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Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Oct 15 @ 1:29 AM ET
I'm sure they will.

It's like watching Henry Rollins on the History channel with gray hair. Just weird.

- Wetbandit1



Word
JetpackJesus
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Honolulu, HI
Joined: 08.27.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:32 AM ET
I don't have sound where I am. Was the last goal actually tipped? It looks like it might have been on the replays they're showing post-game.
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Oct 15 @ 1:35 AM ET
The Phil Housley era

*big fart noise*
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Oct 15 @ 1:36 AM ET
The Phil Housley era

*big fart noise*

- MCGUIZZY




The (fill in the blank by any coach hired by Pegula under any of the teams he's ever owned) *big fart noise*
r2so73
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 07.25.2012

Oct 15 @ 1:47 AM ET
Why does Eichel look like he's on heroin when he's being interviewed??
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:55 AM ET
Bad Religion will be the most bad ass band at the old folks home. Mark my words!
- Buffalo--Sabres


I’ve seen Bad religion a bunch too
Most recently, 2 years ago in nyc
Offspring played the entire Smash album (20year Anniversary) as the headliner
The Vandals & Pennywise (one of my favs) also played that show
It was great
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:56 AM ET
I don't have sound where I am. Was the last goal actually tipped? It looks like it might have been on the replays they're showing post-game.
- JetpackJesus


Nope
Lehner just missed it somehow
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Oct 15 @ 2:00 AM ET
I don't have sound where I am. Was the last goal actually tipped? It looks like it might have been on the replays they're showing post-game.
- JetpackJesus


I'm not entirely sure it wasn't. Doughty got the goal originally.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Oct 15 @ 2:06 AM ET
I'm not entirely sure it wasn't. Doughty got the goal originally.
- Wetbandit1


If it was tipped, that would explain how Lehner missed what looked like an easy shot to save

But it didn’t appear to be tipped on the replay they showed
walshyleafsfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I really don't care about Nylander, I really hope he gets injured and is out - Makita
Joined: 07.14.2011

Oct 15 @ 3:26 AM ET
Stop tanking FFS.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Oct 15 @ 3:54 AM ET
Stop tanking FFS.
- walshyleafsfan


I could see the season going kind of like this...

https://www.hockey-refere...teams/MTL/2010_games.html

I'm obviously not saying they're going to the conference finals, but just the streakiness. They had half a new team and new coach just like the Sabres do.

TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Oct 15 @ 5:09 AM ET
just watched the game on the dvr after work. here is what i saw:
they came out flying tonight. if they play like they did tonight, win lose or draw, i will have fun watching them for the rest of the season. hopefully its a step in the right direction. jack eichel was a beast, could have won us the game on his own tonight with a good bounce or two. everyone that thinks the goals pomminville has scored this year were just kick ins and anyone would have done the same needs to watch that griffith set up over and over again. if that was pommer its a guaranteed one-timer, back of the net, game tied, without hesitation. (frank). evander kane, that penalty that led to the third goal was flat out dumb and he does that dumb poop all the (frank)ing time. (frank). if you sign him you will sink with him imo. i thought ror looked slow but he had a good game he just didnt get on the score sheet. the fourth line looked great they were all over it. sam reinhart, well, was sam reinhart and i dont have an answer for him to stay on his feet.

lehner is absolute garbage. he is constantly falling on his face. forget the plays that resulted in goals, and all the stat lines, he is fundamentally flawed. basic fundamentals! the first thing i was ever taught as a goaltender was balance. from day one there was a drill where a coach will have you take a stance and push on your chest/back with his stick. if you fall over youre not in proper position. i seriously wonder if he has ever seen this drill. i swear if a feather were to fall on his back he would fall over. every time he moves laterally or is in traffic he usually falls forward, so much so that i dont think its fixable at this point. even on the most basic of plays you see him off balance and falling forward. i cant help but be furious at it because he is just downright horrible. good goaltenders are always in a position to anticipate and follow the play while maintaining good body position and he just cant/doesnt. ever. i am so beyond done with him. just watch him next chance you get, his body positioning is beyond awful. he makes one move with the play out of reaction and he is down and out for the count if it goes the other way. if he gets an extension after this year i will officially lose all faith in this management teams ability to recognize talent at that position.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Oct 15 @ 9:28 AM ET
just watched the game on the dvr after work. here is what i saw:
they came out flying tonight. if they play like they did tonight, win lose or draw, i will have fun watching them for the rest of the season. hopefully its a step in the right direction. jack eichel was a beast, could have won us the game on his own tonight with a good bounce or two. everyone that thinks the goals pomminville has scored this year were just kick ins and anyone would have done the same needs to watch that griffith set up over and over again. if that was pommer its a guaranteed one-timer, back of the net, game tied, without hesitation. (frank). evander kane, that penalty that led to the third goal was flat out dumb and he does that dumb poop all the (frank)ing time. (frank). if you sign him you will sink with him imo. i thought ror looked slow but he had a good game he just didnt get on the score sheet. the fourth line looked great they were all over it. sam reinhart, well, was sam reinhart and i dont have an answer for him to stay on his feet.

