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.

[UConn James]

Sabres when they’re out of the playoffs and the games don’t matter = 💪 😤.

(Other than getting us a worse draft slot.)

[Mike in Horseheads]

Were out of last place! 🏆

[f0neguy]

I would think we want to be in last place just to help our draft odds.  And don’t talk about playing for pride….  Where was that for the first 60 games?  By them winning a few games down the stretch they’ll say they’re turning the corner and bringing everyone back next season 👎🏼.