John Tucker

I either saw it in another forum or Buffalo News last spring. Dunno. Regardless …ANY Sabres draft pick heading back to school for their senior year throws up red flags. Playing time aside, the Sabres offer very little to any collegiate draft pick under the current CBA. I can easily see Johnson signing somewhere on the left coast and close to home. Heck, maybe the Sabres can package the rights to Johnson and Portillo for an NHL ready player. I know we get a 2nd rounder as compensation if Johnson walks, but we are beyond waiting for picks to develop. The longer KA holds out hope to sign one or both will only lower their trade value, one would think. Again, just spitballing

I called a 6-2 game. Picked the wrong team!!!

He really deserves a goal tonight

Peterka certainly has a penchant for being on the wrong end of some very large checks

Nice play by Girgles

Great job by Bryson

Poor analogy. I’m in my 50’s and do that!!! 😀😀

Finally showing some physicality here tonight

Really liking Quinn’s game tonight

His face got in the way! Lol

Hey, if you’re gonna get called for elbowing, May as we’ll be a good one. That was a dandy!!

That was a pretty aggressive ripping of ilya’s arm away by that damn orange stripe

Hold on us immediately after a missed trip on them. At least the stripes consistently suck

Geez… this one’s gonna be 15-12…. Give Mittlestadt that tip

Two quick goals and a scrap!! I love hockey again!!!

Bang! Bang! Boom!!

Finally a good start!!!!

Really hoping they get off the schneid tonight, but this group provides little optimism. 6-2 Habs with 3 empty netters!!

I’ve actually been shocked to see as many folks in the stands as there has been. Albeit mostly in the wrong jersey. 😊

We're heading back tonight to enjoy some snow, turkey and family time! Was even considering catching the Sabres game tomorrow night but cheapest tix I can find are $50. Crazy. That will be a hard pass!! Guess the days of finding $20 tickets in the nosebleeds on Stubhub are long gone!!!

This may have talked about somewhere, but what about trading Ryan Johnson’s rights for a warm bodied defenseman? Chances that he signs with the blue & gold seemed remote last I heard. What might he fetch us? Spitballing

Prolly gonna need an upgrade since Portillo or Levi (or both) will like go all Cal Peterson on us.

I'm not really sure what his comparative stats look like, but I agree, to me he has been disappointing. I was hoping that someone that was an 8th overall pick and who has spent the better part of 6 seasons in the NHL would look like more of a 2nd line center than a 4th liner. He looks really, really slow this year. This franchise can ill afford to have the ceiling for high draft picks become 4th liners. Does he have value? Sure. Is he valuable to this team? Meh. We have enough similarly sized guys in the AHL that could potentially slide into a 4th line role and kill a penalty or two. Don't know if it has been coaching, his ability, or the culture here (or all of the above), but he is nowhere close to what I think we all expected him to be at this stage in his career after his performance in the World Juniors back in the day.

You won't find another situation in the NHL like this. It's unfathomable that in a league where half the teams make the playoffs each year, AND getting top tier picks for more than a decade, that we've gained zero ground on anyone in our division or the league as a whole. It will likely be an entire generation of fans that will not see the blue and gold in the playoffs, let alone contend for anything. I piss and moan in these forums on occasion but for the most part, my spirit has been broken by this franchise and have distanced myself from hockey. As someone who grew up on skates and loving the Sabres, this is heartbreaking. Yep... Same shiite, different day/year