Mustache of God

Or Benson, which is encouraging.

We are one goalie injury from being in big trouble. Woof.

Last year the team couldn't string multiple wins together to save their lives. I'm not freaking out about 2 losses to start the season but the way they lost concerns me. I need to see them get a W and follow that up with two or 3 more wins to feel more comfortable.

Would anyone be unhappy if he sold the team?

Being outshot 28-11 after 2 periods. Absolutely pathetic. Passes aren't crisp and they look lost. These guys need some conviction in their play.

Bring back Matty Ellis, his system was just starting to set in.

That's Jiri Kulich's music!

Bye Felicia.

Called it!

Welp, at least we had hope through the end of the pre-season.

It smells like a dusty old fart.

Win or lose, the only thing I want to see out of this game is the team starting hot and fast. If we open the season sleep walking through another first period it'll be a portent of another year of suffering. When that puck drops I wanna see those guys flying around the ice and our bottom 6 hitting anything and everything. First goal of the year: Power.

LINDY RUFF IS BACK WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS. STSNKRY CUP HERE WE COME.

Whose head do we call for if they lose?

I'll believe it when I see it.

Those are gonna look GREAT with the Goathead.

They should have Krebs on this team, to send a message.

This kicks off in a week, have rosters been announced for this yet?

I want roof updates.

Why would Kadri give up one of the strongest pieces of leverage he has over his contract? I could be wrong but I recall reading that if a player waives the NTC to go to another team, they lose the no trade clause for the remainder of the contract - meaning the Sabres could turn around and ship him off to a cap-strapped team in two years or so. Players negotiate for NTCs so they have a sense of stability and know they won't have to uproot their lives. Is there a list of players in the past 20 years who have agreed to waive their NTC to facilitate a trade? I imagine it would be a very small list.

If memory serves me correctly, Thompson and Tuch both welcomed babies into the world this past season? You're running on fumes the entire first year, and I'm not surprised they had down years. Here's hoping they're no longer chronically sleep deprived and can get back to form this season.

Passing on the right like that is absolutely psychotic driving behavior.

The title of this thread should be updated...this was not an accident. It was the result of an impatient drunk ***** murdering two people with a vehicle.

Yes and no. Yes in that we're just about through August which is typically the quietest month in the NHL off-season. There has been some noise around the league (Stl. offer-sheeting EDM, the Laine trade) but nothing Sabres-centric, unless you consider a few hours of believing Zadina signing a PTO constitutes as news. I consider the dog days over once prospects challenge kicks off, which looks like 9/13, or 2.5 weeks from now. After that training camp kicks off, then pre-season games start rolling in and before you know it we'll be in mid-december talking about what our draft position will be in 2025 as our season slips away....

Buffalo was on Zadina's No-PTO list.