Straight Up Sabres

Straight Up Sabres

Welcome to Straight Up Sabres presented by The Charging Buffalo! Hosted by Brendan Orr and Taylor Nigrelli, we cover the latest Sabres news with our own unique twist. Keep up with all things Sabres with The Charging Buffalo. Head to thechargingbuffalo.net or on Twitter & Instagram @TheChargingBUF for all your Sabres coverage. Make sure you follow us on Twitter, @StraightSabres.

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December 26, 2025 57 mins

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres 7-game winning streak, climbing back into the playoff picture, the win over Ottawa, the complete team efforts that have characterized the winning streak, who's impressed, Bergevin & Flynn's hirings, Karmanos' firing, the latest on Alex Tuch, and more!

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On today's episode, we celebrate I mean discuss Kevyn Adams getting fired as general manager, revisit his moves as GM, the few highlights and many lowlights, why it was several years overdue, and more before sharing our reaction to Jarmo getting hired as GM and what the road is going to look like with him as GM.

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December 12, 2025 59 mins

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On today's episode, we dive into the the rumors swirling regarding change in the Sabres front office, what's been speculated, what the Sabres should be looking for, if Lindy would work in a front office role, doing an external search, hiring alumni in the front office, and more!

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On today's episode, we break down the Sabres loss against the Flyers to start their roadtrip, why the loss and their inability to put together winning streaks is indicative of a bigger problem, whether the core is good enough to win, the Sabres remaining games on the roadtrip, and somewhere in between go on a rant about what Podcast Valhalla would be like, plus more!

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On today's episode recorded ahead of the Sabres loss vs the Penguins, we discuss the Sabres winning 4 of 5 after their win over the Hurricanes, their struggles on the road ahead of a pivotal end to 2025 where they play 13 of 18 on the road, UPL's recent run of play, preview the back-to-back starting with Friday's game vs New Jersey, take a look around the league, and more...

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November 21, 2025 35 mins

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres brutal loss to the Flames after their big win against Edmonton on Monday, Tage, Samuelsson, & Lindy's post-game comments, injuries, where the blame lies, whether the real Sabres are the team we saw against Edmonton or Calgary, and more!

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres losing three straight and having one win in their last seven games. We dive into the injuries that have been plaguing the team, why their struggles go much deeper than the players their missing, and how the front office and ownership bear the blame.

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November 6, 2025 40 mins

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres loss to the Mammoth, their overtime woes losing 4 of their last 5 in OT, Greenway's disappointing return to the lineup, encouraging play from Ostlund, Rosen, and Kozak, the upcoming schedule, and more!

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres picking up points in four straight games, the home & home vs the Leafs, the overtime goal in the loss vs Columbus, who was at fault, Kesselring's debut, Samuelsson, the top-six's surge, Ostlund, and more!

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October 24, 2025 39 mins

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres righting the ship as of late winning 3 of their last four, including our thoughts on the games against Ottawa, Florida, Montreal, and Detroit. We dive into performances thus far by Josh Doan, Zach Benson, Colton Ellis, and Jack Quinn, needing more from Tage and Dahlin, and the home and home against Toronto this weekend.

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October 15, 2025 44 mins

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On today's episode, we discuss the disastrous start to the Sabres' season, including the three losses, their 0-11 powerplay, the Norris injury, other injury updates, where the blame should fall, coaching shortcomings, organizational mismanagement, and ownership issues.

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On today's episode, we preview the Sabres home opener against the Rangers, including the latest injury and roster transactions, the opening night lineup by position group, our top storylines for the start of the season, and close the episode by giving our league-wide standings predictions.

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On today's episode, we describe our thoughts on each team in the NHL with a movie quote or song lyric. Taylor tackles the Eastern Conference with movie quotes while Brendan matches the Western Conference teams with a song lyric.

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On today's episode, we discuss the start of the Sabres preseason, the impressive starts for Mrtka & Helenius, the latest on Alex Tuch's contract extension talks, and close by sharing thoughts and well-wishes for Rasmus Dahlin's fiancée Carolina.

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On today's episode, we have one of our favorite yearly episodes - we each give 5 Sabres and 5 league-wide predictions for the year ahead. We open the show discussing the latest injury news on UPL, Greenway, and Tuch as well as the recently announced fan submissions for the new goal song before getting into the predictions.

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On today's season 7 premiere, we announce the first ever Sabres Trivia Showdown, taking place October 7 at Mr. Goodbar where Chad and Anthony of Expected Buffalo, Kris Baker and Matt Fairburn of the Baker Fairburn Hockey Show, Chris and Tyler of the Instigator Podcast, and Jourdon LaBarber of the Sabres and a special surprise guest will be putting their Sabres knowledge t...

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On today's season 6 finale episode, we tease some of the surprises coming in season 7 of the pod before discussing how we feel about the Sabres currently compared to how we felt at the same time last year.

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On today's episode, we discuss the Sabres being projected to make the playoffs in JFresh's model, Dahlin being named the top player born in the 21st century, theme nights, national broadcasts, and more!

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On today's episode, we discuss the viral video of the ceiling collapsing at Key Bank Center due to a pipe leak, upgrades needed throughout the arena, the Sabres 25-26 schedule, and give our thoughts on a Twitter question about what transaction over the past decade we wish the Sabres could do differently.

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August 14, 2025 54 mins

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On today's episode, we have another hockey trivia challenge! We give each other two categories each and put our random hockey knowledge to the test. Categories are: last player to score 100 points for each franchise, Sabres to score a point as a teen in the 21st century, the last time each team secured 100 points, and players with a jersey number above 80.

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