LabattBlue

I know there has to be some level of buy in from the player in terms of two way play, but you’re always going to have some skill guys who aren’t great defensively. RK needs to figure it out. A $9 mil player in the bottom six in unacceptable...especially since you already are saddled with a $6 mil player also in the bottom six.

Yes. What’s the point of even having him on the roster if on the 4th line. I can’t imagine this is sitting well with him, and I don’t want a pouting player in the locker room

That was constantly debated on sister site TSW during the NFL season. I don’t think it would ever come down to forfeit. Game would either be squeezed in, or game cancelled.

With the compressed schedule, it will be impossible for a team(s) to make up more than a couple of games. The season can’t be extended because NBC doesn’t want it overlapping the Olympics. Only choice if a few teams start losing(cancelled) 5 or more games would be to go to point percentage instead of point totals.

Very sad story. I hate to see an athlete who has earned tens of millions be in a dire financial crisis. At least he is still playing, and if he can turn his life around, and get some sound financial help, maybe be in decent shape by the time he retires.

This!!! He asks a question and answers it all in one sentence, and then expects the player to just agree.

Hopefully we don't have any lame duck managers after a few weeks! 🤞

Did something change with the goalie stats after the draft? I know there is no money involved, so no big deal, but it might have changed draft strategy.

Skinner or Krueger?

😂

I can't even begin to guess what the Sabres would have to ADD in order to get a team to take on Skinner and his contract.

Glad I saw this just now. I would have gone on around 945 and the draft would have been over. 😂

Don't worry there will be plenty to join us, if the bottom six does little to nothing offensively over the 1st ten games, and Hutton's eyes start crossing again.

Yes the GM is gone, but the owners who have final say especially on contracts that LARGE are still here. The same owners who have destroyed this franchise for the last 10 years. I've said it since the start of last season, the Sabres better hope for a compliance buyout in the next CBA, or Skinner's contract is going to kill them for years to come. We will see how the season plays out, but it sound like the differences between RK and Skinner are still there. It's up to Ralph to break bread and make it work with Skinner, as he is not going anywhere.

I’ve been singing this chorus for days now. If I remember right, Jeremy White was the one who was touting using this as the new goal song, before they adopted “here we go now, here we go now...” I wonder if the reason they didn’t go with this, is because the game presentation staff didn’t want to use something being pushed by a sports talk host versus something they picked on their own? Anyways, once fans get back in the stands, I really wish they would at least give this a trial run.

Is this going to be where you get a point for every category you win in your head to head match, or will it just be total points all categories combined for the given week.

I'm in. Looks like SS Blue and Gold will be dormant this year.

Anyone know the date/time for the 2nd intra-squad scrimmage? Poked around sabres.com, but no luck.

If Eakin, as the Sabres 3rd like center, only gets 15 points, this team is in BIG trouble, as this means there is little to no production from the 3rd or 4th lines.

I voted for this, because I love your description of the song, in the poll options. 😂 PS This should have been named the goal song last time...instead of the travesty they currently are using. 🎶 ...Hear their shout, hear their roar They've probably had a barrel of ale and much, much more Hooray, hooray, hooray, yeah Over the hill went the swords of a thousand men...🎶

I didn’t know this. I would have guessed that most AHL teams had independent owners.

Me too. As disappointing the last decade was, I’d always go down for rookie camp, training camp, and in more recent years, the prospect challenge.

Good insights.

Yeah...but did he have the kiddie hockey academy on his resumé. 😈

I’d really like to see Borgen or to a lesser extent Bryson get some chances early in the season, over old man Hal Irwin, or the other blueline fodder signed during the off-season.