BearWithME

Lol, damn, I love this freaking hockey team

Just wanted to say thanks to the admins who updated the Sabres "points pace" graph on the home page. Maybe it was done earlier than this week, but I just noticed it today.

Hold on for dear life these last 7 minutes

I fancy myself an optimist, but buf seems tired. It seems like it will take an act of god to get out of here with a point tonight.

I dont know if the Sabres are any good, but they sure as hell are fun to watch

You get the *****in power play you *****, get the ***** outta here!

Tage makes me feel the same thing I feel when I watch Josh Allen play football.

As my texts from last evening and early morning will show, I hate the way the Bills are winning. Given enough time and heartbreak, I will be sitting with the malcontents on here, I'm sure!

Thank you! I used a streaming site of... ill repute... for the Canadiens game and my laptop was humming with malware for the next 48 hours until I reset Chrome to its default state. I was wondering how I was going to make it through the rest of the season.

It's a significant consideration, as the Atlantic Division is significantly tougher than any other division. By total points among member franchises, the Atlantic Division has 71 total points; the Metro 60; the Central 59, and the Pacific 50. The 6 points that Buffalo has would not be last in any other division, and would be good for 4th in the Pacific. Divisional standing is relatively meaningless outside of the first 3 slots, so chiding them for their standing in the toughest division in the sport should be done with context, in my opinion.

Thanks, that's what I figured. Also--does anyone know if the broadcast schedule is "rolling" in nature? Everyt game until Nov 25 on ESPN is listed as being broadcast by either the NHL Network or ESPN+, but after that there is nothing. Last season I watched pretty much every game in March and April on ESPN+, and same thing with the first 7 this year. Do they update that as the season goes on, or does ESPN+ lose broadcasting rights at Thanksgiving?

Washington is in last place, with 5 points to Buffalo's 6.

The latest ESPN power rankings have Buf low, but those are irrelevant. What did they mean by this, though: Buffalo is meant to be a playoff contender, but the Sabres haven't consistently lived up to the hype. Goaltender Devon Levi being out with an injury won't help. Buffalo is averaging fewer than three goals per game, which is a baffling development considering its depth of talent. And the Sabres rely too heavily on the top half of the lineup to get by. Is Buffalo still in a growing stage?

This team is so much goddamn fun to watch.

I don't know if I've watched enough hockey to state this as an opinion, so I'll ask it as a question: is Levi the right goalie for this team right now, with how they seem to want to play? Watching them it seems like they're built around pushing the action--last night they were the best they've looked this year, and it reminded me of last spring. Their scoring spree in the second was predicated on just constantly getting down ice and throwing shots at net. I guess every team does that to some extent, but it seems like it results in scenarios where--when it breaks down--the opponents end up with some sphincter-clenching shots on our net because we've been caught unawares. And those seem to be literally the worst possible shot for Levi to block, which then end up doubly hurting us as balloon poppers, and our young, aggressive team suddenly looks timid and defensive, and no longer pushes the action. There were 2 or 3 shots last night where I thought to myself, Levi would have let that by. Maybe I'm seeing it wrong.