Porous Five Hole

Clock was stopped at 7:16 for the goal review. I’ll take it as good mojo

After that snooze fest of a game against the Jackets, this has been very entertaining!

They did it in December 2022

The Sabres need a longer term answer than a few games.

I get it. He has been steady eddy here in ROC. But I would prefer to continue for him to marinate here. At some point, this franchise needs to develop guys properly and throwing ANOTHER kid into The Show to see what happens is not the correct decision. I believe he’s better off in the A as long as possible.

Can you explain why it complicates a buyout? I can’t find anything stating an injured player cannot be bought out.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/real-kypers-trade-board-3-0-setting-up-for-a-memorable-deadline/ Write ups on Cozens, Muel, and Byram. On Muel, this caught my eye: “Injured Mattias Samuelsson, out for the remainder of the season, but signed at a $4.285 million deal through 2029-30, is as well.“ The bolded…has that been reported anywhere else?

I think this is just the internet being the internet. Tuch and Cozens are the road game alternate captains. Muel and Tage are the home game alternate captains. Since Muel & Tage were both out injured on Tuesday, the Sabres didn’t have an alternate captain on the ice. But none of that means someone got stripped of a letter. Publicly embarrassing a player by stripping a letter mid-season would mean game-over for that player in that locker room. The time for changes like that is in the offseason.

The week the signing was announced, Seravalli said to an NHL scout, “tell me what you’ve seen from Mattias Samuelsson, and he said, here’s what he looks like in our scouting rankings… He gave Samuelsson a 4.5/10 in intelligence, three in skillset, one in offensive instincts, 5.5 in defensive instincts, 5.5 in competitive toughness, and an overall score of 4.4 out of 10. He said ‘I’m not entirely certain yet, given he played on a bad team, that Mattias Samuelsson is even a full-time NHL player yet.’ https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/daily-faceoff-live-agent-nhl-executive-say-mattias-samuelsson-contract-is-among-the-worst-theyve-ever-seen This is the guy our GM gave a seven year deal to. Another nail in the GMKA coffin.

Ok since it worked, now you gotta bet $100 against the Sabres every game. Thank you for your service!

I mean, not really. But four in a row!

Some might find it easier to head directly to the story versus Reddit: https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/media/msg-networks-in-talks-to-avoid-bankruptcy-possibly-with-help-of-amazon-sources/ The interesting part to me is that this could (should?) end the Sabres partnership with MSG. “New MSGN owners in a potential bankruptcy could cancel the Knicks and Rangers media rights deal and negotiate a much lower contract, the RSN source said.” The reporting doesn’t specifically call out the Sabres broadcasts, but it’s fair to imply. Not that I expect Terry to do what is in the best interest of the fans (which is to deliver his product direct to consumers and for free). But plenty of NHL teams already do this: https://cordcuttingreport.com/why-more-nhl-fans-can-watch-their-team-for-free-this-season/

Wegmans and Tim Hortons are more important than palm trees and taxes

Bo is getting very, very little PP ice time. Stat muse is saying 1:20 per game. For reference, Dahlin is getting 3:18 per game. I agree with the rest though. If the money is right and he gets to have a good partner, why not extend in Buff?

And Sammy got hurt watching Tage get hurt. You can’t make this stuff up.

1000% agree that the words are hollow. I didn’t want to opine on the quote in the same post, so I’m glad you said something. I guess I’m just left confused? I’m glad the players aren’t ignoring it. But Lindy pretending he needed another goal first before a response on the ice is bonkers. This team is cooked as constructed.

I started a thread saying Lindy has lost his fastball and wow did people disagree. But more people are agreeing with me now. I love Lindy, but this train has derailed. It’s time.

https://bsky.app/profile/llysowski.bsky.social/post/3lhehlvse7s2c Quoting Lance since the post won’t embed. The Sabres held a team meeting Monday to address that no one stood up for Tage Thompson after the hit by Stefan Noesen. Alex Tuch: "What happened last game won't happen again." Dylan Cozens: "I think there's a lot of guys who wish they were on the ice when that happened."

That’s a little weird since he was supposed to skate in the AHL all-star game tonight. Maybe after the game he will report to Buffalo? He participated in the skills challenge last night.

It’s either Nick Foligno or Brian Gionta. Nick has played over 1200 nhl games is impressive. But I agree with Inkman..Jeep had almost 600 points, won a cup, and was the captain of the frickin Canadians. The only other American to ever do that was Chris Chelios.

Rosen with two more tonight in the Amerks 4-1 win. Another three game winning streak.

I saw a Sabres post on Facebook titled, “Before Rob Ray is inducted into the Sabres Hall of Fame tonight, Terry Pegula unveiled his name in our hockey hallway. Forever enshrined with the Sabres greats.” So my guess is the team knows Terry will be a distraction and will show this on the video board. But that’s pure speculation on my part. It would be weird if the owner wasn’t there, but it also would not surprise me.

Do you think Quinn won’t figure it out?

He could have earned 5MM dollars between the rest of this year and next year by reporting to Springfield Mass to play in the AHL, and he noped right out of that. That’s a luxury you can afford when you’ve made 55MM in your career. If I were him, I wouldn’t want to live minor league life either.