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The Sabres are relevant again. Time for you to give us all an awesome Christmas present and resurrect those charts! PS - Welcome back.

If the kids are going to continue to slump on that line, yes. But considering how well the line had been playing would be mildly surprised if it gets broken up vs TB. Could definitely see it getting broken up IN Beantown. Having a slumping line getting caught regularly against the Bergeron line is something Granato will likely look to avoid if they don't play better Friday. The plus side of breaking it up is it might get them individually going again & it gives options for keeping Mittelstadt & Olofsson apart.

Wonder if he grasps this last chance to keep his career going on this side of the pond?

Hmm, 3 D just outside the top 10 w/ the Sabres trending towards the 14th - 16th pick. Considering somebody always slips, grabbing 3 highly rated C's in the 1st last year looks even more prescient.

Yes, similar circumstances to the previous time they were down 3-4 D w/ much better results. But, don't see it so much the support D being better as the F's both individually playing better AND being slotted better. The Kid Line (whatever you all it) was barely a thing during the losing streak and when they were together they were typically the 3rd line. Thompson hadn't started getting 2 points nearly every night. Jost wasn't helping settle that other non-Okposo line & Krebs was making a strong case for getting a trip to Ra-cha-cha. ALL of those things have made the D's life easier IMHO.

Right now he's making a case to be Noronnen. Which is significantly better than he was playing. You still want better, but it's good enough as the 2nd half of a platoon. Can he take it higher than that? We shall see.

Would put money on it that the goal hasn't become playoffs or bust THIS season. (Much to all our chagrin.)

"3 weeks ago we were ready to say he can't do it." - D Granato. 😯

He's shortened the bench quite a bit the last month when the game has been tight. But this is the 1st time in a while that he dropped to just 3 lines.

They're going to have another losing streak at some point. Just means they'll need a 2nd winning streak. Pretty sure they have that in them too.

Their top pair pretty much each played 1/2 of the last 3 games. This game they finally had ONE of the other 4 D-men that were in the lineup on opening night. BTW, they won all 3. Am OK w/ it given the circumstances.

Wouldn't go that far. He still had issues in his own end and setting up rushes against. But it was nice to see him get the VERY 2ndary assist on the 1st goal & the game winner. If Power is ready Friday it could be a while before he gets another opportunity.

Hoping they don't have the typical return from a road trip hangover. Having 3 days w/ no games should help. Normally it seems they have a single day off before starting the home stand. Could see Power back too, maybe?

Pilut w/ the game winner. No friggin' Schlitz.

Sweet!

Just wide. That clock stopped before the whistle.

They ticked it up to 56. Now 46.

Another icing. 55 left.

Knocked 7 more ticks off the clock.

131 seconds left.

Schlitz.

Less than 3 left. Do they pull Hill w/ the icing? Yep.

Has been since Vaggas scored.

Cover the bloody puck.

UPL!