After The Whistle

SABRES WINNING STREAK COMES TO AN END AFTER A TOUGH LOSS VS FLA. WHAT DO WE CHALK THAT LOSS UP TO? -COZENS WATCH -TOP LINE -D MAKING BAD PINCHES -UNDISCIPLINED NPENALTIES OCTOBER IS OVER AND THE SABRES ARE 4-5-1 IN 10 GAMES, WITH A 14 GAME, VERY WINNABLE SCHEDULE IN NOVEMBER, THE SABRES NEED TO TRY AND WIN 10 GAMES TO STAY IN THE HUNT. -MCDAVID INJURED. OF BAD, WHATS THAT MEAN FOR THE OILERS? Lear...

AFTER A SLOW START TO THE SEASON, THE SABRES BEAT DETROIT TO MAKE IT THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN. THEY ONLY DID THAT ONCE LAST SEASON, AND NOT UNTIL FEBRUARY. WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR THIS, IS IT LINDY RUFF? TAGE BACK TO STAR FORM COZENS WILL GET THERE GOALTENDING IS SOLID Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG SAYS " THERE'S ONLY ONE SPOT AVAILABLE IN THIS LINE UP FOR JIRI KULICH, AND THAT'S IN BENSON'S SPOT" ARE THE SABRES IN ROSTER PREDICAMENT WITH THEIR TWO YOUNGEST PLAYERS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OVI NETS AN EMPTY NETTER IN 6-2 WIN VS PHILADELPHIA. DID ANYONE KNOW HE HAS THE EMPTY NET GOAL RECORD OF 58? PASSED WAYNE GRETZKY (56) LAST SEASON. MICHKOV HYPE = LINDROS HYPE IN PHILLY? WILL CONNOR BEDARD BE A STAR OR JUST A REALLY GOOD PLAYER IN THE NHL? WORLD SERIES RING WIN OR LOSE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN A HUGE GAME AGAINST THE DALLAS STARS. THE TALK OF THE GAME IS OWEN POWER. FANS ARE RAVING ABOUT HIS GAME, AND HOPING THIS IS THE OP WE GET ON NIGHTLY BASIS. HOW MUCH OF HIS IMPROVEMENT IS DUE TO LINDY RUFF. OTHER NOTABLE PLAYERS: GREENWAY, UPL, COZENS, THOMPSON, TUCH, KULICH FROZEN FRENZY: ALL 32 TEAMS IN ACTION, WHO ARE THE BIG STORIES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

SABRES HOST THE STARS TONIGHT. THEY NEED TO PLAY THEIR BEST HOCKEY IN ORDER TO GET OUT OCTOBER WITH A DECENT RECORD. TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STILL WORKING ON THE PP. THOMAS CHIMES IN WITH HIS THOUGHT ON THE POWERPLAY. WINNIPEG IS 5-0 IS UTAH THE REAL DEAL OR WILL REALITY SET IN SOON? RUTGER MCGROARTY DIDN'T MAKE ANY FANS IN WINNIPEG OVER THE OFFSEASON Learn more...

DOES ONE WIN AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS TAKE THE HEAT OFF THIS SABRES TEAM? ABSOLUTELY NOT. A WIN CAN DISGUISE THE NEGATIVITY FOR A DAY OR TWO, BUT THE NEXT THREE GAMES COULD DETERMINE SOMEONE'S FATE IN THE FRANCHISE. SABRES POWER PLAY IS 0-21 SOME PLAYERS NEED TO PLAY THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES. PETERKA LOOKING GOOD AND BIG CONTRACT COULD BE COMING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

SABRES LOSE ANOTHER GAME AIN A FASHION WE THOUGHT WAS BEHIND US. LOSING THE WAY THE SABRES HAVE LOST GAMES THIS SEASON IS SUPPOSED TO UNACCEPTABLE, BUT AROUND HERE IT FEELS LIKE A LOSING CULTURE AND BIG PAYCHECKS ARE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PLAYERS HAPPY. POWER, SAMUELSSON AND COZENS HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS MAKING A COMBINED $20,000,000.00 BETWEEN THEM. TIME TO WAKE UP OR MAKE A MOVE SHIP...

