The division is very competitive, regardless of the moves Buffalo made. They're gonna need to hit hard this year to make the playoffs...they can still do it, though!
Idk, maybe they can leapfrog the Sens, maybe Mtl is still in the basement (who knows with Hutson joining), Tampa is on the downswing but still has some high end life in them. With Toronto, Florida, Boston, even Detroit looks poised to be fighting for the wild card again, it's a tough division to make any progress in until you're a really good team right now
@@Donny_Double_Dip Peterka coming into his own is probably one of the reasons the Sabres got rid of Olofsson. So I would say their role on the team were similar.
@@Razz_Dazzle olofson was a healthy scratch all season…. He stunk 5 on 5. They aren’t even close to the same player. Peterka never competed for his spot with olofson over the past two years.
The one wild card that cannot be predicted is the injury bug. Buffalo had to go through injuries to Quinn, Skinner, Thompson, and Samuelsson, and couldn't get a rhythm going throughout much of the season. One or more of the eight Eastern Conference playoff teams could suffer a rash of injuries, which could help Buffalo get into a playoff spot. Having Ruff back as the coach means one thing most of all...if any player doesn't play at their best, that player will be sitting on the bench, or up in the Press Box!
I was at the last Sabres home playoff game in 2011. Saw a fight break out in the nosebleeds with Philly fans when the Flyers took the lead. We miss playoff hockey.⚔🦬🏆
It didn't really end well, but to be fair to Sutter, he brought the Flames to easily their best run in recent memory and might have continued to if Johnny and Chucky stayed.
I mean I feel like the Savoie trade is way too overcritized at this point. There was never going to be roster spot for him at the Sabres considering his height, playstyle and position.
Buffalo has an uphill climb being in the Atlantic division. They will need to exceed expectations while other teams will need to come down off the hill. I am convinced the success of this team will come down to Peterka, Quinn, and Cozens elevating their game and the team in general benefiting from a good power play. They fix that and they will succeed. I feel they will be a tougher, faster, grittier team and that will help galvanize this team that nobody will want to face. The tools are there but there must be improvement from those whose time to shine has come.
Right. You have Florida, Boston, and Toronto with the three division spots all but locked in. Detroit and Tampa will be in the wild card picture or the hunt for that third spot, and the Habs are lurking too after having made some improvements. That's six teams for five spots, and we completely ignored the Metro division. A lot has to go right for Buffalo, and a lot has to go wrong for some of these other teams in order for Buffalo to get there. Would love to see it, though.
I’m a Habs fan and I have to admit that the comparison of the Buffalo Sabres to the Detroit Lions is pretty fair. Both teams have had their own struggles and too many losing seasons for so many years. They’ve had franchise players like Jack Eichel and Matthew Stafford who were traded away to go win a championship with their new team (even though with Eichel, it was a combination of because the medical team didn’t want to let him get the surgery he wanted and all the GMs that were there failed to build a legit team around him). But I totally agree about the new mindset they need to use for this new upcoming season.
Atlantic division is going to a hard road to the playoffs. Before game one you can easily make a case for every one of those teams having a chance to make the playoffs.
I completely agree, but i refuse to allow excitement! Im very NOT a fairweather fan, theyve just been genuinely exciting leading into, and even exciting thru the first month or 2 of several seasons the last 5 or 6 years. I...i just cant anymore. Dont mistake me, i look forward to how much more intense the success this team will have again someday will be bc weve suffered so long, but ive learned a patience i never knew before!😉
Two seasons ago the Sabres were in it almost to the very end and banked some serious goodwill with a fanbase that’s quickly becoming apathetic. Then last season they took all of that goodwill, took it outside, piled it up and burned it.
Yeah they went with out of the box picks for the last few years and now they're finally going with a safe move which is actually what I think they DO need. The core very obvious can compete for a playoff spot and they just need to do some tweaking around them (they revamped the bottom 6) have a coach who can coach them up X's and O's wise (Ruff) and not catch the injury bug. I don't think they'll make it but I'm going into this season with more hope than last.
We actually have a bottom 6 that will play their role. I can’t believe it took this long to actually do that. We would fill the bottom 6 with guys who thought they were top 6 skill players and it wasted seasons.
