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In this episode, Anthony Sciandra and Chad DeDominicis discuss the Sabres picking up their first win of the season against the Ottawa Senators. 2:00 - First win of the season 12:29 - Josh Doan 18:29 - Alex Lyon 23:45 - Overview through 4 games Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis previews the Buffalo Sabres' 2025-26 season, discussing a variety of topics. 3:00 - Three Questions 19:35 - Breakout Players 24:48 - Alex Tuch extension 31:03 - Season Prediction Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this week's Mailbag Thursday episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses a variety of topics, such as Zach Benson, playmaking talent, and more. 1:20 - Zach Benson Expectations 7:35 - Playmaking talent 10:30 - New Strength Coach Impact on Injuries 13:40 - Seth Appert15:15 - What If Scenarios 20:56 - Power Play and Penalty Kill Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the injury concerns for the Buffalo Sabres as they approach their opening night, just one week away. The episode concludes with an analysis of how the power play has performed so far in the preseason. 2:00 - Luukkonen Injury 7:57 - Defense Injuries 11:23 - Ryan Johnson 17:11 - Power Play Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis reviews the first two games of the Buffalo Sabres' preseason and discusses the events of the first week of training camp. 1:29 - Preseason Start 4:40 - Goalies 11:15 - Top line 13:50 - Konsta Helenius1 17:10 - Zac Jones 22:12 - Radim Mrtka Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

Chad DeDominicis was joined by Shayna Goldman of The Athletic in our second episode of the analytics summer series. Background - 2:10 Importance of context - 9:00 Best ways to learn - 17:24 What's next in analytics - 23:22 Sponsor: One Pie Pizza

Eddy Tabone and Vlad join Chad DeDominicis to kick off the Expected Buffalo analytics summer series. We touched on model building, adjusting as the game changes, what's next, and the crossover with lacrosse. Backgrounds - 4:10 Model Building - 10:30 Adjustments - 20:30 What's next in hockey analytics - 26:38 Sponsor - One Pie Pizza

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis recaps day one of NHL free agency and other moves the Buffalo Sabres have made this offseason. Lafferty trade - 2:43 Alex Lyon - 4:58 Justin Danforth - 8:42 RFAs - 11:20 Outlook - 28:14 Podcast Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis recaps the big trade the Buffalo Sabres made already and what we could see happen less than 24 hours away from the 2025 NHL Draft. Peterka Trade - 2:00 Bowen Byram Trade Situation - 14:40 NHL Draft - 24:00 Podcast Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Austin Garret joins Chad DeDominicis to discuss the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft. 2:54 - Class thoughts 5:32 - Victor Eklund 7:46 - Porter Martone 9:40 - Jake O'Brien 14:49 - Roger McQueen 18:01 - Justin Carbonneau 22:15 - Worst option at 9 25:45 - Late 1st Options 29:25 - Trading 9th overall 31:48 - Late round options 36:45 - New draft rules Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerfo...

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis takes his turn in the general manager chair and goes through a mock offseason for the Buffalo Sabres. Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis answered a few questions from Buffalo Sabres fans about the offseason. Roster wishes - 2:26 Bo Byram/1st round pick - 6:00 Dahlin/Power Partner - 10:35 JJ Peterka - 13:45 Alex Tuch - 18:18 Defense - 25:18 Terry Pegula - 27:37 Braeden Schneider - 31:00 Lindy Ruff - 33:32 NHL Scouting Combine - 37:44 Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Anthony Sciandra takes the role of Buffalo Sabres general manager to run through our annual mock offseason episode. Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the Buffalo Sabres hiring Jarmo Kekalainen as the new senior advisor. He also gets into the idea of acquiring Jason Robertson and the NHL Scouting Combine. Kekalainen - 1:30 Robertson - 11:15 Combine - 23:12 Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis goes through where the Buffalo Sabres stand with potential changes to the front office and coaching staff. He also talks about the roster and the Amerks to end the show. 1:52 - Front Office 17:05 - Coaching Staff 24:00 - Roster (Byram/Samuelsson/Center) 34:47 - Amerks Podcast Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller Comerford Injury and Disability.

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses a busy day of front office news for the Buffalo Sabres. Confirmation that Kevyn Adams will remain as general manager, addition of Eric Staal, and more. 1:15 - Kevyn Adams remains as GM 4:30 - Eric Staal hired 8:43 - Seth Appert 22:00 - Jason Karmanos Future 28:36 - Special Advisor Podcast Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford Injury and Disabili...

In this offering episode, Chad DeDominicis spends some time going through the results of the NHL Draft Lottery. The Sabres fall two spots to the 9th overall pick. Lottery - 1:30 Prospects at 9 - 3:35 Trade Idea - 14:08 Podcast sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford Injury & Disability

The 2024-25 Sabres season has concluded. In this episode, Chad DeDominicis answers a handful of questions from fans about the club on and off the ice heading into the offseason. 1:00 - Noah Ostlund 4:00 - Jiri Kulich 14:05 - Kevyn Adams 21:00 - Offseason questions Podcast sponsors: One Pie Pizza & Hiller Comerford Injury & Disability Law

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the Buffalo Sabres' elimination from playoff contention for the 14th year in a row. It's time to start looking at why and officially shift into off-season mode. Official Elimination - 3:20 Positives down the stretch - 19:45 Offseason mode - 34:03 Official Sponsor: One Pie Pizza

In this edition of xB Mailbag Thursday, Chad DeDominicis answers three questions on the Buffalo Sabres. 2:01 - Responsibility for the 13-game losing streak 10:00 - Aaron Ekblad 13:03 - Reimer extension/Goaltending Official Sponsor: One Pie Pizza

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses a few players on the roster as we head into the final 9 games of the season. Jack Quinn - 4:35 Mattias Samuelsson - 16:00 NCAA Tournament - 23:00 Podcast sponsor: One Pie Pizza

On this mailbag Thursday, Chad DeDominicis answered three questions. One on the Sabres' upcoming RFA's, another on a trade scenario, and lastly one on the goaltending. At the end, he highlighted the Sabres prospects in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis focuses on three players who have stood out for the Sabres in their roles this season. Ryan McLeod, Peyton Krebs, and Zach Benson have been successful in what they've been asked to do this season. The show ends by re-hashing the analytics debate that was decided years ago. Injuries - 3:23 McLeod - 6:09 Krebs - 13:05 Benson - 17:48 Analytics - 25:31 Official Sponso...

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis puts a bow on the Buffalo Sabres trade deadline moves. The conversation then shifts to a discussion on the Rasmus Dahlin false report, and what all of this means for the organization moving forward. We're at the breaking point of the Kevyn Adams era. 2:16 - Trade Deadline moves 11:31 - Dahlin report & Kevyn Adams last stand 26:26 - Player decisions for the off...

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the latest with the Buffalo Sabres going into the trade deadline day. 1:54 - JJ Peterka Rumors 14:29 - Other Deadline Thoughts Official Sponsor: One Pie Pizza