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Good enough to make the playoffs. Hell, they almost did that playing no defense and no goaltending.

About time someone that isn't going to coddle these players and accept substandard crap.

Last night, much like the game against the Stars showed this team can absolutely play the style of game Ruff wants them to play. Tough, physical, all over the pucks, using their speed to disrupt defensively and cause issues in the offensive zone for opposing defensemen, crashing the net on rush chances and going there on long point shots to screen the goalie, etc... I mean when Tage Thompson is crashing the crease and getting dirty goals while on the ground with bodies on top of him, you know the team received the message loud and clear. But how long will it resonate with them? One game, two games? A week? Can they sustain it? The question then becomes "If you know this is what you are supposed to do, and you see the positive results when you play this way, then why don't you choose to do it every night?" Because if they choose to play like this every night, they would be a playoff team, no question. Why do they choose not to do it? It's a choice. This team has to break their bad habits of only putting out effort and being willing to do the little detailed "hard" things right that don't show up in the box score when "things get tough" or "the coaches get on us" and make that their team standard on a nightly basis. This shouldn't be something that gets them praised, it should be a given and what is expected of them on a nightly basis. Mostly from the players themselves. Can this team finally hold themselves and each other accountable for playing this way on any given night? Can Ruff finally get through to them where all the other coaches have failed? Honestly, I am hopeful but I don't know...

Well it was 79 on that same day 2 years ago...I spoke wrongly...it would have been a record for the prior day, not yesterday. Rochester, however DID smash a record hitting 81 yesterday.

The Sabres have allowed far too many non-NHL quality goals this year and it's cost us a few games so far. They better figure it out. Hopefully UPL isn't one of those guys who got paid and now sits back and relaxes after playing for a new contract last year. Levi is still is the same...very inconsistent from one game to the next. He has a high ceiling but his floor is too low currently.

Probably weren't around in the early 90's with LaFontaine, Mogilny and Hawerchuk I take it?

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree...

Yes those stretch passes from his own end past the red line that spring odd man rushes and goal chances. Has been exceptional at those since his rookie year...dipped a little last year but still was very good overall.

Things are starting to come together it seems like... I think by mid season this team could really start finding it's groove if they can keep building and get the special teams at least middle of the road. Looking forward to getting NAK back in the lineup as well, I think he adds more toughness and physicality we have been missing and can help shut down other teams top lines defensively.

Only 1.5 more months til Bandits season starts and we can witness what it looks like to hang a championship banner --- again! 🙂

Won't the smell be kinda awful to be watching a game there? Plus you have all that mooing and oinking from the cows and pigs. Why not just watch it in the house?

Good...this team needs to not take crap from anyone at anytime. That's how you begin to build habits...not just in the games, but in practice as well. They secretly loved it...about time they played like they actually care and build habits that will lead over to the games.

Just was watching Last Chance U on Netflix and in the last episode of Season 1, DJ Law is wearing a Rochester Amerks baseball hat! Thought it was kinda cool...

They need to stop actively trying to not score goals and fix their PP. Scoring 1 goal is going to lose 95% of the time in the NHL.

Massive tornado outbreak going on ahead of Hurricane Milton's arrival...17 tornado warnings in effect currently...and these aren't the typical weak F0 or F1 tropical tornadoes that happen a lot in Florida, these are intense ones. Here is a great live stream from meteorologists that will be covering everything Milton related...currently dealing with tornado warning and outbreaks and showing footage of live tornadoes on the ground.

what part of Amherst? Easiest way would be to go to UB South Campus and take the metro rail downtown. Lyft is cheaper than Uber, FYI and have used it several times with good results.

I'm fine. Expecting it to take some time for the players to stop thinking so much about what Ruff wants them to do and where he wants them to be on the ice in various situations and start playing freely without having to think. Obviously the offense or lack there of is concerning as well as the PP, but hopefully that kind of goes together with the point up top. Granato didn't seem very technically oriented, he gave them more of a "go play" type of system, which ALMOST worked the first year, but there were clear issues with it if this team wants to become anything more than a fringe playoff team. Granato did not do a good enough job implementing a system last year and that is where Ruff should succeed where he failed...Ruff is a very sound coach in terms of playing style and systems.

Not surprising... Jimmy, we barely knew ya!

The most damage isn't done by the wind speeds necessarily, it's done by the storm surge and as all the storm wall/sand bag protections that were in place have already been destroyed by Helene, there is nothing left to protect from another massive storm surge so close behind it. So even if it misses slightly in one direction or another, in general that whole area is f**ked.

Tampa Bay is f**ked. Milton exploded to a Cat 3, then 2 hours later a Cat 4, and is going to be a Cat 5 within a short time as it currently has 155 mph winds and is only 2 mph short of Cat 5 strength now. All I can say is...good luck. Anyone who decides to stay, make sure to write your next of kin with permanent marker on your forearm so they can be notified.

If you have to be concerned every time they lose, I am going to assume you have never played competitive sports in your life.

It doesn't concern me because: 1) It's one game 2) They are playing under a new coach and a new system and have different things they are being asked to do. It looked like they were thinking too much instead of just playing, which isn't surprising. Likely is going to take a little while for them to be able to just go play and know what Ruff wants them to do and where they should be on the ice.

So does Carolina...nobody seems to talk about it as a problem with them. Overreactions are the norm in Buffalo after one game tho...Bills are going to finish 3-14 because of what happened last week to them if you listen to half the posters on the Bills board.