SABRES BLOW MULTIPLE LEADS IN PITTSBURGH AND CROSBY AND MALKIN WILL THEIR TEAM BACK TO A WIN. BOTH PLAYERS HITTING HUGE MILESTONES IN THE GAME, CROSBY 1600TH POINT AND MALKIN 500TH GOAL. THREE BIG TICKET PLAYERS ON THE SABRES NEED TO GET THEIR HEADS OUT THEIR ASSES IF THIS TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. JR DIDN'T HOLD BACK WHEN IT CAME TO HIS ANALYSIS. "NO URGENCY, AND THEY...

BLUE JACKETS HONOR JOHNNY GAUDREAU IN THEIR HOME OPENER BY PLAYING THE FIRST :13 SECONDS OF THE GAME WITHOUT A LEFT WINGER. EICHEL/REINHART SHARE LEAGUE LEAD IN POINTS. CELLINO CRASH COURSE: SABRES HAVE NEW PP UNITS FOR THE ROAD TRIP WHAT ARE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS TEAM IN THE NEXT 3 GAME (PITT, CBJ, CHI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

REMINISCING ABOUT AN OLD PRACTICE WHEN TWO TEAMMATES COLLIDED AND ONE DROPPED THE GLOVES AND TRIED TO CLAW THE OTHER GUYS EYES OUT OF HIS HEAD.. WHO WAS IT? ROB RAY TO THE SABRES HALL OF FAME SABRES LOOKING GOOD AS THEY GET READY TO HIT THE ROAD FOR 3 GAMES (PIT, CBJ AND CHI) OILERS SUCK RIGHT NOW SHESTERKIN SHOULD BE PAID TOP DOLLAR? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON VS THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPS. A SOLID TEAM EFFORT ALL AROUND. SOME PLAYERS STILL AREN'T THERE YET, AND GET GOING IF THE TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. LEADING THE LEAGUE IN HITS PER GAME, THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOME PENT UP FRUSTRATION AS RASMUS DAHLIN AND PEYTON KREBS DROP THE GLOVES AFTER DAHLIN TRIED TO "SUBMARINE" HIM. IS THE TAM MORAL LOW, OR JUST A...

GREAT TO HAVE JR BACK! LOTS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE. HEAR THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT PLANNING IS LIKE FOR A HALL OF FAMER AND THE ALL THE FESTIVITIES? IS CONNER BEDARD GOING TO EXPLODE IN HIS SECOND SEASON IN THE NHL, OR WILL IT TAKE MORE TIME TO GET TO STARDOM, JR IS CONFUSED THAT SHESTERKIN WOULD TURN DOWN HIS MOST RECENT CONTRACT OFFER.. SHOULD THE RANGERS TRADE HIM? Learn more about your...