I think Ruff might be the push the Sabres need to get over the hump. Last year there were games where you could really see how much talent the team has and how that enabled them to beat some really good teams. If they can do that in like 10 more games, they can snatch that wild card spot. The Sabres being a potential wild card team is a hell of an improvement to bottom of the league in 2020.
It's kind of funny how many players go thru Buffalo then go to cup winning teams. Almost makes it a good opportunity to sign 2-3 years there, personally play well enough then get traded to a powerhouse team and have a chance at winning it all b
I think they can make the playoffs but they will definitely need to be harder to play against. Then focus on D to eliminate the small mistakes in their zone.
Maybe I missed it but I did not hear you mention Jack Quinn. I think many are overlooking him. If he can stay healthy I believe he’s going to start realizing his potential this year.
I like your channel,short and to the point.I subscribed. As for the Sabres,you would have to think Kevyn Adams job is on the line this season.Just how many kicks at the can does he get?
Apathy definitely present for much of the fanbase. Folks generally don't care about Jack as much because he was always just a punk that was never going to lead in the way we needed him to. It became a bit of a joke, but I don't know many w/ hard feelings towards Reinhart or Montour, O'Reilly etc. Personally looking forward to cheering for Jeff Skinner in the playoffs next year. Casual fans generally rooted for Okposo but those of us that were tuned in knew that he was a garbage captain that led the team into a dumb spat w/ the fans. Genuinely optimistic for the season.
I have still yet to see the Sabres in the playoffs as an adult human! It’s time they finally do it. All I’m asking is to see them play a home playoff game once in my adult lifetime. Don’t feel like I’m asking for too much 😂
they always make absolutely bone headded trades that ruin them. they got fleeced in the savoie trade, if it wasnt for tage becomming jesus they wouldve been fleeced in the oriley deal, they paid us a 2nd rounder for beck malenstyn, who is at best an ok 3rd liner. they always have all the talent in the world, but they never do anything with it
@@xoanoneSavoie is years out from the NHL and we got an excellent 3C in exchange for him plus a prospect. We got exactly the player we needed in exchange for a prospect that wouldn't even have a chance to make our lineup for 2, maybe 3 seasons, if at all.
@@chrismdb5686u wont be happy with mcleod. Trust me as an Oilers fan. All he has is top notch speed, but cant handle the puck, cant set up plays, doesnt score much, and never hits. Decent on the pk but thats about it
The talent in the AHL is actually very recent. Like 2021/2022 recent. When Kevyn took over he had to fix up the AHL alongside the NHL team as good players who weren’t ready for the NHL just yet were sent out to play under previous head coaches and GMs cause Rochester wasn’t a good place for them yet. It’s also largely why the drought has lasted so long too. It’s not cause they get “Fleeced” in trades. It’s cause they’ve not had the depth to fill in slots that were necessary within their AHL team when a player was out. Now we can rely on players like Kulich, Ostlund, Rosen or possibly even Helenius whenever a player is out. Or use players who are a few years out of the NHL like Savoie in a trade to get a player we need now. They’ve also desperately needed to switch up their leadership and bottom 6 so badly, because Okposo and Girgensons were apart of the tank era and their bottom 6 was the main problem with goals. Team will be back in the playoffs this year or next. Adams has done a decent job with the shitshow he received.
I’m not sure they’ve done anything bold at all. Going with a coach you already had once isn’t groundbreaking, feels kinda desperate. I think the talent is there and they could’ve done it the last couple years, but they haven’t done much other than sign Lindy. It could work but I don’t think it’s bold.
Sabres had a seemingly stacked line-up at times in the last 10 years, for example, in 2017 they had - OReilly, Eichel, Reinhardt, Evander Kane, Montour, McCabe. that should have been enough to at least make the playoffs. Unfortunately, goaltending has been very poor over the drought. Sabres "should" turn that around in 2024.
Buffalo has the young core. but do they have the depth players to add to a winning culture. plus, the coach and GM matter so much. do they have any of this?
