miles

I wasnt trying to say either was better, but i was saying they play so differently, that watching a team that is really defensively minded, makes me see that the sabres dont play great defense i suspect if the wild had someone in goal equivalent to ullmark, they would be worlds better. Also, the wild have played more than half of their road games by december and were like 2 and 9 or something to start the season. on the opposite side, if the sabres had 1 more consistent scorer and 1 better backup goalie, i think they would be worlds better. Both teams are just like 2 or 3 players away from being really competitive.

i watch the minnesota wild play a lot. they are probably my favorite team along with the sabres. it is a completely different style of play when watching the wild vs watching the sabres. the wild are so defensive minded, they are constantly clearing people out in front of the goaltender, they fore check like crazy making it difficult for the opposing team to get into the zone cleanly. However, devan dubnyk is having a horrendous year with a save percentage at probably less than 90%. (in fact when he was out for his sick wife, the wild did much better) when i watch the sabres, they rarely seem to clear the people in front, and i dont see a ton of forechecking, at least compared to the wild. again, watching these two teams play, i dont really see the sabres as having good defense. the wild dont score like the sabres, but the sabres dont defend like the wild. i mentioned it once before, the sabres play like a high scoring team, i just dont think they score enough to account for the terrible hutton and other mistakes made

he didnt sucker punch him, the dude rail roaded him several times in the game, tkachuk wasnt looking to make a play on the puck, he was looking to hit him. i wish the sabres had someone like kassian. i love the bully analogy perraultforever gave. its almost the same thing that happened here.

i dont understand why he got 2 games for fighting. it was certainly provoked

i love hutton. you can always count on him giving up half a dozen goals

sabres will lose 5 to 4 then, hutton will make 2 saves

the problem as i see it is quite simple. they traded away every single player that was any good. it takes way more than 1 player to win consistently. its not like basketball where 2 or 3 years of horrible play could get you 2 or 3 players to become a top notch team; you need a lot more in hockey

this makes about as much sense as the blackhawks firing joel quenneville because the team got too old and slow

Got too exciting at the end

its true. they were a solid line when it was the 3 of them. 2 scorers and one defensive minded winger seemed to be rk's plan. the fact that everyone is injured all the time, makes it very difficult

It's better to just keep sitting d-man and having to pay them vs bringing in a player that will play every day and maybe help the team? Come on, this is not a great trade, but it certainly makes sense

is it me or does ullmark give up way too many rebounds

he better wear a helmet. i wont look at that terrible haircut...unless he shaves the bear, and leaves only a mustache. then its ok

This guy has a horrible hair cut, i hate this trade

i really like scandella. i hope he has a good future wherever he lands next season, hopefully not in the division. i would have preferred it been bogo, i would have been happy to lose bogo for a couple of broken sticks

If this team fires kruegar, I will be done as a Sabres fan. There is no way that he can turn this team around in 1 year. I suspect it will take 2.5 to 3 years to get this team back into the mindset of winning. Having a revolving door of gm and coaches are not going to fix it. The owners of the team allowed them to tank. They were left with nothing of value when they got jack. No player is going to want to play here without being overpaid. then you deal with cap problems because you're overpaying. The team needs to draft well and develop well to bring up these young players into a new system. The only people to blame is the pegula at this point. I know we all want to see the team win, but it's going to take a long time, and proves that tanking is not the way to go

The sabres started out the season like they were the best in hockey and then played pretty horrible since. This is not a playoff quality team.

I thought he had a 2 way contract, I thought he didn't need to clear waivers to get sent down?

erod doesnt even have a goal at this point. complaining like this, hopefully he has another skill to fall back on. you dont want to be seen as a fringe player on the worst team in hockey and be a trouble maker

i must have mis-remembered. either way, here hoping cernak get a beat down tonight. wasnt it cernak who checked jack and stood over him to show him up?

The problem with the team is not enough players are playing up to their potential/expectations. In fact, short of eichel and his line, joker and ullmark, there is not another player I can think of that is playing consistently good enough. It's not lack of toughness or lack of scoring, its lack of quality and consistency from the players overall

I don't agree. Cernak needs payback. I am not saying he shouldn't also go after the others too, but cernak is my #1 on my s&*% list

I'm hoping this guy whales on cernak for a solid minute or two. This guy took sobotka out nearly the entire season and 3 weeks on dahlin. I lost complete respect for the entire team after dahlin hit and I'm hoping this guy was brought in for retribution. If this guy is only brought up for Tampa games to whale on cernak, I would be fine with it. If I was cernak I would be treading very lightly

he better be

isnt he like 19 years old. at 19, i was too stupid to do most things. this guy is playing in professional sports. im not worried. if he gets to 24 years old and hasnt developed, then i might worry