SABRES HAD THEIR HOME OPENER LAST NIGHT. LINDY RUFF RECEIVED A WARM OVATION WHILE GM KEVYN ADAMS WAS MADE AWARE THAT THESE FANS ARE ANGRY. SABRES HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES TO WIN THE GAME BUT COULDN'T CAPITALIZE. -BENSON NO GOAL -McCLEOD PENALTY SHOT -TUCH BREAKAWAY GOAL -UPL -PP 0-11 THIS SEASON NEXT GAME: FLA PANTHERS @HOME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"FACEOFF" ON PRIME IS A HOT SHOW THESE DAYS. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THEAMS, AND THEIR STAR PLAYERS. SPEAKING OF STARS, DO THE SABRES HAVE ANY? CRASH COURSE: SABRES THE YOUNGEST TEAM..... AGAIN! IT HASN'T WORKED YET, SO WHY NOT TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TUESDAY'S WITH THOMAS ARE BACK! VAN MADE A RETURN APPEARANCE TO THE SHOW AFTER A NICE SUMMER OFF. WHATS HE BEEN UP TO, WHO'S THIS BLAKE VANEK KID WE'RE READING ABOUT, THE SABRES CAPTAINS, THEIR LATEST VIDEO SESSION WITH LINDY, INJURY LIST, THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME AND MORE! PANTHERS CUP RINGS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WERE EMBARRASSING IN PRAGUE. TODAY WE WERE CRITICAL, BUT FAIR. LINDY RUFF BETTER GET THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASSES BY THURSDAY. LET'S HOPE WE CAN CHALK IT UP TO TOO MUCH FUN WHILE AWAY, BECAUSE IF THATS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, THEN WE'RE IN FOR A LONG SEASON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WITH ALL THE INJURIES TAKING PLACE THIS PRESEASON, IS ITTIME FOR THE LEAGUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT GETTING RID OF 2-3 EXHIBITION GAMES AND ADDING 2 REGULAR SEASON GAMES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PETE ROSE DIED THIS WEEK, KNOWN MOST FOR HIS GAMBLING ON BASEBALL, IMAGINE IF SPORTS TEAMS COULD BET ON THEIR OWN GAMES TO WIN. HOW HARD WOULD THEY WORK? SO MUCH ADDED INCENTIVE. SABRES OPENING WEEKEND VS THE NJ DEVILS: -LINDY'S OLD TEAM (MONEY ON THE BOARD) -HOWS THE PP GOING TO LOOK -NJ A BETTER TEAM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE SABRES THIS SEASON AS ITS "WIN NOW" MODE AROUND THE TEAM. WILL THE SABRES BE OVER/UNDER 88.5 POINTS THIS SEASON IN THE STANDINGS? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? JEREMY SWAYMAN MAKING LIFE DIFFICULT ON THE BRUINS. WHAT'S HE WORTH, HOW'S HE RANK TO SHESTERKIN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES OPENING NIGHT LINEUP IS LOOKING LIKE A TEAM THAT CAN COMPETE AGAINST THE TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE, ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. GOING THROUGH THE LINE UP, TOP TO BOTTOM. KREBS TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. TWO MORE YEARS FOR CROSBY IN PITT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG IS BACK FROM ITALY AND READY FOR HOCKEY SEASON. OUR THOUGHTS ON LINDY RUFF'S DEMANDING TRAINING CAMP, THE NEW SABRES CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANTS AND WHAT EXPCT FROM THE RTEAM ON OPENING NIGHT. CELLINO SABRE A DAY: UPL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A FEW FACTS TO HELP CRAIG IN HISDAY TO DAY LIFE. WHAT HAPPENS IF HE USED THE TERM "BABY" TO HIS WIFE? DO THE SABRES HAVE A TRUE #1 CENTERMAN? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: TAGE THOMPSON OUR OVER/UNDER POINT TOTAL FOR TAGE IS 80. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRAING CAMP IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IT FEELS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IN PAST YEARS. LINDY RUFF IS LAYING THE HAMMER DOWN ON A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN CODDLED FOR YEARS. A BLOWOUT WIN IN THE FIRST EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST A TEAM OF PROSPECTS IS NOT A MEASURING STICK. LINDY IS STACKING HIS LINEUPS FOR EXHIBITION GAMES, WHY? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: BOWAN BYRAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

RIVS CATCHES UP MID PENNE.. GAINING WEIGHT AND RENTING FERRARI'S CELLINO SABRE A DAY: JACOB BRYSON AND NICOLAS AUBE-KUBEL BOTH PLAYERS ON ONE YEAR DEALS (BRYSON $900K AND KUBEL ($1.5M) WHAT WILL THEIR CONTRIBUTION BE THIS SEASON AND GOING FORWARD? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices