Episode 197: The Buffalo Sabres' 2026-27 season is underway!

The team kicked off their season this past Thursday, losing 6-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets, before getting their first win of the season, coming back to win 4-3 versus the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.

The guys discuss their takeaways, both good and bad. They touch on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's struggles and the power play's incredibly slow start, before jumping into many of the positives: Jack Quinn, Owen Power, Jiri Kulich, and more!

Tune in for the first TSRP episode of the 2026-27 season!

(0:00) Intro

(0:32) Thankful the Sabres won a game

(11:20) Are you concerned about Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

(31:26) Power play still stinks

(47:35) 5v5 play has been encouraging

(51:15) Jack Quinn looks fantastic // Benson-Östlund-Quinn

(1:05:14) An incredible moment for Jiri Kulich

(1:12:16) Will we see any lineup shuffling?

(1:19:02) The Chicago Blackhawks are bad

(1:28:18) The Josh Norris + Tage Thompson duo

(1:34:17) Early returns for the 4th line are... not great

(1:39:18) Jesse's Brief Debrief

(1:41:34) Intern Devin was cookin' at the home opener

(1:43:37) Old Friends

(1:45:28) Christian's Cafeteria

(1:51:51) Weekly Preview

(2:03:59) Closing

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Episode 196: Griffin Della Penna joins the show!

The Rochester Americans kick off their season tonight, so we decided to sit down and talk with new team broadcaster & multimedia journalist, Griffin Della Penna, to preview their season.

Griffin joins Jonah & JP to discuss his journey as a broadcaster, Rochester's roster/organizational changes during the offseason, young players to watch this year, and his expectations for the season, along with other Amerks related topics!

Tune in for an insightful preview of the Rochester Americans' 2026-27 season!

(0:00) Intro

(0:32) Welcome to the show, Griffin Della Penna!

(5:42) Griffin’s journey as a broadcaster

(11:38) Mentors in the industry

(14:22) Preparation for the Rochester Americans season

(16:49) Recapping the 2025-26 season

(19:45) New Rochester GM Stacy Roest

(23:46) Rochester’s new assistant coaching staff

(27:17) Michael Leone

(30:43) Free Agent Additions

(35:46) Who will be in the Leadership Group?

(37:37) Jake Richard’s Rookie Season

(40:50) Radim Mrtka, Maxim Strbak, Gavin McCarthy

(44:57) Vsevolod Komarov

(47:01) Goaltending trio [Ratzlaff, Leinonen, Vilalta]

(49:32) The most “under-the-radar” Amerk

(52:22) Which departure will hurt Rochester the most?

(53:27) What are you looking forward to the most?

(57:19) Season Predictions/Expectations

(1:00:17) Closing Thoughts

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The division preview is complete!The guys have officially previewed every single Atlantic Division team ahead of the 2026-27 season (although the Toronto Maple Leafs episode may be outdated). And the final episode brings us to the Tampa Bay Lightning.Despite surrendering the division title to the Buffalo Sabres, they are coming off a season where Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy, Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Vezina, and Jon Cooper (somehow) won his first Jack Adams. However, they had quite a bit of roster turnover during the summer.So tune in to find out where we think they are headed this season!(0:00) Recapping Tampa's 2025-26 season(11:58) Key Departures/Additions(17:12) Key Storylines(21:49) Lineup Comparison(31:11) Lightning Predictions/Projection(34:38) Closing ThoughtsThanks for watching!