Bill Hoppe
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Covering the Buffalo Sabres for the Times Herald. Email me at billhoppesabres @gmail .com.
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I'll tweet this again w/Mike Robitaille going into the HOF tonight ...
“I couldn’t (expletive) believe it. I mean, I haven’t gone for a walk like that, it was just awesome.”
After decades of pain, the popular ex-
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D & broadcaster feels healthy:
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Rasmus Dahlin is the Sabres’ first 50-point defenseman since Garry Galley in 1995-96.
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Guy on the jumbotron had to answer which guy wasn't a goalie on the Sabres: Craig Anderson, Aaron Dell or Tre'davious White. He picked Dell.
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One of the most incredible Sabres wins of the last decade. Maybe the most unlikely.
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I'll say this again, the Sabres had a terrific option in Chris Taylor to be their head coach someday. They fired him.
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This is by far Casey Mittelstadt’s best stretch in the NHL. Maybe we’re watching him come into his own.
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#Sabres
goalie Devon Levi on waiting for the immigration paperwork to be finalized: "It’s out of my control, so I can’t really think about it. But how I was thinking about it is you can’t keep the beast tamed in the cage for too long."
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The
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are very close to surpassing their goal totals from the tank years in less than HALF A SEASON. They've scored 142 goals in 36 games this year. They scored 150 goals in 82 games in 2013-14 and 153 goals in 82 games in 2014-15.
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You can make a strong argument this is one of the Sabres’ most significant wins in a LONG TIME. What a game for them.
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Very telling quote from Rasmus Dahlin on how close the
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have grown: "I’m going to miss them a lot, they are my brothers. We see each other everyday and we are getting really close. They make every day the best possible, so I’m going to miss them."
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D Rasmus Dahlin on Mattias Samuelsson: "Have you seen his stick? It's like a cobra."
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Don Granato is getting A LOT out of a group that literally couldn't score a goal a few weeks ago. He's making a strong case to have that interim tag removed.
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Rasmus Dahlin: “Everyone wants the puck now.” Far cry from a few weeks ago.
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It really is amazing how much faster and more active the Sabres are playing.
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Devon Levi, tomorrow’s starter, has his own net during practice.
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The NHL says it wants to protect players, yet Kyle Okposo, who has a history of concussions, takes an elbow to the face and nothing happens.
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A strong argument can be made that’s the Sabres’ most significant win of the last decade.
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There's like one dude booing Taylor Hall whenever he touches the puck.
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An emotional Ryan Miller said he felt he owed Buffalo something for what it had given him.
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There was A LOT of excitement when the Sabres traded for Eric Staal in September. He left Buffalo having won six games w/the team. Incredible.
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When you factor in the opponent and how much the Sabres controlled the game, perhaps their best win this season.
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Wayne Gretzky giving Rick Jeanneret a video tribute before the second period starts.
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Crowd booing the Sabres as the final seconds tick down. Someone just threw a beer can on the ice.
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Wow, this is a tremendous win for the Sabres. One of the team's best weekends in years.
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A disgusted Rasmus Dahlin: “We have to work our balls off.”
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Props to Don Beebe for wearing a Bills hat with his son playing for the Vikings!
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No. 30 for Jeff Skinner. Again, that has to be incredibly satisfying to hit that number.
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Ryan Johnson liked the organization AND the city. The defense prospect on why he signed w/the
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Ed Olczyk is in disbelief Colin Miller keeps making the same mistakes defending.
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Victor Olofsson on Jack Eichel: “He’s probably the best player in world right now.”
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Sabres D Henri Jokiharju is wearing a “turtleneck” in practice. I assume we’ll be seeing more players put them on.
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The Sabres have scored 104 goals in 26 games this season. They scored 150 all of 2013-14 and 154 all of 2014-15.
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Correction, the Sabres have scored 22 goals in five games this season. It took them 18 games to reach that number in 2014/15.
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What a win for the Sabres. And what a night for Rasmus Dahlin. It felt like he was going to score in overtime.
