The Sabres face the Islanders on Friday night, a team the Sabres need to be better than this season and going forward if they want to be a playoff team. Sneaky Joe looks at the Islanders season, which has featured a team playing pretty well, that doesn't have the talent to score goals and take advantage.

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Dylan Cozens is moving to the wing. At practice he was skating with Ryan McCleod and Jordan Greenway. Sneaky Joe breaks down why this is a good move for the short term, but begins big questions for the long term. If Dylan Cozens isn't going to be the Sabres 2nd line center of the future, who will be?

Plus, our first power rankings of the season!

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The Sabres played well against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, but a couple of mental errors cost them the game. Sneaky Joe breaks down what went wrong on the first three Panthers goals, including mistakes by their best players.

Plus, Joe tries to find a way to split up Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn in the Sabres lineup.

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