GDT: Sabres @ Edmonton Oilers 1/25/25 4:00 PM EST; MSG, ESPN+

[ExWNYer]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

Zucker is the Sabres offense. 
The Sabres defense is the Oilers offense.

Imagine keeping Skinner and still signing Zucker. They’d have… what… 2 more wins?

Imagine how potent the offense will be when he's dealt at the deadline for a pennies on the dollar draft pick.

[EM88]

1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:

Cozens just has ZERO awareness. After Samuelsson went down to try to block that shot, Cozens skates by him as Samuelsson is getting up. Skinner is looking into the corner and doesn't even see Samuelsson getting up off the ice and Cozens skates aright into his teammate almost taking him down again.

Cozens did that a few days games ago against Seattle.

I forgot which winger it was, I think Peterka or Tuch, But Cozens was gliding through the offensive zone toward the boards but he was looking in a different direction than he was skating.  The winger was trying to get back up ice into the neutral zone and Cozens skated right into him, they both spun around and took each other out of things for a few seconds as Seattle took the puck up the ice for an eventual 3 on 2.

[ExWNYer]

2 minutes ago, Dreams Burn Down said:

That sawhorse is missing a few legs.

[HumanSlinky39]

8 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:

Muel downward spiral continues.

At least they didn't give him $6M/per?

[JohninMinn.]

If the Sabres go into their loser funk this game could get ugly. Lindy will be tested here.

[Carmel Corn]

Shots 12-5 for the Oilers.  Buffalo had the lead for a whopping 17 seconds.  

[HumanSlinky39]

1 minute ago, JohninMinn. said:

If the Sabres go into their loser funk this game could get ugly. Lindy will be tested here.

EDM is the best 2nd period team in the league. Wouldn't be surprised if it's 4 or 5 to 1 after the period.

[ExWNYer]

So what are we thinking? Two Oiler goals in the 2nd to make it 3-1, a Sabres goal in the 3rd to make it 3-2 followed by another Oiler goal and then the eventual 100% empty netter that makes the final 5-2? Place your bets.

[DarthEbriate]

3 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

Shots 12-5 for the Oilers.  Buffalo had the lead for a whopping 17 seconds.  

They simply cannot follow up a goal with three shifts of effective defense. 

[inkman]

9 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Imagine how potent the offense will be when he's dealt at the deadline for a pennies on the dollar draft pick.

I can’t imagine caring about any of this 

[DarthEbriate]

9 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Imagine how potent the offense will be when he's dealt at the deadline for a pennies on the dollar draft pick.

The Rosén unblocked plan. 

[SwampD]

I love that Skinner scored and not surprised at all.

This team sucks,… even if they win today.

Is there anything they do well? The past couple of games I've been laughing that Dan actually has to point it out when there is a tape to tape pass, as if it is something that rarely happens in the NHL. 😂

1 minute ago, inkman said:

I can’t imagine caring about any of this 

This makes me sad.

Cuz I get it and it sucks.

[ExWNYer]

Dan is single-handedly trying to bring back the 'wet look'...

[inkman]

1 minute ago, SwampD said:

This makes me sad.

My last shred of hope clung to JJ and Quinn. I was enamored with them as Amerks as I knew for certain that no Sabre mishandling could derail these sure fire NHL stars in the making.  Welp.  All that hope is gone.  Those guys are ruined, destined to be shells of the potential we saw.  They have become fully ingrained in Sabre culture where production and winning are mere afterthoughts. I’m sure the players are just as confused, depressed and annoyed as the rest of us. No hope. No end in sight.  Just losing.  It’s all they know.  

[rickshaw]

So I figure this is probably accurate but not official. But we must lead the league in:

-Empty net goals against

-Scoring, only to have other team answer back less than a minute later

-giving up multiple goals within a minute

 

Seem about right?

[mjd1001]

Just now, rickshaw said:

So I figure this is probably accurate but not official. But we must lead the league in:

-Empty net goals against

-Scoring, only to have other team answer back less than a minute later

-giving up multiple goals within a minute

 

Seem about right?

I did check a week or two ago, and I think the Sabres were actually 4th in empty net goals allowed when I looked. Chicago was #1.

[rickshaw]

Just now, mjd1001 said:

I did check a week or two ago, and I think the Sabres were actually 4th in empty net goals allowed when I looked. Chicago was #1.

Wow, that is shocking to me

[mjd1001]

4 minutes ago, rickshaw said:

Wow, that is shocking to me

Just checked current stats now.

Goals allowed 6v5 (you have the 6th man on the ice). Colorado leads with 16. Buffalo and Chicago tied for 2nd with 15.

For comparison...they only allowed 10 ALL last season.

Edited Saturday at 10:13 PM by mjd1001

[Doohicksie]

The Sabres are winning this game.  Mark it.

[ExWNYer]

2 minutes ago, inkman said:

My last shred of hope clung to JJ and Quinn. I was enamored with them as Amerks as I knew for certain that no Sabre mishandling could derail these sure fire NHL stars in the making.  Welp.  All that hope is gone.  Those guys are ruined, destined to be shells of the potential we saw.  They have become fully ingrained in Sabre culture where production and winning are mere afterthoughts. I’m sure the players are just as confused, depressed and annoyed as the rest of us. No hope. No end in sight.  Just losing.  It’s all they know.  

I totally get it, which is why I posted the image below on page one of this thread. I have no faith that Adams will be fired, no faith that the front office will be cleaned out, no faith that any trades of significance will be made (I don't want Adams' or his cronies' fingerprints on any potential deals anyway), and...most importantly...absolutely no faith that Pegula will do right by the fans and sell the team. Nothing has changed since he bought the team so why would I think that it will suddenly start happening at the trade deadline and in the off-season?

[HumanSlinky39]

Sabres power play

[Believer]

Oh no. 

Another PP opportunity 

[DarthEbriate]

8 minutes ago, inkman said:

My last shred of hope clung to JJ and Quinn. I was enamored with them as Amerks as I knew for certain that no Sabre mishandling could derail these sure fire NHL stars in the making.  Welp.  All that hope is gone.  Those guys are ruined, destined to be shells of the potential we saw.  They have become fully ingrained in Sabre culture where production and winning are mere afterthoughts. I’m sure the players are just as confused, depressed and annoyed as the rest of us. No hope. No end in sight.  Just losing.  It’s all they know.  

I put it in another thread, but if they’re eligible, JJP and Quinn should both be looking for offer sheets in the offseason and refusing anything with term past their 1st UFA season with the Sabres. There’s still time for them to get the most out of their careers. 

[Believer]

Just awful.

[SABRES 0311]

Wouldn’t mind bringing Reimer back for another year.