Porous Five Hole

Cozens shortie! He was flying to make that a two on one. Nice finish. Good for him. Eff the leafs 😜

Brandon was a lot more relaxed today. My take on the WGR convo is that everyone was correct in the conversation. Beane is correct that the Bills have a unicorn QB who drives the offense to 30 pt games, the D needed improvement, and there’s only one ball. Only so much cap dollars to go around and Josh throws people open anyway. If the radio guys were insinuating that Beane doesn’t value the position, that is wrong to me. They traded a first for Diggs and paid him, they used their top pick on WR last year, traded for Cooper, traded for Kelvin Benjamin once upon a time. But at the same time, the radio guys are correct that the Bills WR room is weaker than most. With that said, I think the Bills have enough at the position given the 2025 draft was weak at the position.

https://pickinsplinters.com/2025/04/29/levis-new-amerks-playoff-mask-a-moose-tacos-teammates-and-more/ "Sometimes I do a theme, like the helmet I used this year was mostly a Gladiator theme and I have two that are Star Wars themed. This one I decided to keep Rochester-themed..."

During today's media availability, head coach Michael Leone provided an update on defenseman Vsevolod Komarov. "He is doing better but in concussion protocol and will miss some time." The Amerks recalled forward Olivier Nadeau along with defensemen Peter Tischke and Noah Laaouan from the Jacksonville. Laaouan is unavailable due to injury.

You really have to give the Panthers their flowers. They were a superior team tonight. Their PK was huge (great all series). They have championship pedigree and it is impressive.

Levi t-shirt 👀

So they’re not a fast team because they don’t have one of the 20 fastest forwards or defensemen in the entire league? BTW, Josh Norris is on the list 👀

He may have gotten the call if the series was going to be a track meet, but the Amerks liked Komorov’s size against the Crunch (plus he’s still a legitimate Sabres prospect). Now that he’s likely in the protocol (plus no word how close Prow is to returning), I believe he will be the next man up.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44901919/bills-gm-gets-testy-radio-hosts-nfl-draft-criticism It has made itself as a top headline on espn.com

LOL Brandon Beane was VERY spicy. And he had a hard time getting past it.

I think I agree with you. Which is a very narrow view by TP…the Sabres lose money so he cannot spend more cash than he absolutely needs to. It’s a business decision by a businessman. Meanwhile the guy’s net worth went from 4.7 BILLION in 2019 to 7.6 BILLION today. This is why I cannot defend the guy to his haters. He promised hockey heaven and the last few years has delivered ‘ballin on a budget.’ He will have regrets for some of these decisions when money won’t prolong his life and the Sabres continue to be what they are.

https://pickinsplinters.com/2025/04/27/win-one-for-komarov-was-amerks-rallying-cry-after-scary-injury/ Write up from our beat writer

The family had a blast. It was a weird game….it took three hours and ended in regulation. The KO from the fight, two pucks on the ice at one time at one point, a Cuse fan got booted by security in front of me, a lady took a puck to the face that stopped the game, etc. Let’s sweep the gross Crunch. I’ll be driving to Cuse for game three on Thursday.

The Amerks won, but they seemed tentative for the first period and a half. Good win. Time to assert themselves in game two. Kulich will be a weapon on Sunday.

Agree I remember those days where no one went to the first round. It just felt like tix were in greater demand the last couple years. Glad to be heading to the barn shortly!

A lot of seats available tonight. Tix were hard to come by last year, so hopefully a large walk up crowd tonight. I’ll be in 123 and headed to Vesper shortly to pregame.

What’s a bit ironic is this guy from the Isles is available because they’re eliminating their radio broadcast.

Chris Drury must have pretended to REALLY like Dolan’s blues album.

Old “friend” Evander Kane draws into his spot. I like him a lot less than Skinner.

https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/chris-drury-agrees-to-multi-year-contract-extension Did not see this one coming…

Remember when answering the door was fun? Pepperidge Farm Remembers

Daddy, chill 😂

Jake Vernon will end the drought.

Man, this hand wringing about Benson’s production is weird to me. Here are the list of players 19 years old (his age) or younger who outproduced Benson offensively in the NHL this season: Maclin Celebrini (first overall), Will Smith (fourth overall), Connor Bedard (first overall). That’s it. To be able to develop all this time in the NHL will be a godsend down the road. He may never be a sniper, but he will always be a core player on this team. https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-zach-benson-fights-jason-zucker-jordan-greenway

Hmmm, that is not how I remember it. I remember the Sabres asking for Tage versus that was the offer. I found this to back that up. “The Sabres are counting on it after Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said Buffalo insisted Thompson be included in the trade. The Sabres also acquired centers Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka, as well as a conditional 2019 first-round pick and a 2021 second-rounder.” https://www.si.com/nhl/2018/07/02/tage-thompson-buffalo-sabres-trade-blues