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Geez… Panthers are fast…

That’s two today…Saw it in his preseason games… Comrie has a slow glove hand…

Nope… I don’t… but I’m a Sabres fan… and my opinion doesn’t matter… Granato said he was unconcerned with Comrie’s preseason performances… Granato is the coach… His opinion matters… Up to Comrie to show something now…

What a god-awful performance… to take into the season opener, no less… Think Adams and Granato made a mistake using the final preseason game to sit their top defensive pairs… Cromie had no support from the moment the puck dropped… and the Pens were buzzin’… Air went out of the forward lines after the 3-0 first period played mostly in their own zone… Not even Vinnie’s short-handed goal could wake them up… Fact is, Cromie has played two bad games… The last goal showed a slow glove hand… Nothing positive tonight… Will be interested in Granato’s take… Ever Upward, ever Onward…

Need to develop a face-off specialist… Will matter throughout the season…

Appreciate the response, LTS… Think I had NHL Center Ice last season…

Question… Down in Sarasota and can’t get through to Comcast… Does ESPN+ $9.99 month service broadcast most Sabres games during the regular season??

Likewise… The kid is a player… Not intimidated by pressure… proved he can deliver in the clutch when it matters… Hope he gets another chance to realize his NHL dream here or elsewhere… Sabres still retain his rights…

As good as the pipeline of top draft choices the past few years… the investment by Pegula and Adams in building a top Analytics Dept will prove a difference maker for the Sabres in the draft and free agency for years to come… Comrie is an excellent example… Age 27, 28 NHL games, has learned how to win, good price, fills an immediate need, still developing with upside as the starter or backup to UPL or Levi…

Surprised the seats weren’t filled… Was it free admission??…

Bryson has high compete…

Great game… Great series…

AVs jamming the neutral zone… TB has no rush… Out of gas… AVs better condition… Take a miracle or a fluke for TB to score…

AVs forecheck, stick work, and puck handling is really impressive…

Keep McDonagh off the ice…

AVs are faster… better with the puck… TB is tougher… more grit… with a better goaltender… Just a pleasure to watch these teams compete… We need a goaltender… and a few years for our young kids to grow into men…

Superb hockey played by both teams… I live in Sarasota, so rooting for TB…

TB will have no chance keeping up in the thinner atmosphere… AVs are just a better conditioned team…

AVs offense in the TB zone was relentless… Just too much for TB… Great win for them…

Boom… TB taking to the net…

AVs have som PP… Scored on 7 of last 11… TB can’t afford penalties…

Wow… Didn’t expect Paul back after he limped off after the 1st… to let alone score less the two minutes into the 2nd period… Got the crowd going now…

TB more time in offensive zone… More shots… More goals… Better checking tonight… 2nd period should be interesting after AVs adjust…

AVs are relentless… Get McDonaugh off the ice… Offsides…

Glad the AVs aren’t in our division… They are so fast, such good skaters, constant motion in the offensive zone… Think they also benefit living in the thinner atmosphere… Better respiratory condition…