Porous Five Hole

Do you have to appear in a regular season game to say you’ve played for the team? Asking because Les’s hockey db only shows Montreal for NHL experience. I remember him in Rochester. He was Steve Shield’s backup the year after the Amerks won their last Calder Cup.

He’s on a plane to Vancouver now. Call up from Rochester. Kuntar, a Buffalo native, is tied for first amongst all Amerks' skaters with nine goals, which is one shy of a career-high, and is tied for fifth in points (13) through 24 games to start the 2025-26 Amerks season.

There was a two minute minor called on the play. In hindsight, it felt light.

I thought a hand pass was a deliberate attempt. There was no such thing. The league has this all wrong…

UPL should not come out for the third.

The first anniversary to all who celebrate. Fire. This. Clown. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6866980/2025/12/06/buffalo-sabres-jets-nhl-standings-season/?source=emp_shared_article

Amerks add two empty betters and win 6-3. Leinonen gets the win.

Ok so we bring in a new CB7 from a future opponent’s practice squad. My point was that this is not a “PR Nightmare.” Again, the guy has been inactive for weeks.

I just don’t understand why it is a PR nightmare. I forgot the Bills also have Dane Jackson again. None of these guys are any good today. Ingram could not get on the field this year and he will be 29 years old by opening day in 2026. It wasn’t and isn’t going to happen for him. He’s CB7 on the roster. I get what you’re saying, we lost something for nothing. I’m just saying it was like losing a crappy hard candy from grandma’s house you forgot was in your coat and now it’s even more stale. Old stale individually wrapped lemon drops. I don’t care what twitter or the heads think with their need to create content.

I don’t agree. All due respect to the player who was claimed, but it really doesn’t matter who CB6 is on a roster. Usually that’s a practice squad guy anyway.

It’s not a loss. Ingram hasn’t dressed on game day in a month. His season stat line is five tackles. He couldn’t beat out Cam Lewis or Taron Johnson, and he’s never going to play over Max, Tre, or CB. It really is kind of a nothing burger.

Utica wins 4-3 in OT 😡

And the Amerks are headed to OOOOOOOOOVERTIME!

FYI Komorov getting top line minutes with Metsa tonight.

Levi stops a penalty shot with 2.6 seconds to go in the second period! We head to the third tied 3-3.

And a PP goal by Helenius ties it at three!

Rosey again after a gross defensive zone turnover by Utica and it’s 3-2. Amerks have some life. Seven min to go in the second period.

Rosen on the PP makes it 3-1 Utica. Amerks still look sleepy.

Amerks host league worst Utica and are down 2-0 with 17 min to go in the second period. Levi could have had the first one, but had no chance on the second one. Not much of a spark for the home town team so far.

Not sure how this team shakes off the “we’ve won two in a row and we are good so we don’t have to go balls out” like they did against St. Louis & Calgary. And last year. And the year before that. It has been a recurring theme with this squad for a while. Tage called his teammates out the last time. Tonight is a huge game. This team needs to show that they can flush away recent good results and work their azz off and earn it. The injury bug is no longer an excuse. How hard are they willing to be to play against? Dahlin and Tage score tonight and Ellis does enough to get a win. Let’s gooooo!

Sabres top six is healthy, Dahlin is playing great, and we are getting a steady diet of backups. Phili: Backup confirmed this morning Winn: Backup or third string since Helle is on IR Calg: probably Wolf even tho Cooley’s numbers are better. So kind of the backup? Edm: Most likely the Skinner experience, so who knows what we are in for. Van: backup or third string because Demko is on IR Sea: Starter We are getting almost everyone’s worst in the crease and we have to take advantage. I’ll say 4-1-1 when it’s much more likely it’ll be 2-2-2.

When you speak to him, can you please find out what goalie interference is?? Cuz no one knows…

Flyers backup Samuel Ersson was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, indicating we are getting the backup tonight (per Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Phili). He’s 4-2-2 with an .859%. Ripe for the picking!