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Sabres looking terrible. They stop playing on the 4 on 4. Giveaway on a PK UPL keeping them in it.

Why are they playing 4on 4 like they are killing a penalty?

Last in the conference

Who are you going to play Gilbert with then?

This team is just a few solid vet moves away from not sucking. That is if they don’t loose Greenway and Zucker. Otherwise add more to replace them.

Dan starting to make calls. Kulich great finish.

Tuch is a good player. Lots of complaints about him earlier in the season. He is an honest player, hard worker with good skills.

Way to crash the net Krebsie.

You just stuff a Snickers and Hershey bar in your coat before you go there. Two for 10 cents.

They sure got caught up the ice.

I remember when the Sabres were practically unbeatable at home. Hot dogs were 30 cents, and a small Pepsi was 20 cents. You could buy a Hockey News for 50 cents. That was my best utilization of one dollar.

Last time these teams met Laine had 3 goals on Buffalo from that same spot.

Clifton is dressed

Lots of red and white jerseys. Hab fans got all the good seats.

I’ll sell you my PSL.

The game is streaming on ESPN+, so it should be an MSG game. The Habs have played 2 more games and are 8 points ahead of the Sabres which is pretty sick considering they have a -23 goal differential and the Sabres is -10. The Sabres at home should win but if they don’t start fast this turns into a road game quickly.

Joker could fetch a 2nd rounder so maybe him. Conner Clifton. Why isn’t he playing? He was listed with illness. Is he wanting out? Could he be moved?

Yes, but it was actually about the near term financials. They have been running lean since Botterill's firing in 2020. I have to admire Botterill for refusing to buy into Pegula's new plan, fired just 3 weeks after he was given a vote of confidence by Kim and Terry. Read this article and then think about the last 5 year since Botterill's firing. It's pretty sad. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-buffalo-sabres-kevyn-adams-new-gm-jason-botteril-1.5613804

Ruff was not protecting UPLs stats. He was trying to win a game. Quickly down 2-0, he was sending a message to his team to wake up. We have seen opposing teams do this numerous times, and beat the Sabres. You can believe otherwise, but this was a message to the team, a message not received.

The move was first to wake his team up, good teams respond to a goalie change. Good teams know what lever the coach pulled and respond.

He said a nice coffee. Starbucks is oily sweet sludge.

100%. Adam’s is very conservative, to the point of making no progress in the standings. In 5 years he built a bottom 5 team. His record should get him fired.

The somehow is the 13 game losing streak. Dahlin was hurt or out, Power and Byram failed to pick up the slack back there, I can through Mule in there too. All of them play defense poorly. We have Dahlin so having both Byram and Power is redundant. One of them should be traded. Of the two, I would move Byram. Power still has more potential should he decide to get stronger and grow a pair. The other thing about the losing streak is the coaching and front office. I recall a lot of panic, extra days off, lots of line shuffling, and of course the lack of a GM move culminated by Terry's pep talk in Montreal. The whole organization from players, coaches, GM, owner is responsible for another ruined season. The key players that I could move on from are: Byram, Muel, Cozens and probably Quinn.

What about me?

Whalers getting away with a lot. Ref put the whistle away.