Fantasy Hockey Podcast – 31 Beats: Buffalo Sabres, ft. Joe Yerdon

In the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast’s 31 Beats series, Elan and Brian are on a league-wide odyssey to explore the fantasy present and future landscapes of each of the NHL’s 31 teams, gathering info by interviewing the people who know them best: beat writers!

For the second straight season the Buffalo Sabres started strong but then fizzled away from playoff contention in the 2019/20 season. The Athletic’s Joe Yerdon joins Elan to explain what went wrong and what the Sabres will need to do to right the ship. Other topics discussed include:

• Why did Jack Eichel‘s production tail off before the pause?
• Who’s good at winning faceoffs on the Sabres (spoiler: not many of them)
• Why was Jeff Skinner held off L1 all season?
• Was Victor Olofsson‘s rookie season for real?
• Is Dylan Cozens ready to take the leap to the pros?
• Is Casey Mittelstadt a bust?
• Is Rasmus Dahlin on track to become the next Erik Karlsson?
• How good is Linus Ullmark?
• Why does Joe’s Twitter bio say he’s a #NotedJerk?

Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon, and check out his work at The Athletic.

Players discussed on this episode include Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner, Victor Olofsson, Ryan O’Reilly, Dylan Cozens,