GDT: Avalanche @ Sabres, 12:30pm Oct. 13, 2025, 🎙 📺 ESPN+/MSG

[LGR4GM]

Lindy Ruff said that the last game was "Worst level of compete and skating and moving the feet that I’ve seen.” so do the Sabres rebound on home ice or are they too fragile to overcome losing Norris? 

Zach Benson is still out, haven't won without him. Kesselring is still out. 

Probably going to get some more Bryson on special teams. 

Maybe Alex Tuch will finally show up or do something. 

[Stads]

After the 1st period:

[Wyldnwoody44]

Pretty soon, we are going to start rooting for losses. What a way to kill any off-season excitement (as little as there was to begin with) 

[Eli Cash]

Might be the biggest third game of the regular season in Sabrehood history.

[spndnchz]

Put the Boots on and go to work !

[Bangarang]

Eager to see how Ellie does in net. Would be nice if he was actually a good player for us. 

[Believer]

9 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

Put the Boots on and go to work !

Show some pride, for chrissakes.

[mjd1001]

I don't know if I'm watching the games live until they get better anyway, but I forgot this was an early game and I'm in Boston for work the next couple of days. I'll probably periodically check in on my phone though.

[WhenWillItEnd66]

I hate to say that i have already given up on this tire fire.... but i am so numb. I watch and do not even care anymore. Only good thing is that the Avs (My next fav team) is about to go to 3-0-1. Fck the Sabres

[OverPowerYou]

1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Pretty soon, we are going to start rooting for losses. What a way to kill any off-season excitement (as little as there was to begin with) 

I’m already there 

[mjd1001]

1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Pretty soon, we are going to start rooting for losses. What a way to kill any off-season excitement (as little as there was to begin with) 

I think a lot of people are there already. 

For different reasons. 

For some it might be that they want that top pick in the draft... Kind of another version of a tank. 

For others they want changes, massive changes. General manager, coach, the more people have to go the better. 

And I think there is a third group of people that is growing. People who just want to feel something with this team.  If they are truly awful, at least it gives some emotion and something to talk about.

[steveoath]

Touchdown colorado

[inkman]

2 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I think a lot of people are there already. 

For different reasons. 

For some it might be that they want that top pick in the draft... Kind of another version of a tank. 

For others they want changes, massive changes. General manager, coach, the more people have to go the better. 

And I think there is a third group of people that is growing. People who just want to feel something with this team.  If they are truly awful, at least it gives some emotion and something to talk about.

Unfortunately, this cannot be classified as a tank because they actually tried to ice a good team.  I think…

[Kristian]

F these lazy bums, F this clueless has-been coach, F this Butthead lookalike GM, and F the worst owner in Sabres history.

[inkman]

50 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

Put the Boots on and go to work !

I did just like millions of other people in this country.  Why does the NHL schedule day games on days that the majority of people are working? I don’t care too much as I’m not watching this team this season but it feels kinda dumb to schedule your sporting events when a significant portion of the population is still working.  Then again this is the short sighted league when they will take any cash grab (in person attendance) over actual long term promotion of the league.  

[mjd1001]

The frustrating part... Actually that's a bad statement because there are so many frustrating parts... 

But for a lot of us we don't ask for a lot. Just a little relevance early in the season. To not feel like you're playing Catch up one week into the season. 

For the first two months of the season, I don't need them to be battling for first overall in the league. To be leading the division... Just have a positive goal differential and just have more points than games played. 

Two games into the season and those two things look like monumental tasks already.

[OverPowerYou]

38 minutes ago, steveoath said:

Touchdown colorado

And a 2 point conversion 

32 minutes ago, inkman said:

I did just like millions of other people in this country.  Why does the NHL schedule day games on days that the majority of people are working? I don’t care too much as I’m not watching this team this season but it feels kinda dumb to schedule your sporting events when a significant portion of the population is still working.  Then again this is the short sighted league when they will take any cash grab (in person attendance) over actual long term promotion of the league.  

No games in any sport should ever start before 1pm eastern time. Especially on a weekday 

[Big Guava]

L #3 incoming

[pastajoe]

I see the anthem singers for other teams and they are uplifting and get the crowd excited from the start. The Sabres have some low energy American Idol wannabes who do nothing to get the crowd into the game. The lowered expectations are set even before the game begins.

Edited 2 hours ago by pastajoe

[Doohickie]

53 minutes ago, inkman said:

I did just like millions of other people in this country.  Why does the NHL schedule day games on days that the majority of people are working? I don’t care too much as I’m not watching this team this season but it feels kinda dumb to schedule your sporting events when a significant portion of the population is still working.  Then again this is the short sighted league when they will take any cash grab (in person attendance) over actual long term promotion of the league.  

School/bank holiday (Colmbus/Indigenous People's Day) so they're trying to get the kids out.  They do this every season. 

[Doohickie]

Me?  I'll be in the air returning to Fort Worth after spending the weekend with my mom in West Seneca. 

I haven't seen any regular season games yet but apparently that's a mercy.

Edited 1 hour ago by Doohickie

[mjd1001]

14 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

I see the anthem singers for other teams and they are uplifting and get the crowd excited from the start. The Sabres have some low energy American Idol wannabes who do nothing to get the crowd into the game. The lowered expectations are set even before the game begins.

I'm not dismissing that point... As that is part of the game day experience and yeah that needs to get better too. 

It's just I never really thought about it because as much as we complain about stuff like that and the arena and the seats... That is way, way down on the list of problems with the team at this moment. 

A two-game winning streak.. outscoring the opponents by five or six goals can turn opinions on the team around pretty quickly, but you're right, even the arena experience they can't get done correctly. 

I heard some people like the overpriced food though.

[Ctaeth]

go sabres.  season isn't over.. we are just two games in.  big win here vs a good team would do a lot to help turn this around before it really spirals.

[Mustache of God]

I really want to see them start off strong and not sleepwalk through the first half of the game. I can already hear the post game comments of "we didn't have our legs going in the beginning, the guys aren't used to skating this early"

[inkman]

1 hour ago, inkman said:

I did just like millions of other people in this country.  Why does the NHL schedule day games on days that the majority of people are working? I don’t care too much as I’m not watching this team this season but it feels kinda dumb to schedule your sporting events when a significant portion of the population is still working.  Then again this is the short sighted league when they will take any cash grab (in person attendance) over actual long term promotion of the league.  

I realize kids have off and the league will get some perceived benefit of getting them in the barn but when your sport struggles to maintain its relevance as the 4th(?) most popular in the country seems a bit misguided.