GDT: Blue Jackets @ Sabres Oct 28, 2025 6:45 pm ET TV: MSG-B, FDSNOH, Radio: WGR 550

[ponokasabre]

35 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Lol..

 

 

Great line, good for him 

[Crusader1969]

if you want to be optimistic, they have a .716 winning percentage over the last 7 games 

need to come out mad in the next game and take both points 

 

 

 

[PromoTheRobot]

55 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Hahaha it actually is so funny to read through the posts right after a loss, even one in which we got a point and recovered nicely after a very lackluster first period against a solid team.

Some of you really don’t know how childish you come off following a loss. Reduced from a cogent adult to a tantruming five-year-old. 

[Stads]

22 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

How do you think Power will do in the playoffs?

There he goes

Edited 11 hours ago by Stads

[Bangarang]

That outcome was predictable. One team was skating hard and winning puck battles while the other seemed content with playing for OT. 

As soon as this team starts building any kind of momentum they just piss it all away. These are the kinds of losses that you look back at as the reason why we can't get to the playoffs. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Bangarang

[Broken Ankles]

34 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

We are not trading our young defender. How many people hated Samuleson? 

Another GM, a real GM would.  But one beholden to “their” contracts will not. Just think what it would be like to have Rasmus Andersson on this squad at $4.5 instead of Power.  A more mature player at half the salary.  
Your implication is our hate for Samuelson is past tense.  Mine is still there, it’s just on airplane mode. Let’s see how long the flight is before I reconnect. 

[ExWNYer]

31 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

if you want to be optimistic, they have a .716 winning percentage over the last 7 games 

🤔

[sabremike]

At NHL .500 after 10 games with 7 at home.

NOT. GOOD. ENOUGH.

People are badly underplaying the very favorable schedule that is about to get much tougher. They really needed to take advantage of it and simply failed to do so.

[HumanSlinky39]

1 hour ago, Turbo44 said:

Playoffs we’re talking playoffs?

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Ruff blames Kulich on the ot goal 

I blame Ruff for playing Kulich.  

I blame Adams that Kulich is the 1C. 

I blame Terry for everything else.  

[ASlugAbove]

2 hours ago, K012010 said:

Haha just a classic childish, no nuance comment. 

I gave context and asked a question. Are we celebrating the losses?

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Bangarang said:

That outcome was predictable. One team was skating hard and winning puck battles while the other seemed content with playing for OT. 

As soon as this team starts building any kind of momentum they just piss it all away. These are the kinds of losses that you look back at as the reason why we can't get to the playoffs. 

Bisonette said it clearly, the Sabres have a lot of bad habits that they repeat.  

[PerreaultForever]

Loser point is still better than no points. Winnable game but kind of an even game too. Difference might have been Sabres have Owen Power. 

The good takeaway though is they have some guys on the roster now that weren't here last year that go to the paint. They go hard net front. One can only hope this becomes more normal for them and some of the passengers from past seasons start to get the message and join in. If not, replace them. 

Starting to look more like a real hockey team, but we've been fooled before. 

[SabreFinn]

4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

No. You trade Power it's for either a bonafide 1st line guy or more likely for a young player about to have that pedigree. 

To Sharks for Feŕraro and Musty.

[clink]

5 hours ago, ASlugAbove said:

I gave context and asked a question. Are we celebrating the losses?

It's all good 

You're taking "maturity" lessons from a person who uses personal attacks on a sports team's chat page 

How does one compete with fallacies of THAT level O' maturity 🤣🤣🤣

[triumph_communes]

They crawled back from a deficit. There’s an upside at least 

[Cityo'Rasmii]

Someone please check me on this.

Was Power on the ice for 3 of 4 jackets goals?

[Shoot da Puck]

Hold your horses here. The problem with this team for the last 15 years is failing to earn a single point in way to many games. The Sabres did this twice in 2 nights.

I hate a loss as much as the next guy but the Sabres are trending upward and will easily make the playoffs

I am betting one US dollar OR 10 dimes.