I think its time the NHL considered moving to an nfc afc type conference thing so teams who are in the northeast have a better chance against the big spenders like boston, new york. this would help some teams like the islanders, ottawa and buffalo. its hard to claw your way out of the eastern conference when your competeing against those big markets all the time. might even help toronto too, lol.😂
I just hate the conversation because all it brings is more misery and I feel like it just rubs the salt in the wound for Buffalo fans. I feel like any person whose team isn't in their division wants Buffalo to finally get over the hump, and honestly I'm optimistic even if this is said every year.
bringing back Lindy is hardly BOLD. It's safe. It's a step back ('wards' and in time). And trading Savoie for McLeod was a terrible deal - Adams got fleeced. The question is whether the versions of Thompson, Tuch, and Couzens are as good as '22/'23, or as bad as '23/'24?
I totally agree. I recall this Rasmus Ristolainen interview from few years back, I think he was still on the team, where he said pretty straightforward that years Buffalo really sucked they kept changing coaches like constantly. (Many a) Different coach, same result. I think he said "it was like every year coming to the locker room and some new guy with few new gimmicks that only messed the system they were getting used to". Not his words exactly but my intepretation. Makes me think they need mostly stability and stern direction of building their team culture the most. Hopefully for the Sabres fans this is going to be it.
It seems like a good hockey move, Lindy is really downplaying the nostalgia BS. He's one of the best coaches in league history and he's highly motivated.
I will forever argue how the Sabres didn't get fleeced with McLeod for Savoie and that's just cause he is no longer the Sabres top prospect after this season as the rest of the prospects have had meaningful time in Rochester except for him. With the Prospects challenge after the draft it was confirmed. Konsta is the best now. I say this as someone who was a fan of Savoie, Sabres did not get fleeced in this.
@@kevinkeith7110 i agree 100%. Watching the Oilers in the playoffs I was completely impressed by McCleod even though their fans were disappointed in his lack of points until the finals. He's fast AF and a hell of a penalty killer and forechecker with offensive upside. This fills a huge hole in the Sabres lineup.
@@motsnrub Yeah I’ll be honest here too, I’m somewhat disappointed with losing Matt Savoie too as I was really hoping he’d make that jump onto the team next year. But having looked at Ryan McCleod’s advanced stats, he’s a great player to have traded him for, he fills a slot as you said and he was a 3rd line center on a team with 2 of the greatest players in the league playing in the other 2 slots. Buffalo he will have the ability to potentially move up. And for Savoie, I don’t mean to say he’s not a good player/prospect. He’s just going to need a year within an AHL team playing against adults before he’s ready to make that jump. As compared to Helenius who has played against adults and done well for his age(11 goals in 55 games with something around 30 points), Noah Ostlund who would’ve won MVP if his country won in a tourney him and Savoie were at, and Jiri Kulich who won an award 2 years in a row within the AHL now. That being said I’m excited to watch the Oilers more now cause I want to see him grow.
The fact they missed the playoffs the year everyone played way out of their leagues 2 years ago shows they aren’t even close to making it this year. They are a roster full of 2nd and 3rd line players and no actual first line stars. Dhalin can only do so much they are facing another rebuild very soon.
Biggest change Lindy needs to do is get rid of that goatee he adopted in New Jersy that ended up getting him sacked and get back to his trusty old game winning stache.
I think Detroit is the team that finally gets back in the playoffs, and Washington is out. But who knows, maybe NYI is also out and Buffalo can sneak in.
Because Buffalo has sucked for so long that it makes people want to cheer them on and they've been around since 1970 and haven't won shit yet I'm a Sabres fan btw and the losing culture is getting old just one before I die please/thanks
@@MrOffroadjunkie I'm not exactly saying sabres don't deserve to be talked about or have their achievements celebrated. I just don't understand why my team exists in a vacuum. It's nice hearing people talking about your team isn't it?
The division is very competitive, regardless of the moves Buffalo made. They're gonna need to hit hard this year to make the playoffs...they can still do it, though!
Idk, maybe they can leapfrog the Sens, maybe Mtl is still in the basement (who knows with Hutson joining), Tampa is on the downswing but still has some high end life in them. With Toronto, Florida, Boston, even Detroit looks poised to be fighting for the wild card again, it's a tough division to make any progress in until you're a really good team right now
honestly I think JJ Peterka was one of the most underrated players in the nhl last season cos he actually picked up 50 points
He reminds me of Olofsson. But he has seemingly more upside/potential than “Goalofsson” did
@@Razz_Dazzlenot even close to the same player lol
Quinn is the next to make the jump. Peterka made the jump this past year and Quinn will have 30+ goals this year
@@Donny_Double_Dip Peterka coming into his own is probably one of the reasons the Sabres got rid of Olofsson. So I would say their role on the team were similar.
