Pimlach

Meh. First off, the broadcast crew in Boston are a couple of tools that only talk up Boston and nothing else. Good story for them to toot their coaches horn. Maybe Linus realized if he can't win in Boston he is not going to ever get to the next level? Linus had Bales in Buffalo, a damn good goalie coach. He worked rebound control in Buffalo, every goalie does. He worked through injuries and surgeries. He had every chance in Buffalo but he played for lousy teams most of the time, with a revolving door of coaches/GMs, and a poor overall culture. Boston must have seemed like hockey heaven. He has matured in his 8th year, and he plays behind the best defensive team in the league, and everything came together.

Probably not, but Karlsson is a forward that plays defense. He is a gifted but one dimensional player and always has been. He is always a threat to score when on the ice but over about 900 games now it is safe to say that good defensive play is not his forte. If the Sabres are protecting a one goal lead with one minute left 22 year old Dahlin is definitely going to be on the ice, not sure 32 year old Karlsson plays that role for his team.

This is were depth comes in. We play 6 of the last 8 on the road too. Hopefully every team feels they have tough March and April, but we really do.

If you upgrade and add a 2nd pair defender you get the positive ripple effect of also upgrading the 3rd pair since Joker would move down to that pair, and Bryson/Clague would be pushed to 7/8 giving more depth overall. So you don't break the bank, but add a solid 4/5 guy and see what defensive combo's work the best.

I said Karlsson is the best offensively, his stats bear it out. He is also 32 years old and is still a minus player, as he has been for almost every season in his career. Dahlin is a better overall defenseman right now at 22 years of age. All that said, Karlsson will probably get the Norris this season unless the Sabres make the playoffs and Dahlin continues to put this team on his back.

Yes he is, he is the best offensively. Dahlin is better defensively, he is physically much tougher and brings more presence and jam, and he is still right there offensively with Karlsson.

Me too. I sure hope that it is Quinn and Peterka. Next year they should take a big lea forward. This year they have both had flashes of really good play mixed with growing pains. I wonder how many points Cozens has playing on other lines or on special teams - it would not surprise if it is half of his production this year.

Once he gets on a stable line he will be a ppg player. Plus he does everything needed over 200 feet of ice.

This team likes a busy schedule. I’m excited for the playoff run. Finally!

UPL had a sv% of 943 last night and he won. Kakko was .900 and he lost. UPL had more high danger shots and more shots on him overall. Sv% matters. Your point is a statistical outlier not valid over the course of a season. Look at Ullmark and tell me me he doesn’t benefit from the team in front of him.

D help should be a reasonable request and is essential. The goalie trade seems to be much harder. Solid starting goalies just don’t get traded often in this league. Which goalies would you target?

This is huge. There was a time when seeing the GM hanging around practices and in the locker room was like seeing the grim reaper. Especially around the trade deadline. I would have thought Adam’s open approach is now much more common in the NHL. Adam’s talks about culture change, and sure, winning is the first on the list. But open communication, opportunities, and fair treatment of players is right up there.

He definitely is and the Sabres front office knows it.

The best TV commercials maybe.

I don’t overly focus on differential but the the bolded just doesn’t happen unless the first goalie gets way more goal support than average and the second goalie gets way less. Wins and losses are a team stat.

I watched with Covid still affecting me. Sleepy. Goodnight. Good win. And ROR

He is better than Karlsson.

Tucher

Gare

Wow. Crazy action

Skinner

Not good enough Sabres.

Way too cute. They better get serious

UPL keeping us in this game. Sabres are too casual with the puck. Especially in their end.

Why no interference on 53. ?