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Tuch has 32 goals

Who cares? Jeremy Jacobs was a Sabres fan...hasn't stopped him from wining multiple Stanley Cups with the Bruins

Blues on a heater winning 11 straight games and 17 of their last 20

probably be in a playoff spot or very close to it.

Maybe...he has gotten progressively worse in the NHL the more games he has played which is somewhat concerning. He made UPL look like an All-Star this year in his 9 games where he went 2-7 with a 4.12 GAA and .872 Save Percentage this year. Has gone from a .905 to .899 to .872 save percentage in the last 3 years.

Levi has been worse than UPL numbers wise, so he needs to up his game first before he can provide that

The only times UPL has played well was when he had something on the line...his rookie year when he was trying to make the Sabres and in his contract year. Other than that, he has been bad. Unfocused, undisciplined, out of position, not driven to push himself but needs something else to push him. Not what you want out of an athlete.

Was bound to happen at some point...they kept trying to run it back as the team got older and older and never really replaced the aging vets. Pretty much the cautionary tale about holding onto aging players too long...should have taken a page from the Patriots book when Belichick was there and he would get rid of them a year too early rather than a year too late.

Upgrade UPL/Levi in games they played this year and they WOULD be a playoff team. Their team save percentage is .872 which is a joke in today's NHL. If it was even .895, which is still terrible, they likely would be in the last wildcard spot at least.

Quinn has the potential to be such a special player, here's hoping he gets it figured out for next year.

The same thing that happened to Carmen San Diego?

Probably....Over the first 33 games, the Sabres averaged 2.96 goals per game(.45 goals less) and averaged allowing 3.51 goals per game(.13 less). On balance, the change has netted the Sabres a +.32 differential based on how they play now, which is likely why Ruff made the change...a lot more offense, not much worse defense/goaltending.

With yesterday's performance, the Sabres are now #1 in the NHL in the last 40 games in terms of goals/game at 3.41. Unfortunately, they scored 141 goals over that time but allowed 145, along with having the 2nd worst save percentage in the NHL over that time period at .872. Just abysmal goaltending, #1, and defense #2.

Toronto did a pretty good job of that during their rebuild.