After The Whistle

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

LINDY RUFF COACHED HIS 1900TH NHL GAME VS FLORIDA. THIRD ALL TIME. DID HE MAKE A MISTAKE STARTING COLTON ELLIS? FANS UPSET ABOUT OWEN POWER MAKING AN "OWEN POWER"PLAY. FLORIDA MISSING THEIR THREE BEST FORWARDS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE WON 13 OUT OF 14 GAMES AND HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY. WHO ARE THE UNTOUCHABLES AND WHO ARE THE FIRST TO GO? MASSIVE GAMES COMING UP. 3 VS MONTREAL THIS MONTH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LOTS OF TALK OR JARMO KEKELAINEN MAKING A "SPLASH" TRADE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.. IS ARTEMI PANARIN A REAL OPTION FOR TO TRADE FOR, DO THE SABRES NEED THAT PLAYER? THE VANCOUVER WISH LIST LOGAN STANLEY AS A BOTTOM PAIR D MAN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE PROFESSOR'S ARE IN! SABRES ARE AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SEASON. THE TEAM IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD, AND CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE ENTIRE LEAGUE. HOW HAVE THE PLAYERS BEEN PERFORMING INDIVIDUALLY IN OUR EYES? HAVE A LISTEN TO THE GRADES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WAS THE OLIVIER/REAVES FIGHT THE END OF AN ERA? WHO HAS NEVER LOST THEIR TITLE AS AN NHL ENFORCER? THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEAM USA AND THE OLYMPIC SNUBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MULTIPLE TEAMS ARE CALLING FOR ALEX TUCH. ARE THE SABRES LISTENING OR LOOKING TO SIGN HIM? JOSH DOAN WANTS TO STAY LONG TERM IN BUFFALO. WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE. SABRES LINES VS VANCOUVER KREBS ON TOP LINE. SHOWCASING HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES DIDN'T BREAK THE FRANCHISE RECORD WITH THEIR 11TH WIN, BUT THEY WON THE HEARTS OF THE SABRES FANS BACK... FORNOW. CAN THEY REBOUND AND KEEP THIS THING GOING VS VANCOUVER AND BEYOND. CRAIG IS SENSITIVE TO BEING RAZZED BY FRIENDS ABOUT TEAM CANADA. TEAM USA OLYMPIC TEAM ANNOUNCED IT'S FINAL ROSTER, AND TAGE THOMPSON IS ON IT! WHO ARE SOME OLYMPIC SNUBS HEADING INTO THE GAMES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES LOOK FOR THEIR 10TH STRAIGHT WIN IN DALLAS. THINGS LOOKING GOOD FOR THE SABRES HEADING INTO 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAVE WON NINE STRAIGHT AND LOOKING TO TIE A FRANCHISE RECORD OF 10. THE NEW PLAN SHOULDN'T BE TO JUST MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THEY SHOULD BE TRYING TO WIN THE DIVISION. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ADDING IN THE FRONT OFFICE. BRINGING IN MARC BERGERVIN LEGITIMIZES THE FRONT OFFICE. WHAT MORE WILL HAPPEN? TEAM HAS WON 8 IN A ROW AND TIED FOR THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN THEIR FIRST GAME UNDER NEW GM JARMO KEKALAINEN. NOT THE PRETTIEST GAME, BUT IT'S NOW 4 IN A ROW. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? COACHES, 3 GOALIES, WHAT PLAYERS NEED TO GO? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JARMO KEKELAINEN IMPRESSED IN FIRST DAY ON THE PODIUM. THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES THE SABRES HIRE A GM WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLE. WE DISCUSS EVERYTHING HE ADDRESSED, AND OUR OWN "WISHLISTS" FIR HIS TODO'S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KEVYN ADAMS FIRED. NEVER DESERVED TO HAVE THE JOB, KILLED A FANBASE FOR 6 SEASONS AND FIRED TONS OF PEOPLE TO GET THERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WAITING AND HOPING FOR THE RUMOURS TO BE TRUE ABOUT KEVYN ADAMS GETTING FIRED. IT'S LONG OVERDUE, BUT DOES A 3 GAME WIN STREAK AND BEING .500 AT CHRISTMAS KEEP HIM ALIVE FOR NOW? HERE'S TO HOPING THAT MR. PEGULA HAS COME TO HIS SENSES. CONDOLENCES TO JARMO AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE LOSS OF HIS FATHER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN BACK TO BACK OUT WEST. WE SAID IF THEY CAN GO .500 ON THE TRIP, THAT IT WILL KEEP THEM IN THE HUNT. ONLY WAY IN SEEMS TO BE THROUGH THE ATLANTIC DIVISION -WHAT COULD YOU GET FOR OWEN POWER? -TRADE WITH VANCOUVER -PITT/EDMONTON SWAP GOALIES IN FIRST BIG TRADE OF THE SEASON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OLD TEAMMATE THOMAS VANEK JOINED US. