Pimlach

Kneeing by rangers on Jost. Missed.

Power is moving today.

Come on Muel. Wake up.

But why? Why is this not looked at as tradition? We have a legacy of great hockey play by play. Two HoF members in fact. TP should respect the entire Sabres franchise and spend $$ to keep that going.

Adams should initiate that. Levi should be playing.

Dunleavy is counting down the PK time when the period time was less by about 20 seconds. Terrible.

Nice. JJP

Power nice work on the PK.

Time for a shorty.

Tuch going off

Benson is always in the play. Good shift.

Spirited Anthem.

Normally I am saying no to 11-7, but not for the 12 forwards we had available.

Good Evening Teammates, Punch checking in. Looking forward to something good to happen. Maybe tonight. You just never know. Need 2 points come hell or high water Go Sabres!!! Muscle Weight.

I'm watching. I love watching hockey. Sometimes I practice my guitar and run scales while watching. I have not lost my love of the game yet.

I wonder how many people said that about Bill Cowher. Took him 4 years to get to a Super Bowl and 10 more to get back and win it. Then there is Andy Reid. Six years to get there, fifteen more to get back and win. One difference is McD has Josh Allen. With that, coupled with todays continuous media, the pressure on McD is sky high.

Is your wife ok with this idea?

I am so glad they called them up together so it can be fair and exciting. The Rangers might be tougher to play against than NJ, so good luck boys.

Yes. He is really good (not perfect, no one is) at his job and I don't understand why people don't acknowledge it. Yes, you can name some draft picks that didn't make it, so can every team. We have very few roster holes. With all the injuries we still have the team playing competitive football with the exception that they cannot finish their games. For that, we have national consensus across the whole country that the coaching staff is not up to the task of taking the next steps.

I am not ready to give up on playoff this season (stubborn I know), but it wont matter, we aren't going to win on the road. Yes, next year is critical for a retooling the roster and we might miss the playoffs again. The following year we can dump Von Miller and Knox, and work some cap magic to re-emerge. If TP fires McD and also loses Beane then all bets are off. I have ZERO faith that he can get lucky again.

Excellent post. Spot on. Its amazing how many Sabres fans know this, and hockey fans around the league like yourself know this, and hockey Television crews all over the US and Canada know this - but our GM does not. Worse, the owner is ok with the it.

Jost and Krebs are about equal. At a minimum, I would look for a vet 4C (even if a rental), send Krebs to Rochester and let him work on his offensive game (if waiver exempt), keep Jost as the spare forward for when Tage gets back. I am not fine with Kulich and Rosen playing with the line combos we have right now. Send them back to Roch as soon as possible, I would love to be proven wrong, but from that limited showing they belong in Rochester.

Poor Rosen. At least Okposo has started to contribute, and Krebs didn't hurt us against the Devils. Rosen and VO on wings with Jost is not a good thing. None of them wanted the puck last game.

Excellent post. Fancy stats are useful but probably should not be taken as a single defining entity. The eye test tells us that Mitts and JJP have been the best forwards, that is backed up by data. Sometimes the supporting cast has a lot to do with bad or good fancy stats - doesn't make the the stats wrong but it can explain a lot - per your Eichel example. Look at the players that were decent before they came here, struggled here, and then went back to being solid players when they left. Someday we will get enough NHL talent, coupled with the right coaching, to turn this around. I still think we are close on the player side if we make the right additions.