Pimlach

And then win immediately

Ugh

Is this a parody?

Oh man. Booing again. Well the Sabres started to wake up after they fell behind by 2 goal again. They have time to mount a comeback.

Clifton. Nice hit.

Detroit has Compher too. Another guy with a cup.

Come on ref.

Jost hit iron

The Wings added good support players to their young core. Fabbri and Perron have a Cup, they know how to play.

Another Muel giveaway.

Power looking frazzled already. Muel had a turnover on his shift.

EJ huge hit.

Comrie the opposite of Lyon according to ESPN.

ESPN commercials are tiring.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in . Looks like no UPL. Big one right here on home ice. Looking for a response from this team tonight. MUSCLE WEIGHT edit. Tage is playing. ESPN national game

Yes, I know. I am fully aware of his play. It was a question of whether he is fiesty and the answer is yes, he is. He is a liability in a lot of cases. He has 343 goals and 642 pts in 957 games, and yet he is a lifetime -132.

The biggest knock is him coming back to play defense. Offensive zone he is a finisher. And Skinner still is one of the feistier players we have, you take the bad with the good. What is interesting is that Peters said on his podcast that Boterill was not intending to want to re-sign Skinner after his 40 goal season, and it was Pegula that made the call.

Peters admitted that they had guidelines on what he could say. LOL I can imagine he was a handful for management.

Here is mine ...

I think I just met that guy at a Jr. Sabres game this year. It sure looks like him, my cousin told me he was a scouting director. Seemed like a nice guy. An easy hire for Adams, local, wants to be there, wants to help, yada yada ... Pro Scouting is underutilized. They found Jost, ok. He advises on trades, but Adams seem to have trouble making them happen - either teams want too much or the player won't come here. That is a real barrier that supports Adams approach of build from within.

I just listened. Clearly, Peters wanted to vent about the organ-eye-zation and he did. The most informing stuff to me was their comments on the coaching staff. They are very negative on what this staff can bring to the players and on the game day coaching. Specifically Ellis running the power play, and the overall acceptance by the head coach as to what is happening. One thing that bothered me, but is certainly a reality, was when they talked about the President's Trophy team of 06-07. Rivet told Peters that even back then, players did not want to go to Buffalo. It may have been true, but to a much lesser extent than it is now. Any veteran that wants to win now and has a NMC is not going to agree to be traded to Buffalo, so we have to understand that Adams might have a major constraint to deal with. They mostly talk about the young guys not being supported and the overall softness of the team. They have no use for Skinner either and feel that his scoring does not overcome the rest of his game. I tend to disagree, I see is Skinner is one of the few feisty players and he has improved his two-way game although he does get into the lazy doldrums - the entire team does. Rivet wants a veteran partner for Power that will help him and teach him. Power's soft play was a big subject. The fact that Benson is one of their best forwards right now was viewed as a negative reflection on the rest of them. The Krebs v. Aho situation was brought up by Rivet. Krebs may not have known that Aho was going after him. He should have obliged him and beat the tar out of him, but Rivet stated that a player like Aho knows he is protected, while Krebs is on his own. McCarron was gunning for Krebs on several shift, that would not be a good match up (see Cozens vs Hathaway). Peters says that fighting is trending up again in the NHL, not sure he is correct, however it appears that more teams are going with one big physical line that can and will engage in that part of the game. Overall it sounded like SabresSpace - maybe @PerreaultForever was filling in for Rivet that day? Dahlin was the only positive. Highly skilled, he brings it every game.

Can't agree with this. Owner's hire the GM (or head of Hockey Operation on some teams). Adams should feel more heat than DG, but it will not work that way because Adams is carrying out his bosses wishes. The roster, when healthy is still a handful of players away, but not that bad. It always starts with the owner. He hired marginally qualified and untested GMs three times in a row. The owner has over-spent at times, and has under-spent at times. The owner fired coaches that he wanted here. The owner is doing nothing to fix the facility or improve the game day experience, he doesn't show up, he doesn't know how bad his product is. The owner has sole possession of the worst record in the history of the NHL. He can and should rightfully take the blame. No real NHL GM would have agreed with Pegula's idiotic and silly 3 E's edict. He was worried about paper losses to his fortune, and his families lifestyle on their Yacht during Covid --- he put this team on another bad path. Which is why Boterill left and Adams got his chance- as long as Adams carries out this slow roll, stay under the cap, spend money on people that want to be here, the someday over the rainbow plan. This rebuild is about cost control for the next TBD years - probably at least until the damm football stadium is built. How many teams in the East have already rebuilt or re-tooled since pre-Covid --- Devils, Isles, Panthers, Rangers. How many are passing us this season? Detroit, Montreal, and Philly are doing that right now. We are closer to Ottawa and Columbus than we are to the aging Tampa, Washington and Pittsburgh teams - all of which are teams we were supposed to pass soon. We are closer to a bottom 5 finish than we are to the playoffs right now. Tons of injuries are not helping. We can draft another highly acclaimed 18 year old this off season and add him to our stable of shiny new toys. Meanwhile the young guys we already have cannot play their game because they are getting no support. It is hard to do on TV, but watch the play away from the puck. Carolina and Preds just physically pounded the crap out of this team. Partly because this team stands around to much (that is coaching). I expect that in our next 3 games we will see the physical side of Detroit, Boston, and Montreal. Either the players get together and decide that enough is enough, or another season is lost. That will be hard to do with Tuch, Greenway and Girgs out and replaced by what - Biro and Rosen? There will be no help from above until maybe the deadline, and it wont matter by then unless the players fix it themselves. We will be Sellers at the deadline - which might be good for someday, someday over the rainbow. The root cause of the Buffalo Sabres being a terrible franchise is all on the Owner. 100%.

The Wings are starting their backup, Alex Lyon. Same guy who beat us for Florida last year in the critical late season game. Those head to head points decided who got in to the playoff.