@@Razz_Dazzle olofson was a healthy scratch all season…. He stunk 5 on 5. They aren’t even close to the same player. Peterka never competed for his spot with olofson over the past two years.
The one wild card that cannot be predicted is the injury bug. Buffalo had to go through injuries to Quinn, Skinner, Thompson, and Samuelsson, and couldn't get a rhythm going throughout much of the season. One or more of the eight Eastern Conference playoff teams could suffer a rash of injuries, which could help Buffalo get into a playoff spot. Having Ruff back as the coach means one thing most of all...if any player doesn't play at their best, that player will be sitting on the bench, or up in the Press Box!
I was at the last Sabres home playoff game in 2011. Saw a fight break out in the nosebleeds with Philly fans when the Flyers took the lead. We miss playoff hockey.⚔🦬🏆
It’s also the flyers fans that Buffalo ends up fighting with in the stands. I’ve seen it multiple times
It didn't really end well, but to be fair to Sutter, he brought the Flames to easily their best run in recent memory and might have continued to if Johnny and Chucky stayed.
Jesus what a brutal franchise
Honestly seeing a billboard in Niagara Falls say "welcome back lindy ruff" hit me hard. God i want to believe.
This is one of the reason why im against further expansion. Really long playoff droughts
Expansions lowers the talent in the leagues
Maybe once they get to a point they put 32 teams in the palyoffs
It’s been hard in Buffalo but it’s not boring extremely entertaining for the past few years
I mean I feel like the Savoie trade is way too overcritized at this point. There was never going to be roster spot for him at the Sabres considering his height, playstyle and position.
Buffalo has an uphill climb being in the Atlantic division. They will need to exceed expectations while other teams will need to come down off the hill. I am convinced the success of this team will come down to Peterka, Quinn, and Cozens elevating their game and the team in general benefiting from a good power play. They fix that and they will succeed. I feel they will be a tougher, faster, grittier team and that will help galvanize this team that nobody will want to face. The tools are there but there must be improvement from those whose time to shine has come.
Sabres will scare no one... everybody cant wait to play them
Right. You have Florida, Boston, and Toronto with the three division spots all but locked in. Detroit and Tampa will be in the wild card picture or the hunt for that third spot, and the Habs are lurking too after having made some improvements. That's six teams for five spots, and we completely ignored the Metro division.
A lot has to go right for Buffalo, and a lot has to go wrong for some of these other teams in order for Buffalo to get there. Would love to see it, though.
I’m a Habs fan and I have to admit that the comparison of the Buffalo Sabres to the Detroit Lions is pretty fair. Both teams have had their own struggles and too many losing seasons for so many years. They’ve had franchise players like Jack Eichel and Matthew Stafford who were traded away to go win a championship with their new team (even though with Eichel, it was a combination of because the medical team didn’t want to let him get the surgery he wanted and all the GMs that were there failed to build a legit team around him). But I totally agree about the new mindset they need to use for this new upcoming season.
Atlantic division is going to a hard road to the playoffs. Before game one you can easily make a case for every one of those teams having a chance to make the playoffs.
the safer route and showing a picture of Krueger is hilarious lol
Im excited for the new direction but im thinking the team still needs a top six forward.
CONSISTENCY!!!
They have what it takes to go deep into a playoff run. They just need to focus on that long-drawn 82-game season.
Why do these simple thumbnails get me to click immediately
Fr 😭
the clickbait thumbnails are everywhere so at this point were just looking for simplicity
@@janzkee i guess so….
I completely agree, but i refuse to allow excitement! Im very NOT a fairweather fan, theyve just been genuinely exciting leading into, and even exciting thru the first month or 2 of several seasons the last 5 or 6 years. I...i just cant anymore.
