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Benson and Kulich do indeed have top 6 skill, but I am saying legit Top 6, as in no question about it. Benson has 21 goals in his first 146 NHL games. Kulich has 15 goals and 28 points in one NHL season. They have skill but they are not going to be top 6 on good teams. Zucker is a fine player, but he would be a 3rd liner on a good team. People want to win more games right now. They need players that are better right now.

He was crashing the net all night and Schneider didn't like it. Neither did Borgen later in the game. Borgen took a penalty for ripping his helmet off. Zucker was a bright spot and he played with emotion. Very few others did.

Only Tage and Tuch are legit Top 6 players. Sorry Kevyn but you blew it again. I think you will see Helenius up by December.

Buffalo center spline is maybe better than Boston's and that is it. And to get there you must include Norris or put Thompson back in place of Norris. I complained about the center spline a lot last season and they replaced Cozen with Norris. That only works if Norris can actually play in the games. McLeod is a 3rd liner that can help top 6 a little bit. Krebs and Kozak are JAGs.

Read the ORIGINAL POST. You will see that the ORIGINAL POSTER said the words ONE GAME two times in his first four words. MY response to the OP was literally about ONE GAME, because he made a strong point about this ONE GAME. There are many other threads covering the horrific performances of past 14 seasons.

It hurt me to hear boos in the first game. I get it, there is pent up frustration, but it still hurt to know how much damage has been done to a once great fan base. A few lethargic power plays. The fans know what bad hockey looks like and they feel no connection to this team. It was a very disappointing home opener, one in a string of many. Was Terry Pegula there? I saw Beane talking to Adams. I saw Thurman Thomas.

Wow. It’s one game. I agree that the lineup is not inspiring. This is another year of losing a top 6 player and not replacing him. As usual, they are hoping other players (Quinn and Benson) picks up the scoring of Peterka. Still, it’s only one game. Take a break, look at the standings. Maybe something good will happen? I will add that if this is another season that is over by Christmas I expect more players to lose their love for the game.

You build continuity over time. There is no way to know what the best line combinations are just from preseason. You are not going to build continuity in one game, especially when regular players are out with injuries. When Benson and Greenway come back there will be changes to get them in the line up. By playing Geertsen he enabled line swapping because there is no way that guy is good enough to play a straight 4th line shift. He was out there for the first goal against. But with Rempe playing Ruff chose Geertsen over Kozak, those are the players he had to work with. If Geertsen didn’t play and Rempe went after our players then Ruff would have been criticized for that too. Lindy is taking some criticism, much of it deserved, but line combinations for the first game is not a valid complaint. They got stopped by a fantastic goalie and their PP was ineffective, and they started the game way too slow. There is no new special teams coach. The coaching staff is the same as last season. The power play is still looking bad. Seth Appert runs the PP.

SOG indicator was the highlight of the first game. It worked.

He probably had IV antibiotics if he had an infected cut.

I agree. If Adams keeps Reinhart and Eichel and Ullmark we would be a lot better. Imagine if Norris is out for a long stretch. He was one of the better players tonight. He is glass.

Adam’s won’t fire Lindy. Terry won’t fire Adams.

Bad first period but then they played good hockey until the final 5. Lots of work to do with this group. Im worried about top 6 firepower.

Stop with the excuses. No one is the league is plotting against the Sabres. They weren’t ready in the first period, they were the home team, that is on them to come out no matter who they are playing. The players, the coaches, the FO, and the effort - all of it has not been good enough for a very long time. Fourteen years of losing is not a NHL conspiracy. It starts at the top of this organization.

The boos are rough. It’s gotta be demoralizing. They will probably play better on the road. The Sabres get down by 2 and Norris leaves hurt right on the faceoff. There is not enough talent in the top 6 IMO.

Nah. Unfortunately it’s not

Well, after a slow first period we had an excellent 2nd and then a competitive 15 minutes in the 3rd.

Wow. Soucey all alone. Doan looked out of position, and Byram deep in front of the net Two big mistakes by forwards and two goals.

Pretty close to a full house isn’t it?

Wow, crowd booing the PP on game 1.

Doan draws another penalty. He keeps working.

Good PK. Now let’s get a goal boys

Good 2nd. We can win this one.

Will Borgen, the legend that never was.

They are playing one of the best in the league