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Greenway and Mitts developing nice chemistry… Benson makes everyone around him better.

I’m not sure either of them would agree with you.

Three failures by Sabres Ticket Sales Team to reply to their own solicitation?? We know Roth was distracted… Hope whoever is in charge reads your message.

And shoot more.

KA is on the record this is the year we break the playoff drought… Season opener was just jits, imo…

Was surprised Granato didn’t put much weight on winning the last few preseason games to build momentum for the opener… given the fan and player expectations this year, RJ Night, and a key division opponent… Granato is a proven development coach based on his history… He is cerebral, articulate, calm, and likeable… Much like Cooper or even Ruff… Unlike those two, have yet to hear or see Granato get angry with a lack of effort… He could have and might have been angry behind closed doors at a few vets who mailed it in the last couple preseason games… He didn’t seem that upset about losing in his postgame remarks last night… Perhaps he believes most of the failure was coaching… Expecting to see some veteran sparks and better energy tomorrow.

Amazing Laviolette got them to give up the body to block shots so early in his tenure… Talk about Buy-In… Think the Rangers were determined to spoil all the season opener hoopla and send the up and coming Sabres a message. Talent matters… Coaching makes the difference.

IDK… Thought Victor was ok last night… Was not on the ice for any GA… Especially liked that he jumped right in and defended Benson when the Rangers roughed the kid up late in the 3rd behind the net… Seemed to me Cozens struggled more on that line… He got off a couple shots, but all three of them need to shoot more…

Agree with much of what you wrote… but it’s one game… Season opener… Full house… Big expectations… Early jits… Gotta remember we have two handfuls of 21-22-23 year olds playing serious minutes… They will develop together into a formidable team for many years to come, my bet. Not ready to make any serious player moves… Sure not ready to give up on Granato or his staff. Lets see where we are after a month.

Was able to stream from my phone and mirror to the tv, but the audio was garbled… Rangers looked mid season form… We looked like the guys just met yesterday… Down 2 on three shots in the first few minutes is a tough hole to climb out of… First of 82… Onward to Saturday… First game jits for Levi and the boys are behind them.

NHL Center Ice not working…

How could you miss it… Go and make a memory.

Big bet on the Come Line. Expect he will grow into it with more goals and more grit. Next?… Mitts?

Hope Benson plays well and sticks… VO as well.

Roth was an investment advisor… He had no sports management experience… He had Pegula’s trust and fresh eyes. Now we see what he was looking at… No loss. Get it right this time, Pegula. Your teams deserve better.

Good deal for team and player… Dahlin endured some tough years and stuck around… Future Captain Take a page from Okposo and give Buffalo some love taking a higher profile in the community.

To date, KA built speed, skill, and character… We lack physicality… Our checking is spotty and we are consistently out hit by opponents. Who steps up to defend our players?… Who steps up to set a tone… reset the tone…or provide a spark? KA added Greenway… Clifton… for a reason… Like to see a few more of our players get physical … to balance our speed, skill, and character. This is a KA roster… and a DG coaching issue, imo Decent goaltending and a few tweaks, we can dominate a tough Division and Conference for the next several years.

Bravo… Well said.

Thanks for the correction… If I’m Adams and Granato, I’m hanging in there with UPL… but it won’t surprise me if he is part of a package trade this season to shore up our D.

UPL just turned 23… Takes time to develop NHL goalie skills… He has the size… He is developing his hockey sense, movement, glove, blocker, breakaway… His aggressiveness and compete need more work… With success will come confidence… Look at the swagger Levi developed in his remarkable amateur and college years… Doubt the Sabres give up on UPL at this point in their investment of time in him.

Seems when it comes to player development, Granato believes in progress… not perfection.

Give me at least 10 games to see the trend before I even think about planting my flag on this season… Goaltending will be my focus.

Thought I read sometime back Anderson was going to serve as mentor?

Post game interviews are up on the Sabres site… Looks like Benson and JJ interviews scrubbed… Neither said anything new… Bad questions.

Benson, Victor, JJ looked good… Skinner played hard… Forgot to add Mitts… 2nd Star