Dont mistake me, i look forward to how much more intense the success this team will have again someday will be bc weve suffered so long, but ive learned a patience i never knew before!😉
Two seasons ago the Sabres were in it almost to the very end and banked some serious goodwill with a fanbase that’s quickly becoming apathetic.
Then last season they took all of that goodwill, took it outside, piled it up and burned it.
Going with a retread coach is the very definition of safe move
Yeah they went with out of the box picks for the last few years and now they're finally going with a safe move which is actually what I think they DO need. The core very obvious can compete for a playoff spot and they just need to do some tweaking around them (they revamped the bottom 6) have a coach who can coach them up X's and O's wise (Ruff) and not catch the injury bug.
I don't think they'll make it but I'm going into this season with more hope than last.
We actually have a bottom 6 that will play their role.
I can’t believe it took this long to actually do that. We would fill the bottom 6 with guys who thought they were top 6 skill players and it wasted seasons.
I think Ruff might be the push the Sabres need to get over the hump. Last year there were games where you could really see how much talent the team has and how that enabled them to beat some really good teams. If they can do that in like 10 more games, they can snatch that wild card spot.
The Sabres being a potential wild card team is a hell of an improvement to bottom of the league in 2020.
I like their D core
I do too. They’re set for some time.
They almost have too many good players - given the prospect pool as well
It's kind of funny how many players go thru Buffalo then go to cup winning teams. Almost makes it a good opportunity to sign 2-3 years there, personally play well enough then get traded to a powerhouse team and have a chance at winning it all b
That’s how we know that Jeff skinner will win the cup next year.
I think they can make the playoffs but they will definitely need to be harder to play against. Then focus on D to eliminate the small mistakes in their zone.
Maybe I missed it but I did not hear you mention Jack Quinn. I think many are overlooking him. If he can stay healthy I believe he’s going to start realizing his potential this year.
kinda looks like Quin and Samuelson are injury prone
@@AAA-o4gSamuelson, yes……
Quinn would need another injury this year for that title of injury prone
Missing by one point two years ago and then blowing it last year killed me. Like they gave us hope and then sucked
I like your channel,short and to the point.I subscribed.
As for the Sabres,you would have to think Kevyn Adams job is on the line this season.Just how many kicks at the can does he get?
Apathy definitely present for much of the fanbase. Folks generally don't care about Jack as much because he was always just a punk that was never going to lead in the way we needed him to.
It became a bit of a joke, but I don't know many w/ hard feelings towards Reinhart or Montour, O'Reilly etc. Personally looking forward to cheering for Jeff Skinner in the playoffs next year.
Casual fans generally rooted for Okposo but those of us that were tuned in knew that he was a garbage captain that led the team into a dumb spat w/ the fans.
Genuinely optimistic for the season.
Good take brother I live in Buffalo so I sure hope you are right.
I feel bad for buffalo fans
Fr 😭
I have still yet to see the Sabres in the playoffs as an adult human! It’s time they finally do it. All I’m asking is to see them play a home playoff game once in my adult lifetime. Don’t feel like I’m asking for too much 😂
Thanks so much for the excellent insight! Your awesome 🎉🎉
Buffalo still has a better shot of winning a Cup in my lifetime than the Leafs XD
I don’t think they make
their d core is gross
dahlin, power, byram, samuelsson
really strong
Expensive too. Seems like too much money spent on the top 4
Sabres got so many talents and SO MUCH talent in the AHL i dont understand how are they not a serious contender.
they always make absolutely bone headded trades that ruin them. they got fleeced in the savoie trade, if it wasnt for tage becomming jesus they wouldve been fleeced in the oriley deal, they paid us a 2nd rounder for beck malenstyn, who is at best an ok 3rd liner. they always have all the talent in the world, but they never do anything with it
@@xoanoneSavoie is years out from the NHL and we got an excellent 3C in exchange for him plus a prospect. We got exactly the player we needed in exchange for a prospect that wouldn't even have a chance to make our lineup for 2, maybe 3 seasons, if at all.
