Buffalo Sabres and NHL 2024-2025

[BillsPride12]

Well that sucked...at least I was able to catch a nice nap this afternoon

[QCity]

14 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Flyers beat the Sabres 7-4. UPL with another stellar performance giving up 7 goals on 32 shots .781 save %

 

It's a serious problem. If they go into next year with UPL/Levi in net they're likely flushing another season down the drain. How does Adams move away from UPL after giving him a 5yr contract? Solution seems to be fire Adams and let a new GM make that call.

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

It's a serious problem. If they go into next year with UPL/Levi in net they're likely flushing another season down the drain. How does Adams move away from UPL after giving him a 5yr contract? Solution seems to be fire Adams and let a new GM make that call.

Levi is having a great year at Rochester he's got to be better than UPL. Its a shame they won 3 in a row with Riemer then get this sieve give up 7

[Mr. WEO]

If Pegula had any feelings for Sabres fans, he would have a drawing to allow any one of them chosen to coach the team to the end of the season. 

 

 

[Another Fan]

53 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Well that sucked...at least I was able to catch a nice nap this afternoon

They never really fare well playing against the Flyers do they?

 

If you look at the Sabres history against the Rangers & Devils it's pretty equal.  Actually literally in the case of the Rangers.

 

Flyers different story.  Even a long long time ago last time they were in the playoffs 

[BillsPride12]

44 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

They never really fare well playing against the Flyers do they?

 

If you look at the Sabres history against the Rangers & Devils it's pretty equal.  Actually literally in the case of the Rangers.

 

Flyers different story.  Even a long long time ago last time they were in the playoffs 

Yeah but I sure enjoyed the 2006 Playoff Series against the Flyers! 

[jayg]

57 minutes ago, stuvian said:

anyone tough enough to bet Frazier and Norton is plenty tough

 

8 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Flyers beat the Sabres 7-4. UPL with another stellar performance giving up 7 goals on 32 shots .781 save %

Blow it up?  Too soon? Too late?  I can only make jokes at this absurdity.  I love hockey so much. 

[That's No Moon]

7 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Levi is having a great year at Rochester he's got to be better than UPL. Its a shame they won 3 in a row with Riemer then get this sieve give up 7

The list of successful NHL goalies at his size is very short. No pun intended.

[BillsFan4]

I am not rooting for losses but I also really don’t GAF about meaningless wins right now either. Strong finishes to lost Sabres seasons have never carried over into next season.

 

After this total $*** show of a year I want that top 5 pick. Especially this year where there are pretty clear tiers in the draft and some players at the top that would fill huge needs for Buffalo. Picks 1+2, then picks 3-5/6. And there’s a few players at the top the Sabres could really use. They have some nice talent in their pipeline but no players I would call truly elite game changers. 

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/mock-2025-nhl-draft-plenty-of-debate-following-number-1-pick

 

The Sabres currently hold the #4 pick. But they are in a cluster of teams that are all within 2-3 points of each other. They could still easily fall into the pick 8-9 range, which would just piss me off after having suffered through this whole crap season.

 

I really want Misa but that ain’t happening unless they win the lottery for pick #2.

But give me Martone at 4/5 and I’m thrilled. He’s described as similar to Tkachuk.

There’s also a couple bigger (over 6’) hard nosed guys that look like they could be legit #1 centers, which is something Buffalo doesn’t have in their system right now. 

[Dr. Who]

1 hour ago, BillsFan4 said:

I am not rooting for losses but I also really don’t GAF about meaningless wins right now either. Strong finishes to lost Sabres seasons have never carried over into next season.

 

After this total $*** show of a year I want that top 5 pick. Especially this year where there are pretty clear tiers in the draft and some players at the top that would fill huge needs for Buffalo. Picks 1+2, then picks 3-5/6. And there’s a few players at the top the Sabres could really use. They have some nice talent in their pipeline but no players I would call truly elite game changers. 

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/mock-2025-nhl-draft-plenty-of-debate-following-number-1-pick

 

The Sabres currently hold the #4 pick. But they are in a cluster of teams that are all within 2-3 points of each other. They could still easily fall into the pick 8-9 range, which would just piss me off after having suffered through this whole crap season.

 

I really want Misa but that ain’t happening unless they win the lottery for pick #2.

But give me Martone at 4/5 and I’m thrilled. He’s described as similar to Tkachuk.

There’s also a couple bigger (over 6’) hard nosed guys that look like they could be legit #1 centers, which is something Buffalo doesn’t have in their system right now. 

From what I have read, and the opinions of some other folk who seem generally informed, I don't think Martone is really Tkachuk, but he's maybe Tuch. I'm curious about McQueen. Ideally, of course, you end up with Misa.

[BillsFan4]

1 hour ago, Dr. Who said:

From what I have read, and the opinions of some other folk who seem generally informed, I don't think Martone is really Tkachuk, but he's maybe Tuch. I'm curious about McQueen. Ideally, of course, you end up with Misa.

Yeah I really haven’t closely followed any draft prospects this year. I just started reading up on prospects this weekend and watching some highlight videos.

 

I've seen numerous comparisons to Corey Perry and the Tkachuk’s.

 

for ex:

https://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/video/craig-s-list-who-are-the-nhl-comparables-for-top-four-players~3061629

 

but I really don’t have my own opinion on him yet. I don’t want to bother getting excited about any top 5 prospects until I know where the Sabres end up picking. lol

 

Martone is definitely less appealing to me if he’s more like Tuch than Tkachuk.

 

There’s a number of guys in that top 5/6/7 that look really intriguing though.

my short list as of now (with very little info…) would probably be:

 

Frondell, McQueen, Martone and Misa obviously.

 

Hagens looks like a good player but I don’t know that I’d want the Sabres to take another smaller player like him. 

[Dr. Who]

30 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said:

Yeah I really haven’t closely followed any draft prospects this year. I just started reading up on prospects this weekend and watching some highlight videos.

 

I've seen numerous comparisons to Corey Perry and the Tkachuk’s.

 

for ex:

https://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/video/craig-s-list-who-are-the-nhl-comparables-for-top-four-players~3061629

 

but I really don’t have my own opinion on him yet. I don’t want to bother getting excited about any top 5 prospects until I know where the Sabres end up picking. lol

 

Martone is definitely less appealing to me if he’s more like Tuch than Tkachuk.

 

There’s a number of guys in that top 5/6/7 that look really intriguing though.

my short list as of now (with very little info…) would probably be:

 

Frondell, McQueen, Martone and Misa obviously.

 

Hagens looks like a good player but I don’t know that I’d want the Sabres to take another smaller player like him. 

You should take a look at Desnoyers. I'd add him to the list if we're picking in the 5 to 7 range.