#Sabres lines:
Kane-Eichel-Reinhart
Nylander-Girgensons-Fasching
Ennis-Larsson-Foligno
Deslauriers-Grant-Gionta

D-pairs:
Guhle-McCabe
Gorges-Nelson
Falk-Franson
Fedun-Strachan

ESPN has us at 7th in the Atlantic...they have the Sens beating us........
- feetontheair22

E-xtra
S-tupid
P-eople
N-etwork

surprised they don't have us 9th
- homiedclown

Thescore.com has us 10th in the East.
http://www.thescore.com/n...sting-the-final-standings

Every team has question marks, but ours are bigger if that makes any sense.

There's no question about what the sens will get from hoffman and stone up front, Karlsson on the blueline or Anderson in net.

I think the detroit predictions are just out of respect to their long playoff run


Im guessing we'd be predicted a lot higher if Lehner played more last year.
- Sabresfan-365

Kid Crestfall

forgot the jays played in the afternoon, when I checked to see their score last night at work, I was very happy


keep their foot on the jugular today


- homiedclown

Game starts at 1 today. Weather is supposed to be crappy. Hopefully it gets delayed so I can catch some of it after work.

Every team has question marks, but ours are bigger if that makes any sense.

There's no question about what the sens will get from hoffman and stone up front, Karlsson on the blueline or Anderson in net.

I think the detroit predictions are just out of respect to their long playoff run


Im guessing we'd be predicted a lot higher if Lehner played more last year.
- Sabresfan-365

Ya know what though, I kind of prefer for people to see us an an underdog. I think it gives the team extra motivation to try and prove people wrong. Sometimes expectations can be a big weight and can drag guys down.

Hopefully all of this causes our guys to go out there with a chip on their shoulder.

just got e mails from the 3 golf courses I play regular, stating they are closed today

no sh!t

Hopefully all of this causes our guys to go out there with a chip on their shoulder.
- HonkFortheGoose

speaking of chips

I'm calling it now

vanek gets 30 goals this season

Every team has question marks, but ours are bigger if that makes any sense.

There's no question about what the sens will get from hoffman and stone up front, Karlsson on the blueline or Anderson in net.

I think the detroit predictions are just out of respect to their long playoff run


Im guessing we'd be predicted a lot higher if Lehner played more last year.
- Sabresfan-365

The difference is past performance. The Sabres have been a bad team for the past 5 years, and on paper (key words, on paper) haven't made any earth shattering improvements. I have yet to see any media outlet predict the massive amount of internal growth (see the 2005-2006 Sabres) that it will take for this team to make the playoffs for any team.

The difference is past performance. The Sabres have been a bad team for the past 5 years, .
- buffalofan19

9 years IMO

speaking of chips

I'm calling it now

vanek gets 30 goals this season
- homiedclown

In the spirit of making predictions...

Sabres will make the playoffs.

9 years IMO
- homiedclown

Who asked you?

Shouldn't you be doing other things, like evacuating so you don't get swept into the ocean?

The difference is past performance. The Sabres have been a bad team for the past 5 years, and on paper (key words, on paper) haven't made any earth shattering improvements. I have yet to see any media outlet predict the massive amount of internal growth (see the 2005-2006 Sabres) that it will take for this team to make the playoffs for any team.
- buffalofan19

I knew I could count on you, Professor

E-xtra
S-tupid
P-eople
N-etwork
- cabin

E-lect Hillary
S-ocial Justice
P-olitical Correctness
N-etwork

speaking of chips

I'm calling it now

vanek gets 30 goals this season
- homiedclown

I'll take that bet

Who asked you?

Shouldn't you be doing other things, like evacuating so you don't get swept into the ocean?
- HonkFortheGoose

house is really dark when you board up your house

house is really dark when you board up your house
- homiedclown

I bet. I hope you make it through ok. It's times like this that remind me why I stick around in the North. I'd much rather shovel snow out of my drive way than be afraid the roof is going to get ripped off of my house or have my house flooded up over my kitchen counters.

#Sabres lines:
Kane-Eichel-Reinhart
Nylander-Girgensons-Fasching
Ennis-Larsson-Foligno
Deslauriers-Grant-Gionta

D-pairs:
Guhle-McCabe
Gorges-Nelson
Falk-Franson
Fedun-Strachan


- yen6d1

Hmmmm. That roster is not quite as deep as the 76/77 Canadians team....

9 years IMO
- homiedclown

They at least made the playoffs in a couple of those preceding years. That last five seasons have been outright horrendous with the exception of last year, which was tolerable, but still not good.

I knew I could count on you, Professor
- Der Kaiser

Not sure what you were counting on. I don't see any other team on this list that was around as bad as the Sabres were for as long as they have been predicted to be good. Media outlets just don't do that. They're too "safe".

Not sure what you were counting on. I don't see any other team on this list that was around as bad as the Sabres were for as long as they have been predicted to be good. Media outlets just don't do that. They're too "safe".
- buffalofan19

I think my issue with it is that there are media outlets have the Leafs finishing ahead of the Sabres. It's kind of hypocritical in a way, is it not?

#Sabres lines:
Kane-Eichel-Reinhart
Nylander-Girgensons-Fasching
Ennis-Larsson-Foligno
Deslauriers-Grant-Gionta

D-pairs:
Guhle-McCabe
Gorges-Nelson
Falk-Franson
Fedun-Strachan


- yen6d1

Kane-Eichel-Reinhart will be good to watch again, nice to see that it looks like Dan is following through on keeping 15-23 together.

I think my issue with it is that there are media outlets have the Leafs finishing ahead of the Sabres. It's kind of hypocritical in a way, is it not?
- HonkFortheGoose

I don't think they're far behind the Sabres honestly. I don't think they make the playoffs or go ahead of us but I don't think they're that bad that it's easy to say we're clearly the better team.

Plus, it's Toronto. If they can get them to come to the site and get the views they'll be happy.

I think my issue with it is that there are media outlets have the Leafs finishing ahead of the Sabres. It's kind of hypocritical in a way, is it not?
- HonkFortheGoose

Maybe. They don't predict either team to be that good, so it neither outrages nor surprises me. Both teams are in the same position: they need to prove to a lot of people they can be good. Their recent history definitely isn't going to do that for them.


Now, if they predicted Toronto to make the playoffs on the other hand, then I would have an issue.

Who asked you?

Shouldn't you be doing other things, like evacuating so you don't get swept into the ocean?
- HonkFortheGoose

That's hard. What do you do with your pets?