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SABRES DRESSED THEIR FULL ROSTER VS COLUMBUS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. TEAM LOOKED GOOD AGAINST A MOSTLY AHL ROSTER, AND THERE STILL IS SOME CONCERN IN A COUPLE AREAS AND TWO KEY INJURIES IN THE GAME. NHL'S TOP 50 PLAYERS. DAHLIN AT #17. COULD HE BE HIGHER, AND WHAT DOES TAGE NEED TO DO TO CRACK THE TOP 50 NEXT YEAR? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PRESEASON STARTS AND WITH ONLY 4 GAMES DUE TO THE LONGER SEASON, THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE. WHO WILL [LAY IN THE GAMES, WHO'S CHALLENGING FOR ROSTER SPOTS, AND WHO WILL BE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR CALL UPS. HELLEBUYCK TO MTL? THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN THE ATLANTIC KUCHEROV ON NHL OVERALL IQ IN THE LEAGUE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LINDY BELIEVES THE REPLACEMENT FOR TUCH IS IN THE ROOM. TWO MORE MINUTES OF ICE TIME IS UP FOR GRABS TO MULTIPLE PLAYERS. WHO DO WE EXPECT TO SEE THE BIGGEST JUMP FROM? HOW MANY POINTS DOES THE TEAM RACK UP IN THE STANDINGS? LATEST ON HELLEBUYCK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN NOAH OHSTUND TO A LONG TERM CONTRACT EXTENSION AFTER ONE SEASON. WHO TOOK THE RISK, OHSTLUND OR THE SABRES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WORD ON THE STREET IS PATRICK KANE IS GOING BACK TO CHICAGO ON A ONE YEAR DEAL.. WHY? WE'VE ALL BEEN FIXATED ON A POTENTIAL CONNOR HELLEBUYCK TRADE, BUT WHAT IF UPL IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE ON THE SEEN? WAS LAST SEASON REALLY THAT BAD FOR HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALEX TUCH JOINS THE SHOW TO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME IN BUFFALO, BEING TRADED FROM VEGAS, WHAT HAPPENED THIS SEASON TO TURN THE SEASON AROUND, PLAYING WITH CONTRACT PRESSURE, AND HIS FUTURE IN WASHINGTON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN KREBS 4 X $4.5M CONTRACT. SOME SAY IT'S TOO RICH FOR WHAT HE DOES, OTHERS LIKE IT. WHERE DOES HE PLAY NEXT SEASON AND GOING FORWARD. SABRES HIRE A SENIOR ADVISOR, AND NOT JUST ANYONE, IT'S JOHN DAVIDSON. DAVIDSON HAS A LONG RESUME OF EXECUTIVE POSITIONS FROM PRES. OF HOCKEY OPS TO PRESIDENT OF FRANCISES AND MORE. THE HIRE GIVES THE SABRES A REAL LEGITIMATE FRONT OFFICE PLAYERS AND FANS CAN BE PROUD OF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHO IS ANDREW HEATERS? ONE OF THE BEST NEW ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW THAT TALKS SABRES. TOM DUNDON TAKING HEAT FOR PUTTING ENTIRE FAMILY ON CUP, LEAVING OFF A COUPLE KEY MEMBERS? ANAHEIM MATCH THE PHILLY OFFER SHEET. DOES THAT FINANCIALLY CRIPPLE THE DUCKS, AND CHANGE SALARIES FOREVER? BEDARD OUT MINIMUM 4 MONTHS. CRAIG WANTS TO LOOK AT SABRES OFFSEASON/TEAM A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IS OVI COMING BACK TO CHASE ANOTHER CUP, 1000 GOALS, OR BOTH? CRAIG QUESTIONS AFREDSSON'S LOYALTY TO OTTAWA, BUT WAS THERE SOMEONE BIGGER INB TORONTO MAKING THE CALL TO CONVINCE HIM? DANNY BRIERE SHOCKS THE HOCKEY WORLD WITH AN OFFER SHEET FOR THE RECORD BOOKS TO LEO CARLSSON. DID THE SABRES SEE A POTENTIAL OFFER SHEET FOR BENSON? SABRES CAN'T BE DONE, THERE HAS TO BE MORE BREWING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAN THE SABRES LAND HELLEBUYCK AND THEN KANE? WHAT THAT WOULD DO TOTHIS TEAM AND THE LOOK OF IT. UPL, MRTKA, QUINN AND A FIRST? HOW COULD THE SABRES TRADE SUPERSTAR PHENOM DEVON LEVI? WASN'T HE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR GOALIE OF THE FUTURE? $4M FOR KREBS? NOT