Pimlach

Agree, and if they were on MSG then they would be on espn+ for us out of towners. BuffaloSabres.com says you have to be local. That restriction makes no sense to me. Do they want more fans?

I could get the Columbus feed on espn+ last night, but not the Buffalo feed tonight. There are four other NHL GAMES on espn+ that I can get right now. This is a Buffalo Sabres limitation.

How do you stream this game? On Sabres.com it says not in my area? I see @PromoTheRobot answered. Must be in Buffalo area.

Crazy song, kind of humorous too. Silly lyrics. From the 2:07 - the outro changes into something that could rev up a crowd. Add in the sound of Sabres rattling and cutting the air. It could work.

Stick to the classic "Sabre Dance" after goals and then let the changes from the current culture flow into it. Forcing a song based on a random list of candidates won't work. It has to evolve.

You talking about Justin Bieber?

I guess the real bar is Jokiharju since he played with Power a lot, but those are the guys that are out, along with Gilbert. Kesselring and Timmins are expected to be upgrades. Muel is the wild card. Will he ever be worth the contract?

Kesselring is 6’5” and 215 lbs. Good size and room to add some muscle. He can be lanky and physical. He only has 156 NHL games, he is a 25 year old former 6th rounder. As you know, players like that take some time to develop, especially defenseman. Power already has 242 NHL games at 22 years old so all this talk that Kesselring is going to come in and settle Power down and mentor him is asking a lot. Hoping he is a good compliment to Power in the top 4, but he just has to be better than the guys he replaced (Joker, Clifton, Bernard-Docker) to help the team.

I heard his name once. To early to tell.

Nice close out. Levi did good. Quinner with a ENG to shut down any stress. Helenius with a nice play. Mrtka tossed a guy around. Good. Do it again tomorrow. Debatable. I think they will have more vets out there tomorrow.

We need something GA. Kesselring has to improve on what we had, no matter how he fits in.

Was he a real charlatan? Hard to blame Krueger for taking the job. That was Terry’s hire. Terry was impressed with Krueger’s philosophies and all the double talk.

The Sabre Dance worked well back when they were a good team.

Kesselring is more likely to be.

I won’t be as good without you.

Malenstyn- Selke

Mally - save them for the real games.

Byram

Teammates I decided to watch some of this game, streaming on ESPN +. I have complained in the past about the ESPN+ App and poor video and audio quality. I now have 1G fiber and the video quality looks so much better. Go Sabres! Gonna be hard to stick with a preseason game though, the Lions and Ravens are on MNF. That should be a good one.

Pretty sneaky of Ruff playing four on the fourth line

I will always follow the Sabres as I have from day 1, game 1. Unless they leave Buffalo. Then I will leave them, like I did with the NBA Clippers. I will voice my dissatisfaction at poor management and poor play, as is my right to do so. I will applaud excellence too. I consider myself to be a very fair critic. I will not harass die hard Sabres fans, such as the ones who post here, for being surly or negative, especially given the organization’s performance in the past 15 years.

Kesselring says he wants to play meaner. Ok. I accept that. The Sabres are highly scoffable. Good teams would shake off a bad start and pull it together. Goods teams would find a way to stop a a 13 game losing streak from happening. Good teams are not out of the race at Christmas. Good teams don't miss the playoffs for 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 years. Good teams actually improve year over year. Good teams win at home and on the road. Lots to scoff at and the fans "pay the bills". The fans here are some of the best fans the Sabres have. They can scoff with impunity in my opinion.

Vets slowly shake the rust off, rookies and prospects try to show something. Its an opportunity for a few players. Similar to football and baseball.

Fair assessment. We will revisit this in April and see how Power did. I want you to be right and I want to see it this season. Right now he is a big defenseman that does not have a physical game, has offensive skills are offset by his inability, or perhaps unwillingness, to play good defense. This could be the year, or he may not take the step we are looking for until 25, so we get his bottom 6 years. That means others have to be better and play more minutes.

If the rest of the NHL GMs thought this then we could trade Power straight up for Robertson or other players of his ilk. Yet everyone here packages him with first rounders and top prospects. This is the year that Power has to make a significant improvement in his game.