 It is time for the 2024-2025 regular season with your Buffalo Sabres last episode. We went through the draft, we got our first overall pick in old Rich Kubalik, this kid is 18 years old, 83 overall man with some amazing x-factors, big rig, relentless, relentless list, big tipper, bouncer, close quarters, we got a decent little team that can compete and I think we're gonna try to make the playoffs this year. Listen, we went out and made some good signings in Nino Nita Rider, we signed, I think Ross Colton was a couple years ago, we signed Labushkin and Zube and then Goal 10 and we were sticking with UPL, Scratch, we got Robertson and Quinn and then looking at the AHL, we got Halton in who was our first overall pick last year, we got a ninth overall, Savoyhi who's gonna be ready maybe even this year if we really need him depending on how he does down here so it's gonna be interesting to see how the Buffalo Sabres do this season, we are not tanking, we are trying to win a cup or try to make the playoffs at least so obviously I don't think this team is good enough to compete with other teams in NHL and win a cup but you just never know. So our first game is against the Toronto Maple Leafs at home, we are going to simulate the first game of the season to see how this Buffalo Sabres team does 8 times simulation, let's see how this team does against the Maple Leafs, the very strong Toronto Maple Leafs who did end up losing, Nylander Matthews opens up the scoring for the Leafs to begin the season, power play for the Leafs, we kill it off, Buffalo looks like they're gonna go throughout the first period without a goal but that is ok, shots are 9-8 in favour of the Leafs and Tage Thompson with his first of the season against Elias Samsonov or Samsonov, 1-1 hockey game, Buffalo was in this game, Matt Dumba knew his Toronto Maple Leafs scoring makes it 2-1 power play, we can't do anything, Lars Eller scores, he's back with Toronto, it's a 3-1 hockey game in the second period, oof ok, Toronto out shooting us 25-15, not an ideal period, we get our first of the year in Tage Thompson but other than that nothing else going for the Leafs, power play for Toronto, we kill it off, power play for Buffalo, nothing going, Connor Brown back with Toronto, it's a 4-1 hockey game and it looks like your Buffalo Sabres are gonna lose, the first game of the season, Old Rich Kubeleek with his first national hockey league goal in the power play, Robertson makes it a 5-2 game though shortly after and that is gonna be the first game of the season, the Toronto Maple Leafs roll over the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 Old Rich Kubeleek getting himself a goal minus 2 not great, Tage Thompson getting a goal, alright so not the greatest UPL with an 8-57 not a great start to the season for the Buffalo Sabres obviously, listen to the next game and I just want to see how our power play lines look up and everything but Kubeleek man good start to the season, this line was a minus 2 throughout that game though so maybe something that we got to consider changing, Zoob and Clegg, ooh a minus 3, I don't want, I want power up to an 88 now, oh my god he was 86 I start to see, he played one game and he's up to an 88, alright so I kind of want to make some changes, I don't want to throw in power there but man that pairing there ain't great dude, oh boy okay, Henry Okiharu doesn't really make anything better right so we need a third pair of defensemen eventually, UPL is up to an 85 after one game even though he's at an 8-57 so maybe our goal-tending situation is okay, power play lines got a plus one here and we got a zero here, okay so Tage Thompson, Kubeleek, Midostat, Dallin and power, okay I kind of want to switch up Dallin and power, let's keep power up there, who is not getting played right now, Olufsen is he on this line, no but he might be on the second unit, no he's, yeah he is on the second unit here, I want a defenseman here so let's take off Olufsen or Nita Rider, we'll take off Olufsen and we will put in Rasmus Dallin, okay and then over here we will put in Mr, where is he, who did we just take out, oh my god my memory is shot dude, left wing, Victor Olufsen alright, ooh okay we got a plus one, okay let me let me try to sort this out somehow here, this is the best we could do it, I put Cousins here with Kubeleek, Nita Rider and Tage Thompson and Dallin, the second unit's gonna be Krebs, Engvall, Tuck, Yokiharu and Owen Power, okay so let's see how that does, I don't know maybe our power play needs to be better, let's simulate the months, I think we're gonna go up to the trade deadline in this video and then from there I will see what we can do with this team, alright so first month let's sum it up, we're 0 and 2 to start the season which isn't great, do we want to view the draft class, I mean we could be at the bottom but we don't know much, this guy's a gem, he hasn't been scouted yet, you know our scouts are still looking but this guy's a gem apparently, okay so let's keep it going here, Payton Krebs is hurt until October 31st so he's gonna have to come to the lineup, pretty much everyone's gonna go up a line here and we gotta call up a centerman it looks like, okay so let's do that quickly, let's go to Ross removes, maybe now is the time to bring up Savoyhi here, okay so where is he Savoyhi, let's give him a shout here on the fourth line in the NHL and NHL lines, Casey Middlestad's gonna go up a line, Ross