On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Steve Bermel for instant live reaction to game five as the Buffalo Sabres blew multiple early leads in losing (badly) to Montreal that has them on the brink of elimination, in addition to official release of the NFL/Buffalo Bills 2026 regular season schedule.
The Sabres scored three times in their home arena in the first period, yet went into the locker room down two goals after 40 minutes. Any chance of a comeback ended shortly into the third after a Rasmus Dahlin penalty led to Montreal’s sixth goal. To call it all an implosion is accurate if not an understatement. The guys have a ton of of takes and spoiler alert—– optimistic Sabres fans probably won’t like it.
Meanwhile, the guys pour over a lot of the bigger details from the 2026 schedule unveiling. The Bills have six (!) prime time games this season including Thanksgiving night, and that’s not including a late afternoon showdown on the road at Denver on Christmas day. To say for better or worse the Bills will be in the national spotlight a lot this season is an understatement.
The guys go over what they like and disliked the most about the looks of the Bills schedule, which ranges from the perfect opponent to be playing coming off their bye (Baltimore), to three straigh home games against good, an expected brutally hard five game stretch late in the season to two extremely winnable games at the end should the Bills absolutely need to have them. That and plenty more.
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