So franking what. We have been out of the playoff picture since late October. Let the kids simmer in Rochester. they were trying to make the Playoffs, they would do no good in Buffalo this year.

Bring them into training camp fresh and hungry.
- hehateme

More will butcher and Robert colin miller please ....

That cant be what you wanted? Is it?

So if a rookie's first year is 25 goals and 23 assists, you don't consider that super productive? Ummmm..... ok.


And for the record I was referring to the group of kids in my post - they were great that year. Insert stupid graphic.
- Slump Buster

Doesn't matter if they're a rookie or not. Production is production.

If super productive is .5ppg then theres a lot of SUPER productive players

More will butcher and Robert colin miller please ....

That cant be what you wanted? Is it?
- Boss34

More Eakin and Bjork

Jack Quinn will get more than 25/23, that's for sure.

sabres 5-1 since putting power in the lineup
- homiedclown

He still has not signed my t-shirt, though.

More Eakin and Bjork
- DirtyDan

Sadly, I think he was talking about defense...

44 - 28 -10 next season

98 points

Lord purple helmet :

Problem is : nobody is giving you the great dirty player, you're team needs to beat the great dirty player. He plays for Pittsburgh ☝️

That's why I listed sid as unlikable vs McDavid. He's been dirty agaisnt the Sabres.....
- Boss34

The only big game we lost to Sid was the Ice Bowl. Olympics if you want to count that. Our great teams lost to Ottawa and Carolina.

More will butcher and Robert colin miller please ....

That cant be what you wanted? Is it?
- Boss34

Of course not, but we were supposed to lose this year. Brining up the kids would do nothing to change the outcome. that is all I am saying.

Practice lines and pairings today.

Bjork Girgensons Hinostroza
Skinner Thompson Olofsson
Asplund Cozens Hayden (Eakin)
Krebs Mittelstadt Tuch

Miller Pysyk
Power Jokiharju
Samuelsson Dahlin
Bryson Fitzgerald

We looked good against the Isles, but these are not my favorite line combos. The Bruins are a goddamn train. I am not confident going to Boston. They always beat the poop out of us.

Advantage Sid. Give me a great dirty player over a great clean player any day of the week, all other things being equal.

As Lord Helmet said: Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
- lacaprup

Yet..... good always wins.......{Shrugs}

Also, fantastic movie

I am not confident going to Boston. They always beat the poop out of us.
- lacaprup

Sadly, I think he was talking about defense...

44 - 28 -10 next season

98 points
- Boss34

Much better season but still misses out on the playoffs I think

All the playoff teams in the East have 100 points or more

Hoping for playoffs next year but if they earn 90+ points and the kids keep developing I’d be okay with that 👍.

Much better season but still misses out on the playoffs I think

All the playoff teams in the East have 100 points or more
- Stripes77

does Bergeron come back

Does Malkin, Rust and Letang comeback

What do the Caps do with their goalies and defense


those are the 3 big questions because if we are catching a team next year, it's probably one of those 3 teams taking a step back and us being better than the islanders

Hoping for playoffs next year but if they earn 90+ points and the kids keep developing I’d be okay with that 👍.
- f0neguy

since march 1st

sabres are 15-8-3

33 points in 26 games

97 point pace over a full season

- homiedclown

Absolute alltimer. Mount Rushmore Sabres v Bruins.

does Bergeron come back

Does Malkin, Rust and Letang comeback

What do the Caps do with their goalies and defense


those are the 3 big questions because if we are catching a team next year, it's probably one of those 3 teams taking a step back and us being better than the islanders
- homiedclown

i think bergeron goes back..

i think the pens are the one that might drop out. They have other questions in goal and defense even if letang comes back

can the rangers/shesterkin do this again next season i think is another question.

since march 1st

sabres are 15-8-3

33 points in 26 games

97 point pace over a full season
- homiedclown

get a better goalie and i think you got at least 2 or 3 more wins too

The only big game we lost to Sid was the Ice Bowl. Olympics if you want to count that. Our great teams lost to Ottawa and Carolina.
- lacaprup

Lord purple helmet

From a quick search of the internet from a 2021 article

Sid 73 points in 50 games against the Sabres

Just the outdoor game counted?

He's not on your team, he has been an unlikable super star

since march 1st

sabres are 15-8-3

33 points in 26 games

97 point pace over a full season
- homiedclown

Imagine if we actually had quality goaltending over that span. I believe we're still bottom 5 in goals against vs expected.

Of course not, but we were supposed to lose this year. Brining up the kids would do nothing to change the outcome. that is all I am saying.
- hehateme

Which kids other than upl, who had his chance?
He kinda got hurt again.....

Quinn was left behind due to injuries, he surely would have gotten his chance.

Peterka, how many 2nd round picks play regularly in the nhl , a year after they are drafted?

We got a look at baller's guy Murray
We got a look at 39's guy jankowski

I'd take the crybaby b!tch before I take an emotionless carcass of a human
- DirtyDan

you'd be wrong

Much better season but still misses out on the playoffs I think

All the playoff teams in the East have 100 points or more
- Stripes77

Hopefully we beat some of those teams in regulation, which would lower the playoff points threshold.

Beating Carolina was huge
Winning the series agaisnt Toronto

Some of the highlights came late in the season. Post tuch 🙂

Lord purple helmet

From a quick search of the internet from a 2021 article

Sid 73 points in 50 games against the Sabres

Just the outdoor game counted?

He's not on your team, he has been an unlikable super star
- Boss34

Were any of them big games? I don’t think we ever played Sid in a playoff game in our good years, and we've been a dumpster fire otherwise during his career. What is there to hate?

"He looks like I did caught on the ice against Spezza, Heatly, and Alfredson. He's lost in the defensive zone."

Andrew Peters on Jack Eichel's game last night. That's worse than anything Rivet has said about him.