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Popular former
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D Jay McKee. He said he believes they would’ve won the Stanley Cup if they were healthy in 2005/06.
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This is going to be the Sabres' eighth loss in nine games. Hard to believe they've fallen so hard so fast after a terrific October.
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I don't get giving up Curtis Lazar. He's an asset, he's young, coming into his prime. You need him.
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5 years ago Nail Yakupov & Mikhail Grigorenko were considered the 2 "best" players in the draft. Today they didn't get qualifying offers.
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This play shouldn’t get lost. It was huge.
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Tage Thompson has become an absolute bear to handle and the most noticeable Sabre on the ice.
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Wayne Simmonds and Dominik Kahun seem very excited to be w/the Sabres. Kahun said if he can't play tomorrow in Colorado he'll play Friday.
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Zach Benson skating with Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner again.
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Not a homer, but that was a terrible call on Tage Thompson is overtime.
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Should be noted that Rick Dudley, about as smart a hockey mind as you’ll ever meet, is a senior advisor to Panthers GM Bill Zito. First Cup for a hockey lifer.
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Per Kevyn Adams, Casey Mittelstadt ended up in Columbus and made his way back. A "'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' situation."
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Sabres booed off the ice down 3-0 after two periods. The season is 40 minutes old.
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Rasmus Dahlin on Rasmus Ristolainen's goal: "It was one of the coolest goals I've ever seen."
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Kyle Okposo has two assists tonight and has hit the 40-point mark for the eighth time in his career.
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Emotional scene as now the Senators congratulate Craig Anderson.
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Wow, Casey Fitzgerald fights Sam Lafferty after he took a run at Vinnie Hinostroza. One game, one fight.
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A lot of people have been down on Zemgus Girgensons because he was a first-round pick and doesn't score a lot. As that last play showed, you can still be an asset on the fourth line.
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Don Granato paid A LOT of dues to get this gig. His impact on the team was remarkable considering the Sabres were performing like an expansion team from the 1990s.
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I can tell you it's VERY evident Konsta Helenius has spent the last two seasons playing pro hockey against men. He's on another level.
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Zay Jones will get blamed for that, but your starting QB needs to make a better throw with the game on the line.
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The Sabres are legitimately good and a force to be reckoned with. When was the last time we could say that?
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Devon Levi's 21 and 16 games into his NHL career. He needs to play. Sending him to Rochester should only benefit him. I wouldn't look at this as any sort of negative.
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Just a stellar road win for the Sabres. They scored more goals tonight than they did in UPL’s first three starts combined.
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What an incredible way for Tage Thompson to score his 30th goal. It’s Jan. 3, by the way.
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A 91-point season two years after winning 15 of 56 games is massive growth. It's hard to believe how far the Sabres have come in less than two years.
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If you're scoring at home, the Sabres, fresh off finishing dead last, have lost Linus Ullmark, Jake McCabe, Sam Reinhart and Rasmus Ristolainen in the last week. And they're almost certainly going to trade Jack Eichel at some point.
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New
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forward Vinnie Hinostroza is clearly excited to play for Don Granato again. He also says Josh Allen is his fantasy QB.
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Based on Kevyn Adams' words, I think he knows the coach he wants to hire. I think you can probably guess who it is.
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Ryan O'Reilly just talked about losing his love for the game this season. Interesting stuff.
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My favorite quote about Jacques Martin, via the legendary Harry Neale: "He'll bore you in two languages."
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"He’s our best defensive forward, he is our No. 1 penalty killer and he’s our leading scorer. That’s a rare combination."
More on
#Buffalo
#Sabres
prospect Brandon Biro, who's developing into an elite talent in
@TheAHL
w/the
#Rochester
#Amerks
:
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Notice how often Rasmus Dahlin is deep in the Vancouver zone. Great sign of his growing confidence.
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Nicolas Aube-Kubel says the Sabres' style mimics the way Colorado played during their 21/22 Stanley Cup season.
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