lehner is absolute garbage. he is constantly falling on his face. forget the plays that resulted in goals, and all the stat lines, he is fundamentally flawed. basic fundamentals! the first thing i was ever taught as a goaltender was balance. from day one there was a drill where a coach will have you take a stance and push on your chest/back with his stick. if you fall over youre not in proper position. i seriously wonder if he has ever seen this drill. i swear if a feather were to fall on his back he would fall over. every time he moves laterally or is in traffic he usually falls forward, so much so that i dont think its fixable at this point. even on the most basic of plays you see him off balance and falling forward. i cant help but be furious at it because he is just downright horrible. good goaltenders are always in a position to anticipate and follow the play while maintaining good body position and he just cant/doesnt. ever. i am so beyond done with him. just watch him next chance you get, his body positioning is beyond awful. he makes one move with the play out of reaction and he is down and out for the count if it goes the other way. if he gets an extension after this year i will officially lose all faith in this management teams ability to recognize talent at that position.

- TheHank


If that meets your definition for coming out flying, I don't want to see what it looks like to come out flat. Probably the most I've noticed ROR since the season started, but that isn't saying much and didn't result into anything different. Nice desperation by Sam on the face off that led to the empty net goal. NOT. Kings last two goals came after a timeout when Sabres had a chance to draw up a play and both goals scored immediately after faceoff. Hard to believe at least 3/4 of the team regressed.

4 games without a friggin point. They didn't go more than 3 without a point last year. Gibson is hurt so should be seeing Berra tonight. It's now or never.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Oct 15 @ 9:31 AM ET
just watched the game on the dvr after work. here is what i saw:
they came out flying tonight. if they play like they did tonight, win lose or draw, i will have fun watching them for the rest of the season. hopefully its a step in the right direction. jack eichel was a beast, could have won us the game on his own tonight with a good bounce or two. everyone that thinks the goals pomminville has scored this year were just kick ins and anyone would have done the same needs to watch that griffith set up over and over again. if that was pommer its a guaranteed one-timer, back of the net, game tied, without hesitation. (frank). evander kane, that penalty that led to the third goal was flat out dumb and he does that dumb poop all the (frank)ing time. (frank). if you sign him you will sink with him imo. i thought ror looked slow but he had a good game he just didnt get on the score sheet. the fourth line looked great they were all over it. sam reinhart, well, was sam reinhart and i dont have an answer for him to stay on his feet.

lehner is absolute garbage. he is constantly falling on his face. forget the plays that resulted in goals, and all the stat lines, he is fundamentally flawed. basic fundamentals! the first thing i was ever taught as a goaltender was balance. from day one there was a drill where a coach will have you take a stance and push on your chest/back with his stick. if you fall over youre not in proper position. i seriously wonder if he has ever seen this drill. i swear if a feather were to fall on his back he would fall over. every time he moves laterally or is in traffic he usually falls forward, so much so that i dont think its fixable at this point. even on the most basic of plays you see him off balance and falling forward. i cant help but be furious at it because he is just downright horrible. good goaltenders are always in a position to anticipate and follow the play while maintaining good body position and he just cant/doesnt. ever. i am so beyond done with him. just watch him next chance you get, his body positioning is beyond awful. he makes one move with the play out of reaction and he is down and out for the count if it goes the other way. if he gets an extension after this year i will officially lose all faith in this management teams ability to recognize talent at that position.

- TheHank


They came out flying ? Yeah only in the first period They could’ve easily took over the game if they didn’t fall asleep at the wheel in the second period ..