SOLD THAT THIS IS A PLAYOFF TEAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHERE HAVE BEEN? SUMMER OF CRAIG HAS BEGUN.. BYRAM GETS 6X$12.5M WAY TOO MUCH! OLEN ZELLWEGER SIGNS 3 YEAR DEAL WORTH $9.3M, CAN HE REPLACE BOWAN BYRAM OR IS THAT TOO HIGH EXPECTATIONS? SABRES MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BECK MALENSTYN SIGNS 6 YEAR $17.5M CONTRACT WITH SABRES THOUGHTS ON THE DEAL, AND WHAT DO THEY DO NEXT? WILL THEY SIGN ANY FREE AGENTS AT UFA? WISHLIST: PATRICK KANE AND JACOB TROUBA CRAIG WANTS THEM TO KEEP GOING AFTER CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SURPRISE MOST BY PICKING DAXON RUDOLPH. THE OTHER DAY JARMO SAID "YOU PICK THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE AT #4" DID THEY DO THAT? WE WERE HOPEFUL #20 WOULD BE TRADED TO ACQUIRE A PIECE TO REPLACE ALEX TUCH, IT WASN'T AND THE SABRES SELECTED ILIA MOROZOV. TRADE FOR OLEN ZELLWEGER KEVYN ADAMS JOINS BOSTON BRUIN FRONT OFFICE HAVE THE SABRES DONE ENOUGH YET? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN AND TRADE ALEX TUCH FOR A 3RD ROUND PICK AND DAVID KAMPF TUCH SIGNED 8 x $10.5 WITH WASHINGTON. ZACH BENSON SIGNS 7 x $7.5 GOSSIP SURROUNDING VINCENT TROCHECK COMING TO BUFFALO ARE THE SABRES BETTER TODAY? STILL LOTS OF TIME AND ASSETS TO ADD TO THE VOIDS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES MAKE BIG TRADE BY MOVING BOWAN BYRAM AND JORDAN GREENWAY, FOR THE #4 PICK, 45TH PICK AND 6'8 DMAN LOUIS CREVIER. THEY ALSO FREE UP $10.5M IN CAP SPACE GIVING THEM $21.3M IN AVAILABLE CAP SPACE. HOW DO THEY INTEND ON SPENDING THAT MONEY? TUCH MALENSTYNE KREBS BENSON HAS THE TEAM TAKEN A STEP BACKWARDS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ZACH BENSON GETTING $7+ MILLION ALREADY? ARE TUCH AND BYRAM BEING FORCED OUT BY HARD NEGOTIATIONS? WE KNOW THE SABRES ARE AROUND 8.5 FOR TUCH, BUT WHAT DO WE THINK BYRAM NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE? IS THE LEAGUE DAMAGING ITSELF WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING PLAYERS TO DICTATE WHERE THEY CAN PLAY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIRST BOWAN BYRAM IS GOING TO UFA NEXT YEAR. AND NOW ITS RUMORED HE WANTS OUT OF BUFFALO. QUITE THE TURN OF EVENTS FOR A TEAM AND PLAYER THAT WAS ONE GOAL AWAY FROM THE CONFERENCE FINAL. CAN YOU BLAME HIM? MIKE BABCOCK CLEARED TO COACH BACK IN THE NHL. CAN YOU BELIEVE EDMONTON MIGHT HIRE HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES TRADE MICHAEL KESSELRING TO SAN JOSE AND MOVE FROM 27TH PICK TO 20 IN NEXT WEEKS NHL DRAFT. THOUGHTS ON THE DEAL, SHOULD THE SABRES HAVE GOTTEN MORE? DO THEY MOVE BACKWARD IF THEY KEEP THE SAME TEAM AND LET TUCH WALK? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAROLINA HURRICANES WIN THE STANLEY CUP IN DOMINATE FASHION. DID JORDAN STAAL DESERVE THE CONN SMYTHE? TUCH AND SABRES STILL HAVE LOTS OF TIME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KUCHEROV WINS HART DARNELL NURSE ASKS OUT OF EDMONTON, WHERE COULD HE END UP? MORE TUCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WAS RASMUS DAHLIN SNUBBED FROM WINNING THE MASTERTON AWARD? MORE ALEX TUCH TALK. THERE IS A NEW TWIST OR TURN EVERYDAY, AS THE NUMBER ONE UFA IN 2026 IS GETTING SET TO HIT THE MARKET, AS SABRES WON'T CLOSE THE GAP. WHICH TEAM HAS THE CAP SPACE, AND WHAT'S LOOKS LIKE THE BEST FIT. STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 4 RECAP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ROBERT THOMAS IS SUPPOSEDLY OFF THE MARKET, DYLAN LARKIN ONLY WANTS TO GO TO THREE TEAMS, WHERE DO THE SABRES GO FROM THERE? ALEX TUCH