Richard Noggin

That was abysmal defense. That's too bad.

Either sloppiness or fatigue creeping in a bit now. Gotta dig deeper to beat this team on the road. At least steal a point?

That Hagel character is difficult to deal with.

Damn

Why is like every Sabres mom a blonde? That's genetically...unlikely.

Sorry, forgot to say pretty please

Gotta put together a good PP here boys

I don't even know what that is!

If you're in Pittsburgh TV territory, obviously something is awry depending upon your TV provider

Some, sure. You're not wrong. But overall, given this team's absolute cliff-dive following hot starts for several seasons, we're not going to get national respect until it's over-earned.

I don't know, I thought the commentary was fair.

That sucks hard. Wonder what the catch was?

Different channel; national broadcast.

Donny Meatballs really called it in his 1st intermission interview, when he said that playing last night was an expected advantage for Pittsburgh early, but that hopefully it would prove to be a detriment late.

Embarrassing also that Montreal apparently had home ice advantage on the road.

Appreciate the tease there. Feel free to share.

Really tracks when Dahlin admits that after an early day/round of golf, his shot feels a bit "off" at the rink later that same day. Krebs, I think, tries to salvage some slack by suggesting it helps with the hips. But the bottom hand, they all agree. Too much bottom hand on a golf shot to translate to the ice. It's not crazy to actually question if in-season golf is potentially detrimental to certain pro athletes; I'm thinking of hockey and baseball most prominently. What it takes to refine a golf swing is NOT aligned with what it takes to dial in a hockey slap shot. Terrible analogy: have you ever gone to a hatchet throwing establishment? If so, have you noticed that everything you know about throwing a fastball or a football will actually make you a terrible hatchet thrower? Similar dichotomy. Throwing a hatchet DOES in fact resemble throwing a traditional curve ball, however. You mustn't break the wrist, turns out. It's all elbow and follow through with a rigid wrist. Like bowling, even.

Right, but medical records are confidential. If an individual or their family desires NOT to share medical details, then that is 100% within their rights. While I would also PREFER that the Pegula family give Buffalo fans at least SOMETHING to go on with what's been going on with the President of PSE, my preferences don't really matter much when compared to the individual's/family's rights to privacy. And we all know the Pegulas are generally, mostly terrible at big picture PR.

Agreed, sort of. But doesn't it seem spoiled/unrealistic to say this about a road game that ends 5-1 in BUFFALO'S FAVOR?! We can all see some missed offensive/transition opportunities and the frustrating shifts when the Sabres get peppered with defensive zone pressure/shots...so is the concern that Buffalo is getting lucky goals and/or unsustainable goaltending? Do analytics tell us the Sabres are NOT nearly as good as their impressive goal differential might lead us to believe? Either way, doesn't this 5-1 road win EXCEED our expectations? Would anyone be surprised to learn that the Buffalo Sabres are outplaying (via analytics) their "expected" results right now? I hope not. I also hope no one cares much yet. This is about growth and grit and sustained compete. We're seeing those things.

Anyone who has spent any time in close proximity to Eichel and also to his teammates at that time can attest: the guy was at best an aloof outlier when compared to his teammates, off the ice. At Tempo it was either a larger, diverse group of young and old players led by Bogosian and/or Okposo, or it was Kane coming in right at the end of service with one or two girls (to be fair, dressed like workout partners), or Eichel coming in rarely and reluctantly with one or two NON-Sabres guests and MAYBE Sam Reinhart, or Ristolainen coming in fairly often with other Scandinavian teammates. Eichel was never with the larger groups of players. And if he was there at the same time as them, it was a surprise to both parties, and one he mostly avoided acknowledging. It was weird. He was a smug doosh from my limited but sometimes close perspective.

No personal offense, but this reads like a nonsensical word salad spoken slowly by Jordan Peterson as he sobs.

LOVE when patience and development outsmarts hot take artists. Dahlin has become what we initially hoped he would.

Scary, but a win is a good thing. And outstanding goalie play is VERY refreshing.

Touchy. I was making a point to agree with you and stress that either approach is acceptable.

You're 100% correct. But it's also okay, and preferred by some, to enjoy the game while it's still happening. Save the lessons for just a couple more minutes. Or don't. Either way.