@@chrismdb5686u wont be happy with mcleod. Trust me as an Oilers fan. All he has is top notch speed, but cant handle the puck, cant set up plays, doesnt score much, and never hits. Decent on the pk but thats about it
The talent in the AHL is actually very recent. Like 2021/2022 recent. When Kevyn took over he had to fix up the AHL alongside the NHL team as good players who weren’t ready for the NHL just yet were sent out to play under previous head coaches and GMs cause Rochester wasn’t a good place for them yet. It’s also largely why the drought has lasted so long too. It’s not cause they get “Fleeced” in trades. It’s cause they’ve not had the depth to fill in slots that were necessary within their AHL team when a player was out. Now we can rely on players like Kulich, Ostlund, Rosen or possibly even Helenius whenever a player is out. Or use players who are a few years out of the NHL like Savoie in a trade to get a player we need now.
They’ve also desperately needed to switch up their leadership and bottom 6 so badly, because Okposo and Girgensons were apart of the tank era and their bottom 6 was the main problem with goals.
Team will be back in the playoffs this year or next. Adams has done a decent job with the shitshow he received.
@@kevinkeith7110 who are they beating out to make a playoff spot? That atlantic is stacked
I’m not sure they’ve done anything bold at all. Going with a coach you already had once isn’t groundbreaking, feels kinda desperate. I think the talent is there and they could’ve done it the last couple years, but they haven’t done much other than sign Lindy. It could work but I don’t think it’s bold.
Any thoughts on Kylington @Johnny Hawkey?
Sabres had a seemingly stacked line-up at times in the last 10 years, for example, in 2017 they had - OReilly, Eichel, Reinhardt, Evander Kane, Montour, McCabe. that should have been enough to at least make the playoffs. Unfortunately, goaltending has been very poor over the drought. Sabres "should" turn that around in 2024.
They need to add a new division
Thoughts on Kylington being an Av now?
Buffalo has the young core. but do they have the depth players to add to a winning culture. plus, the coach and GM matter so much. do they have any of this?
I think its time the NHL considered moving to an nfc afc type conference thing so teams who are in the northeast have a better chance against the big spenders like boston, new york. this would help some teams like the islanders, ottawa and buffalo. its hard to claw your way out of the eastern conference when your competeing against those big markets all the time. might even help toronto too, lol.😂
Still getting used to the Lions being referenced as a good thing.
Any Buffalo team, really. I'm a Detroit fan, but I would be happy for them if they went over the Wings.
It's like the sabers are the farm team for the rest of the NHL they create all the superstars and send them off to other teams to win the Stanley cup.
I think winning more would go a long way towards making the playoffs
The sabers are my second favorite team and I just want to see them win so bad
It's not. You then should know it's Sabres.
German here, gotta root for JJ. But honestly, how can you NOT root for the Sabres at this point.
Physical play
Can you please do a preds vid I would love that
Lindy Ruff needs to go in there like Kurt Russell and make them do laps until they win games.😂
I just hate the conversation because all it brings is more misery and I feel like it just rubs the salt in the wound for Buffalo fans. I feel like any person whose team isn't in their division wants Buffalo to finally get over the hump, and honestly I'm optimistic even if this is said every year.
I honestly have no idea how you call him UPL, he has the best name in the league. It just rolls off the tongue so cleanly.
Uka pecca lockadocka luckdocka flukkenininin
Their biggest key to making the playoffs is getting enough points to make the playoffs.
This feels? .....Right.
Yes it is the year (deja vu from the last 14 years)
The full effects of the byram trade are yet to be seen. I think he's going to have a huge year
bringing back Lindy is hardly BOLD. It's safe. It's a step back ('wards' and in time). And trading Savoie for McLeod was a terrible deal - Adams got fleeced. The question is whether the versions of Thompson, Tuch, and Couzens are as good as '22/'23, or as bad as '23/'24?
I totally agree. I recall this Rasmus Ristolainen interview from few years back, I think he was still on the team, where he said pretty straightforward that years Buffalo really sucked they kept changing coaches like constantly. (Many a) Different coach, same result. I think he said "it was like every year coming to the locker room and some new guy with few new gimmicks that only messed the system they were getting used to". Not his words exactly but my intepretation. Makes me think they need mostly stability and stern direction of building their team culture the most. Hopefully for the Sabres fans this is going to be it.
It seems like a good hockey move, Lindy is really downplaying the nostalgia BS. He's one of the best coaches in league history and he's highly motivated.