TO TEST FREE AGENCY? GAME THREE WAS INCREDIBLE.. MARNER WALKING AWAY WITH CONN SMYTHE TROPHY THE MISSING LINK IS ACTUALLY MISSING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO THE REAL COACH OF THE YEAR WAS THIS, AND HIS NAME ISN'T JON COOPER. AN ANONYMOUS ALEX TUCH REPORT HITS OUR DM'S DYLAN LARKIN WANTS OUT OF DETROIT, WHAT WOULD GIVE TO GET HIM? PAT KANE TO BUFFALO TO FINISH HIS CAREER AND HELP THE PP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHY WAS ERIC STAAL DOING THE SIREN AT THE CANES GAME? SABRES FANS ANGRY THAT A MEMBER OF THEIR HOCKEY DEPARTMENT WOULD DO SUCH A THING. SCF GAME 1 TUCH IS THE TALK OF EVERY PODCAST/HOCKEY NEWS KONSTA IS NOT A TRADE PIECE, OR IS HE? NO NORRIS FOR DAHLIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KONSTA HELENIUS PLAYS HUGE ROLE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHERE DOES HE SLOT IN NEXT YEAR? CONGRATS TO JAY MCKEE. JAY WILL BE THE HC OF THE NY ISLANDERS AHL TEAM THE HAMILTON HAMMERS. JARMO SPEAKS ON TUCH FINALS ARE SET. WHO'S WINNING AND WHO DO WE WANT TO WIN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JEREMY TALKS HONESTLY ABOUT THE LOSS OF CLOSE FRIEND CLAUDE LEMIEUX. TEAMMATES AND FAMILY FRIENDS. EVAN BOUCHARD ROCKED AT WORLDS JR GIVES HIS TAKE ON WHAT HE'D LIKE TO SEE ALEX TUCH DO. VAGAS VS CAROLINA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VEGAS ADVANCES TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL. WHAT A YEAR FOR MITCH MARNER. TALK ABOUT AN "FU" TO TORONTO. BYRAM OR TUCH? A TWITTER SPARKS A DEBATE ABOUT WHO WOULD WE RATHER HAVE, AND WHY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHAT'S AT THE TOP OF JARMO'S PRIORITY LIST? OBVIOUSLY AN ALEX TUCH EXTENSION, AND THEN WHAT? DOES CONNOR HELLEBUYCK TAKE THIS TEAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AT WHAT PRICE? POWER/UPL? MITCH MARNER COULD WIN CONN SMYTHE AND TAKE THE CUP BACK TO TORONTO... COLORADO IS DONE. CAN THE CANADIENS REALLY BEAT THE HURRICANES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JARMO AND LINDY BOTH HOLD THEIR SEASON ENDING PRESS CONFERENCES. BREAKING DOWN EVERYTHING: LINDY EXTENSION INJURIES THREE GOALIE ROTATION BYRAM/BENSON LONGTERM PLANS TUCH SITUATION FITTING 23 PLAYERS UNDER THE SALARY CAP NEXT SEASON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SEASON ENDING PRESS CONFERENCES AS WE START TO HEAR THE PLAYERS PERSPECTIVES ON THE SEASON, PLAYOFFS AND THE FUTURE. A DIVE INTO INJURIES THAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE PLAYERS. SOME CONTRACTS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, MOST NOTABLY IS ALEX TUCH. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION AS HE WEIGHS HIS OPTIONS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. TEAM OBVIOUSLY WANTS HIM BACK. GIO GIVES HIS THOUGHTS, AND REFLECTS BACK TO LEAVING NJ FOR MONTREAL AS A UFA. WHO SHOULD THE TEAM KEEP, RESIGN, MOVE ON FROM AND GOALTENDING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES LOSE GAME 7 IN OT. NOT THE WAY SABRES FANS WANTED THAT GAME TO GO, BUT AFTER 14 YEARS, A START TO THIS SEASON LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A 15TH SEASON, WE CAN BE NOTHING BUT PROUD OF WHAT THIS TEAM ACCOMPLISHED THE SEASON. WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE SECOND ROUND, AND ESPECIALLY IN GAME 7? "WHISTLE GOAL" DID THE REFS GET THAT RIGHT? FANS FEEL SNUBBED WE NEED A SAVE ON THAT OT GOAL, BUT WHAT WERE 26 AND 72 DOING AT THE BLUE LINE? CRAIG HAS A FULL BREAKDOWN OF THE PLAY. INJURIES SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE LINDY BACK? ALEX TUCH'S