready in net is not the answer. Signing the Piluts, Clagues and keeping the Fitz's of this world is not the answer. We have the cap, the real $ and the deep prospect pool to fix these issues. it's past time to do it.

He can and should. Bear was available. Reilly is available. Myers is probably available. Chychrun is available. Make a deal. How many friggin forwards do we actually need? KA needs to take the training wheels off and stop shopping in the clearance aisle at TJMaxx. Our offense is clearly good enough to make the playoffs. Our defense is not. It’s time to support the team. Also Bush is fine as the 5/6 and nothing more. Comrie is not. Part of his issue is clearly the terrible D. However he has of late let in some terrible goals. Basically he hasn’t been much better than Tokarski.

Franchise now paying the price for KA’s failure to spend on defensive depth and real goaltending. I’ve been harping on this for 2 years now and while development is great, bringing the right veteran pieces can make a huge difference in that development and help the kids achieve success quicker. Instead KA has given us Bjork, Caggiula, Hagg, Butcher, Hayden, Subban, Tokarski, Eakin, Anderson, Pysyk, and other garbage. Now we have this year’s crap of Comrie, Bush, Pilut, and Clague and we are getting exactly what we paid for. Nothing. At some point KA is going to have to invest in real veterans to fill roster holes. He is also going to have to spend assets to solve problems and he needs to support the team. Once we lost Joki and Mule for extended periods he needed to do something. Like Jbot before him he sat on his hands and watched another good start get pissed away. Enough. KA fix the damn defense and do it now.

In tonight's game we could have used a live breathing human being on defense. The stiff's we used were obviously not up for the task.

It's the mistake that is killing this rebuild.

Sure, but no one can survive long behind this terrible D group.

There are gaping holes in the defense.

And that is why Casey is in the lineup

No possession. No goal. Good job by the broadcast team.

Cozens another own goal. If upheld 3rd in 2 games

Eichel gets stoned.