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If you are young enough to just enjoy being at a game and not really concerned with the outcome, I would say yeah, maybe for kids 14 and under. Other than that, winning is all that matters. Currently, you could not PAY me to go see the crap that has been on the ice over the last 10 years. If they were in a playoff spot in February and they lost, whatever, fine. I had seasons for the last 10 years (not last year) and turned down tons of invites to go to a game in 2024. There is ZERO entertainment value for going to see this garbage. Just thinking about how pathetic this whole organization is makes me angry, and going to a game would just exaggerate that emotion. I legitimately despise everything that is Buffalo Sabres related and I am one of their biggest fans. I hate Pegula for what he has done to the fans of this city...HATE.

Well see I'm not missing it, I just don't care about the tourist. The thing about the Sabres (and that's all that matters here) is they often do not seem serious about winning. When you announce up front that it's "a development year" wtf are you doing? Winning and learning to want to win (and hate to lose) is part of development. Adams comes in and it's like in 5 years we will be good, that's his promise (which he failed to deliver on but didn't get fired anyway) and so he tears it down and we start. The expectation however should be better every year and they just aren't. We are the same, picking around the same spot, and we are entering the next wave of possible exits. It's absolute garbage. Rob Blake got fired because he couldn't get past a Stanley Cup finalist. Where's the bar here in comparison???

He would have told Gadjovich to go kill him 🙂 Not only would Florida have gone after him then and there they'd have gone after the whole team next game. I remember when McAvoy hit one of their D, I think it was Oliver Ekman Larson and KO'd him. The next time Bruins played Florida they were pounding McAvoy all over the ice. Fought him as well and banged him up good. They are the embodiment of a solid team.

Sabres won the division shortly after losing Briere and Drury for nothing

Pegula learned the wrong lesson. "The NHL" recommended Botterill and Zito (and others I assume). He chose Botterill. My guess is he chose Botterill because Botterill was the anti-Murray; refined, respectful, presentable in public (oh, and the 3 World Junior Gold Medals!). Zito is more of an Alpha, even a bit intimidating to look at. Rather than come away from that and conclude he simply made the wrong choice, Pegula concluded that he was steered in the wrong direction. Agreed on Jarmo. He wouldn't be my choice, but a step in the direction of normal.

I think you're missing the nuance. Winning matters if you are attending a game involving a team that you're a fan of. There's no disagreement there. But if you're in Buffalo on a business trip, not from Buffalo, and maybe not even a hockey fan, but attending a Sabres game, does winning matter to you? Or are you more interested in a comfortable seat, the video board, the food options, etc.? When I attend a Bills or Sabres game, it's all about winning. When I attend a Seattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers MLB game, I really don't care about winning. It's more about the overall experience. If the survey is specifically targeted at Sabres season ticket holders and/or serious Sabres fans, then yes, winning is priority #1.

There’s a reason they weren’t on their game

Raptors finished second in the east the year after Kawhi left and they didn’t get back what they gave up to get him, either Build a team I’m saying where this player goes we won’t need ice

Forsling was a McDavid hack. McDonald’s played 70% of his shifts last night vs the Gustav

Let's pretend a new owner with competent mgmt and coaching came in during the 2019-20 season. Leafs got dominated when the Panthers decided to play their game Also, Let's not forget Bob wasn't on his game for the first 2 either

I really don't know why I reply to messages at 3am....especially when my reply states "I'm not losing sleep over it". Pretty rich huh? Lol

Kind of slammed buffalo(area wise) every chance he got. Not sure how to feel about interview. If they start bad I could see him asking out 20 games in.

absolutely true. Bills games are a commitment, man. It always feels like an all-day or late-night event. And I don't even do much in the way of tailgating!

Losing is a contaminant.

This is so true! I would just say that going to a Sabres game is just so much fun and way better, for me anyway, than Bills games. It just seems easier to get in and out of Sabres games.

Great question. I'll just add this. I attended two games late in the year they both won, but the fans I was sitting around had no clue about hockey, it seemed to me. They were there, wanting the team to win, but also just enjoying the situation. When they are winning, though, there are way more people involved in the team, but are they just along for the ride? And as someone who played a lot of beer league hockey, I know for a fact "being there" was just fine for a lot of the players and winning was only a fun perk that wasn't all that necassary. Those people frustrated me, but they exist

holy return Batman

It does still integrate young players going forward to insulate older players who lose a step. Now we need to jettison the soft roster configuration and start pushing back on the narrative.

Which one? The same week that happened Brady was on the Ice with Stutzule when he got hammered to the ice by Ryan Hartman on the face off dot. Brady was on the ice and did nothing like the rest of the team. https://www.nhl.com/video/hartman-suspended-10-games-6368227578112 That looks just as bad to me.

Yeah a decade or so too late. They need the adult versions of these guys in the roster now.

And JBott before him with only a 2-year deal (which is OK, fine, bridge to see what you've got. And you had a perennial top-6 forward on any team in the league). I like it. I feel the good in him. The conflict.

110.00% agree. As someone else paraphrased, a team full of coasters who aren't truly willing to put their hands up. We need our own version of Ridley Greig.

Does winning matter for TP... I would say this... you almost have to make it your mission to be out of the playoffs for this long... like literally you have to focus hard on being incompetent... now I am not saying that he is trying to lose... but geez... I am running out of explanations other than legitimately he is clueless, fancies himself as the great Hockey oracle and only hires people who sycophant that notion... and keep who he likes... so I think he would like to win to prove that he is the great white knight... but in the end... being in control of his toy and making money are way more important... because lets not fool ourselves... once he got the Bills, they became his business per se... and Hockey was his toy hobby... or at least in my opinion...

One problem the Sabres will have with moving Pick #9 is the pick does not carry as much weight as usual. The draft isnt great at 9 and other teams also want to move off their 1st round pick. It is a buyer's market so the Sabres wont get the usual value that comes with Pick #9. In this case, I am ok with Buffalo keeping this pick provided they are utilizing other existing prospects in the pipeline to upgrade the current roster.

One can only imagine what Tkachuk would have done if that happened to a teammate.