7+6=13

Eichel is playing out of his mind and being a leader at the same time. He scored a goal to add to his prowess meanwhile allowing St. Louis to win and help get them out of the lottery pick. He's simply amazing.

Yeah, Botterill has really done a poor job.

I think those would have been the best two options. Disappointing for a 30 year old below average player.

It's not hard for me to comprehend - I just can't relate. I just could never do it. There's levels of fandom and I recognize that. Depending on where you are on that spectrum determines how easy or hard it would be to root for another team as much or more than a team you grew up with. There's too much of a love affair for me to ever put another team above them.

I live in Charlotte, NC. There's a lot of people from various parts of the country here but a ton from North and North West states. Some of them switched to Panthers fans and I don't know how you do that. I just could never switch and I don't understand how someone can.

Typical Bills fan overly emotional response. This team is still not as talented as the best teams in this league but if you can't see a change in the overall heart of this team - then no one getting back to you can save you from yourself.

This team isn't embarrassing themselves in any way. If you want to say overachieving, fine.

An incomplete young Sabres team is competing with one of the perennial best teams in the NHL.

Predators losing now

I know you can buy the nameplates online - then go to a cleaners that has a seamstress and they'll do it. Just an idea.

Heck they were doing their typical complaining on the ice - I can't imagine the implosion in the locker room.

Sleep well fellow Sabre fans - sleep well. Goodness this is fun!!!!

They just cut the lead in half, haha

The comeback kids

Yes yes yes

Because if we're honest - we're a team on a hot streak but not firing on all cylinders. You keep saying playoff run - indicating this year. I'm interested in playoff runs.

I'll give it a shot. The draft picks take time to develop. Those picks will be to the Amerks what Guhle, Pilut, Oloffson, Nylander, etc are to them now. It's how perpetual winning is done. Our team should be filled out with the 54 mil we have next year. I'm not saying there's not a trade out there for us but it has to be a player we're interested in that's a RFA or signed beyond 2018/2019 season.

Or the girl could be lying? It happened in our family.

The fun thing is you can imagine. We can either trade using our multiple first round picks or wait until that money comes available next year. The beautiful thing is it's almost a certainty that every question mark gets answered because we have real players developing, money and picks.

Two stories - 1) gay girl disowned by her parents. 2) Donations vs NCAA eligibility

I never hated Fedun.

It be weird if we did fire JBot for JQ and had 2 head coaches and no GM.

First, I like the way Eichel is playing so my post is't meant to be negative. It seems to me Eichel had a great handle - I wouldn't necessarily say he could dangle but I always thought he had great keep away ability. However I always felt the long stick kept him too upright - especially with him being a tallish player. I was really hoping the smaller stick would only improve his puck handling and allow him to be slightly lower. The interesting thing for me is - I think his puck handling has suffered. I have no idea if it's related to the stick. I've also noticed that defenders are crowding him more - especially on the power play in that mid left hand spot. I'm curious about this. Another poster mentioned he's not finding those angles he had in the first couple seasons and getting off that elite wrist shot. I would have thought with a shorter stick - crowding him (getting closer) would be in Jack's benefit, but it hasn't. Anyone else notice this?

Nice work

I think saying there's a lack of effort is lazy. It's important to understand where we are as a team and then perspective can answer some questions. We're going to have many games where we struggle to play a sound 3 and sometimes 3+ periods of hockey. What I see in the slow starts is an inability to understand initially what to do on defense. Teams get off a substantial amount of excellent scoring chances in the 1st period. IMO, the most difficult thing for a team with new lines, young players and players that haven't played together much - is to come together defensively. When we settle in, you see a completely different team with the defense pushing the puck and not getting stuck being so far back defensively. By the way Hutton is even better than I thought he was. He's a legit goalie that can keep a struggling team defensively (at times) in games.