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Sad but true.

Great work by Benson. They need a couple more guys like him, and maybe a little bigger.

Yeah, I think this is more of a frustration thread/post (warranted of course). I appreciate watching the Sabres play when it's a nationally televised game like TNT, as you get a totally different perspective on the discussion, not all negative.

Are the Sabres the only team in the league with 4 first round picks on their D (2 picked #1 overall)? [One might also consider Samuelson a R1 pick too since he was taken at #32.]

Was it the Detroit thread where someone posted, "why is Ruff pulling the goal here?" ?? I remember thinking, because they need the practice regardless of the outcome. It paid off today.

Great, another "missive of doom" thread.

I mentioned in a game thread some weeks ago that I was impressed with his all-around game now--he's becoming a complete player.

Thompson has really upped his game, at both ends of the ice.

Great, they can bring him up to play while the team burns.

Who is this Fiddler? He's been tearing it up recently.

Looks like Ruff has had enough of those three playing together as practice lines in Vegas are the same: Cozens up to first line; Tuch to second with Quinn and Kulich; and JJP with Krebs and Benson.

I don’t worry about him scoring or not, he’s got a great shot and it will come. I think he’s having difficulty or lacks the desire to play a game that requires defensive responsibility. I think the once prolific kid line is great in a wide open game, but their preferred style of play is currently killing the team: Quinn -13, Cozens, -8, and peterka -7.

He's got the best of both worlds. On the one hand, this may be the only place he will get significant time on the first line, boosting his stat line to one of his best (he won't reach his "Cozens year" of 2017/18), which also makes him much more valuable($$) next year; on the other, he will certainly be a strong candidate to trade in the spring, and I'm sure he'd be very happy if he got the Okopso treatment since he's never won a cup.

First Buffalo and now Edmonton. His career seems to be "between two stalls".

Oh what to do with the playoff jinx…? https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/oilers_face_catch_22_with_recently_scratched_jeff_skinner/s1_16454_41488910

Wahlberg with 2G and 2A in Sweden's 8-1 win over Kazakhstan.

Said in jest, but 4-1

I protest! 😎

4-1. It’s a Festivus miracle!

I'm sure the Leafs are looking forward to hosting the Sabres again this Saturday.

I was thinking about this as well. The Flyers typically just flat out-skate the Sabres. They need to match the intensity and get better goal tending to win.

With the Sabres, Skinner was most productive on the first line with Tage and Tuch. I'm guessing he's not on the line with McDavid... He's JAG when he's not with some top line players. On another random stat note, since the Sabres 0-3 start, where they had 1 gpg, they are averaging 4 gpg.

Nice. I’ve been hoping to see that Cozens line back together again to see if they can reignite their chemistry. I’ve also wanted to see Krebs center some better offensive talent.

Gilbert looked like a liability at times out there, so I’m guessing 1 of those 2 will dress Monday

Looking at the schedule, there's no reason that the Sabres can't take 7 or 8 out of the next 10 games to finish out November.