Colton's gonna go up a line and then Savoyhi is going to come in and play center on that fourth line, alright so let's see how that does there, power play, who we missing on the power play, everything looks good but we're on minus one here so I'm not a fan of that, let's put Casey Middlestad in for the time being because I don't think he's on that first unit, looks good to me, let's go to edit lines here in Rochester, their first line center is gone so we're gonna just throw up Austin then we're gonna throw up everyone plus one and we'll throw in Konekni there, okay and then even strike power play, everything looks good here to me, alright yeah okay so back to edit lines, there's a duplicated, who's duplicated, Pukar, Petrika, Konekni, what's the issue here, Rusta line and I think is on both units if I'm not mistaken, no who is it, okay now everything is sorted out there, we will continue to sim, the game looked like it was gonna be glitch but it isn't, we are 1-3-0 man this is not a good start to the season, we thought it would be a little bit better, we're kind of bringing it back around, Peyton Krebs is back, we'll give him till the end of the month to come back, we don't want him to get re-injured and just like that we are 5-3-0 after the first month which isn't bad, we're sitting in fourth, a point pin on the leafs and two points behind the lightning and panthers, Tage Thompson, eight games played, seven goals, three assists, ten points looking good there, Savoyi is up to an 80 overall, so maybe this kid is NHL ready and maybe Ross Colton is going to be the guy that's off and out of this team because Casey Meals has up to an 84, Peyton Krebs is back and ready to go with the team, I kind of want to give Savoyi a little bit of a shout there, anyone else go up, Kuba Leek went down and overall but he's got eight games played in six points, he's a minus one on that first line, maybe like do we want him on that third line, not really like everything looks good to me, do we want to bring in Ross Colton and maybe put him on the wing, he shoots left so we'd have to play on the left side, it would take out Anglo right now, I kind of want to see how Savoyi does on that third line, ever since we brought him in, dude he has three goals and five games played on the fourth line, like I'm gonna keep him up here, you know what, I think now's his time, we are gonna unfortunately sit out Ross Colton who didn't really do much in eight games, was a minus three, we'll keep him there, UPL 9-11 save percentage, Elliott 9-07 save percentage, so not too bad from our goaltenders there, alright so we turned it around at the start of the month, we were on like a three game losing streak to start the month, I want to say one, two, okay no but you know what, five wins three losses in the first month for this team isn't too bad, still a young team, you guys got to keep that in mind, alright so let's go another month, playing against the Bruins, it's a shootout win, a win against Detroit, a win against the Kraken, we're on a little bit of a winning streak, Labushkin is out until December 8th, so he's not out for that long, so Zube will go up one, do we need to call up a defenseman, that's what it looks like actually, I mean Robertson can play, depth defenseman, let's throw in Robertson for the time being, maybe put Clegg there, we'll just get minus five, okay that might be a glitch though, so we will see, let's keep it going, there's a loss there, but we come back, oh an 11-2 loss, oh my god what was that, that is horrible, okay we're on a little bit of a losing streak, we break the two game losing streak, Cage Thompson is out until December 2nd, so he's not out for too long, so everyone's going to go up a line, Savoy he's going to get time on that third line and Ross Colton's going to make his way back into the lineup, no pluses on this team right now, I do want to see defensively this is a minus two line there okay, we have an unfilled slot on the power play, obviously that was Cage Thompson there, so for the time being who do we want to put there in that center spot, you know what, Savoy he, you know what, let's give him time on this unit here, see what he can do, you know what screw it, why not all right, all right let's keep it going here, Cage Thompson's ready to play, we'll give him to the end of the, we'll give him, we'll give him up, oh no that's the end of the month, okay so we are 14-8-0 at the end of two months, we are sitting in second at the Atlantic, the Panthers are a point behind us, it's a tight division, Dylan Cousins 25 points in 22 games, that's good to see, quickly looking here, we went on a bit of a winning streak to start out the month of November, so let's see here, we were on a, let's see let's see, one two three four five six seven eight game winning streak, so that was very nice to see there okay, so we got a couple injuries that are, people that are back from injury which is good, that will be Cage Thompson, who isn't a hundred percent ready to go but you know what we're gonna throw him in, so let's throw everyone down a line here and we will throw Cage Thompson back into the lineup, good to see that, other than that has anyone gone up and overall, Nita Ryder went down two, Kubelik is still at an 82, other than that everyone's looking good defensively, everything's looking good there, goal tending is what I meant to go look at here, UPL still at an 85, 902 say percentage, 892, so our goal