Pimlach

Whoa. They are bigger as in "taller and heavier" than many teams. They are probably not stronger on many nights. Their much lower average age tell us that. I am talking playing strength, not fighting. If they want to think they are stronger I am all for it. Their mindset should be like that.

The newcomer has a Stanley Cup Ring. No one else does. He went through the rebuild in Colorado, he went from last place to a Stanley Cup win. He is more than qualified to speak up and was probably expected to. The newcomer wants to do it again, in Buffalo this time. He still has fire in him.

I think Allen is hurt again. Today he was never comfortable because the OL pass protection was poor, and he got out of the pocket a lot. The have cut back his running, he is running at 1/3rd the rate of last season at this point. After Diggs, there is Davis and Knox - and they have been disappointing and unreliable. After that is Kincaid, Sherfield, Shakir, and Harty. Kincaid has good potential, the others can contribute but they play at the journeyman level. The defense is what surprised me. This was a very bad Pats* offense going into the game, averaging only 12 point per game. Even with all the injuries (Tre, Milano, Jones, Oliver) we should have been better.

The game was horribly officiated, much to the benefit of NE. Still, the Bills offense was "not prepared" for the 3rd week in a row. They did not score a TD in the first half. They cannot execute consistently. They clearly are making Allen stop running and trying to get more people involved but it seems the offense has a lot of mediocre talent after Diggs. There are no playmakers besides Allen/Diggs. Knox with another big drop, Davis invisible again, the OL was terrible in pass blocking. Something is wrong. Defensively, we were absolutely terrible on the first drive and on the last drive. In between they were simply inconsistent against a team that averaged about 12 points per game. Make no mistake, NE has terrible offense and a terrible QB, but not today. At least we can say "no Tre, no Milano, no Oliver, no Jones" but still, we have enough horses to beat this team that was literally circling the drain up until today. MCDermott and Dorsey have to be better. They have a tough game on Thursday with a short week. Thankful that Tampa will not have too much time to prepare, Bellicheck revealed a lot of warts today. This loss puts us two behind Miami, and that is 3 straight really lousy games, and we are looking more like a Wild Card with each passing week.

Comrie needs to play more. UPL needs to play more. They should share the backup role until one separates himself. After that happens, you trade the other one if you can. The Sabres are a very much a developing team, they are conducting tryouts as they go. The trick is committing to win while they do this.

I think he will be a good player someday. He is learning right now that he needs to get stronger. He will grow and add muscle. He is a natural, he knows where to be, he already plays a two way game. He will be hard to play against someday.

I’ve been hankering for it. Greenway does not look like the same guy he was last year. EJ has elevated the PK and is a true leader. I also noticed that Clifton was clearing out the front of the net and playing solid defense yesterday. He packs a lot of muscle. Unfortunately, the late goal deflected off of him. His miscues get noticed more than his good plays.

Levi is a much better prospect than the other 2 goalies. Comrie played well last night, he made the big saves early to keep us in it, but overall we dominated the last 30 against a tired team. Levi has not been the problem.

Would have loved to be a fly on the wall of the dressing when they prepared for the isles game. EJ message was received and understood. Sure, the Islanders were on a B2B , but we really played a complete game last night.

Good point. The isles were tired and we keep draining them. Beating Montreal will be huge and we will do it. Put the Black Goat Heads on.

Tage is ready to erupt. It will happen and when it does we go on a win streak.

True, the bottom 6 will evolve just like my Sunday Sugo. It takes time, we could see some young players from Rochester later in the year that help us too.

Rico scores with the bolded.

True. Absolutely. If Comrie can be 1B that helps Levi be his best.

Mitts plays his best with Skinner and Tuch. Tage, Greenway and Cozens can be dominant. That could be a lot of firepower. .

It was great to see Comrie play so good early when we were not really in synch. I think the Sabres played their best game of the season and they can play much better still. I like the big line and Mitts with Skinner and Tuch. The BIG line was dominant at times - Tage had 10 SOGs. The other two lines played good tonight too. Even VO looked like he was playing for his NHL life.

Awww darn it

What are they singing?

1, 2, 3 … I Want 4. I just do

Well, it probably went in just by the momentum of play, but is there visual proof?

Will someone tell Dan and Rob to call the game. The past standard needs to be upheld.

Ok. We are outplaying them in every way. Send a message, foot on gas pedal.

Well deserved #24.

We need to play smart, like 5hey way 5hey did at the end of the period. But we should not take any $hit either. They will be gassed. We need to attack them. Get the 3rd and they are done.

Clutterbuck is trying to suck Krebs into a penalty. Martin trying to suck anyone near him into a penalty. Good job by Sabres to keep the power play.