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I was expecting a Dahlin suspension, because we are the Sabres.

Poltapov doesn’t really seem to be progressing this season. Any idea what kind of tone on ice he’s getting?

Dahlin and Thompson can't possibly play as bad as their last game, so I expect them to at least give us an entertaining game.

All I can picture now is his dumb face shilling out for T-Mobile with Zoe Saldana

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. I don't discriminate

I just don’t understand why it is a PR nightmare. I forgot the Bills also have Dane Jackson again. None of these guys are any good today. Ingram could not get on the field this year and he will be 29 years old by opening day in 2026. It wasn’t and isn’t going to happen for him. He’s CB7 on the roster. I get what you’re saying, we lost something for nothing. I’m just saying it was like losing a crappy hard candy from grandma’s house you forgot was in your coat and now it’s even more stale. Old stale individually wrapped lemon drops. I don’t care what twitter or the heads think with their need to create content.

Nothing in here is incorrect but the solutions are complicated and that's an off season discussion really. A long one. Some guys don't play good D. Some are inconsistent. Some lack effort. Some just don't want to play that way. So ultimately for me it's about roster construction and lack of leadership. Habs for example have a better constructed roster and maybe the Ducks now do as well. The scoring talent has never been an issue here imo.

I think most of this is true. However I would say they need to swap out some of their young guys for a veteran top 6 winger. Tuch is a situation that is obviously unfortunate if it can't be resolved but it's not a wanted one. It would set them back if he's moved for prospects. Benson right now should be third line imo but I am also confident eventually he plays higher and effectively but it's too much too soon and he's not there and it does cost us.

I guess if you ignore the whole PR nightmare aspect of it then fine. My post had nothing to do with wanting Slay on the team.

No slay bells ringing in Buffalo this holiday season.

Funny that not too long ago the Sabres used to be a good road team and were awful at home.

Still looking for their first regulation road win of the season...longest streak in team history without one from the start of a season and counting.

Exactly

It's been reported that Norris sustained an lower body injury today while he was standing up to say, "No. This stops at one loss."

I don’t agree. All due respect to the player who was claimed, but it really doesn’t matter who CB6 is on a roster. Usually that’s a practice squad guy anyway.

Jeremy Jacobs will be 86 in January. Not to be morbid, but let's not count on that Buffalo-related support for too long.

Great Scott!

It's Our Team, Let's Keep it That Way. Wouldn't wanna see anything happen to your pretty little hockey team.

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I don't have an opinion on a sale. Unless we know who Pegula is selling to, it's impossible to say if it would be good or bad. The bolded part of your post fairly describes my view. I really don't care whether the GM of the Sabres calls Pegula to tell him he has traded Jokiharju for a 3rd. I suspect there are successful teams in major league sports where the GM and owner have that sort of relationship. Some people read it as Adams needing permission to trade Jokiharju for a 3rd, where I see it as Pegula likes that part of being an owner and wants to be informed. I think there are some restraints on Adams that make it harder for him to do his job than other GMs, but I reject that the restraints leave the Sabre GM (Adams or whomever) with an insurmountable task. The Sabres are spending this year, they have a lot of good assets. Adams has failed because he is not a good GM, not because it is impossible to be a good GM with Pegula as the owner. The hiring of Ruff is an example I would use. It would not surprise me if that was Pegula's idea. Whether it was Pegula's or Adams's idea though, is besides the point to me. The real failure goes back to the prior off-season when Adams failed to give Granato the roster changes needed to take a 91 point team that missed by a point, into the playoffs. Had Adams done his job a year earlier, we don't get to the point where they are considering bringing back Lindy Ruff. Even if they had still missed the playoffs and fired Granato, a GM who understood the need to do more to improve the roster in the summer of 2023, is smart enough to not recommend Lindy Ruff as HC, or savvy enough to steer Pegula in another direction. The right GM will stack enough good decisions that he will neuter Pegula's worst impulses. Of course, that still leaves Pegula to hire the right GM...so there's that.

No it wasn't. They claimed a guy on waivers and he refused to report. If they just wanted to open a spot they could have just waived Ingram without any claim.

Me too 👊🏻

Your face on a Saturday night?