tenders went down a little bit, let's look at the miners here, Halton is up to a 74, he started the year off at a 71, 17 games played, four goals for assists, really quick I want to look at Savoyhi, three goals, five assists in 19 games, so he kind of tailed off a little bit there but that's alright with me, okay, so teams looking good, we're sitting in a pretty good spot right now in the Atlantic Division, okay Labushkin should be coming back from injury around December 8th which is nice so we'll sim another month here and see how that goes, alright, Labushkin is ready to go, we'll give him up until the Boston game to bring him back, okay, I'm hitting stop sim, Rasmus Dallin has now been hurt and he is gone until January 22nd, so that is a huge loss for us, so Owen Powers in the get first line minutes, Clegg's gonna move up there, Robertson's gonna move there, Zube is gonna move down and then Elia Labushkin will come into that spot there, okay, now extra lines, what are we missing here, extra attacker, Tage Thompson and we'll do Payton Krebs, sure, and then shoot out, let's throw Payton Krebs in there as well, okay, so there we go, everything's looking good, alright, oh Payton Krebs was already there, who are we missing, literally anyone, Casey Middlestad was he in there, no he wasn't, okay, perfect, so everything's looking good there, kind of tough to see our top defenseman out for a while there, okay, so we'll go to the first of the month, he's out for well over a month unfortunately, so that's not looking good for us, Jeremy Davis head coach replaces the lines, Halton in, who was injured until December 23rd but not out for long, which is good, okay, yeah, okay, the HL is dealing with some injuries, they got the injury bug down there, they just continue to get injured down there, Halton in is back, so let me make sure that he gets back into the line up here, Bloom 21, 22, 26, so really Murray can get out of the line up realistically and will bring back in, Halton in, where is he, is he a left winger, where is Halton, did they put him in already, he's not showing up, there's no way he's up in the NHL right now, please tell me he's not, no okay, I don't know where he is, the HL will figure it out hopefully, okay, we'll continue, we get a trade here, they want to give us, they want to give us Cop, we'd be getting rid of our second round pick, San Jose will be getting rid of the third, we're getting rid of Alexandria off, I believe we drafted this year, fourth round, other forward, coach satisfaction very high, okay, Andrew Cop has got three years at 5.6, I don't know if it's a contract I'm willing to give up, he fits the bottom six, which we kind of do need, but I kind of want to see what Alexandria off has to offer, his trade value is up there and I feel like we can get someone better than Andrew Cop in a third, all right, so I'm going to say no to that, Detroit, multiple players will do that and continue the sim, 5-1 loss there, people are interested in Alexandria off, we're not interested in giving them up right now, all right, so that's something we will have to look at the trade line, all right, so after three months, your Buffalo Sabres are 23-11 and 2 and if I saw correctly, we are in first at the Atlantic Division and we are in third in the entire NHL, that is actually crazy to see, the Buffalo Sabres are a legit team and they are proving it this year, which is amazing, now looking at our team here, has anyone went up or down overalls, not that I see Savoy, he four goals, 11 assists, he's doing pretty good on that fourth line, which you'll love to see, Tage Thompson, 30 points in 34 games, Cousins is doing well and Kuba Leak, 29 points in 36 games plus six, it's things you'll love to see, defensively we're looking okay, goal-tending wise, UPL with a 9-0-5, that needs to be a little bit better to be honest with you guys, all right, looking down at Halton in here, who is not in the lineup for some reason, dude, is he a scrap, like where is he, is he still hurt, Alexandria I want into the lineup, all right, so let's throw in Alexandria, I'm like he's scratched, we shouldn't have probably signed him, we should have let him play it out but he's going to play on that fourth line, I don't know where Halton in is, I don't know where he is, he's not in the NHL, I can tell you that much, I'm not sure where he is right now, so that's interesting to say the least, I don't know where he is, anyways, the Sabres are looking good, they are looking like a legit team right now, they are playing very, very well and I think we constructed this team pretty well, draft pick wise and free agency wise, all right, so let's sim it another what, two months and then we will call it a video and next episode will be the huge trade deadline that this team is going to need, like what are we going to do, all right, like what exactly are we going to be bringing in at the trade deadline, we already know we need a third and second pair defenseman, right hand is shot, which is hard to come around, all right, so Rasmus Askelund has been injured with a sore knee and he is out until the 21st of January, I believe that is not too long, so we'll throw up here and roll up onto that line there, who's scratched right now, we'll bring in Ross Colton and that looks good to me, all right, so lines are set there, Matthew Robertson has been injured, so I believe we're going to need to call up a defenseman now because that is the