Loved the fight tonight and they played a great game today. Yeah our PP sucked and it didn’t help the refs weren’t on our side and but they played with great energy and we are starting to see whos helping and hurting. Comrie was great in net as well and I’m honestly the most optimistic I’ve been in a sabres team for a long while
#81-1 fuck Tkachuk
khlebivolya
Bad PP all game
iiSpyderiii
Felt outgunned, but loved the fight from the boys. Lots to clean up and build on!
UncleOrton
Peterka should have been in way more in the 3rd. Thought Comrie did pretty well and we kept it respectable. Think we need to shuffle the top 2 lines a little bit. It’s encouraging but also kind of a bad sign the kid line has been our best.
Lv99Zubat
Pull the damn goalie!
Skyfoogle420
Not totally disappointed with the L. Hell of a fight but man the last 5 minutes was rough.
GuybrushThreepwood94
Can’t be too mad about this one. The Panthers are a really good team. Fuck Matt Tkachuk though. What an absolute piece of shit.
AnAngryAnimal
Looking forward to Matt Tkachuks next game against Buffalo
MoneybagsMcghee
First line was invisible. Mighta won if they showed.
Peterka and Dahlin two best players so far for me. Id like to see JJ on the powerplay considering special teams need a spark badly
StuntmanSalt
Man, you’d think a guy whose name rhymes with ‘Rat Rat-Fuck’ would have a responsibility to not be a Rat Rat-Fuck.
But here we are
SaltyRaspberry
Even with the loss, you can tell this team is different this year. I liked that they never seemed to just give in and made Florida work for it.
I have hope.
jtww
Theres going to be a point here where we’re going to have to talk about Casey Mittlestadt.
Comrie played well. Had no problems with him tonight.
Bryson also played solid. Love his game so far.
Quinn and Peterka didn’t get much ice time today but that’s because we were on the PK so much.
xBialyOrzel
That was brutal. Just awful, awful officiating that non call on Dahlin literally cost us the game, the missed tripping penalties in the last 20 minutes repeatedly, not being able to break the puck out. The good news was Dahlin, Tuch, & Comrie played their balls off
Roll_DM
Making middlestat play the most minutes out of all the forwards just makes me yell FUCKING MIDDLESTAT more.
So maybe it’s time to stop.
callMEmrPICKLES
God damn we cannot beat Florida
BARDLER
Glad to see the effort and toughness. The Panthers are a tough team and they battled hard against them.
The shit passing, bad transition play, and lack of keeping possession going really sunk them. Also their power play was dog shit.
Would like to see Olofsson not in the top 6. His 5v5 play is useless.
RL2024
My takeaways, wasn’t expecting to win, Florida is really good. We played ok, Comrie kept us in it which was great, overall I liked our d. Our top 2 lines need to change up a bit and today I was extremely disappointed with Granato and his coaching staff with how he deployed players and didn’t adjust the pp in game. But it’s ok, hopefully they learn from this.
seeldoger47
there were some problems with the lineup on paper going into the regular season that would need to be addressed. Granato address two of them with his in game adjustments today. It will be interesting to see if that’s enough or if more tweaks will be necessary going forward.
comicsanscatastrophe
« We suck. Everyone looked disinterested in the third. Blow it up » /s
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(+): Hung with a great Panthers team, didn’t back down from a physical game, Peterka impresses again. Comrie played great.
(-): PP looks listless often, hard time keeping consistent pressure. Way too many turnovers again (Looking at you Mitts). Lack of gamebreaking talent apparent in the third when Panthers started trapping. Did I mention turnovers?
edit-the-sad-parts
Was very pleasantly surprised with Jokiharju’s game today. Cozens, Peterka, Dahlin, and Tuch were by far our best players
Need way more out of Skinner and Thompson, and the PP
Slow start for Quinn and Power. Though Power was less noticeable this game than last, which is a good thing
Another tough matchup against McJesus on Tuesday. better bring the same effort with some cleaner passing
razor9586
Casey Mittelstadt is not an NHL caliber player. It’s time to move on from this guy. Almost 200 NHL games in his career and he is still a liability.
AudioCats
Lots to like and some to dislike–feel like that will be the theme this season as the boys grow.
Power seemed like our worst dman out there tonight, I think he looked nervy and held onto the puck too long. With some more games I’m confident that’ll iron out.
We’re just gonna have to hold on until the young guys get into mid-season form. Still gripping their sticks too tight and lots of passes a few inches off. Thank god Comrie seemed on top of his game tonight.
All in all, not bad against last year’s president trophy team.
buscemiknowsbest
81-1 is way more attainable than 82-0 anyway.
puepy
Mitts needs to go.
Sabres-Fan
eh, we fought hard against a top team that was playing scummy and the refs were kinda dogshit as well. I liked what i saw from a few, couple had a rough game, on to the next one!
Rated_PG-Squirteen
-Trade Middelstadt for anything, but preferably a trade similar to the Jokiharju for Alex Nylander one.
-There are still way too many completely invisible players through two games.
-The PP is absolutely pathetic. Absolutely no sustained pressure in the offensive zone.
-Gotta get at least two wins on this four game West Coast trip.
