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Benson has been playing through an injury so at least he has an excuse. Cozens and Quinn have no excuses. They’ve just been disappointing. agreed! They need to figure out the PP quick. Their 5v5 numbers being so good despite not getting any production from half their top 6 makes it even more impressive IMO. And without the standard production from Dahlin we are used to… I’m sure he’ll get going soon enough. He was injured to start the year too. Right now the 3rd line is vastly out-performing the “second” line despite getting heavy d-zone starts. I’m really hoping that 2nd line will get going at some point. Kulich has looked good. I hope Cozens and Quinn can find their games. Cozens was fantastic at the world’s for Canada. Thats the Cozens Buffalo needs. If that second line gets going and the rest of the team keeps performing, it’ll be pretty exciting. The only bottom 6 addition that hasn’t looked good is Lafferty.

Probably their best game of the year so far. If they keep playing like that, they’re going to be alright.

I doubt he feels in over his head. He has the 4th most games coached in NHL history. He’s the second most experienced active coach (Paul Maurice is first, and sits 2nd on the all-time list) and currently sits 5th or 6th on the all time wins list. But I do think he’s probably realizing that there’s a lot more work to be done here than what Kevyn led him to believe. Too bad he wasn’t allowed to bring in any of his own assistant coaches to help him out…

Yeah, I keep telling myself this. I really thought I’d have some patience for the early season growing pains. But it’s hard once the losses start piling up so quickly. My patience with this team is just worn so thin. There have been some positive signs. Their even strength statistics are good. Hopefully they’ll start winning some games.

I don’t really blame Lindy for this mess. He’s only been here 5 games and he was saddled with the same failed core (Adams brought back the same top 8/9 (minus skinner) and only made changes to the 4th line) and was also forced to keep all of Granato’s assistant coaches + Adams good buddy Seth (who’s currently running the worst PP in the NHL). He wasn’t even allowed to hire a single asst. himself. But I definitely blame Adams and Pegula. Adams made a huge bet on his same failed core (again). He bet on “internal growth” (again), and an unproven goalie tandem (again). On no veteran players on defense (again). On the same failed top 6 (again). and between keeping the same coaching staff, buying out skinner to create a bunch of cap space they didn’t use + being the only team to enter the season with $8+M in cap space for the 5th year in a row… it’s clear the Sabres have an internal budget that’s handicapping their ability to compete. Pegula is also allergic to hiring a GM with experience. He’s owned the team for what, 13-14 years now? and hasn’t hired an experienced GM once in all those years despite the constant losing.

He was never a realistic target for Buffalo. Mark Davis was never going to eat the type of money it would’ve taken for a trade with Buffalo. Im good with him going to the Jets though. I think it’s going to end up biting them in the ass with Garrett Wilson. Instead of Rodgers developing chemistry with a good young WR who was recently a top 10 pick, he brought in his old #1 WR who is going to get the lion’s share of targets now and be unhappy if/when he doesn’t. I could see Wilson forcing his way out eventually. I thought Joe Douglas built a good young team. But they keep slowly replacing the young players with aging out vets to appease Rodgers.

I like the passion. I thought they played a pretty good overall game. They just transitioned to defending their lead in the 3rd. Lindy’s trying to get them to play a more mature game with less risk, especially when they’re up by a few goals.

In familiar territory…

0-3 to start the season… and they play the Florida panthers next (who are probably pissed after losing to ottawa tonight). 0-4 feels pretty likely. I did actually think they looked pretty good tonight. I thought they looked like the better team. But when you score 0 even strength or power play goals (on 5 PP chances) it’s kind of hard to say they deserved to win. And I’m way past giving them any moral victories.

That was an incredible goal. Glad they got the win. They deserved it. They out-played ottawa all game long. Ullmark standing on his head for 1/2 the game is the only thing that kept it close. Not bad for the Sabres AHL team! lol. They definitely have some talent in the pipeline. Really nice blend of different skill sets too. The Sabres are undefeated so far this pre-season and they won their exhibition matchup against RedBull today, too. I really like the way Lindy and the staff have these guys playing so far. The structure is like night & day compared to Granato. You can clearly see how all 5 guys are playing as one unit now. It’s actually been fun to watch them in their own zone. Can’t remember the last time I’ve said that! 😂

He said being named captain was “the proudest moment of my life”.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5797238/2024/09/26/rasmus-dahlin-buffalo-sabres-captain/ (subscription needed, or no Java script…😉 😉)

pretty cool that Josh Allen did the announcement video! It was always going to be Dahlin. He’s their best player AND their hardest worker. I remember reading stories where Dahlin would stop practice and make his teammates do a drill over again if they didn’t do it up to Dahlin’s standards. Really excited to see how he captains the Sabres, especially now that they have a veteran coach and more veteran players backing him up.

I am continually impressed by this coaching staff’s work developing players.

Why? It was a great play call that was a whisker away from being a TD.

Ah, sooo close.

Wow what a catch!

After watching that replay a few times, I don’t put it on Bass. #95 on jacksonville got instant penetration and made a great play. I put that more on the blocking than Bass.

QB sneak it!

Man, what beautiful touch Allen put on that ball. Great throw!

Rousseau was hauled down and fell into the QBs legs. WTF was he supposed to do?

I hate 3rd and longs…

Pretty sure that kick was tipped/blocked. At least it sure sounded like it was.

Your vet isn’t just going to kill your cat because you’re sick of taking care of it. I really hope this is a troll thread. If you really don’t want it, put it up for adoption. if this is actually a serious thread and you are in WNY I am willing to try and find someone to take it for you if you can’t.