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Congratulations on your first NHL goal in your first NHL shift, and a 2 point night... smell ya.

My source say he pulled his groin due to poor fitting pants.

Comrie played great. .927 sv%, allowing almost 2 goals fewer than expected. That's a massive goaltending improvement on home ice, one of the top 3 performances of the season. Unfortunately they gave up way too many high danger chances, 21... the second most they've allowed on home ice all season. In their 14 home wins, they're averaging 11 high danger chances against per game. It's frustrating. They finally get a quality goaltending performance and let it go to waste with careless defense.

This is true, however he did have a slow start to the season. Over his last 26 games he has 14g 9a for 23 points... 0.88 pt/g, which would put him 1st amongst rookies and 30th overall in pt/g for players who've played 50 games or more. That's exceptional for an 18 y/o.

Will Levi be #2 tonight? In his last home game Comrie gave up a touchdown and a field goal.

Correct. I blame Russia for their ***** policies. That said, it's an opportunity for the league/Sabres. Give the Russian players the option to wear a normal jersey or wear a jersey promoting peace for Russia or some other noble cause that won't put their families at risk or oppose their religious beliefs.. no matter how archaic those beliefs may be.

Let players do what they want, this will offended some people, and that's OK. What offends me is that players like Lybushkin have to actually sit out warmups, rather than wear their normal jersey.... at least give them an optional jersey to wear, maybe one in support of peace in their homeland or something positive.

I'm offended that you're offended.

Traditionally hockey has been one of the more macho sports because of violence and fighting being part of the game. I played growing up in the 80s and the 3 letter F word was thrown around between every whistle every game like it was nothing. Today there is zero tolerance for it which should've been policy years ago. IMO pride night is a way for the league to acknowledge past transgressions, and to get the message out to young boys and girls that the sport is open to everyone.

Agreed. If and when players wear pride, cancer, military, etc themed jerseys should be up to each player. Maybe a group of players design a jersey to promote Alzheimer's awareness because a friend or family member is suffering. Its much more meaningful that way vs the team or league forcing it on them.

waiting for pants

I think the difference is now we have some level of trust those in charge will select the right player. We've been conditioned to scrutinize picks due to previous regime's incompetence.

Military appreciation should include not only a living hero but also someone who gave their life. Pride night is fine, but there's a fine line between demonstrating tolerance/inclusivity and actually promoting that lifestyle. IMO each individual player should be allowed to choose what they want to wear for warmups each game... instead of having these forced theme based events. If we're going to promote tolerance, then lets be an example of that as well.

Going into this game, the Sabres are 5-12-1 at Home in 2023. Giving up an average of 4.72 goals per game, with an .848 SV%, having allowed a total of 28 goals above expected (1.55 per game). For the entire season at home, they have a total of 13 out of 37 (35%) games with a save percentage of .900 or greater. They are 7-5-1 in those games.

Well, KA wanted to send him down to Roch months ago, but KO wanted him in Buffalo because he had some good road games and guys like him.. so here we are.

In UPL's last 5 home starts he has a 5.20 GAA, .787 SV% and is allowing just over 2 goals above expected PER GAME. So yeah, let's give him the start because... yeah.

What pants/shells are those? They're not Northeastern colors. Amerks? Did the Sabres run out?

Since 2016, when they implemented the lottery for picks 1-3, there have been five teams ranked outside the bottom 7 have moved up to one of the top 3 selections.

go team yay

I would agree, but the league is changing. It's less physical, kids don't need to weigh 190-200lbs and learn how to muck and grind in the corners. It's more a skills contest than anything. If Kulich is racking up points in Roch he'll have every opportunity to make the Sabres next season without hesitation.

classic sabres lol

Ha, it's coach speak for "Our goalie sucked so we lost".

Over the previous 6 seasons... GAAE - Goals Allowed Above Expected +-----------------------+--------+ | team | GAAE | +-----------------------+--------+ | Buffalo Sabres | 209.30 | | Detroit Red Wings | 162.63 | | Philadelphia Flyers | 161.32 | | Ottawa Senators | 159.94 | | New Jersey Devils | 155.84 | | Montreal Canadiens | 132.15 | | San Jose Sharks | 130.85 | | Minnesota Wild | 130.20 | | Columbus Blue Jackets | 128.12 | | Edmonton Oilers | 97.92 | | Chicago Blackhawks | 97.76 | | Vancouver Canucks | 81.63 | | Florida Panthers | 74.66 | | Seattle Kraken | 71.88 | | Calgary Flames | 67.99 | | Toronto Maple Leafs | 57.08 | | Pittsburgh Penguins | 51.51 | | Tampa Bay Lightning | 42.22 | | Washington Capitals | 32.61 | | Los Angeles Kings | 28.41 | | Arizona Coyotes | 26.60 | | St Louis Blues | 22.21 | | Colorado Avalanche | 21.67 | | Vegas Golden Knights | 15.27 | | Dallas Stars | -9.16 | | Carolina Hurricanes | -11.38 | | Anaheim Ducks | -18.05 | | Boston Bruins | -25.69 | | Nashville Predators | -36.97 | | New York Rangers | -46.75 | | Winnipeg Jets | -58.59 | | New York Islanders | -58.65 | +-----------------------+--------+ 32 rows in set (0.00 sec) Sabres since 2010: +---------+-------+----------------+ | year | GAAE | team | +---------+-------+----------------+ | 2010-11 | 7.36 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth | 2011-12 | 5.51 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth | 2013 | -3.78 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth | 2013-14 | -4.79 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth | 2014-15 | 18.28 | Buffalo Sabres | - Enroth / Neuvirth | 2015-16 | 3.30 | Buffalo Sabres | - Johnson / Ullmark / Lehner | 2016-17 | -3.80 | Buffalo Sabres | - Lehner / Nillson | 2017-18 | 41.06 | Buffalo Sabres | - Lehner / Johnson | 2018-19 | 39.71 | Buffalo Sabres | - Hutton / Ullmark | 2019-20 | 25.44 | Buffalo Sabres | - Hutton / Ullmark | 2020-21 | 32.99 | Buffalo Sabres | - Ullmark / Hutton / Tokarski | 2021-22 | 41.64 | Buffalo Sabres | - Anderson / Tokarski / Dell | 2022-23 | 28.46 | Buffalo Sabres | - UPL / Anderson / Comrie +---------+-------+----------------+ 13 rows in set (0.00 sec)