FUTURE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE WERE WRONG.. THE SABRES WON GAME 6 AND NOW PLAY GAME 7 ON HOME ICE. WHAT A NIGHT IN MONTREAL. LYON PULLED EARLY, SABRES DOWN BY 2 AND COME OUT FLYING IN THE SECOND TO RUN AWAY WITH THE GAME. RASMUS DAHLIN HAS HISTORICAL NIGHT. THE "METSA EFFECT" LINE UP CHANGES GOING BACK WITH UPL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLEARING THE AIR ABOUT ANOTHER PODCAST CALLING OUT OUR NARRATIVES AND "INTELLECTUAL MANIPULATION" OVER THE SABRES FANBASE, REGARDING THE HABS EMBELLISHING IN GAME 4. SABRES LOOKED LIKE SHIT IN GAME 5. UPL NOT GOOD. WHERE ARE THE SABRES KEY PLAYERS? CHANGE THE LINEUP FOR GAME 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES NEED TO STAY OUT OF THE PENALTY BOX IN GAME 5. THEY WERE LUCKY TO WIN GAME 4 AND NOW HAVE HOME ICE IN A BEST OF 3. KEY PLAYERS NEED TO BE JUST THAT. WE ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND SO DO THEY. UPL HAS TO PLAY IN GAME 5. HE'S THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY WON GAME 4, AND THE SABRES PK COLORADO CLOSES OUT SERIES IN DRAMATIC FASHION DRAMA IN EDMONTON WITH ANOTHER COACHING CHANGE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WIN AN ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE GAME IN MONTREAL TO TIE THE SERIES. A WILD AND EXCITING GAME, TO SAY THE LEAST. FULL BREAKDOWN OF GAME 4. ESPN COVERAGE IS TERRIBLE. BOLDUC KICKING. UPL WAS THE ONLY REASON THEY WON. KONSTA HELENIUS WAS A STANDOUT IN FIRST PLAYOFF GAME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES TERRIBLE AND A FEW PLAYERS LOOK TERRIFIED AS MONTREAL ROLLS OVER BUFFALO. WE DISAGREE ABOUT ADDRESSING ARBER XHEKAJ. THE GUY SCARES THE ENTIRE TEAM. SHOULD HIS SUCKER PUNCH ON CARRICK BE LOOKED AT BY THE LEAGUE? PAUL HAMILTON TAGE THOMPSON "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS" EXCHANGE OF WORDS LINE UP CHANGE FOR GAME 4? SABRES PP ON LIFE SUPPORT. THIS IS ON SETH APPERT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES CAME OUT FLYING, OR WERE THE CANADIENS SLUGGISH? EITHER WAY ITS 1-0 AND THE FANS WERE ROARING AT KEY BANK CENTER. IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE DEPTH FOR THE SABRES THAT GOT IT DONE, WHICH TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF THE TOP DOGS TO SCORE. PP2 TAKES THE LEAD AS THEY GO 2/3 THE TEAM HAS ELIMINATED ALL OUR NEGATIVITY AND EVERYONE ELSES WITH THE WAY THEY TOOK OVER THE SEASON IN DECEMBER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LEAFS WIN THE DRAFT LOTTERY. DON'T SAY ITS NOT RIGGED. JOHN CHAYKA NEW GM OR PUPPET FOR KEITH PELLEY? "NO ONE CARES, WORK HARDER" BARRIE COLTS COACH IS THE BIGGEST LOSER AFTER A HUGE WIN. SABRES/HABS COULD GO 7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES AND CANADIENS WILL MEET IN ROUND TWO OF THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS. -HOW THEY MATCH UP -SEASON SERIES WAS 2-2 -DOBES 2-0/ LYON 0-2 MONTREAL'S KEY PLAYERS DIDN'T SHINE IN VS TB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES BEAT BRUINS IN GAME 6 TO ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND SINCE 2007. LINDY RUSFF NOMINATED FOR JACK ADAMS (NO BRAINER WINNER) MCAVOY SLASH: IN PERSON HEARING, HOW MANY GAME? CELLINO INJURY UPDATE MTL OR TB? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE PLAYOFFS. PHILLY ENDED PITTSBURGH'S SEASON AND POSSIBLY AND END TO THE BIG 3 ERA. HOW DO WE EXPECT THE OTHER SERIES TO FINISH, AND WILL THE BRUINS TAKE THE SABRES TO GAME 7. JR SLASHED RICK VAIVE ACROSS THE CHEST, AND MITCHKOV MISSING THE TEAM PLANE REMINDED THE GUYS OF A STORY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GAME 5 ATMOSPHERE WAS ELECTRIC! WHATS WITH ALL THE BEER CHUGGING? REFS SCREWED THE SABRES. IS THERE A LEAGUE CONSPIRACY TO GET MORE GAMES OUT OF THE SERIES? OHSTLUND'S INJURY "DOESN'T LOOK GOOD" PER LINDY RUFF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WILL THE SABRES ADVANCE TO ROUND 2 TONIGHT? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO WIN, RETRIBUTION ON ZADOROV, ALEX LYON STARTING.. CELLINO INJURY UPDATE: SHOULD THEY FORCE NORRIS BACK INTO THE LINE UP OR SEE HOW THE GAME GOES? KOZAK ZUCKER BACK JERSEY OR JACKET FOR THE GAME? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES TAKE BOTH ROAD GAMES IN BOSTON, AND LOOK TO CLOSE OUT THE SERIES AT HOME IN GAME 5. 6-1 ASS KICKING. ZADOROV CROSSCHECK WHOLE TEAM LOOKING GOOD ALEX LYON LOVED BY HIS TEAMMATES ZUCKER AND KOZAK LEAVE GAME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES TURN TO ALEX LYON IN NET AND HE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT. THEY STUCK TO A DIFFERENT GAME PLAN THAT DIDN'T FEED INTO THE BRUINS HANDS. A MASSIVE WIN ON THE ROAD AFTER A BAD LOSS AT HOME. SABRES POWER PLAY HAS BEEN AWFUL, BUT IT HASN'T COST THEM IN THE SERIES YET. WHO'S LOOKED GOOD AND WHO NEEDS TO ELEVATE THEIR GAME FOR GAME 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE BRUINS ARE FLAT OUT THE MEANER TEAM. SABRES WERE OUTMATCH, OUTCLASSED AND PUSHED TO THEIR LIMIT IN GAME 2. UPL WAS NOT GOOD AT ALL IN GAME 2, BUT WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD IN GAME 1. TIME FOR ALEX LYON TO TAKE THE NET FOR GAME 3? POWERPLAY IS THE TEAMS NUMBER ONE ARE OF CONCERN. IF THEY DON'T SORT IT OUT, THEY WILL HAVE A HARD TIME WINNING THE SERIES. THIS FALLS ON SETH APPERT. MCAVOY SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE GAME WITHOUT AN INJURY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THE TURNAROUND WITH THE SABRES IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. COULD THEY REALLY GO FROM NO PLAYOFFS, TO FIRST IN THE ATLANTIC, TO AN UNFORGETTABLE PLAYOFF RUN? THEY GOT THE FANS BUZZING AND THE WHOLE HOCKEY WORLD WATCHING. WHAT DO THE NEED TO CLEAN UP? WHY DO THE SABRES SING BOTH ANTHEMS BEFORE GAMES? DOES OVI PLAY ANOTHER YEAR? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE BIGGER, STRONGER AND TOUGHER BRUINS (AS MARCO STURM PUT IT) DIDN'T LOOK TO BE THAT AT ALL. SABRES DIDN'T PLAY A GOOD FIRST TWO PERIODS, BUT AFTER TAGE THOMPSON GOT THEM ON THE BOARD HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND PERIOD, THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACK. THE PASSION OF THE FANS DID NOT DISAPPOINT PREGAME, FOR WARM UP OR AFTER THEY GOT GOING AND WON THE GAME. SABRES HOCKEY IS BACK AND THE FANS ARE PROUD! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JR JOINS THE SHOW TO DISCUSS THE SABRES AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE THIS SEASON, AND WHAT COULD THEY DO IN THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT IT'S TAKEN TO GET HERE, WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR THEM TO BEAT THE BRUINS AND ADVANCE DEEPER. JR's AWARDS: HART, VEZINA, NORRIS, CALDER AND JACK ADAMS. HAS JR EVER HAD A BLOWOUT WITH A COACH? HIS STORY HAD US DYING LAUGHING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES END THEIR SEASON AGAINST DALLAS. SABRES REST THOMPSON, ZUCKER, SAMUELSON AND DAHLIN. SURPRISED TUCH PLAYED AT ALL, AND NOT TO MENTION 20+ MINUTES HOW DO YOU FIND THE MONEY TO RESIGN TUCH? AWARD PREDICTIONS: HART VEZINA CALDER NORRIS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices