In The Buff

Sabres lose their 6th in a row. Senators, how did they do? Sens down 3-1 with 10 minutes left in the 3rd, come back to win in OT vs the Rangers. Dylan Cozens had an assist, 9 hits (a career high) & was named the games 3rd star. I didn't see much of the Sabres game, how did Norris look out there?

the feeling when you realize you're hitting the F5 key to see the return for Jokiharju. How good could it even be? 😂

Adams is someone had to do it. You sir will be the 1st Adam's is methodical in his quest to build a contender. Piece by piece. Year by year. The journey continues...

all we have so far

Marchand got traded to Florida. No info on the return for Joker

the money Pegula would get from the sale would be a nice consolation prize for him. He promised Hockey Heaven but gave us Hockey Hell & in the end he'll be rewarded with millions

on top of that, what gets me is say we do decide to keep Byram & we give him a new contract. You have a large percentage of the salary cap being spent on defense, where you're paying top dollar for offensive minded defensemen... all meanwhile your defense sucks. This whole fixation on having offensive minded Dmen doesn't seem worth its cost if they can't defend well. For a team thats in playoff contention, sure it makes sense to want to have more offense from your back end. A Byram or Power might be that missing piece. But for a team like us, does it make sense to pay a premium on Dmen because they can score 10 goals a year? Or would it make sense to use that money on a forward who can put up 20-30? I realize this is simplistic in thought but its like we're constructing our roster in reverse. We're paying our D to play offense & as a result both our offense & defense suffer as a result. As it seems theres little thought put into how this team is constructed, with not much balance to anything.

I'm hoping this team has grown since November, when Cozens said that they thought their next game would be easy. Hopefully they've figured out that winning in this league is never 'easy'. You need to do the simple things right & compete hard. Winning 5 in a row would be a nice turnaround for these guys

the players who are here have it pretty good, as long as you dont care too much about the losing. They get paid pretty well... we may even over pay since we dont have the palm trees, & even if their production isn't that great. And if they make a mistake, its no big deal. Just keep collecting that pay check & after a 10 minute drive back home, they can completely forget about it & focus on other things, like their personal lives. Bars stay open til 4am & from things ive seen with my own 2 eyes, the women in the area throw themselves at the guys. I'm sure its like that to a degree everywhere. But in a city like Buffalo, we're not exactly flush with star power & celebrities. A pro sports player can live the life of a king here. I imagine the guys make the best of it. As we see, they love it here. Winning must not be everything 😂

100%. Having a player who holds others accountable for their mistakes? And passionately attempts to correct them? Someone who has a high standard & expectations for themself & his teammates & won't compromise on them? Sounds great compared to the Sabres who don't display 1 ounce of that. What do we have that's similar? We schedule a team meeting to discuss why you should stick up for your teammates? Its like night & day

if you're unsure of who caused the hit, you at least grab the guy next to you & give him the business. That should be the bare minimum response for a cheap shot on your teammate. It shouldn't even be something that's needed to be said or coached up. Should just be instinctual. You should have some pride in your team & want to stick up for one another. But theres no fight in these dogs. Dropping the gloves is what should've happened but i'm more answering this question while thinking of the guys we currently have.

Rob Ray: "best way to get back at the Devils is to make them pay on this power play" So far we seem to be the only ones paying for it. 1 more goal given up, another player injured. Good times

Great response by the Sabres after a cheap shot on their best player... oh wait, this is the Sabres

Whenever you're paying for a player to score goals against you, something went wrong somewhere

If what we value out of our defensemen is their offensive potential, then lets just stop messing around & lets make our Dmen forwards. We lack forwards right? Move Dahlin to Center & make Power his wingman. Then when teams play us, they'll have no idea what we're doing out there. We probably wont either, but we dont now. At least we wont be complaining anymore about how they cant play D. Lets not even try! We need more offense out of our D, 5 forwards on the ice at all times lets go! Sorry i couldnt resist. I'd keep Byram over Power & thats a big turnaround for me from how i used to feel. Byram has seemed to gel more with his role. Is more of an impact player than Power is at this point. And Power can bring more back in a trade. Especially if some Canadian team wants to bring him back home. All of this talk means nothing without a plan though. Doesnt help us at all if we move these guys for draft picks. In the end there's pros & cons for both so in truth i'd move whoever has the most trade value. But i would've already added a veteran Dman a year or 3 ago if i were GM to help aid in their development. I cant see us bringing in one now, while also resigning Byram to a longer term deal. Seems now its one or the other.