Broken Ankles

The Canadians are in first place in the Atlantic and the Ducks are in first in the Pacific Division. These two were also in our remedial reading class with San Jose the last few years and they are now grade level or advanced. Not sure if either are for real. With respect to Anaheim, while the West has lost most of their head to head against the East, Anaheim has won against the Bruins, Panthers (twice), Devils, Red Wings, and Penguins. Adding wins against good teams in the west like the Stars and Golden Knights. These two have significant improvement in scoring and goal differentials. These Sabres on the other hand sit with 41 GF. Only Florida and Calgary have fewer. Disappointing to say the least. Let’s see what happens when some of the regulars come back into the lineup.

What that Interference?

Carolina has 12th best PK. Looked better than that. Our PP looked impotent.

Thompson playing better tonight with new line mates than the other day. Who can shut down Aho/Svech/Jarvis? Do that and this and this is a winnable game. Aho is a Sabre killer. Bryson and Glass with the most TOI for our Defense. Lindy

Is the definition of problem child open to interpretation? Like their problem child has bad grades at prep school, caught with weed and edibles and was kicked off the wrestling team. While our problem child has a cocaine habit, an illegitimate child at age 16 and dropped out of public school as a sophomore? Also, love how you say “one of ours”, as in plural. We have so many f@*king problem children that 1 Seymore Knox III Plaza that it’s the new Father Bakers of Buffalo for the 21st Century. In fact I think parents may start to use the arena as a threat to their young children with bad behavior, like we heard about Father Bakers. If you don’t listen to me son, I’m going to drop you off at a Sabres game.

My vote for the Sabres-flavored sitcom is Arrested Development - "Now the story of a family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together" Yeah, Kevyn - keep 'em all together....in hell. ....but I'll be watching. It's not like I have anything better to do. Must Tie.

Tied for 6th worst Power Play % in the NHL @ 19.1

UPL takes a penalty. Dangerous and stupid all rolled into one. F*&K Off Kevyn.

Listen to him. If not, Child Services might charge you with emotional abuse.

I think the min games is 300. Four seasons or more, and that’s if you have character and impact as a player. Maybe 2 seasons if you were a fan favorite and won a cup or made some significant contribution to a championship or memorable season. JJP had 3 seasons maybe 220 games. Impactful yes, but character, no. And losing seasons to boot. I side with the organization on this one. JJP got exactly what he deserved. A one way ticket out of Dodge. On a side note, you might remember 40 Thieves on Elmwood better as Merlin’s. I went there this summer with a group of college buddies. The food was fantastic, the remodel is above average. Looks nothing like Merlin’s of the early 90s when I was there last. And the clientele….I can see why JJP might frequent. Stunning young ladies on a random Friday in July.

It was a callback to another thread about Utah. Not sure if you were the orignal poster, but I thought it was worthy of a second mention.

Not a fan of these lines at all. Moving Doan off a higher scoring line to accommodate a move up of McCleod to the first line is just asinine. We all know Ruff thinks Tage cannot play center, so I guess we need to break up the entire Tuch/McC/Doan line which has been consistently good. https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20252026&thruseason=20252026&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=BUF&vteam=ALL&view=wowy&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2025-10-07&td=2026-04-16&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8482659&p2=8477949&p3=8480802&p4=0&p5=0 The current second line will get crushed out there. Why not start Softie McSupple at RW? Not available? Maybe he’s trying a shut down line of Doan/Krebs/Greenway to play against their first line and sees more 5v5 minutes than either Tages line or the three yutes, but I guess we’ll have to see how they are deployed.

My service is back

Peterka first back check…ever

Moneypuck disagrees. Expected goals much higher for the 🦣. I thought the same as you.

💯. Agree with all you said…just added some lyrics from Bad, by U2.

desperation, separation Condemnation, resignation In temptation, isolation. Let it go.

Yamamoto went 3-0 with a 1.02 ERA in the Fall Classic. He’s just the 14th pitcher to notch three wins in a single World Series and the first since Hall of Famer Randy Johnson did it for the Diamondbacks in 2001. He is the first pitcher with three road wins in a single World Series and just the fourth pitcher to win both Game 6 and Game 7, joining Johnson (2001), Harry Brecheen (1946) and Ray Kremer (1925). Unbelievable performance. Unfortunately I was there to see my team lose to Johnson in that game 7 in 2001. Devastating ride back home through the desert. My condolences.

Tuch is 3 years older than Necas (as the most recent comparable for $11.5m), so it stands to reason that $11.5m AAV would be over 5 years and not 8. If you are forced to go to a higher AAV, so be it, but I thought the point is getting the most guaranteed money? The Tuch camp still needs to find $14.5m after age 35 if they want the equivalent contract of $9m*8, or $72m guaranteed (assuming that is what the Sabres have probably offered). I’d say it’s 30/70 whether injuries or regression prevents a $7m+ type contract in 2032. Even with a growing Cap.

Win just one face off

Just pray it stays that way for the next two minutes.