defenseman that we brought in for our injured Rasmus Dallin, all right, so we got to go to the miners, who's the defenseman that we are bringing up, that is the question, I'm not too sure to be honest, let's go into the system, it's going to be Bryson, it's looking like we have no right handed shots, which is kind of hard, he's, ooh, one way, hopefully no one claims him, all right, we are good, all right, so, edit NHL lines and he is going to fill into that slot there, we will bring in, oh, we needed a left handed shot, okay, that's good, so Bryson is going to come into that pairing there and that's the best we can do right now, okay, so that's that, back to edit lines here, Halton is playing defense, what is, what is happening, what is, he's up to a 77 after he got brought up there, but he is not supposed to be there, man, why is he a defenseman, what is wrong with this game, what is wrong with this game, oh my God, I can't believe what I'm witnessing right now, EA, yeah, I don't think he's a defenseman to say the least guys, interesting, interesting, interesting, Samuel Sin will go in here and we need another defenseman, is it because there's no more defenseman that we have signed up here, no, we do, like what is happening here, all right, I don't know, that, that, my God EA, your game is something else sometimes, man, all right, and we will throw in obviously our guy Halton and now he's saying he's scratched, like what, this game is so broken, man, oh my God, anyways, like now he's not here, what is happening, EA, your game needs to be fixed desperately guys, desperately, desperately, desperately, holy, that is, that is absolutely horrible, anyways, too many dress skaters it's saying now, like what is happening here, we did head coach preferred lines is halting it up, okay, my God, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, let's, my, my brain is fried after dealing with what we just dealt with, okay, Matthew Robertson is available to play, we'll continue as we have a bi-week, we'll do continue there, I think our games, all right, so Owen Power is now injured, so our top two defensemen are now out, which is just not ideal, obviously, and we're gonna have to call up a defenseman as well because I believe there is no one here, no, we got Robertson up here, okay, so Robertson's gonna come in, he's coming off of injury, we'll put him there, and our top two defensemen are now out for the year, our game was glitched, so we're twenty-five, fifteen, and two, so we're still doing pretty well, even though our top two defensemen are out, we did go on a four-game losing streak there, which was not ideal, okay, so let's continue sim in here, Clegg is now injured as well, so the Buffalo Sabres are going through an injury bug, we need to call up a defenseman, the Buffalo Sabres have no luck with injuries right now in the month of January, unfortunately, okay, so in the system we need to call up a defenseman, Samuel soon will be that guy, no one claimed him thankfully, and he's gonna be the guy that needs to come in to help out, so Bryson's going there, and then, oh, Dallin looks like he is back, is he ready to go though, that is a question, he's still injured, but you know what, we're so depleted that we need to bring him in, all right, let's hope he doesn't get hurt, back side of the line's here, throw everyone up, we might have to call down, okay, we have someone down here, Davies, okay, cool, so everything's good, hopefully Dallin is okay to go, hit continue, and Henry Okiharu is now hurt, and he is out until April 26th, okay, oh wow, wow, wow, wow, talk about an injury bug, talk about an injury bug, man, this is not looking good for your Buffalo Sabres right now, so many injuries happening, multiple players are now available to be dressed, and who is available to be dressed, please one of them be Owen Power, okay, Asplin and Quinn maybe, so we could bring in Asplin which is good, but it's not like we were missing too much, we had Ross Colton there, Asplin is going to be coming back, playing that left wing on that third line, get to see him back with the team, and we continue Sim in here, press okay, Owen Power is ready to go, my game is glitched again, man, like EA's really got to fix their game, we'll bring in Owen Power for this Montreal Canadian game, all right, Peyton Krabs is now hurt with a concussion, he's out until March 23rd, okay, you can't write this, you can't make this stuff up right now boys, this is actually unreal, so Ross Colton coming back into the lineup there, and while we're here we might as well bring in, I want to get rid of Samuelson, we will bring in Owen Power who is healthy and ready to go, okay, so our top two defensemen are back which is good, Halton in has been hurt again, and Clegg is ready to go, we'll continue there, and you know we'll give Clegg the rest of the week off as we just don't want to risk any injury right now, okay, and Owen Power is injured once again, all right, lovely, lovely, okay, so Owen Power's hurt again, that's awesome dude, that we really did need that right now, all right, so we'll bring in Clegg, I guess he's ready to go as well, we'll play him on the left side, I don't think he's actually, I don't think that line is actually a minus five, who's scratching ready to go, just Jack Quinn and Samuelson, okay, so the injury bug has really really hit the Buffalo Sabres this episode guys, it's not great, it is not great, it sucks, all right, Halton