 

[OverPowerYou]

The Sabres always look slow and sloppy. One thing that drew me to this team 20 years ago was how insanely fast and precise their passing was  

[Archie Lee]

31 minutes ago, Shoot da Puck said:

Hold your horses here. The problem with this team for the last 15 years is failing to earn a single point in way to many games. The Sabres did this twice in 2 nights.

I hate a loss as much as the next guy but the Sabres are trending upward and will easily make the playoffs

I am betting one US dollar OR 10 dimes.

 

4-1-2 in 7 games is good. Repeat that over the next 7 and they will have 20 points in 17 games; that is a pace for 96.5 points. 

But, on the loser point thing, I think the past criticism is that they too often did not find a way to squeeze a point out of a game where it looked like they would get none. The last two games are more of the opposite: failing to get a 2nd point  by giving up the lead in the last 6 minutes of the third. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Archie Lee

[GoPuckYourself]

47 minutes ago, Shoot da Puck said:

Hold your horses here. The problem with this team for the last 15 years is failing to earn a single point in way to many games. The Sabres did this twice in 2 nights.

I hate a loss as much as the next guy but the Sabres are trending upward and will easily make the playoffs

I am betting one US dollar OR 10 dimes.

 

I just cannot get behind this line of thinking for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 15 years. We were the better team from the 2nd period on and then fell apart with 6 minutes left in the game, you cannot leave points like that on the table and expect to make the playoffs but lets see how we fair down in these next few games. Also Lyon let in what i thought were 2 softies so let's hope the Sabres clean up some of their old habits. On a positive note I really like how Kesselring looked in his first game back and he's just getting his feet wet, looking forward to seeign him start hitting people down the road and using that size.

[JP51]

8 hours ago, sabremike said:

At NHL .500 after 10 games with 7 at home.

NOT. GOOD. ENOUGH.

People are badly underplaying the very favorable schedule that is about to get much tougher. They really needed to take advantage of it and simply failed to do so.

I would say this... I am neither expressing optimism nor doom... too early yet for that...  I do feel a lot of optimism from folks but I am not seeing where or how... very Sabre like last 2... giving up a lead and losing in OT is a sure way to April tee times...  this needs to change...  I am concern there are some players already checking out... wanting out of here... this was my main concern as we ran back our FO and coach... and played "the beat goes on " in the locker room... Here is a look at our last 10 years of the 1st 10 game segment. 

 

16/17: 4-4-2

17/18: 3-5-2

18/19: 6-4-0

19/20: 8-1-1

20/21: 4-4-2

21/22: 5-4-1

22/23: 7-3-0

23/24: 5-5-0

24/25: 4-5-1

25/26: 4-4-2

Looks like it falls into the lowside of average to me...  Now I am not saying when we get injured players back and the team comes together etc... that it cant happen... but from my vantage point I am not seeing anything out of this group to suggest to me that we have broken free of our past and are ready to make a leap to the playoffs... on the contrary... it looks to me like Tage and Co can be comfortable making those April Tee Times.. Speaking of time... it will tell... but as of now color me nonplussed.

 

9 hours ago, Bangarang said:

That outcome was predictable. One team was skating hard and winning puck battles while the other seemed content with playing for OT. 

As soon as this team starts building any kind of momentum they just piss it all away. These are the kinds of losses that you look back at as the reason why we can't get to the playoffs. 

Agreed, giving up 3rd period leads and losing in OT gets your golf game going. 

Edited 1 hour ago by JP51

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, triumph_communes said:

They crawled back from a deficit. There’s an upside at least 

You mean Columbus crawled back, and on the road too.  

Sabres blew 2-1 and 3-2 leads.  The Sabres gave up goals with 16 seconds left in the 2nd, and 6 minutes left in the game.  They failed to muster any scoring chances against the worst PK the league.  

[clink]

2 hours ago, Cityo'Rasmii said:

Someone please check me on this.

Was Power on the ice for 3 of 4 jackets goals?

It sure felt that way 

[clink]

1 hour ago, OverPowerYou said:

The Sabres always look slow and sloppy. One thing that drew me to this team 20 years ago was how insanely fast and precise their passing was  

There deffo were glimpses of the above-describrled going on 

Quinn is starting to put it together IMO

BUT, there were also glimpses of the "same old, same old" 

Maybe they're starting to turn the corner???