Porous Five Hole

Posting again because why not?

lol why would the oilers do this to move the best nhl player since Gretzky? Give me a break.

“We’ve had some injuries and a new system to adapt to, but I believe in this group.” ”Look, trades are hard to make in this league. I’m trying to make this team better every day.” While I respect the guy for not making a completely lopsided trade for some washed veteran like Kadri…if he doesn’t make a move by Xmas, he’s going to lose his job when the Sabres miss the playoffs. His time is ticking.

Also, Muel & Greenway are on the ice for the morning skate. They probably won’t play, but good news on Greener

Eric Comrie revenge game incoming

7th rounder from 2021. This is his third year in Rochester. A great energy guy at the AHL level. Fun fact, he scored five goals in each of his first two seasons. This season, he’s got five goals in 14 games. I’m a little surprised Kozak got the call, but I suspect the Sabres want a guy who is accustomed to a bottom six role I guess? Either that or they’re rewarding the hardest working guy on the team for that work. BTW, Rosen scored and it is 1-0 Amerks.

I knew he was a fraud when he strutted around like a peacock flashing its plumage in this t-shirt. And of course they lost that week. Mr capri pants is 3-14 against teams above .500. Glad to have him in the AFC East.

A very mid complaint. I like turkey just fine, but there are better options. Let’s start a strip steak revolution!

Bonaire is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (leeward) coast of the island. Not sure they play a lot of hockey there to uncover top six scorer, but get it done KA.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-edge-stats-defenseman-trio-elevating-buffalo-sabres-into-contention “The Sabres are tied for third in defenseman goals (14) behind the Edmonton Oilers and Seattle Kraken (15 each). They also rank among the leaders in high-danger shots on goal (19 tied for third).” “As a team, Buffalo has the 10th best shot attempts percentage at 5-on-5 (51.6) in the League, a strong indicator of a team’s playoff chances.” ”After two combinations of Avalanche defenseman trios (49 and 48 points) involving Cale Makar, the NHL’s points leader at the position (30 in 22 games), the Sabres have the next-highest scoring trio at the position in the League (47 points).” My hot take is this is what KA envisioned when he moved Mitts. Being offensively elite at the blue line and driving offense from the D. This is how Buffalo can be a problem for the league. And the best part is Dahlin is only 24, Power is only 22, and Byram is just 23. These guys haven’t even fully matured yet.

You’ve got Saquon which just scored a million points lol im not trading you another RB 😈

Yea Stef, we’re sure

De-escalation must be a fine art these days. Biz threatening ‘continue your behavior and we’re going to have problems’ is a threat. That only pushes the temperature up. And the folks who are clearly in the wrong took it exactly that way. Fragile masculinity all around. If you’re going to intervene, you have to get the temperature down or you’re not helping at all.

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Three games in four nights on the west coast and the Sabres win them all. What a week! Buffalo is in the mix, which was tough to imagine a week ago…we called it the mushy middle. Now we are a playoff team on thanksgiving 🦃. Let’s friggin gooooo.

No Tage tonight

Kulich is doing the damn thing

Dahlin seems to have shaken off whatever injury he was dealing with. He’s driven the play a lot more the last couple games than he had before. It’s a good sign.

Understated comment. Buffalo has had a couple of opportunities to get “above” .500, and they did it tonight. It was ugly, but I’ll take it.

To be honest, I don’t really care about that. You’re allowed to, but it is so far down on my list of gripes with this franchise that it doesn’t register to me.

To be fair, Cozens has scored 30 goals on what was projected to be a team friendly contract, Quinn is an Ottawa kid who still has a bright future, and a third piece may be fair…but it won’t be just Rosen lol They may take a prospect like Rosen + a first rounder. That’s four good pieces.

How the Sabres history compares to the rest of the league.