It was pretty painful to watch the second and third when the LA Kings completely controlled the whole game after that and just kept on cycling the puck and we looked like (frank)ing amateurs

And Ryan O’Reilly holy poop when the (frank) did you get that slow ?

MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Oct 15 @ 9:33 AM ET
Why does Eichel look like he's on heroin when he's being interviewed??
- r2so73



Because he is. He needs it to kill the pain
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Oct 15 @ 9:34 AM ET
60% of the time, the Sabres lose, every time.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Oct 15 @ 9:34 AM ET
just watched the game on the dvr after work. here is what i saw:
they came out flying tonight. if they play like they did tonight, win lose or draw, i will have fun watching them for the rest of the season. hopefully its a step in the right direction. jack eichel was a beast, could have won us the game on his own tonight with a good bounce or two. everyone that thinks the goals pomminville has scored this year were just kick ins and anyone would have done the same needs to watch that griffith set up over and over again. if that was pommer its a guaranteed one-timer, back of the net, game tied, without hesitation. (frank). evander kane, that penalty that led to the third goal was flat out dumb and he does that dumb poop all the (frank)ing time. (frank). if you sign him you will sink with him imo. i thought ror looked slow but he had a good game he just didnt get on the score sheet. the fourth line looked great they were all over it. sam reinhart, well, was sam reinhart and i dont have an answer for him to stay on his feet.

lehner is absolute garbage. he is constantly falling on his face. forget the plays that resulted in goals, and all the stat lines, he is fundamentally flawed. basic fundamentals! the first thing i was ever taught as a goaltender was balance. from day one there was a drill where a coach will have you take a stance and push on your chest/back with his stick. if you fall over youre not in proper position. i seriously wonder if he has ever seen this drill. i swear if a feather were to fall on his back he would fall over. every time he moves laterally or is in traffic he usually falls forward, so much so that i dont think its fixable at this point. even on the most basic of plays you see him off balance and falling forward. i cant help but be furious at it because he is just downright horrible. good goaltenders are always in a position to anticipate and follow the play while maintaining good body position and he just cant/doesnt. ever. i am so beyond done with him. just watch him next chance you get, his body positioning is beyond awful. he makes one move with the play out of reaction and he is down and out for the count if it goes the other way. if he gets an extension after this year i will officially lose all faith in this management teams ability to recognize talent at that position.

- TheHank


He does have a penchant for letting in a softy to be sure, which can demoralize a team.
That said, not going to win many games putting up 2 goals a game.
The futility on the PP us perplexing. Maybe the coaches should watch last years unit to see what worked so well and implement that.
And, as we knew going in...the wingers on this team are subpar.
I do think they need to consider the center depth the team has and the need for a couple of snipers.
As much as I would love to believe Nylander is a future one based on pedigree mostly, his development to date has been non-existent and now further delayed due to some sort of injury.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Oct 15 @ 9:38 AM ET
Watching Lehner's post-game interview, he's a wreak. An absolute mess. Dude might be shot. It was hard to watch, tbh.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Oct 15 @ 9:39 AM ET
Watching Lehner's post-game interview, he's a wreak. An absolute mess. Dude might be shot. It was hard to watch, tbh.
- BeadyEyedDouche


What is that thing in your av
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Oct 15 @ 9:41 AM ET
I honestly think people forgot what good hockey looks like if they think that (frank)ing poop yesterday was good hockey

BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Oct 15 @ 9:41 AM ET
What is that thing in your av
- GERBE!!!75PTS

oh my god I hate you for saying this
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Oct 15 @ 9:42 AM ET
Because he is. He needs it to kill the pain
- MCGUIZZY


Like I said in the summer people we have our own JT right now

Has to do everything (frank)ing himself
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Oct 15 @ 9:43 AM ET
oh my god I hate you for saying this
- BeadyEyedDouche


I really have no clue I’m sorry it might be my phone all I see is a flower with a picture
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Oct 15 @ 9:47 AM ET
The frustrating part for the fans, and I don't blame Botts is that it will take him 3/4 of the season to evaluate what he has here and be ready to start making deals...based on what he said during the offseason.

For me
Resign Kane
Trade Reinhardt, maybe package him with Bogo and Baptist or Bailey for a winge R who can score
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Oct 15 @ 9:48 AM ET
I really have no clue I’m sorry it might be my phone all I see is a flower with a picture
- GERBE!!!75PTS


That thing is Sade but you probably don't know who she is anyway.
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