DarthEbriate

We're going to hear a lot of buzz this summer. Ottawa played super-strong late last season and generated some buzz (Canada division or not). The Sabres will be in that spot this summer. The difference will be --- what do the Sabres do in goal? And are the upcoming kids the next injection while the current kids keep improving?

Top line starting to get warmed up. The Dahlin-dodge seemed to wake up the team.

Up 6-1 in the third... good response after losing to the last place team in the division last game (Monsters both games).

Judge TNT by his size do you? As well you should not.

Call up AGMJBott in Seattle. Puck mover and a bit undersized? Perfect! Get a pick if he’s not the future.

Extend him. Even a slight overpay won’t hurt in the next 2 seasons. We can bridge some folks and bring back Okposo on a lighter deal if the money is a concern. But VO will have value on a TDL market if we’re good but not good enough in a few seasons. What I don’t want to do is just give his spot to Quinn when Quinn has had issues staying healthy and Okposo could move or succumb to injuries. I view VO as a transitional Kotalik... specialist who’s going to be in the bottom 6 when we’re good. And that has immense value.

It’s not my 1977 movie, but it is an extremely fun and ridiculous 1977 movie.

Adding a Hellebuyck-level goalie to this squad instantly takes them to an 88-point team next season. Even so, I wouldn’t deal a top-10 pick for him. The kids and the kid goalies are coming. A regular NHL caliber starter in the off-season probably gets the Sabres to 80-point pace, with UPL as the backup understudy. Don't rush things now. Use that top-10 for the RHD or scoring threat cornerstone for the next 10 years.

Outpossessing and greatly outchancing the opposition is becoming a theme with this team. It means we can get by with .908 sv% because we’re still only giving up 2-3 goals per game and the offense is taking care of their end.

This is an odd way of speculating on an offseason acquisition of Buffalo native and NJ RFA Miles Wood.

Is it bad news or a challenge to see how far this roster has come in the last month? I don't expect the Sabres to win every game or outpossess/outshoot these games like they did against Nashville and others in this last run. But I want to see progress against these true Cup contenders. 3-2-1. 3-3. 2-3-1. And play like they have been 5-on-5 to keep the goal differential near even. Show the elite teams that now it's a fight each and every night.

Catching the game this morning. --There has been an awakening in the Franchise. Have you felt it? ++Yes.

Based on stats from EliteProspects, Hockey_Robinson is solely counting games played this season. Otherwise Holtz wouldn't be on the list (0.88 ppg in 52 gp last year and this year) while Quinn would be on the list (1.21 ppg in 47 gp last year and this year). If Quinn skates in 8 more games this season, and continues his pace, he'll become #3 on this list, and also crush Holtz and Reichel's ppg rate.

Nedeljkovic then was UPL now --- fine but no sample size in the NHL and nothing spectacular in the AHL. Hutton however was a downward-trending mess with vision issues at the start of 2021. Goalie had to be addressed. The Sabres should have been going through backup goalies like plungers trying to find the one. I agree on Swayman. Boston knew he's their heir-apparent. But that's why you sweeten the offer more and more with just Hall. See if they bite. They still had the guy they traded to CGY as a backup for the playoffs. Or you trade for that other goalie if they're dead set on Swayman. (And yes, the Hall NMC removing leverage was asinine, but that's another conversation for a time in the past.)

I'm happy to be wrong on many of my pessimistic predictions. Bjork hasn't been waived/traded... though. But I stand by that one.

GM Sheevyn could have done all manner of things to get the goaltending set for this season. Sign Ullmark long-term during last season (and protect him in the expansion draft). Retain salary on Hall to get Swayman instead of Bjork (and protect Swayman in the expansion draft while letting Ullmark test the UFA waters, and still offering Ullmark a better salary -- make Boston overpay by a bunch). Claim Nedeljkovic off waivers super-early in 2020-21 (then commit to him or Ullmark in expansion or move someone at the 2021 TDL).

Soooooo... you're saying 7:25 is fine the for the start of a home game with plenty of RJ fellation?

I'd rather have shotless VO in the lineup than Bjork, for example. The trouble was Quinn came up and immediately got hurt. Tuch and Krebs weren't skating with the Sabres yet. Caggiula got hurt. It was helpful to at least have a responsible NHL-level player on the ice.

Glad to see the sellout. Now, the Sabres need to convert a few of those RJ attendees into "I'll go in on a couple games in April" folks, and maybe even a few "I like where this is going... maybe this summer I look into season tickets" folks.

Take Hellebuyck off Winnipeg and they are not near the playoffs. Put him on the Sabres and they are ... 20 points better in the standings. Near playoff contention.

Rebellions Stanley Cups Fan bases are built on hope.

Nice win against the top team in the east. We can take Utica. Just gotta get to the playoffs first.

Keep on stacking up the points. Playing like this game-in and game-out bodes well for the future.

Dang. Wasted the PP. Now to an un-game-like decision on the SO. Hope we get the extra point, but at this point it's gravy to score against Hellebuyck

Best outcome: Sabres win in OT. WPG gets the point on Vegas, too