2025-26 NHL Season

[GoSU96]

1st 10 minutes of Sabres lighting went into a Time Machine back to the 70s

All time classic

Sabres now 1st in the Atlantic.

 

[Cusefan95]

All time classic

Sabres now 1st in the Atlantic.

Totally agree, that was amazing!

 

[STEVEHOLT]

All time classic

Sabres now 1st in the Atlantic.

first game since 86 to have 100+ PIM and 15 or more goals and 7th all time.

 

[BuffOrange]

1st 10 minutes of Sabres lighting went into a Time Machine back to the 70s

Including the Goaltending. What a game.

 

[Toga]

All time classic

Sabres now 1st in the Atlantic.

Hagler - Hearns Round 1.

Totally agree, that was amazing!

 

[OrangeFoo]

Hagler - Hearns Round 1.

I am a former hockey fan who got sucked back in by the Olympics and the fact that the Sabres are good again. This game was insane, while the skill wasn’t at the level of the gold medal match the intensity was off the charts a If these two teams face each other in the playoffs will the winner have anything left for the next round? If I was a gambling man I would short the Sabres the next few games.

Is it just me or was Power’s name called out during a lot of Tampa’s goals? Is he good and just had a rough night or what?

 

[Toga]

I am a former hockey fan who got sucked back in by the Olympics and the fact that the Sabres are good again. This game was insane, while the skill wasn’t at the level of the gold medal match the intensity was off the charts a If these two teams face each other in the playoffs will the winner have anything left for the next round? If I was a gambling man I would short the Sabres the next few games.

Is it just me or was Power’s name called out during a lot of Tampa’s goals? Is he good and just had a rough night or what?

I think Power is generally well regarded. To me he seems like a skilled 6'5" defenseman who is Charmin soft.

 

[BuffOrange]

Power takes are all over the board. Some people hate him because he's not as physical as his size suggests. But the skating and skill make him a plus player. Sort of the anti Ristolainen. My Bills comp would be Stef Gilmore.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Power takes are all over the board. Some people hate him because he's not as physical as his size suggests. But the skating and skill make him a plus player. Sort of the anti Ristolainen. My Bills comp would be Stef Gilmore.

Interesting... maybe it was just one of those nights. But he seemed to be there every time TB scored a goal.

 

[Cusefan95]

The Sabres needed a game like this. Their reputation has been that they’re a “soft” team for over a decade. I think Tampa came into this game thinking they can’t skate with the Sabres so they need to muck it up. And the Sabres didn’t get bullied and won the game.

The win was great. But the fact they went toe to toe with the Lightning was what teams around the league noticed.

 

[GoSU96]

I am a former hockey fan who got sucked back in by the Olympics and the fact that the Sabres are good again. This game was insane, while the skill wasn’t at the level of the gold medal match the intensity was off the charts a If these two teams face each other in the playoffs will the winner have anything left for the next round? If I was a gambling man I would short the Sabres the next few games.

Is it just me or was Power’s name called out during a lot of Tampa’s goals? Is he good and just had a rough night or what?

He and Samuelson didn’t have good nights, not as together they have been since December. That game was an outlier

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Thats not quite accurate in all the details. The Sens traded Evgenii Dadonov to Vegas, who were not on his no trade list. However - they did not disclose to Vegas an accurate list. Vegas then tried to trade him to the Ducks roughly a year later, but the Ducks were on his no trade list. The NHL invalidated the Vegas trade to the Ducks and stripped the Sens of their first round pick.

Now they’ve rescinded the draft pick loss.

NHL: Senators won't forfeit '26 1st-round pick for nixed '22 trade

The NHL will not make the Ottawa Senators forfeit their 2026 first-round draft pick for their role in a canceled 2022 trade between Vegas and Anaheim involving winger Evgenii Dadonov.

www.espn.com

 

[Cusefan95]

Now they’ve rescinded the draft pick loss.

NHL: Senators won't forfeit '26 1st-round pick for nixed '22 trade

The NHL will not make the Ottawa Senators forfeit their 2026 first-round draft pick for their role in a canceled 2022 trade between Vegas and Anaheim involving winger Evgenii Dadonov.

www.espn.com

As a hockey fan, I think this is crap. As a Devils fan…I think I’ll keep quiet.

 

[GoSU96]

Carrick is the only new Sabre that has been a positive.

 

[BuffOrange]

Carrick is the only new Sabre that has been a positive.

The eye test with those Jets certainly aligns with what the numbers geeks told us. Ooff.

 

[GoSU96]

The eye test with those Jets certainly aligns with what the numbers geeks told us. Ooff.

You can have one of them out to add some size, but both, no good.

The forward was a big dude, rather have Krebs or Benson or Kozak or Dunne out there on the 4th line