Is he good? I dunno…

Told Jason Robertson is being as professional as can be about not making Team USA. Obviously disappointed, knows he did all he can do and can only control what he can. Obviously, anything can still happen with injuries, and he'd be an obvious option if so

Columbus, hello

Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick Adam Kleber has really impressed me at the WJC. 6'6" defenseman who makes really good reads and can handle the puck in the defensive zone. Modern shutdown defenseman.

Whoo boy. Lots to unpack about the USA men's hockey roster. #nhl Here's @joeyerdon.bsky.social take. bleacherreport.com/articles/253...

Also here we go

There we go

Has no one put together a solid NHL starter pack here? Because I’ll do it

Your favorite trio of intrepid Sabres writers over here are en route to Columbus for maybe some history tomorrow afternoon?

Team USA’s men’s roster for the Olympics is very familiar. It’s also missing more than a few star players. Winners, losers - we got em bleacherreport.com/articles/253...

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This is pretty much peak Gronk, covered the slip and fall at the end perfectly though

Game’s over and now the glass is filled with a nice rye. Cheers, y’all. Happy new year.

That win was, by far, the best and most impressive one of this streak for the Sabres. That was a dominant effort against a great team.

The streak says, “All hail Dale.”

Blew him a kiss too

I reiterate

Tage got that “I’ve reportedly been named to the US Olympic team” strength going tonight

Kesselring’s been dealing with a lower body issue since the Ottawa game and that’s even if that issue is different from what he’s had going on before that. Obviously something of a concern.

Sabres playing with a purpose through the first two periods. Stars playing like they’re annoyed the Sabres are doing that

Nasty shot from Bo there - great rush up the ice

If you’re going to give Thompson that kind of room he’s going to make something happen. That simple.

Didn’t think that was a bad period for Buffalo apart from the first 15 second blitz

There isn’t an app that loves to send you emails more than the Gotham app - calm down guys

Well, that’s not not how you want to start a game if you’re the Sabres

I promised myself I wouldn’t do more than one shoveling pass and you guessed it, I’ll be doing more than one today

Stamkos has fallen off a little recently as a general player, but as a shooter he's been either good or extraordinary for his whole career.

Pretty amazing to see Steven Stamkos score his 600th goal and there’s not a ton of fanfare about it? Or am I looking in the wrong corners of the internet?

Me seeing NHL games going on right now:

Penguins and Flyers making a trade on NYE has very odd vibes

Not terribly surprised by Canada’s Olympic roster. The swaps they made check out. A little surprised Sam Bennett was swapped out but I’m guessing it was either him or Tom Wilson for that kind of role.

Sabres pride night is January 6 FYI. Yes, I know, the date. I get it.

The red helmets are so much better

How well has your goalie performed this month? @joeyerdon.bsky.social has his mark for our #NHL goalie report cards! bleacherreport.com/articles/252...

Our final Team USA men's hockey projections for the Olympics from @joeyerdon.bsky.social here! #NHL bleacherreport.com/articles/253...

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Buddy, I like prog stuff. No one wants my list.

We’ll find out on January 2 who will be on Team USA at the Olympics… so I’m taking one last guess before they announce it bleacherreport.com/articles/253...

The Sabres streak goes to…

Lindy Ruff kind of busted Peyton Krebs’ chops about hitting empty nets the other night and he buried that one from long range to make it a two goal lead - that’ll play

Hofer can be adventurous sometimes, eh?

I mean it doesn’t have to look picture perfect it just has to go past the goalie

OK I’ll admit it, I don’t understand the ad where the guy is on the radio doing a weather forecast but he’s actually on the phone to his friends/family. What’s going on there

That’s a much better period, obviously. The Mattias Samuelsson legend continues to grow after his pass to Tuch for the tying goal.

Well there’s a class Tuch ripper right there. Big smooth snapper

That’s a really kicky kind of move for sure. Tough to argue about that one

A couple of self-inflicted wounds end up in the back of the Sabres net. Not a total disaster first period, just an uncomfortable one

Sabres losing track of guys around the net is not something we’ve seen much lately. Less than ideal to say the least

But it could be SO much better

Rob Ray was 100% right about Lyon’s anticipation there. He also might’ve been crossed up by Samuelsson’s body language in coverage there. Fumble by Dahlin sparks that goal