After The Whistle

NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THE MATH WORKS BUT FEELS ARE THE SABRES COULD END THE 14 YEAR DROUGHT TONIGHT IN OTTAWA, WITH SOME HELP AROUND THE LEAGUE. WOULD BE HARD TO BELIEVE THEY DON'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS WITH 102 POINTS IF THEY WIN TONIGHT. WHAT ARE SOME PERSONAL PLAYER MILESTONES WE'D LIKE TO SEE HIT IN THE LAST 7 GAMES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN 4-3 VS NYI TOP OF THE ATLANTIC WITH 100pts AND TIED FOR 3RD IN THE LEAGUE. NO PENALTY ON THE NORRIS HIT? NO RESPONSE RIGHT AWAY? WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY. "METSA WORLD PEACE" SCORES AROUND THE LEAGUE LAST NIGHT AND STANDINGS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WNY MINOR HOCKEY HAS THEIR ANNUAL TRYOUTS. WHY DO THEY DO IT THE WAY THEY DO? METSA BACK UP. DOES HE PLAY, AND WHO SITS OUT? KESSELRING BACK NEXT YEAR? WHO'S IN/WHO'S OUT: SABRES ARE NOT SAFE WITH WHERE THEY SIT IN THE STANDINGS. A LOOK AT THE LEAGUE STANDINGS. DOMI VS GUDAS TORTS WINS FIRST GAME WITH VEGAS CELEBRINI HITS 101 PTS: WHAT'S HIS NEXT CONTRACT LOOK LIKE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WITH ONLY 8 GAMES REMAINING THE SABRES NEED TO GET BACK TO THEIR EARLY MARCH BRAND OF HOCKEY. THE LAST 4 GAMES THEY'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE LOOSE IN THEIR PLAY. THEY ARE PLAYING MORE DESPERATE TEAMS AND LOOKS LIKE THY'RE RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS. TIMMINS IN, METSA LOANED TO ROCHESTER? WHO IS THE REAL CANDIDATE FOR COACH OF THE YEAR, IS THERE ONLY ONE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE VOICE OF THE SABRES JOINED US TO TALK ABOUT HIS PATH TO THE NHL, REPLACING THE LEGENDARY RJ, AND CALLING THE FIRST SABRES PLAYOFF GAME IN 15 YEARS. -THE TAMPA BAY GAME -WORKING WITH RAYZOR -WHO IS HIS UNSUNG HERO? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HEAD OUT WEST AND GO 3-0-1, ADDING 7 POINTS TO THE STANDINGS. NO ONE EXPECTED THAT AS THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR CASE AS THE "MOST EXCITING TEAM IN HOCKEY" LOOKING AT THIS ROSTER GOING FORWARD, HOW WILL THEY FIND THE MONEY TO KEEP ALL THESE PLAYERS NEXT SEASON? DEPARTMENT OF PLAYER SAFETY DOES IT AGAIN. 3 GAMES FOR AJ GREER'S HIT ON CONNOR ZARY IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WITH ANOTHER HUGE 5-0 WIN IN SAN JOSE. EVERY PLAYER ON THE TEAM WAS A PLUS. SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR THIS TEAM. WHATS UP WITH KESSELRING, IS HE JUST A HEALTHY SCRATCH OR IS THER MORE TO IT? TUCH'S PERCENTAGE OF THE CAP MORE THAN TAGES WHEN HE SIGNED? SABRES SHOULD REACH CONFERENCE FINALS... AT LEAST! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US THAT APPARENTLY THERE WAS A BIT OF A "BLOW OUT" IN THE SABRES LOCKER ROOM AND THIS NEW TEAM IS 100% PLAYER DRIVEN. STANDINGS ARE TIGHT PLAYOFF FORMAT PLAYER SAFETY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE TEAM PLAYS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT PROPERLY. A GOOD MIX OF VETERAN PLAYERS, EXPERIENCE, A FEW CUPS IN THE ROOM AND PLENTY OF PHYSICALITY TO NOT GET PUSHED AROUND, AND GIVE PLAYERS SOME ADDED BALLS. DO THEY HAVE THE GOALTENDING TO MAKE A RUN ZACH METSA SHOULD STAY IN THE LINE UP. THE 8 D THE SABRES HAVE IS THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE