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Comrie Levi, Levi Comrie? Playoff chase? Let me think? Levi!

Holy small sample size Batman.

Bryan. 😉

It’s not a great win? They have somehow climbed back into the playoff race. I think they’ll have to recall Levi for the last West Coast as he gives us a much better chance of winning over Comrie.

Makes you wonder where this passion was the first 3/4 of the season.

They especially hate the 3 headed goalie monster.

Great win tonight. Personally I think it was Okposo.

The addition of Bryam and the subtraction of KO and EJ have certainly helped the pace of play. Bryan more than anyone else. He plays an attacking style and he is dragging the rest of the roster with him. Mitts wasn’t an issue either way. He excelled last year when the pace of play was higher and he is doing fine with Colo’s up tempo game as well. VO looks better. Makes you wonder if DG gave him the RK doghouse treatment because DG was smart enough to utilize him properly.

Who are they going to bring in to elevate the forward group and where will that person play? 8 of the top 9 are under contract and for unknown reasons DG & KA think Krebs is a good hockey player. They even think Girgensons is a "special" hockey player. When they re-sign Z and Robinson, that leaves exactly one forward spot open in the top 12 for next year. How is running back nearly the entire failing forward group "a meaningful" change? To make meaningful change you need to move on from Skinner and Krebs, find someone like Boone Jenner for the 3rd line center spot and bring in a playmaking wing (such as Zegras) to ignite the offense. That ain't happening. They won't move on from Skinner which means they won't have the money or a willingness to spend the assets to bring in any upgrades into the top 9. It's depressing. Remember their mantra, build from within.

I loved the blow out. It was the best first 40 minutes the team played this season. However, no one can watch that forward group and be happy with their play overall. Tonight Greenway and Benson were excellent. Tuch had a good game. However, these forwards as a group have an incredibly hard time creating offense this season. KA is going to need to invest in a couple of centers, but I don't think he has it in him.

I will admit that Byram has played his tushy off since arriving in Buffalo. His aggressive style is helping activate the entire D group. His excellent play also makes you wonder about Power. Krebs stepping in for Casey is a joke. Downgrading from Casey to Krebs has created a Grand Canyon size hole in the forward group. Even with the bombardment in the 1st two periods tonight, most of the playmaking was creating by Byram and Dahlin. 3 of the 7 goals were by D again tonight. 2 of the forwards goals were unassisted after great plays by Tuch and JJP.

Byram is a big piece. He attacks every shift and this is something the Sabres need and have needed. It's also getting rid of dead wood, which is something I was hoping KA would do last summer and I hope he does this coming summer.

Can someone explain where that jump was for the prior 60 games? Byram is very good at hockey. The forwards are still a mess, but Byram, Dahlin and the rest of the D group are really stepping up their game. That said, I thought Benson and Greenway may have played their best games of the season tonight. I would have liked to see the team step up and protect UPL a little better.

People don't like this post, but bad news folks this is exactly what Adams and Granato alluded too at todays STH call. Sorry.

Doesn't that awesome there will be STHs after this season.

I grew up a Bocce Club and Santora's kid. I've actually never had a La Nova pizza. I does look good in the photos. Did you know that Santora's (1927) is the 6th oldest pizzeria in the country. Cool!

I don’t disagree. When has this organization ever made the smart decision?

Have we not learned anything about Adams at this point? What is the cheapest and worst route to take with the goaltending? Why a combo of UPL/Levi of course. Instead of letting Levi develop properly, Adams will anoint him the backup and sign someone like Tokarski as his starter in Rochester and emergency replacement in case someone gets hurt.

Mitts? Probably Girgensons, given how much KA and TP love the guy, because we need a captain who know nothing but losing at the NHL level.

So he's not a good hockey player because he's cocky? He's not a team player because he celebrates? Wow. We could use some cocky here in Sabreland. We could use someone who gets under peoples skin and then produces. He has been Ana's leading scorer the last 2 years. His possession metrics are excellent in his 4 year career including this season in limited play this season do to injury. Cockiness aside, I can't find any article that says he is a bad teammate, a bad person or a locker room cancer. In fact, it's quite the opposite. https://dose.ca/2024/02/19/trevor-zegras-praised-as-an-incredible-teammate-by-his-coach/#google_vignette https://theathletic.com/5240068/2024/01/31/trevor-zegras-overrated-nhl-player-poll-ducks/ This is a guy who Ana teammate Troy Terry described as "the most skilled player I've ever played with," and who Mason McTavish described "He's a confident guy. Guys in here obviously think he's unbelievable." The articles also describe how he is working to round out his game, something more than a few Sabres forwards could benefit from. Remember this is a kid who carried the US with 18 points in 7 games to a gold medal in the 2021 WJC over the Canadian Squad that featured Cozens, Levi, Byram, Krebs and Quinn. The next best US player had 8 points. I think you needs to stop reading the HFboards.

LOL. Pasta has been great since his 3rd season in Boston and has never even had a hint of an off year since. The guy has 710 points in 658 games and while he has always been an elite goal scorer, he has become an elite playmaker. This season, without Bergeron, Pasta has 40 goals in 66 games, and has added 53 assists. This follows his 113 point season last year. Pasta in a top 10 forward in the NHL. TNT isn't even in the same universe as a player. Tage's 97point season was an aberration.

No guts no glory and you wonder why nothing changes here. KA sent away our only playmaker and our forwards have scored 1 even strength goal in the last 3 games. Everything negative about this kid in this thread is BS. He goes to the net, creates, and has a high compete level. This is from the Draft analyst https://www.thedraftanalyst.com/2019-nhl-draft/2019-draft-profile-c-trevor-zegras/ Tell me, what forward on the Sabres does anything listed in this scouting report? Our forwards are bad at zone entry, lousy passers, aren't very physical and do a poor job of creating offense. Since we are insistent on using Cozens and TNT in the middle, it's fortunate that Zegras plays LW. I'd make a deal right now. I'd even include Power in the discussion.

no I don't. Nice guy, but he doesn't make us better. It was time to move on and for inexplicable reasons he remains.

We have 8 4 pt games ahead of us; 3 against Det, 2 against Wash, plus one each against TB, NJ and Philly. Plus one game against Ott. That doesn't change the fact that if we can't create offense with our forwards, the favorable schedule is meaningless.

Girgensons - Adams; "I'm really glad we're keeping him, because there is something special about him." It must be his offensive output. Those 7 goals in 47 games this season are something very special.