Big Guava

8-3 with 7 minutes left in the game.

Bandit Defense/Vinc playing lights out again...up 5-1 with about 5 minutes left in the first half.

Not a permanent opinion, but he is going to have to earn more playing time if he wants to stay up with the Sabres. I have very high hopes for him, but at the end of the day he has to take advantage of the opportunity. All the seasoning in the AHL should definitely prepare him for that so when he gets his chance again hopefully he takes it and runs with it and never looks back.

No, a true comment No, bad goaltending.

Except in the NHL where he allows 4+ goals a game and has gotten progressively worse each year The Crunch got Crunched.

Just play the Mobland theme song... "It may feel bad It may feel bad It may feel bad I wanna see you alone, I wanna sharp the stone I wanna bounce the bone, I wanna mess with it I wanna lay the deville, the whole crew on the sill I want the preacher and pill, I wanna bless with it I wanna head to a mass and get cast in it That sh*t's funnier than any A-class, in' it? I wanna talk with the clown who has apologies down Pay him 300 pound to take a class in it I wanna bite the phone, I wanna bleed the tone I wanna see you alone, alone, alone, 'lone I wanna strait the shark and find me somewhere to park. Like the light when it's dark, it's dark, it's dark, dark A few stars about make it feel like peace in a way A complimentary round Constellation got a twist in it For a GPO and all the hits in it I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary" https://youtu.be/2fkd2Lco3nY?si=ridEe0HPf-n8GkWY

How are we playing game 3 tonight and they just played the first game??

Way too much unnecessary travel

Hopefully Chris Cloutier is back for them this week...he plays an important role on offense for them. Their D is typically just different in the playoffs...it's hard for other teams to get clean looks on goal...last year was the same thing.

Bandit defense is stifling in the playoffs usually...was last year, has been again this year. If they score like they normally do, they should take care of business.

Was at the game last night and man it was a tooth and nail battle the entire way. Very physical, refs let them play and very low scoring. Bandits took a 5-2 lead into the half with an amazing set piece behind the net goal with 0.1 second left on the clock. Then they never scored again. But they also limited San Diego to only 1 goal in the second half before they scored their final goal with 1 second left to make it a 5-4 final. Matt Vinc has 48 saves and was looking like prime Dominik Hasek out there with several unbelievable saves. Bandits even managed to kill off a 5-3 power play(thanks in part to San Diego taking their own penalty about 40 seconds into it). Definitely one of the more stressful and low scoring games I have ever been at for the Bandits. Goals were at a premium and it never seemed like either team could to truly ever gain any real momentum. Even moreso because the first round is a single elimination game before the next two series are best of 3. But the usual sell out crowd saw them pull off the win and advance to the next round... Let's Go Bandits!!

Dying is easy...living is much harder!

How can they say "they'll look at every single thing they can and do whatever it takes to get better and improve" when they won't even spend to the salary cap? Sounds like a bunch of BS.

Winning would fix all of that.

Well OK then...considering we have 2 games left and no playoffs it doesn't really matter anymore at this point.

I am pretty sure it's not Saturday today...just a thought.

Part genetics, part on the way you take care of yourself.

Get a goaltender that can at least be league average.

UPL played so bad that they should have removed him and tried Reimer since they only could have done better

Technically 9, but it's definitely aggravating, especially since we have a better goal differential than Montreal.

The key question is, have the Sabres finally figured out how to play the way Ruff wants and is this what we can expect of them going forward?

If we didn't bench UPL 30 games too late...

If they didn't wait 30 games too long to bench UPL they would be in the playoffs.

Let me guess...just like all their wins against good teams fighting for playoff position, the Sabres only won because they weren't trying.

Sabres have beaten many of the best teams in the NHL over the past few weeks. Motivated or not, if they keep playing the way they have been, they can beat them.