SABRES PLAYED THE LEAFS. -WILL BECK MALENSTYNE WANT TO SIGN BACK IN BUFFALO? -NO ALEX TUCH VS MTL SHOWED WHAT HE MEANS TO THIS LINE UP -SCHENN/STANLEY CRITICIZED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NICK SCHMALTZ SIGNS 8X$8M.. IS HE A GOOD COMPARABLE TO ALEX TUCH? WHATS THE LOWEST AAV TUCH SHOULD ACCEPT, AND DOES THE SABRES BEING GOOD MEAN IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO GET HIS SIGNED. WHO IS BRODIE ZIEMER? SABRES SHOULD NOT LOSE TO THE CAPITALS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN ANOTHER GAME, AT HOME, VS THE SAN JOSE SHARKS. AND ARE NOW TOP OF THE ATLANTIC WITH TB LOSING TO COLUMBUS. WELCOME TO BUFFALO, LOGAN STANLEY. GREAT SCRAP AT CENTER ICE. BECK MALANSTYNE IS 2-0 IN HIS FIGHTS IN BACK TO BACK GAMES. LINDY RUFF TOP CANDIDATE FOR JACK ADAMS AWARD JACK QUIN HAS THREE GOALS AND AN ASSIST. IS HE CHAMGING OUR MINDS? WE HAD A GREAT DEBATE ABOUT HIS ROLE AND FUTURE IN BUFFALO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 GOALS 5 FIGHTS 102 PIMS AND 1ST PLACE IN THE DIVISION ON THE LINE. HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE MOST ENTERTAINING GAME IN BUFFALO, IN THE LAST 19 YEARS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ACQUIRE THREE PHYSICAL, DEPTH PLAYERS THAT WILL ADD MUCH NEEDED TOUGHNESS TO THEIR LINE UP. LOGAN STANLEY, LUKE SCHENN AND SAM CARRICK: HOW DO WE RATE THESE MOVES, WHERE DO THEY FIT, AND IS JARMO DONE BUILDING THIS TEAM FOR A DEEP PLAYOFF RUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LOTS OF TALK ABOUT THE SABRES ACQUIRING BIG NAMES AT THE DEADLINE. BUYING SEEMS TO BE PLAN AS THE SABRES WIN THEIR FIRST FOUR GAMES BACK AFTER THE OLYMPIC BREAK. WHAT DOES A COLTON PARAYKO TRADE DO FOR THIS TEAM? ROBERT THOMAS, RASMUS RISTOLAINEN AND OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON ARE ALSO NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN TOSSED AROUND . KEEP ALEX TUCH AS YOUR OWN RENTAL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN THEIR FIRST GAME BACK AFTER THE OLYMPIC BREAK. WHERE DO WE STAND WITH PEYTON KREBS? NEXT TWO GAMES VS TB AND FLA THN HOME TO VEGAS FOR TAGE'S RETURN SINCE WINNING GOLD, AND A FAMILIAR FOE ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SCOREBOARD WATCHING IN FULL EFFECT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

USA HOCKEY WORLD IS ON FIRE. THE MENS HOCKEY TEAM ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND STATE OF THE UNION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JEREMY ROENICK SHARES HIS HONEST THOUGHTS. BRACE YOURSELF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HALF THE NHL IS BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT. ALL EYES ON TEAM USA PLAYERS AND IF THEY PAY IN THEIR TEAMS FIRST GAME BACK. DAHLIN IN FOR THE SABRES, WHAT ABOUT TAGE? SABRES HAVE 70 POINTS WITH 25 GAMES LEFT. THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD BUT CAN THEY KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING FOR A FINAL PUSH TO BREAK THE DROUGHT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CANADA MEN AND WOMEN BOTH LOSE GOLD TO TEAM USA LOSE THEIR TITLE AS THE "WORLD HOCKEY POWER" WHO WAS THE BETTER TEAM? 3 ON 3 TO DECIDE A GOLD CONNOR HELLEBUYCK: THE BEST GOALIE IN THE WORLD THE SORE LOSING FROM CANADIANS, AND SORE WINNING FROM THE US FANS IS EMBARRASSING TO WATCH AND