-Dahlin’s gonna get some Norris votes this season, and I love his continued aggressiveness.
czupek
Hinistroza will jump into lineup for Quinn, but he should replace Okposo
reddishgrape
Quinn was invisible. Bryson stinks. Little forwards lose almost every battle on the wall. Comrie is average at best.
RMazze
Put the Skinner Thompson Tuch line back together and banish Olofsson and Mittelstadt to the 3rd line.
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Loved the fight tonight and they played a great game today. Yeah our PP sucked and it didn’t help the refs weren’t on our side and but they played with great energy and we are starting to see whos helping and hurting. Comrie was great in net as well and I’m honestly the most optimistic I’ve been in a sabres team for a long while
#81-1 fuck Tkachuk
Bad PP all game
Felt outgunned, but loved the fight from the boys. Lots to clean up and build on!
Peterka should have been in way more in the 3rd. Thought Comrie did pretty well and we kept it respectable. Think we need to shuffle the top 2 lines a little bit. It’s encouraging but also kind of a bad sign the kid line has been our best.
Pull the damn goalie!
Not totally disappointed with the L. Hell of a fight but man the last 5 minutes was rough.
Can’t be too mad about this one. The Panthers are a really good team. Fuck Matt Tkachuk though. What an absolute piece of shit.
Looking forward to Matt Tkachuks next game against Buffalo
First line was invisible. Mighta won if they showed.
Peterka and Dahlin two best players so far for me. Id like to see JJ on the powerplay considering special teams need a spark badly
Man, you’d think a guy whose name rhymes with ‘Rat Rat-Fuck’ would have a responsibility to not be a Rat Rat-Fuck.
But here we are
Even with the loss, you can tell this team is different this year. I liked that they never seemed to just give in and made Florida work for it.
I have hope.
Theres going to be a point here where we’re going to have to talk about Casey Mittlestadt.
Comrie played well. Had no problems with him tonight.
Bryson also played solid. Love his game so far.
Quinn and Peterka didn’t get much ice time today but that’s because we were on the PK so much.
That was brutal. Just awful, awful officiating that non call on Dahlin literally cost us the game, the missed tripping penalties in the last 20 minutes repeatedly, not being able to break the puck out. The good news was Dahlin, Tuch, & Comrie played their balls off
Making middlestat play the most minutes out of all the forwards just makes me yell FUCKING MIDDLESTAT more.
So maybe it’s time to stop.
God damn we cannot beat Florida
Glad to see the effort and toughness. The Panthers are a tough team and they battled hard against them.
The shit passing, bad transition play, and lack of keeping possession going really sunk them. Also their power play was dog shit.
Would like to see Olofsson not in the top 6. His 5v5 play is useless.
My takeaways, wasn’t expecting to win, Florida is really good. We played ok, Comrie kept us in it which was great, overall I liked our d. Our top 2 lines need to change up a bit and today I was extremely disappointed with Granato and his coaching staff with how he deployed players and didn’t adjust the pp in game. But it’s ok, hopefully they learn from this.
there were some problems with the lineup on paper going into the regular season that would need to be addressed. Granato address two of them with his in game adjustments today. It will be interesting to see if that’s enough or if more tweaks will be necessary going forward.
« We suck. Everyone looked disinterested in the third. Blow it up » /s
​
(+): Hung with a great Panthers team, didn’t back down from a physical game, Peterka impresses again. Comrie played great.
(-): PP looks listless often, hard time keeping consistent pressure. Way too many turnovers again (Looking at you Mitts). Lack of gamebreaking talent apparent in the third when Panthers started trapping. Did I mention turnovers?
Was very pleasantly surprised with Jokiharju’s game today. Cozens, Peterka, Dahlin, and Tuch were by far our best players
Need way more out of Skinner and Thompson, and the PP
Slow start for Quinn and Power. Though Power was less noticeable this game than last, which is a good thing
Another tough matchup against McJesus on Tuesday. better bring the same effort with some cleaner passing
Casey Mittelstadt is not an NHL caliber player. It’s time to move on from this guy. Almost 200 NHL games in his career and he is still a liability.
Lots to like and some to dislike–feel like that will be the theme this season as the boys grow.
Power seemed like our worst dman out there tonight, I think he looked nervy and held onto the puck too long. With some more games I’m confident that’ll iron out.
We’re just gonna have to hold on until the young guys get into mid-season form. Still gripping their sticks too tight and lots of passes a few inches off. Thank god Comrie seemed on top of his game tonight.
All in all, not bad against last year’s president trophy team.
81-1 is way more attainable than 82-0 anyway.
Mitts needs to go.
eh, we fought hard against a top team that was playing scummy and the refs were kinda dogshit as well. I liked what i saw from a few, couple had a rough game, on to the next one!
-Trade Middelstadt for anything, but preferably a trade similar to the Jokiharju for Alex Nylander one.
-There are still way too many completely invisible players through two games.
-The PP is absolutely pathetic. Absolutely no sustained pressure in the offensive zone.
-Gotta get at least two wins on this four game West Coast trip.
-Dahlin’s gonna get some Norris votes this season, and I love his continued aggressiveness.
Hinistroza will jump into lineup for Quinn, but he should replace Okposo
Quinn was invisible. Bryson stinks. Little forwards lose almost every battle on the wall. Comrie is average at best.
Put the Skinner Thompson Tuch line back together and banish Olofsson and Mittelstadt to the 3rd line.
Cozens looks great