The Sabres are like every nerdy hockeybuzzer on here.

Sitting in the basement
- sbroads24

Not JUST the basement, but the corner of the closet with a happy meal from Burger King that mom bought.

He and Nolan would be nice 4th liners/extra forwards if Moulson weren't here
- jcragcrumple

No. He is not even a $5iver.

yes
- BeadyEyedDouche

X2

Pouliot is done as an NHL player. Griffith is this year's Derek Grant. Put him down in Rochester where he belongs. Bring up Baptiste in his place. Roll Rhino, Baptiste and EROD/Girgs as your 3rd line.
- SabreWest

This x 100,000,000.

If Erod is healthy, the 4th line is fine with Nolan and Josefson.

Moulson is a dinosaur

he is a #3


not a #1

on a good team
- homiedclown

Pittsburgh did just win the Cup with Justin Schultz as their #1.

No. He is not even a $5iver.
- Der Kaiser

Disagree. He lays nice hits pretty much every game. Size, speed and tenacity. 2/3 Is all I ask out of a 4th

He and Nolan would be nice 4th liners/extra forwards if Moulson weren't here
- jcragcrumple

I’d be ok with a 4th line of
Pouliot-Josefson-Nolan

I know Moulson is gonna have to figure in somewhere though

Maybe try Pouliot with O’Reilly & Bailey,
and then bump Okposo onto line3 with Sam so he’s playing with some talent?

Something has to be done with the bottom6, especially line3

DVR'd the game, trying not to reeed anything...but question:

Is it worth watching? Yay/Nay
- RhinoFan

Watch the 1st & last 5min of the period

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Our open tonight.

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— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 20, 2017

Pouliot is done as an NHL player. Griffith is this year's Derek Grant. Put him down in Rochester where he belongs. Bring up Baptiste in his place. Roll Rhino, Baptiste and EROD/Girgs as your 3rd line.
- SabreWest

Makes sense to me
If that line doesn’t score...
Girgs has looked good in the top6
So u could always move him up & slide down Kane or Okposo

We NEED a 3rd line to score some

I’d be ok with a 4th line of
Pouliot-Josefson-Nolan

I know Moulson is gonna have to figure in somewhere though

Maybe try Pouliot with O’Reilly & Bailey,
and then bump Okposo onto line3 with Sam so he’s playing with some talent?

Something has to be done with the bottom6, especially line3
- jdfitz77

Kane with Reinhart would be the goal for me

Disagree. He lays nice hits pretty much every game. Size, speed and tenacity. 2/3 Is all I ask out of a 4th
- jcragcrumple

You’re describing William Carrier - whonwe just abandoned in the expansion draft - and at least 20 or 30 other guys in the Eastern Conference.

Also, the last three letters of his names are OIT IOT. That’s weird and I don’t like it.

Kane with Reinhart would be the goal for me
- jcragcrumple

Yeah,
I think that could balance out the scoring over 3 lines

Worth a try at least

Kane & Reinhart can always be moved up into the top6 when we are down by a goal late in games

Johnson has really nice rebound control and positioning tonight.

Some general observations...

Jack & O’Reilly are the 2 most important forwards on this team...
As they go, we go

Kane needs to be locked up as a part of the “core” going forward
I know he makes some bonehead plays,
but he’s a pretty darn good player

Bailey is here to stay
He’s finally showing he can “finish” at this level...
and even when his eventual slump comes, he does enough that he’s staying in the lineup

We MUST get rid of some more dead weight & get some of our young talent on that 3rd line with Reinhart
Nylander-Reinhart-Baptiste?
Sub in Rodrigues or Fasching even
Playing him with Pouliot & Griffith is just laughable at this point

Defense still needs work
Still question marks about the future of our goaltending
- jdfitz77

I wish we could trade Okposo

I’d be ok with a 4th line of
Pouliot-Josefson-Nolan

I know Moulson is gonna have to figure in somewhere though

Maybe try Pouliot with O’Reilly & Bailey,
and then bump Okposo onto line3 with Sam so he’s playing with some talent?

Something has to be done with the bottom6, especially line3
- jdfitz77

Me thinks they just need some familiarity with each other. 10 new players . 23 out other. Other teams have YEARS together.

You’re describing William Carrier - whonwe just abandoned in the expansion draft - and at least 20 or 30 other guys in the Eastern Conference.
- Der Kaiser

Are u upset we lost Carrier?
I said that before last offseason that we were gonna lose him
Not that I wanted to, but it wasn’t gonna be Moulson like we all hoped
Nolan (and others we have coming) are fine replacements
Carrier was a 4th liner
Tough to be too upset about that
There were teams that lost good players
(Neal, Fleury, Marchessault, etc)

(frank)ing Lehner!

Tenneyson/Beaulieu are an awesome tandem

Okay guys, the jokes up. When are they gonna stop letting in these shorties

Really ?
WTF

Tenneyson/Beaulieu are an awesome tandem
- sbroads24

Embarrassing.

This team (frank)ing sucks.

Terrible rebound control by johnson