Pimlach

Tage was lousy on that PP. yech

Lindy sitting Muel and Joker tonight and doing better back there.

Quinn has lead in his ass.

Oh my ref. Two in one.

Great way to start the period. McLeod line to Byram.

Nice goal. A fight. Some hits. A successful PP and PK. Good period for sure. I thought they let off the gas pedal at times too. They need to be even better in the 2nd, Ottawa is also looking good. Looking forward to it.

UPL bailed out Tage big time. Wow. We really needed that too.

There was a thread on that topic . The final outcome was no. The thread was closed, never to resurface again.

I’ll add that missing Clifton hurt the PK. He just did a fine job

I thought Muel should have sat out last game instead of Clifton.

Dan says “the top line”. I don’t like that name.

JJP on the Power Play (in RJ voice).

Nice call stripes.

That is an official Water Buffalo Lodge hat. The first version of a Sabres logo for sure. Fred was a long standing member of the lodge. He was also a gifted bowler, a great pool shooter, a scratch golfer, and he occasionally played the ponies.

I’m really ready to see them step up. This is a must win game and it’s not too early to say it. MUSCLE WEIGHT

Wow. I just want to win the game and maybe string a few W's together.

Interesting info. It is still too early to count the Sabres out just yet. They can at least move to "bubble" position with a few wins in a row. Tonight against Ottawa is huge.

Improve your lie? Winter rules.

The Bills locker room is great. McDermott nailed it. One game ball only, and for the guy who came up big in the same game where he was shaken. Add that he has other kickers in his house trying out.and everyone in the room knows it. No doubt McDermott talked to Bass before he brought the kickers in, and continued to work with him during that time. McDermott trusted Bass and he came through. Great stuff.

Your concern is valid. The Tage and Dahlin contracts do not bother me. They are going to be worth it and have good careers Adam’s moved fast on the others. For example after something like 57 NHL games, Muel was given 7 years at $4.3M. Great deal if he is good, but so far he has not been. Power and Cozens are still kids and they have expensive long term deals. They both have to get a lot better to be worth it.

We have played 12 games, we will be at 24 by the end of the month. I still think there may be hope and I will evaluate this again at the end of November. We need the best players (i.e. the higher paid Core guys) to play like they are actually the best players, and we need good goaltending to change the direction of the season.

One GM protects Ullmark, and the next GM fails to sign him. Inconsistency within the upper echelons of the organization has caused the phenomena we see with all these former Sabres players doing well for other teams. Deslauries may not be very good but he was useful in a limited role. Foligno - Mike Foligno was an excellent player and a great Sabre. Marcus is a good 4th line player but he is massively overrated here on Sabrespace by a fan base that craves big players that can and will fight. I like him ok, but replacing him and improving the 4th line is only a hard thing to do in Buffalo.

Maybe he should at the record of his hockey team?

I think this would be a good way to break Dahlin's spirit. You are suggesting to take away the C after only 12 games? Lindy would lose credibility. Adams too. And there will be even more heads shaking around the league. Just curious, where you around in 1977-78 when they took the C away from Schoney and gave it to Gare? It was shocking for the fans and controversial for sure. They finished with 105 points and were in the upper echelon of the league, but they lost to Philly in round two by 4-1. Which became a habit. Whoever was wearing the C did not change the result. You need high effort and commitment from more than the guys with the letters on their sweater. My vote is that making an example of Dahlin is targeting the wrong guy and an empty gesture. This is a time they need to pull together, play with more purpose, and figure it out.

I deleted my post in its entirety. Your response is all that is left of it. I don't want to engage with some of the people here anymore. I get that certain people are positive, negative, cheerful or grumpy, that is just personalities. There are a few here that do not contribute anything but eyerolls and pukes, they never add any hockey content, they never bring any facts or information, they just try to police the site by defending this morbid franchise and it leaders, and they do it by insulting other posters. I am getting very close to dropping out of here. Many of the good posters are already gone. I can still read the posts from the few knowledgeable posters that are left.