After The Whistle

SEASON OPENS THIS WEEK. SABRES OPEN THURSDAY VS NYR. ARE THEY BULT TO OVERCOME A 15TH CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASON. WHAT ARE THE LINES, D PAIRINGS, AND HOW INJURIES HAVE ALREADY MADE ENOUGH EXCUSES FOR NEXT YEAR. #33 WILL GO TO THE RAFTERS IN BOSTON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES KEEP GETTING BAD NEWS IN THE INJURY DEPARTMENT. UPL LEAVES GAME AFTER TWO PERIODS, OWEN POWER STRAINED SOMETHING. IT'S A LEAGUE WIDE CONCERN. OWEN POWER'S HEALTH AND SEASON ARE CRUCIAL TO THE SABRES. MORE FRONT LOADED DEALS HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT AROUND THE LEAGUE. CAN/WILL THE SABRES HAVE TO START CHANGING HOW THEY STRUCTURE THEIR CONTRACTS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

THE STRUCTURE OF THE KAPRIZOV CONTRACT IS BONKERS.. WHAT WAS BILL GUERIN THINKING? WHAT DOES KAPRIZOV DEAL DO FOR TUCH CONTRACT, REST OF THE MARKET? SABRES LAST TWO PRESEASON GAMES VS PITT. INJURIES PILING UP IN BUFFALO. MONTREAL/OTTAWA PRESEASON GAME: XHEKAJ BROTHERS GET ROWDY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

INJURIES KEEP PILING UP FOR THE SABRES.. SAMUELSSON IS WEEK TO WEEK, BOWEN BYRAM IS NURSING SOMETHING. HEALTH NEEDS TO BE IN THE SABRES FAVOUR THIS SEASON. SPITTIN CHICLETS DISCUSS THE SABRES 14 YEAR DROUGHT AND REFER TO THE GM AS "KEVYN ALLEN" 8 X $17M FOR KAPRIZOV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHO IS THE GREATEST #77 IN NHL HISTORY? ARTEMI PANARIN LOOKING TO CASH IN ON OPEN MARKET, OR TAKE LESS AND STAY ON BROADWAY? RYAN JOHNSON SEEMS TO BE STICKING AROUND A LITTLE LONGER AT SABRES CAMP, DOES HE MAKE THE OPENING NIGHT ROSTER? MATTIAS SAMUELSSON IS INJURED AGAIN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHAT SHOULD THE SABRES DO WITH RADIM MRTKA? GO BACK TO THE WHL OR TURN PRO AND PLAY IN THE AHL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PIERRE LEBRUN'S REPORT CONFIRMS WHAT CRAIG SAID REGARDING TUCH/SABRES NEGOTIATIONS WHAT THE UNKNOW SALRAY CAP MARKET MEANS FOR UNSIGNED PLAYERS SABRES PRESEASON LOSS TO DETROIT.. DEVON LEVI MIGHT BE THE ONLY HAPPY PLAYER AFTER THE GAME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE 2-0 IN PRESEASON. IS THIS THE YEAR THEY LOSE THE "JOKE OF PRO SPORTS" TITLE AND MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? NO ROOM FOR YOUNG GUYS THISB YEAR. IF THE SABRES NEED TO RELY ON THEIR YOUTH AS DEPTH THIS YEAR, THE SEASON WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE ON THE BRINK OF YET ANOTHER BAD DECISION. A NEW GOAL SONG IS BEING DECIDED ON AND IT SEEMS AGAIN LIKE THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS, DON'T KNOW THEIR AUDIENCE. DAHLIN COULD ONLY REACH NUMBER 2 BEST DEFENSEMAN IN THE LEAGUE, BECAUSE OF A GUY NAMED MAKAR. PRESEASON GAME 1 RECAP. MRTKA LOOKED GOOD, LOTS OF POSITIVES FROM GAME 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