in back into the lineup after being hurt for the second time this year, we got a trade offer again, the Sabre, this is the worst trade, they were giving us a third before, now they're giving us a fifth, get out of here Detroit, what are you thinking, uh, Halton in hurt again, all right awesome dude, and that is it after four months, we were 28, 17, and three, we definitely fell off that month, we're still sitting in third in the Atlantic, the Senators, a point behind us, a landing, two points behind us, yeah, we definitely fallen off with all those injuries man, the team just hit the injury bug hard man, it's hard to see, Kubeleek 20 goal season in his rookie year, he's got 32 points in 48 games, Tage Thompson, hasn't done much that month, are you kidding me, he had 30 points after three months, it's been four months and a month went by and he hadn't gotten a point, is that right, okay, Savoy, how's he doing, doing okay there, Asplin, talk to everyone doing good defensively, it is what it is for now, goal-tenning wise 9-12, that went up in a 9-0-9, so that's good to see, um, other than that, that's really it that we have to look at, all right, we're gonna go another month until the trade deadline, and then we will talk about some moves that we can make, and hopefully you guys can help me out in the comment section down below, all right, so we got a week off here, we lose a shoot in a shootout, we're gonna give Owen power literally until the Florida game, all right, so we're gonna bring in Owen power, um, dude I just hope he doesn't get injured once again, like he's one of our top defensemen that we want to keep healthy obviously, right, so who is going to sit out, it looks like it's going to be Bryson obviously, that'll go like that, and then Owen power will come in like that there, looking down here, halting in says he is ready to go, so we're gonna bring back in halting in, who's up to a 79 now, so he's gonna be NHL ready very very soon, probably next year, Kuba League's up to an 84, that's things you'll love to see, okay, so good things to see, right, we're seeing some good things here, right, we have no one on the team that's a point per game player right now, but we're winning games still, which is good, all right, we're about to hit a 31 season which would be nice to see, and we get that against the flames, and now Kuba League has an injured shoulder and he's out until February 24th, all right, so he was finally finding his game, and he is out now, all right, so who is scratched here, is it just Jack Quinn that is scratched, all right, so Jack Quinn's coming into the lineup onto that fourth line, could Alex Tuck maybe make anything a difference there, no, all right, so that's what the team is going to be rolling with for now, and Kuba League is ready to go for these, oh my god the game's glitched again, okay, this game is something else, man, we'll give it one more game and then we'll throw in Kuba League, all right, 4-2 loss, so we're losing games now, man, which isn't good, we moved down to fourth, so we're in a wild card spot right now, tied with the sends, I believe is what I just saw, so everyone's going to move down a line, and Kuba League, coming back into the lineup after injury, looks good to me, okay, so let's continue with the sim here, and see if Kuba League can put us back onto our winning ways, two games left in this month, a win against the Preds and a loss against the Devils, which we shouldn't have lost that game, they were doing horrible, so we are 32, 23 and 4 after 5 months, we are sitting in fourth in the Atlantic, a point behind the Lightning, but the Senators are tied with us, all right, and the Bruins are seven points behind us as well, so it's a tight race for your Buffalo Sabres, now quickly looking at these lines before the trade deadlines, you guys can kind of help me make some moves, this is what the team is looking like, I believe no one is injured, okay, so we are missing Payton Krebs, so other than that, Ross Colton would leave, Metalstadt and Savoy, he would move down a line, and Krebs would go here, so realistically, we could probably use a fourth liner, so maybe some depth pieces of forwards for our playoff run, defensively men, 100%, we are going to need a better right-hand shot for the second unit and for the third pair, right, because who was injured right now defensively, Yoki Haru, so obviously Yoki Haru would move up here, Labushkin would move down, and Zubin would move down, so Labushkin could be a third line defenseman, no doubt in my mind he could be, I do think I do think it would be better to put a better second liner with a one power, a second pairing, so I think that's what we're going to need to make a move there, UPL 909, 913, I mean I'm okay with running these two for the time being, I don't have any problems with that, Haltonen, could we bring him up this year possibly to replace Craig Smith, I'm not too sure if he's ready for the NHL just yet though, goaltending, how's Pro-Stef doing, 25, 9, 19, so he's not bad, so realistically looking at the trade deadline for your savers, we're going to look for some depth pieces of forwards and defensively a second pairing and maybe a depth defenseman, all right, if you guys have any ideas of what to do let me know in the comment section down below that is going to be it for this episode, next episode we hit the trade deadline and we will finish off the season we will see you very very soon