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This is awesome. Now we don't risk losing Bryson to waivers and can continue to play Okposo, Krebs and Girgensons about 14 mins/game too much. If our goal is to make the playoffs, why are we going with 2 lines? Okposo lines is incapable of scoring while whomever is on line 4 doesn't play

He overplays the Okoposo line which has about to score. Why KA brought back both Girgs and Okposo is a big?? neither would have been great, one of them, mpre acceptable, both - a waste of $5million and a waste of icetime

this was an embarrassing effort - total undisciplined team. and what the fukk has Krebs done to earn PP time? He's been garbage all year, on pace for 7 points, and if Ka and Granato had any balls, obe sent to Rochester

and when UPL reverts to normal this is what we get and deserve

Oh this games started at 7pm, not 8pm. Way to have the team ready to play Granato. You figure getting outshot 40-15 in the last game they would have adjusted and played better right off the bat.

Big failure by Granato. He had to know this was going to be a offensive freeforall. Yet he benches Benson for Jost, Oloffson and even Okposo (who looks shot). Benson could have helped tonight. Stupid decision.

wasn't a great shot, He deked him and put it in the net when UPL was too slow to move with him

It's tough to win with an AHL-lite goaltender. Tough bounces, but at some point a big frame like his has to be square with the puck hitting him. We lost due to sloppy turnovers, about six Skinner Grade A misses and because their goalie was a lot better than ours. Someone need to tell UPL he is allowed to stop breakaways. That goal showed ho damn slow he is

how long will the ref's fall for these blatant dives? he dove 3 times for 3 penalties. Man these ref's were hideous per usual.

Good luck with that. On the 2nd night of a BTB with UPL in net? Chance of winning tomorrow is as close to 0% as it'll be all year.

Today was much better, though I'm not into moral victories. We hit at least 4 posts tonight. Clifton was directly responsible for all 3 goals: Threw up on himself on goal 1, scored on himself on goal two and decided not to clear the front on goal 3. He could have/should have also been scored against on at least 4 other shifts. Never thought I'd say this, but, bench him and put in Bryson next game, or, maybe better yet, send Levi to Rochester (in a paper move) and bring up Johnson and let him play a game.

The positive: Greenway is a hell of a different player when healthy and Benson is here to stay. Levi was excellent tonight. The bad: The Tage line is -2 on the season and has a cumulative 0 points. The worst: Clifton can go away and never come back. -3 tonight and basically singlehandedly lost tonights game.

benson line is great, Levi is trying, rest of team is MIA or worse

CLifton is pure garbage - fcks up a play in the ozone then gets outskated for the first goal. Scores on himself on goal 2. There's a reason Boston told him to go away. Meanwhile Johnson had 3 assists today in Rochester - the clock is ticking quickly. Tage lina MIA again - terrible turnovers by Skinner and Tage on goal #2 Cozens - not sure he's playing, haven't seen him Our best player again is an 18 year old Go Bills

Levi wasn't good tonight but this isn't on him. If Clifton wasn't on the ice for all 7 goals against, he certainly was on for 6 of them. Unmitigated disaster of an experiment putting him with Dahlin. Dahlin was -4 tonight and I can't blame him for any of the goals. Levi won his first 2 ames this year

Preseason - absolutely yes. Clifton all preseason on the top pairing is a big problem.

Levi could have made a save or two more here, but Clifton/Dahlin have been horrible in front of him. The other two pairings have been fine. We know Dahlin is solid so......CLifton needs to play 12 minutes on the 3rd pairing. Hellebuyk would have been lit up tonight behind this effort. 3 sabres are plus tonight, Benson, the demoted Sammy and Joker (who has been quite good

can we end the Dahlin/Clifton experiment. There's a reason Boston benched him in the playoffs last year and he has no right (or ability) to be a top pair defenseman. what did Sammy do (who is +1 tonight btw) to stop playing with Dahiln? Did he turn down a dinner invite from Adams?

As I hope to never see Bryson play another regular season game for the Sabres, I hope to never see Clague and Greenway on the Power play. Btw, if there's any market at all for UPL, Adams should trade him. 3 goalies on an NHL roster is idiotic

nah, I dont like UPL at all, I don't think he's a viable NHL goalie, but he wasn't awful tonight. He is what he is, a guy who can't stop a breakaway who's going to give up close to 4 goals a game. I'm begging Adams to trade either him or Comrie. Carrying 3 goalies is idiotic. I honestly think Cooley may be our 2nd best goalie anwyay Only 2 of our starting 6 d played tonight and Power wasn't good.

Johnson the defenseman? He was the best Sabre on the ice tonight. Power was rusty.

I don't ever need to see Bryson play for the Sabres again. He was literally the worst defenseman in the league last year. Undersized, provides no offsense and can't play defense. Goal 4, he gives away the puck then decides to cover nobody in front of his own net

Joker looks bigger to me? Maybe added some muscle??

not the nest 0 seconds for Power. Poor effort on the 1st goal and didn't have awareness on the second one (when Domi was coming out of the box)

I would switch your 3rd star and 1st star. I disagree with Benson slowing up in the 3rd - that was his best period. He already has a ridiculous 200 ft game at 18 years old. Rosen announced "dont forget about me" in the battle for the last forward spot on the roster probably between him, Rousek and Kulich. This team's pipeline is stacked