I will forever argue how the Sabres didn't get fleeced with McLeod for Savoie and that's just cause he is no longer the Sabres top prospect after this season as the rest of the prospects have had meaningful time in Rochester except for him. With the Prospects challenge after the draft it was confirmed. Konsta is the best now. I say this as someone who was a fan of Savoie, Sabres did not get fleeced in this.
@@kevinkeith7110 i agree 100%. Watching the Oilers in the playoffs I was completely impressed by McCleod even though their fans were disappointed in his lack of points until the finals. He's fast AF and a hell of a penalty killer and forechecker with offensive upside. This fills a huge hole in the Sabres lineup.
@@motsnrub Yeah I’ll be honest here too, I’m somewhat disappointed with losing Matt Savoie too as I was really hoping he’d make that jump onto the team next year. But having looked at Ryan McCleod’s advanced stats, he’s a great player to have traded him for, he fills a slot as you said and he was a 3rd line center on a team with 2 of the greatest players in the league playing in the other 2 slots. Buffalo he will have the ability to potentially move up.
And for Savoie, I don’t mean to say he’s not a good player/prospect. He’s just going to need a year within an AHL team playing against adults before he’s ready to make that jump. As compared to Helenius who has played against adults and done well for his age(11 goals in 55 games with something around 30 points), Noah Ostlund who would’ve won MVP if his country won in a tourney him and Savoie were at, and Jiri Kulich who won an award 2 years in a row within the AHL now.
That being said I’m excited to watch the Oilers more now cause I want to see him grow.
I F#$@ING HOPE SO!!!
Hope their games are on the "Ocho"
Because I sure do love pumpkins
Oilers will win the cup because they got jeff skinner😂 from buffalo.
The fact they missed the playoffs the year everyone played way out of their leagues 2 years ago shows they aren’t even close to making it this year. They are a roster full of 2nd and 3rd line players and no actual first line stars. Dhalin can only do so much they are facing another rebuild very soon.
Nahhh I wanna see Brady tkachuk in playoff mode
Let’s go sabres
Who ur fav team?
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Ah, about that time again; to eat my Honey Nut Cheerios and listen to Johnny Hawkey
Ironically cheerios are made in Buffalo.
Biggest change Lindy needs to do is get rid of that goatee he adopted in New Jersy that ended up getting him sacked and get back to his trusty old game winning stache.
No chance Buffalo makes the playoff this year. It's too bad because I thought they were going to be a big surprise like the 2022/23 Devils.
Sabres fan here.. nah
Fr 😭
I think Detroit is the team that finally gets back in the playoffs, and Washington is out.
But who knows, maybe NYI is also out and Buffalo can sneak in.
first of all “savoie” is pronounced “savwa” because he’s french
Is he though??? He didnt play his junior hockey in quebec
its okay to skip a week or two when you don't have content man. the sabres didn't spice anything up get serious
Marner to BUF
The curse of the Buffaslug
The habs suck
@@henryvandewetering902 Oof you’re a sensitive one huh?
@@gohabs8918playoffs?????? Haven’t been there in awhile😢
@@gohabs8918playoffs??????? Haven’t been there in awhile😢
More like buffalel
Name Dahlin captain and they win the cup I’m calling it
It’s also kinda cool to be this bad
fat chance they make the playoffs
Dahlin as C ??? You've got to be kidding
F Buffalo LFG DEVILS
No.
Firstttttt pin 📌?
First
No?
Sry but I think I was
Wait maybe we tied😊
Idk
Fr 😭
My wish is toronto dont make it,boring hockey just choke in the playoff
Why the fuck do people talk about to trash eating sabers more than the avs
Sabres probably have more fans than Denver
@@MrDanny1145 you think a team that hasn't been to the finals in 13 seasons has more fans than one that just won the 2 years ago?
Because Buffalo has sucked for so long that it makes people want to cheer them on and they've been around since 1970 and haven't won shit yet I'm a Sabres fan btw and the losing culture is getting old just one before I die please/thanks
@@MrOffroadjunkie I'm not exactly saying sabres don't deserve to be talked about or have their achievements celebrated. I just don't understand why my team exists in a vacuum. It's nice hearing people talking about your team isn't it?