HumanSlinky39

For a new hockey market, this is a rather subdued crowd.

Can somebody tape Reimer's stick to him? Ugh, dumb penalty.

Ratfarts

Sabres have been feistier the past couple of weeks. Obviously read us all calling them a bunch of Mary's. Hey, Lafferty registered a stat. Not one you want, unfortunately.

This. Is. Awesome.

Early on he looked like a good stay at home defenseman who was responsible in his own end. That's what got him this contract, but once again, it was Adams falling in love with the "potential" of his young core and handing out a contract without waiting to see how that player built on early promise. I have zero doubt if he's moved that he will become a very good 2nd or 3rd pairing defenseman because most other teams in this league know how to develop talent. The Sabres approach seems to be "oh, you look like you could be pretty good, have at it kid!" without any actual thought or consideration given to how to develop that talent. The weight/expectations of that contract, along with failing to surround him with good veteran player(s) to learn from has stunted his development. We're seeing the same thing with Power. Frankly, it's a miracle (and a testament to his ability) that Dahlin has become as good as he is. Imagine where he'd be if he had a proper organization to develop him...

Hmmmm, interesting question. Pasta is a legit top-10 star in this league, Tage is more like top-25, maybe top-20. I would take Dahlin over McAvoy. Not by much, but I would. Especially long term. Better supporting cast? From a pure individual talent standpoint right now, tonight, I'd say the Sabres. Tuch, Peterka, Norris (if healthy), Benson, Kulich, McLeod. Zucker is Bruins kind of player, need more like him. I'd take those guys straight up over Zacha, Lindholm, Geekie, Lohrei, Zadorov. Better coaching? B's probably get the edge overall, but I don't particularly think much of Sacco as a bench boss. They can, and probably will, do better. Culture? This is a slaughter. The Bruins have been a very good team for 15+ years. A lot of people wrote them off going into 2022/23 and they had the greatest regular season in league history. Stretched it another season into last year before age caught up to them. Like you said earlier, they have a winning culture. Unless we make big adjustments to the front office/coaching, watch who retools faster. Wildcard for them is a lot of that continuity (Bergeron, Marchand, etc.) is now gone. How much did they take with them? Uniforms? I'm biased, but I love the royal blue & gold kits and we have the best logo in the NHL.

When the B's trotted Mitts and Joki out there together I had a sense of overwhelming dread. But not tonight, Satan.

Thank God. I was gonna be salty if they couldn't beat a lousy Bruins team in OT with a man advantage.

MOTHERTUCHER!

That was a quick whistle, wtf!?!?

2 primo chances, can't capitalize. Ugh

Home just in time for OT.

This is such a ***** team. But, hey, let's give the GM responsible another year. What the hell, why not? They're a serious hockey organization. We have Jughead as our GM.

Yikes.

New GM and a restructured front office to include an experienced POHO to keep Terry far away from operations (no more locker room pep talks). Would love a fresh coaching staff purged of internal nepotism hires. From there, let them evaluate the roster and make some moves to improve the soft spots, of which there are several.

I'm not even going to hazard a guess on this one. I have no clue which version of the Sabres we get tonight, but the Bruins are reeling (lost 10/13) and seem to be just riding out the string like us. We should win this one, but who knows. Going with the wife to look at a new car for her after work, so I'll likely miss a chunk of this one. They seem to do better when I don't watch, so yay?

There's no convincing me that this is a good team, no winning streak will do that. Before this recent skid they put together a 4 game winning streak and won 6/7. They are who they are. A collection of reasonably talented pieces that don't really fit together well enough to put it all together. They'll beat some teams they shouldn't, but also lose a bunch and frustrate the hell out of us. That's just where we are. All that said, I still enjoy these wins. Take them where you can get them and hope they move to really improve the team this summer.

1. Taylor Hall That's it. That's the list.

SUCK IT VEGAS!

MOTHERTUCHER

Nifty one by Quinn.

Posts getting their revenge for the EDM game.

Pissed away 1:30 of OT with two of our worst offensive forwards and Power. WTF, man?