JOHNATHON HUBERDEAU "DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SKATING TODAY" OR DID WE BITE ON THE SPIN? KOPITAR ANNOUNCES THIS WILL BE HIS LAST SEASON. MCDAVID TO LA IN 2026? MASON MCTAVISH HOLDING OUT IN ANAHEIM. RASMUS DAHLIN'S LETTER REGARDING HIS FIANCE. WHY WRITE IT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LINDY RUFF'S OPTIMISM SEEMS REAL AND GIVES YOU BELIEF THAT THIS TEAM TOOK THEIR OFF SEASON VERY SERIOUSLY. BETTER TEAM DEFENSE, MORE PHYSICAL AND HARDER TO PLAY AGAINST. WHO'S ON THE PP, WHO STARTS IN NET, WHAT ARE THE D PAIRINGS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KEVYN ADAMS ADDRESSED THE MEDIA TODAY AS CAMPS OFFICIALLY OPEN. NOT A GOOD START TO SABRES TRAINING CAMP. UPL, GREENWAY HURT.. TUCH DAY TO DAY AND STILL NO EXTENSION, THERE ARE STILL SOME POSITIVES TO TAKE AWAY. NO MORE "CORE FOUR" IN TORONTO. OVI TURNS 40. HOW LONG WILL HE PLAY AND IS 1000 GOALS ATTAINABLE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES PROSPECTS GO 0-3 AND SOME UNDER PERFORMED. WHATS THE STATUS ON THE SABRES PROSPECT TALENT POOL. JT MILLER NAMED NYR CAPTAIN WHO ARE ALL THE CAPTAINS JONATHON TOEWS READY FOR WPG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG TALKS ABOUT THE FEEDBACK HE RECEIVED FROM PROSPECT CAMP. 'BEST PLAYER ON THE ICE" LEADS TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE SABRES SHOULD BE MANAGING YOUNG RADIM MRTKA. MCDAVID TO LA? NO NEWS ON TUCH WHAT DID LOVE DO IN HIS COACHING MEETINGS ANOTHER STADIUM SERIES.. THIS TIME IT'S IN FLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HOW DID WE END UP WITH NUMBERS 76 AND 52. SABRES PROSPECT HIT THE ICE.. WHO ARE THE FIRST CALL UPS THIS SEASON, AND CAN MAKE THE TEAM OUT OF TRAING CAMP? UPL HURT, SABRES SIGN GEORGIEV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THERE ARE SO MANY BIG NAMES THAT NEED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. BIG NUMBERS ARE BEING THROWN AROUND FOR SOME, AND SILENCE ON OTHERS.. WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO SET THEIR MARKET? CRAIG IS HUNG UP ON THE FACT THAT ALEX TUCH ISN'T SIGNED YET. EARLY CALDER CALL YOUNG PROSPECTS TO KEEP AN EYE AROUND THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOUR BANDITS PLAYING IN THE MANN CUP. WHAT IS THE MANN CUP? CLARIFICATION ON OUR STANCE REGARDING ALEX TUCH. OWEN POER HAS REHABBED AND WORKED HARD THIS OFFSEASON. SABRES NEED HIM TO TAKE A HUGE STRIDE THIS SEASON.. IN HIS OWN END. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A DEVILS MEMORY. ZACH BENSON WANTED DESIGNER LUGGAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS NUMBER 9. IMAGINE CONNOR MCDAVID PLAYING FOR ANOTHER TEAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BILLS WIN IN HUGE COMEBACK. DO SABRES PLAYERS HAVE A DESIRE TO FEEL THAT SAME LOVE FROM THE FANS? SABRES NEED TO CLEAR UP ANY UNCERTAINTY TO WIN BACK FANS. WHICH PLAYERS HAVE THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARKS GOING INTO TRAINING CAMP. THE FORGOTTEN/UNKNOWN SABRE: JOSH DOAN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RUMBLINGS THAT TUCH IS CLOSE TO SIGNING A LONG TERM EXTENSION WITH THE SABRES. WHAT'S THE RUSH? THERE WILL SO MANY OPTIONS FOR HIM. PLAYER IS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF HOCKEY IN THE CHL WITH YOUNG STARS SIGNING IN NCAA. HOW MUCH DID JOSH NORRIS HAVE TO SPEND TO GET HIS #9 FROM ZACH BENSON? DOES LANE HUTSON'S FATHER HAVE A POINT ABOUT HIS BOYS DUAL CITIZENSHIP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ONE OF US STILL LOVES HOCKEY, AND THE CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT AT WHAT AGE HE STOPPED LOVING IT, AND WHY. NHLPA AND NHL HAVE AGREED TO A CBA EXTENSION THROUGH 29-30. WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE CHANGES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KIDS ARE BACK TO SCHOOL AND SO ARE WE. IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE, NOT JUST WITH THE SABRES BUT WITH US, TOO. TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND VENOM FROMUS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WHATS THE NEW APPROACH LOOK LIKE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE POTENTIAL TO FINISH AS HIGH AS 3 IN THE ATLANTIC, BUT THE PRESSURE COULD MOUNT AND THEY COULD BUCKLE. WILL THE "OTHER ONES" BE ABLE TO STEP UP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THOMPSON AND TUCH BOTH NAMED TO TEAM USA OLYMPIC ORIENTATION CAMP. WHICH ONE HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING IT. DOES CAMP INVITE TO TUCH PUT PRESSURE ON SABRES TO GET DEAL DONE MASCOT JOB APPLICATION Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices