Lindy’s 31st

Five Goals, two-goal lead, still lost

Captain Dahlin took only 16 seconds after Tampa scored to tie the game at one

Lightning 6 – Sabres 5 I could point out the imbalanced officiating of a melee of players roughing it up that singled out Buffalo’s Captain while ignoring simultaneous infractions that were occurring, but there would be nothing to gain from that.

Center Krebs gives Buffalo the 3-2 lead

Of course you cannot blame a head coach for a porous goaltender, but this is not the first time this season where the Sabres scored five times had a lead and lost the game, something has to give.

Center Thompson scores and Buffalo is up 4-3

The year was 2011, Buffalo’s last playoff appearance, seven head coaches later were back to Lindy who Buffalo dismissed after a dismal start to the 2012-13 shortened NHL season, and now after New Jersey fired him before the end of last season curiously the Sabres brain trust thought he could be this team’s answer.

RW Peterka unassisted goal and the Sabres are up 5-3

As my Grandmother would lament during stressful times, “this too will pass”, is going to have to be this season’s rallying cry as the Sabres skate headlong into their 14th season without acquiring a playoff seeding.

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  1. We’re watching TSN’s TradeCentre and about an hour ago heard that Buffalo and Jason Zucker have agreed to a 2-year extension worth $4.75M per

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  2. Wow.

    Just now there was an announcement about a trade between Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Sens.

    Buffalo gives up Cozens, Gilbert and a 2nd round pick (2026) and gets Norris and Bernard-Docker.

    This is confusing to me.

    I’ll wait for your article on Trade Deadline Day before commenting more on this development.

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