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The Sabres pick up a 5-3 win over the Flyers to win their fourth game in a row. 1:40 - Bad start 4:40 - Standout players 10:54 - Injuries Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

The Buffalo Sabres have fired Kevyn Adams, and Jarmo Kekalainen takes over as general manager. Chad DeDominicis discusses the change and where they may go from here. 2:11 - Adams out 19:00 - Jarmo Era 25:58 - More changes? 35:00 - Fan questions Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the latest with the Buffalo Sabres and their continued struggles on the road. The overall view on the team at this point and the most recent roster decision with Noah Ostlund. 1: 40 - 5v5 Team Numbers 11:17 - Noah Ostlund Decision 21:00 - Defense Pairs Sponsored by: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

The Buffalo Sabres picked up a dominating 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. We touch on some numbers and performances in tonight's game.

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the Buffalo Sabres' winning four of their last five games as they approach full health. We look ahead to the remaining games on the calendar in November. 1:52 - Recap 11:21 - Norris return 17:22 - Jordan Greenway 23:45 - Offensive output 28:04 - Upcoming schedule Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the latest with the Alex Tuch contract situation and looks ahead to the matchup with the Edmonton Oilers. 1:00 - Last week recap 6:25 - Tuch Situation 14:50 - Oilers Game Preview Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses how the Buffalo Sabres need to stay afloat while they deal with a growing injury list. 3:30 - Injuries 8:30 - Staying Afloat Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis answers fans' questions on the Buffalo Sabres through 12 games of the season. 1:10 - Goaltending 8:30 - Alex Tuch 16:30 - Defense Pairs 20:13 - Power Play Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis looks ahead to the game against the Boston Bruins and a few other Buffalo Sabres topics. 1:40 - Bruins Matchup 6:45 - Jordan Greenway at center 11:56 - Jarmo and Karmanos scouting in Columbus Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses a good week from the Buffalo Sabres, where they picked up five of a possible eight points. 1:37 - Team Overview 15:12 - Kesselring Return 25:57 - Goaltenders 31:51 - Radim Mrtka Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller & Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis answered questions from fans covering a variety of topics about the Buffalo Sabres so far this season. 1:30 - Intro 8:30 - Tage/Dahlin Ultimatum 14:27 - Jarmo 18:56 - Core succeeding without a rush offense 24:20 - Line consistency 27:54 - Team Defense 33:15 - Owen Power 42:20 - Goalies 48:11 - Quinn Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Anthony Sciandra and Chad DeDominicis discuss the Sabres picking up their first win of the season against the Ottawa Senators. 2:00 - First win of the season 12:29 - Josh Doan 18:29 - Alex Lyon 23:45 - Overview through 4 games Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis previews the Buffalo Sabres' 2025-26 season, discussing a variety of topics. 3:00 - Three Questions 19:35 - Breakout Players 24:48 - Alex Tuch extension 31:03 - Season Prediction Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this week's Mailbag Thursday episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses a variety of topics, such as Zach Benson, playmaking talent, and more. 1:20 - Zach Benson Expectations 7:35 - Playmaking talent 10:30 - New Strength Coach Impact on Injuries 13:40 - Seth Appert15:15 - What If Scenarios 20:56 - Power Play and Penalty Kill Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the injury concerns for the Buffalo Sabres as they approach their opening night, just one week away. The episode concludes with an analysis of how the power play has performed so far in the preseason. 2:00 - Luukkonen Injury 7:57 - Defense Injuries 11:23 - Ryan Johnson 17:11 - Power Play Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis reviews the first two games of the Buffalo Sabres' preseason and discusses the events of the first week of training camp. 1:29 - Preseason Start 4:40 - Goalies 11:15 - Top line 13:50 - Konsta Helenius1 17:10 - Zac Jones 22:12 - Radim Mrtka Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

Chad DeDominicis was joined by Shayna Goldman of The Athletic in our second episode of the analytics summer series. Background - 2:10 Importance of context - 9:00 Best ways to learn - 17:24 What's next in analytics - 23:22 Sponsor: One Pie Pizza

Eddy Tabone and Vlad join Chad DeDominicis to kick off the Expected Buffalo analytics summer series. We touched on model building, adjusting as the game changes, what's next, and the crossover with lacrosse. Backgrounds - 4:10 Model Building - 10:30 Adjustments - 20:30 What's next in hockey analytics - 26:38 Sponsor - One Pie Pizza

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis recaps day one of NHL free agency and other moves the Buffalo Sabres have made this offseason. Lafferty trade - 2:43 Alex Lyon - 4:58 Justin Danforth - 8:42 RFAs - 11:20 Outlook - 28:14 Podcast Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis recaps the big trade the Buffalo Sabres made already and what we could see happen less than 24 hours away from the 2025 NHL Draft. Peterka Trade - 2:00 Bowen Byram Trade Situation - 14:40 NHL Draft - 24:00 Podcast Sponsors: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Austin Garret joins Chad DeDominicis to discuss the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft. 2:54 - Class thoughts 5:32 - Victor Eklund 7:46 - Porter Martone 9:40 - Jake O'Brien 14:49 - Roger McQueen 18:01 - Justin Carbonneau 22:15 - Worst option at 9 25:45 - Late 1st Options 29:25 - Trading 9th overall 31:48 - Late round options 36:45 - New draft rules Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis takes his turn in the general manager chair and goes through a mock offseason for the Buffalo Sabres. Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis answered a few questions from Buffalo Sabres fans about the offseason. Roster wishes - 2:26 Bo Byram/1st round pick - 6:00 Dahlin/Power Partner - 10:35 JJ Peterka - 13:45 Alex Tuch - 18:18 Defense - 25:18 Terry Pegula - 27:37 Braeden Schneider - 31:00 Lindy Ruff - 33:32 NHL Scouting Combine - 37:44 Sponsor: Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Anthony Sciandra takes the role of Buffalo Sabres general manager to run through our annual mock offseason episode. Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford

In this episode, Chad DeDominicis discusses the Buffalo Sabres hiring Jarmo Kekalainen as the new senior advisor. He also gets into the idea of acquiring Jason Robertson and the NHL Scouting Combine. Kekalainen - 1:30 Robertson - 11:15 Combine - 23:12 Sponsor: One Pie Pizza | Hiller and Comerford