Ctaeth

NHL...centralize your games onto two platforms and im sure that the numbers will go up. One for streaming and one for cable. There are too many different channels/streaming services playing games. Espn/espn+/nhl network/tbs/trutv/msg/msg+/abc is way too much. And thats not even with me listing out Canadian broadcasts. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills just listing this all out. And side note: I agree with the sentiment that the article is picking and choosing games. If you are going to make a sweeping conclusion like "nhl games struggling on platform x", you should be coming to that conclusion based on more than a handful of individual games.

Anyone have the breakdown of how many players are in this from every nhl team? It looks like there are a ton of lightning players. And that's not even counting their 2 best players.. kucherov and vasilevskiy. It would be unreal if they miss the playoffs this year with that much talent

Eagles winning doesn't move the needle for me

on a back to back and on a 6 game losing streak, the third worst team in the nhl just scored 6 on the sabres (who were icing their starting goalie). during a year that we are supposedly going to compete for playoffs. can't make this stuff up!

two things: 1. metsa would have to be signed to an nhl contract, he's currently on a one way contract in the ahl. they ought to do this IMO and give him a shot eventually when one of the more offensive dmen goes down 2. with that being said, i'm not sure metsa is the ideal candidate to replace samuelsson. he doesn't play the sort of game that I think they would need from someone replacing samuelsson. to be fair, i'm not sure samuelsson has that game either

This confirms what we already thought: KA is full of it. It has nothing to do with palm trees. One out of three guys mentions taxes, but it's only as a secondary thing. The primary reason no one wants to come here is that we suck. And have continued to suck for so long that free agents see Buffalo as a place that will negatively impact their career if they come here. KA had one really good opportunity, IMO, to attract free agents. After we were 1 point off of the playoffs in 22-23, that should have been the time to attract free agent talent or make a trade for a player that has us on their ntc. We were a young team on the rise with a bunch of talented/skilled players. It was the easiest sell. "Come here, be a part of breaking the drought and winning the cup once this group matures." What did he do instead? He sat on his hands and changed literally zero of the forwards (and made only small changes on the defense). That offseason will forever be the reason that I will not change my mind about KA. IMO, it played a large part in what's going on today with no end to the misery in sight. Unforgiveable

it's the dahlin effect. you pair the two together and suddenly muel looks decent. you remove dahlin from the equation and you have a mediocre borderline ahl/nhl player. i would be concerned about paying byram the big bucks for the exact same reason.

Is our lineup aging backwards?

Brettt Murray goal is filthy.

will miss ahl all star challenge event. Pretty silly to take it away from the kid, imo

Sabres. The formerly dominant eastern conference nhl teams are on the decline (i.e. bruins, lightning, penguins, etc). I think the bar is lower for the sabres and finding a good quarterback is difficult (jets)

Mixing in vets with your younger players. What a wild concept, maybe the sabres should try this

I would argue that keeping Cozens for another year and NOT shipping him out for something of value is also a huge risk that seems unlikely to work out. If next year he continues his poor play, his value is going to drop like a rock with that contract. Might as well take a shot with him while he still has value. If he goes somewhere and returns to the player he was signed to be... I'm happy for him. But it's getting more and more likely with every passing game that what you see is what you get.

Nice to see him succeeding. Wasn't sure what was going to happen to him down there without Kulich, was kind of a sink or swim situation without him. But it appears it has forced him be more aggressive offensively rather than always deferring to his good buddy. Shows some versatility in his game, can be an assist guy or can score the goals if need be. A bunch of his points have been on the powerplay... could be a decent boost in that regard. It's worth pointing out that the Metsa, who is on an AHL contract I believe, is at 30 points (3 goals, 27 assists) in 41 games with a +10. He has leadership qualities and is the sort that you want to keep around (was a captain on quinnipiac the year they won the national title and is sporting an A with the amerks right now). I said it last year and I think I'll say it again... they should be signing this guy. I know he's a bit older, but he is good depth and he ought to get a shot at some point to show what he's got at the next level.

I feel bad for josh. He has been stepping up in these critical moments and the team ends up coming up short anyways. It's just disappointing. However, I will say that while I am disappointed, I don't feel defeated. We have the rest of JA's career to win a super bowl and I strongly believe that they will do it before he retires. Also, where was Cook on that last Bills offensive drive? Guy was electric the whole game and then suddenly they get away from him when it matters? On the first play of the last drive.. they handed it off to Ty Johnson on first down with the season on the line. I don't have anything against Ty Johnson, but Cook is far and away the more dynamic player and is half the reason the score is so close.

Further proof that this team is less than the sum of its parts

I'm split between rooting for a loss or win at this point vs a western team that i dont care about. Ambivalence it is

I agree that keeping all 3 would likely make us a better team in a vacuum (if you're planning to pair Byram/Dahlin long term). But when you account for money, power play time, etc. I think it might become untenable. To me, it really all depends on what Byram is looking for both contract wise and play wise. We have OP running the second pp unit. If Byram wants a large-ish contract and more power play time, you just simply can't keep both him and Power. Either OP/Byram ought to go. Paying Byram like he is running the PP and is the alpha in the first pair (when he isnt - Dahlin clearly is IMO) would be a luxury. As for those other teams who have high scoring D... I have two responses. 1: are they paying all 3 defensemen 7+ million aav? because I wouldn't be surprised if Byram asks for 7 mill aav. you are then paying 3 defensemen a lot of money (and not all will be used on the pp). if byram's ask is in a more reasonable range, i'm open to keeping him as dahlin's partner (if this is indeed what dahlin wants) 2: who is really driving play there? with colorado and vegas, I'd argue it is their elite forwards (eichel, stone, mackinnon, rantanen, etc.) and their defense is benefitting pointwise from being paired with great forwards.

Need is a strong word, but it's not how a successful team is (usually) built. 1. Defensemen can play a lot more minutes. If you have 2 really solid guys, you can have ~50 minutes of the game with at least one of them in. 2. Defensemen don't score a ton of goals. If you put too much money into offensive defensemen, you're handicapping your offense by not paying another good forward AND your defense (because usually offensive defensemen aren't as good at defense!). 3. Powerplay time. 2 power play units. 3 players vying for 2 spots QBing the pp. Making matters more difficult in this specific case is that they are all LHD...

I've liked his game when I've seen him play. He's definitely not a passive player

Östlund 3 game point streak and points in 4 of last 5. Starting to pick it up since starting slow with one goal in his first however many games

I dislike how the narrative around the Bills win is that mark andrews more/less handed the Bills the win

Bills vs chiefs/refs Sunday @6:30

Will be at the game tonight. Wife bought tickets for me for xmas and I feel obligated to attend.