READ, AND IT'S ALL FUELED BY POLITICS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PREDICTIONS FOR THE MENS OLYMPIC GOLD . LOTS OF LOVE FOR CANADA AND THE USA, BUT ARE THERE ANY SLEEPER TEAMS? BEST TEAM MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THERE WHATS HAPPENED TO CANAD'S GOALTENDING OVER THE YEARS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HIT THE BREAK SITTING IN A PLAYOFF SPOT. THEY PLAYED THEIR WORST GAME IN THE LAST 27. IT WILL BE A SPRINT TO THE FINISH WHEN THEY COME BACK. HEALTHY BODIES WHEN THEY RETURN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GAVIN MCKENNA IS THE TALK OF THE HOCKEY WORLD. WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT WE DO KNOW HE MESSED A KID UP PRETTY BAD FOR ALLEGEDLY CALLING HIS MOTHER A "WHORE" ARTEMI PANARIN TRADED TO LA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES PICK UP 3 OUT 4 POINTS IN FLORIDA. ONE GAME REMAINING BEFORE THE LONG BREAK. IS THIS BREAK GOOD TIMING OR BAD FOR THIS TEAM? WHO NEEDS TO HEAL UP? UPL AND GOALTENDING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES LOSE THE BIGGEST GAME IN YEARS AT HOME. IT WAS HARD FOUGHT "LIKE A PLAYOFF GAME". THE STANDINGS ARE TIGHT AND THE BREAK IS NEXT WEEK.. CAN THE SABRES HOLD ON TO A PLAYOFF SPOT GOING INTO THE BREAK? -TUCH LASH: NOT STOP TALK ABOUT TUCH BUT HOW CAN WE NOT? -OLYMPICS COMING UP -STADIUM SERIES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A GREAT CHAT WITH "THE DOMINATOR" ON HIS 61ST BIRTHDAY. LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEARS, THE ACCOLADES AND THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL VS A STANLEY CUP. WORST HELMET IN GOALIE HISTORY NO GOAL VS DALLAS HOW DID THEY WIN GOLD IN 1998 BEST SHOOTER OF HIS ERA IS HE THE GREATEST GOALIE OF ALL TIME? ONE GAME FOR HIS LIFE, WHO DOES HE PICK TO PLAY GOAL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES CRUSHED THE LEAFS IN TORONTO. NOW 3RD IN THEIR DIVISION, DETROIT IS IN THEIR SIGHTS AND IS IT TOO SOON TO LOOK AT TB? IS IT HARDER TO TRADE TUCH NOW? DOES THIS COACHING STAFF COME BACK IF THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS 3 GOALIE ROTATION HAS ACTUALLY WORKED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NOT THE CLEANEST GAME, BUT THE SABRES BEAT THE CANADIENS IN A HUGE DIVISIONAL MATCHUP. SABRES ARE 17-3-1 IN THEIR LAST 21 GAMES. IS THIS A PLAYOFF TEAM? WILL THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS? KREBS IN THE EN KING YOUNG GUNS STRIKE AGAIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JOSH DOAN SIGNS A HUGE CONTRACT AFTER HIS SHORT TIME IN BUFFALO. TOO MUCH OR FAIR CONTRACT FOR BOTH? DOES HE REPLACE ALEX TUCH? GAME VS MTL AND SCHEDULE AHEAD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE BEEN THE HOTTEST TEAM IN THE NHL SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SITTING IN WC 1, WHERE CAN THEY GO FROM HERE? OHSTLUND, HELENIUS AND BENSON PUT ON A CLINIC. OWEN POWER LOOKING BETTER AND BETTER. MONTREAL 2X IN NEXT 9 DAYS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHAT A WEEKEND WITH SOME OLD TEAMMATES. LOTS OF OLD FACES AND OLD MEMORIES, AND NOW NEW ONES.. WHAT ARE THE SABRES GOING TO DO NOW THAT TRADES ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN? STANDINGS ARE STILL VERY TIGHT. NOBODY IS OUT YET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices