BFHS 11/26/25: A dance partner?
Kris Baker and The Athletic’s Matthew Fairburn discuss everything Buffalo Sabres. Read Matthew’s latest at The Athletic:
Five keys for Sabres after 22 games: Josh Norris’ return, role players step up, more: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6837717/2025/11/26/sabres-standings-josh-norris-stats/
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Tell us what you're thankful for here in the comments…
I miss the Eddy Grant styled “Prospect Avenue” song.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! I'm thankful for Kris and Matthew. Hands down the best Sabres information team with Kris and his knowledge of prospects and Matthew his professional analysis this team is a beast
I think a song from Eddy Grants -The Equals : “ Baby Come Back” Would be a great one to use here for the show. And apropos for the Sabres❗️😊
I miss the Eddie Grant opening too. Why the love for Josh Norris Bakes? He looked good in preseason? I think the reason for no move is he will be out again by end of next week anyway. Let’s not lose focus need Adam’s fired! That has to be said and all you social media people need to tweet to everyone he needs to be fired!
#Ssbres approaching maximum depth on the forwards front. Still missing for a while longer their big offseason acquisition on D due to injury but Samuelson has more than made up for it with his play so far. Obviously a rough road trip coming up but a game over .500 on this trip would be good enough all things considered.
I am still on the Josh Norris half of the show. You guys realize you had devoted more time to talking about him than he’s actually played for this team? He’s not going to be here in two weeks. He is injury prone he always will be and that’s it. Yet another terrible trade by Adams. How about addressing the continual regression of your favorite Owen Power? Be better boys
Prospect Avenue by Rhythm Surf Monkeys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv76NTEa_c&t=7s Let's GOOOOoooooo
The act of getting rid of Cozens is addition by subtraction. Peterka was similar but to a lesser degree. Cozens has the lowest +/- in Ottawa at -10.
9-9-4 is not a .500 record. Remember the NHL went to 3 on 3 and shootouts so there was a declared winner and loser. The Sabres have lost 13 games!
Great job guys. Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Darren Dreger from TSN said Vancouver is making their up incoming "UFA" veteran players not just veteran forwards available in a trade. Sherwood, Blueger and Kane amongest others. Vancouver might be looking for a goalie asap with Demko injuried and Lankinen is now off on personal leave .
Hypothetical question… if the Sabres make the playoffs this spring, does this mean that Adams AUTOMATICALLY gets a contract extension or can you see Pegula giving the GM to Kekalainen and telling Adams to go away😊🙏🙏
Happy Turkey day to everyone down south.
Sabres have 1.3 mill in cap space, they will never win with this cheap owner! He should demand that 1.3 million be spent so we don’t have any cap space to sign Bwnson, Doan, Kesselring and Tuch next year. Pick up some veteran for cup win,lol
I wish the owner was cheap and told GM not to sign Greenway for a waste of 4 mill cap space
Does Fairborn think the GM should have maxed out the cap for last 2 seasons so the team would not have been able to keep Tuch, bring in Doan and Kesselring? Not sign Benson? If somehow he convinced some old veterans to come here we would have no cap space to sign anyone. He saved cap space to sign Peterka but he wanted out so now we have to give 5 mill each to Doan and Kesselring. Why max out the cap for no reason? The GM wanted space to sign guys who he drafted or traded for and actually wanted to be here. No free agents want to come to Buffalo anyways.
You guys put way too much on Benson being such an impactful player. He is not a top 6 forward,even on the Sabres. He hasn’t scored a goal since November 2025!!! Such a great player for a top 6 player. 👀
You’re not giving up potentially Bensen in a Pettersson trade? Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!!
Sherwood is a winner.
Matthew…Did the sabres ever address why they got rid of the Sabre for player of the game? I assume it was potential injury but curious as to if they evr directly said?
I know what I'll be thankful for this week. It's the Baker-Fairburn show. the authorities on Sabres hockey.
Garland and M. Petersson would be interesting. Perhaps Quinn and Johnson going the other way?
Fairburn wants to bring in Al These expensive contracts, we have no cap space under this owner who spent all the money. We have to sign Doan and Kesselring bro…Benson will ask for 5 million I bet
Man for such a great show with awesome hosts and an interactive live chat, there are some serious fools in this comment section. Holy hell!
Gents, chat, production crew prepping all the pots, pans and dishes for a big day tomorrow – have a great Thanksgiving.
This pod is the only decent Sabres pod out there. The rest are amateur hour.
We are one good trade away from being elite. It’s a problem that Rosen was sent down to the AHL, 7 points in 10 games he was on a 57 point pace.
Being in a playoff spot at the Olympic break will get the attention of short/expiring-contract veteran forwards on losing teams, especially those from the GTA or Southern Ontario. The Sabres have pieces to trade for those types of players, but you have to win games way more than you lose them between now and Feb 1.
Excellent article in the Athletic today 👍
Friedman said this morning that Tuch is as good as gone. That's a shame. Cited the buyout $$ from Skinner! Wow
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽 guys.
Thanks for the great pod.
Norris is basically an unknown because of his inability to stay healthy. Kulich with blood clot issues is worse than an injury, medically it's not as simple as a strained muscle or broken bone, could be awhile before he's back. I shudder to think of Adams successfully pulling off a significant trade without stepping on his d1ck and doing a Ville Leino deal or worse.
You wonder if this Eric knows anything about the game on eye test alone Hockey IQ off the charts
I would replace the belt with freshly harvested coconuts from one of the palm trees around the arena.
I listen to 15-20 podcasts for my two sports, Hockey and Baseball – and my Fav of them all is the Baker Fairburn Show. In addition, Matthew’s wisdom on The Athletic is terrific. Thx Kris and Matthew!
Great to have Norris back. Hope he doesn't injure himself sneezing.
Happy Thanksgiving boys. Beware of drinking the Kool-Aid too soon.
I'm naked on Main Street with nothing but a turkey hat on and a "BAKER-FAIRBURN HOCKEY SHOW RULEZZZ!" sign in my hands.
I'm not interested in any of Vancouver's UFAs. Hopefully they commit fully to the rebuild instead because I'd love Pettersson with the Sabres. Maybe that's a possibility even if they'll try to salvage the Quinn situation. Trade Pettersson for like Norris and Tuch. Couple of Americans, good locker room guys, good enough that they might be able to salvage the season and convince Quinn to stay.