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One of my favorite things that tickled me watching some highlights was the Bruin chasing VO on his breakaway. Don't know if he was just completely gassed, or a big, slow D man. or both, but you could just sense the futility in his skating, then see it as he turns around after the goal. A close second, can't remember which goal now, but a few Sabres are celebrating in front of the net and you can see a woman in a Sabres jersey in the background stand up and grab her jersey showing her colors. Brief shot, but gave me a smile.

Yeah that was EJ too. He had an easy pass to someone near the wall and it was hurried, getting passed the Sabre and to a bruin at the blue line. Puck went down low again, and shortly after off EJ’s skate. if the Sabres lose, it will be plays like that from the D.

They want to stay home and watch the Pats go for the #1 pick! As for the Sabres, playing Boston on December 7th doesn't bode well.

Just ahead of some guy named Ullmark with Boston.

That doesn't explain their behavior for much of the season. My sense is there is still too much individual rather than team play, and they too often don't play with purpose, despite what they publicly say. We saw a glimpse of how they could and should play in period 3 of the Jets' game. Last night's win reminded me a lot of the first game against the Flyers, they got lucky against a team that dominated them most of the night. Then, in that second game of the back-to-back, I fully expected them to lose big, as there was no way they'd get lucky again the way the Flyers played. I think the Sabres are in a rough spot right now, and if they don't start playing with purpose every night, then they will put themselves in quite a hole by the time TT and Quinn return.

They also spent a good part of the period forcing passes to Skinner (whenever he was on the ice) trying to get him a hattie.

I am positive fewer teeth would have them on the cuspid of greatness!

As a purist: for a burrito or fajitas, yes; for a taco, no. I do accept that flour can be a substitute when you can't find good corn tortillas that allow for a soft shell. In fact, it was near impossible to find good corn tortillas in WNY for a long, long time. When Lloyd's first started their taco truck, I asked where they got their corn tortillas from, and the guy said he couldn't (as in wouldn't) tell me, as the secret to great tacos is a warm, soft corn tortilla (it's why La Divina's are so good). Making a filling is the easy part.

woooo boy, you just lost all (Mexican food) credibility with that one! 🤣

When I first moved to Buffalo in the early 1990s, this and MT were the only game in town. GM's sauce tasted more italian than mexican. The one dish I've had there that is good are the chicken enchiladas with salsa verde. For standard mexican fare, the easiest way for me to tell if their food as whole is good is their rice and beans. If you can't make decent rice and beans, how can you make the rest of it decent? The other indication for me is how good their mole is, or if they make it at all.

I could eat tacos from La Divina on Delaware 5 days a week.

A lot of teams would be happy if either of the next two on the list (Kulich and Savoie)* were their "best prospect in the system". * Listed in alphabetical order, because I'm not sure which one should be ranked second.

Read an article a couple weeks ago about Boston and how moving Pastrnak from the first to the second line helped create more balanced scoring and was one of the keys to their success during the regular season. Given how successful the top line was with Mitts, I won't be surprised if DG tries something similar. Personally, I don't want to see the Cozens line change, but they would be the third line with the second including TT and Greenway--I'm just not sure who should be the other winger? Three lines that could score 80-90 goals each.

Good piece on Greenway in The Athletic this morning: https://theathletic.com/4464552/2023/05/04/can-jordan-greenway-be-don-granatos-next-reclamation-success-with-sabres/ Basically says, Great Guy/team mate, a little stifled in Minny and lost his confidence, going to be in the gym all summer, Granato thinks he's got much much more to offer, concluding:

Does this apply to the playoffs? From what I've seen so far, it's rare when someone doesn't hit.

These last two games have been unbelievable!

One of the best if not the best games of the season!!!

I was at last night's game, and the problem with using this stat to blame the GT is the difference in the quality of the shots. Most of the shots from the Sabres were outside the slot (easier to defend a shot coming from one side or the other), and most of the chances the Preds got were point blank or odd man rushes. My impression (can't back it up with stats) on the season is there aren't many teams that give up more quality chances than the Sabres. Yes, the Sabres need a high-quality GT, but any GT's stats will be significantly worse with the type of shots the Sabres D allows.

Important night in the race (ok, they all are). If Sabres win and Isles lose, puts them 3 points back with the same 3 games in hand they start with tonight.

I like what these offensive pairings did in the TO game. Looking forward to what that second line does tonight.

I'm leaning more toward the chips are down but we get an unexpected win in their building.

All the complaints about Bryson and/or Olofsson ignore the true cause of the loss. If you have plans for another game this season, maybe think about donating the tickets B&GTM? 😄

I agree with this sentiment, giving him a higher grade for what he didn't do, rather than what he did. In his presser, KA said something like "I'm giddy about the arms race going on in the east." I believe what he meant was, while they are all mortgaging the future for a cup run this year, he is content to maintain his patient approach of building the team for an extended Cup run. While many Sabres fans have run out of patience, I'm glad the leader of the franchise has not.

Yeah, the discussion is really overshadowing Lyubushkin setting a career high in points today. Shame...

Doesn't matter if the Sabres don't win tonight. This is a MUST WIN.