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This series alone has made the Jeff Skinner contract worth it

I know it's not the Sabres practice but...

I know everyone expected the Sabres to be up and down this year, but this playoff race has just truly been unreal. Several times it has felt like they are completely out of it.. and then a few games later they are back in it. I guess where I am going with this.. is that it feels insane that we still have a good shot at this.

Thanks for the correction, I think I was looking at the standings and they weren't updated yet. Sounds like they are definitely within striking distance!

Isles lose in regulation to Carolina.. maybe they actually are still in striking distance? 6 points ahead.. but we have 2 games in hand. Just keep winning

Also, I feel like this just needs to be posted after all the good Levi saves. Saw a lot of it when the camera cut to the fans 😄

How can you not be excited after that game? Strong game from Levi. Pitt has Boston tomorrow in Pitt, that's a game that the Penguins have to lose if we want to have a chance. Keep winning Sabres.. give yourselves a shot edit: FYI: Pitt finishes the season vs Detroit, Chicago, and CBJ

I was really rooting for this! Unfortunate way for the shutout to end with an odd goal like that

If he wins today he will be given more starts before the season ends (and he might be given more starts regardless of tonight's results). So it's not like we will just have the results of this game to off of.

They need to play defense like they have a rookie goalie more often

Nice pass by cozens.. now please play some Def. I feel like we get scored on immediately after most goals

Happy Levi day to you all

Always have liked seeing Jost with VO, they had a nice run in the middle of the season until they jumbled the lines. Maybe adding Greenway who is an okay passer and decent defender will help the Olofsson/Jost line even more I know we are all (justifiably) not high on VO, but wouldn't be awesome to see him going on a tear as the season comes to an end?

The isles are out of striking distance at this point IMO. But if Pitt continues at this rate, they are going to play themselves out of the playoffs. It's been there for the taking as pretty much all the teams fighting for 8th have gone ice cold. Pitt, Fla, Buff, Wash, and Ottawa have all been awful their last 10. It's almost like no one wants to actually take the spot

comrie's chance to be the hero! let's go buddy!

Holy moly that was exciting

good things happen when you go to the net! great job rousek!

Canisius looking really competitive edit: i jinxed them. when they end up losing i take full responsibility

You don't think any of that scoring potential has anything to do with our offensive minded coach? Or that the late season melt down has anything to do with our poor goaltending and/or young team? Let the guy see it through, these "fire the coach" takes are just so reactionary. Look at the last 2 seasons as a whole and your opinion should change. I'm on board with a coaching staff hire to aid Granato with coaching a more structured defensive approach, but firing him -at this point- is a terribly bad idea

I agree they both do it, but they are also frequently not in a position to do so because they cheat in when on offense. The fact that Samuelson tends to stay home whereas the other two do not makes him a really good compliment that they sorely miss when he's not around

He's so important because, sadly, his skillset is unique among our defenseman. A defensive defender who can separate the man from the puck efficiently and then move the puck away. IMO, his absence is felt more sharply because we simply don't have anyone else that is like him (yet). They need another defensive defenseman in the top 4 so that we have redunancy in his skill set.. so we aren't screwed when he inevitably misses more games.

Let me climb down from this ledge before I continue typing

Lyubushkin, your time to shine buddy

team defense feels so much better without VO.

saw this one pop up on twitter.. looks like neuchev is back on the mhl team for the playoffs. coast to coast & taking on both defenders 😮 edit: looks like this is the third game of the series, but elite prospects also shows that he had a hat trick + assist in the first game. idk how the second game went.