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. WE GOT THE UPDATE ON HIS SON BLAKE, HIS PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE SUCCESS HAPPENING IN SAN JOSE, AND THE 05-06 REUNION IN JANUARY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HANG ON TO WIN IN OT IN EDM. ONE WIN WILL KEEP THE SHARKS AWAY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY PLAYED THEIR BEST. EASTERN CONFERENCE IS SO CLOSE, THE SABRES CAN STILL HAVE HOPE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE DEAD LAST IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE, NO CONSISTENCY, 3 GOALIES AND STRUGGLING PLAYERS. HOW IS THIS OWNER NOT MAKING CHANGES? KEVYN ADAMS SHOULD BE LONG GONE, AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHEN DOES TAGE SAY "IT'S TIME TO GO"? SABRES CAN'T STRING WINS TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CLIMB. WHAT HAPPENED IN PHILLY, AND THE CHALLENGE TO POINT THE FINGER AT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RESPONDING TO A FEW HILARIOUS TWEETS. OWEN POWER OVERLOAD, DUNNE AND MALENSTYNE PILLOWFIGHT IN PRACTICE. LEAGUE MANDATES HELMETS IN WARM UPS. OLYMPIC RINK DIDN'T HAVE A ROOF IN OCTOBER, AND THE ICE SIZE IS OFF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES ARE STARTING TO GET FULLY HEALTHY WITH THE RETURN OF JOSH NORRIS LAST NIGHT. THE BEST THE TEAM HAS LOOKED ALL SEASON. LINE DEPTH, INSERT A HIGH END PLAYER CAN BE THE MORAL BOOST A TEAM NEEDS. 6 GAMES ROAD TRIP CAN BE A STATEMENT TO THE LEAGUE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES LOSE WEDNESDAY AT PITT, SATURDAY 5-0 HOME TO NJ AND A SHOOTOUT WIN IN MIN. INJURED BODIES SLOWLY COMING BACK AND LAST PLACE IN THE EAST. WE WAIT FOR A HEALTHY ROSTER TO PROPERLY EVALUATE THIS WHOLE TEAM, BUT ONE PLAYERS IS JUST FLAT OUT BAD. OWEN POWER COULD BE A MASSIVE BUST FOR THIS FRANCHISE WJHILE CARRYING AN $8.35 AAV FOR 7 MORE YEARS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WITH TWO HUGE WINS, AFTER A DISASTROUS GAME VS CALGARY. 9-3 BEATDOWN ON CHICAGO, AND A NICE WIN AGAINST A TOP TEAM LIKE CAROLINA, THE SABRES ARE GETTING HEALTHY, AND TURNING THE CORNER. ZUCKER RETURNS BENSON BACK NORRIS OWEN POWER ICE TIME DECREASE ROSEN SENT BACK TO ROCHESTER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FORMER NHL DEFENSEMAN JAY MCKEE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS STYLE OF PLAY, AND BEING A GREAT TEAMMATE. NOW JAY IS MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF COACHING IN THE OHL WHERE HIS TEAM HIS UNDEFEATED IN REGULATION. WHAT IS THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MATTIAS SAMUELSSON CALLS OUT HIS TEAMMATES FOR BEING PASSENGERS. SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT LACK OF SKILL, THAT GAME HAD ZERO HEART. EVERYONE UNDER FIRE IN THIS EPISODE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MACK CELEBRINI AND CONNOR BEDARD AN=RE TAKING THE LEAGUE BY STORM CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN THE NHL AS THERE ARE MORE STARS NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. SABRES HAVE A WINNABLE GAME VS CALGARY. KESSELRING OUT FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND WHAT SHOULD THE SABRES DO WITH UPL AND THEIR GOALIE SITUATION? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN BIG IN DETROIT AND CRUSH THE OILERS AT HOME. TWO WINS DOESN'T GET YOU OUT OF THE BASEMENT THOUGH. KEMPE SIGNS 8 X $10.650 WHAT DOES THAT DEAL MEAN FOIR ALEX TUCH? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices