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This team is done

I am on the draft Stenberg train. I think McKenna will produce more offense in the NHL and has a higher ceiling but Stenberg is bigger Benson or more talented Doan. He is also NHL ready to a degree, he is almost a ppg player in the SHL which at 18 (he's old for his class and if he was in a lower league I would be less high on him) is the best in SHL history going all the back into the 80s I think. Only Sedin was close to his ppg rate. Maybe my mind will change, we still have WJC and the entire 2nd half of the season. McKenna can absolutely change my mind with his toolbox but I can't convince my brain to draft any more high ceiling offensive minded wingers with limited 2way ability.

...Matthew Savoie revenge game?

The 13 game winless streak last year started on 11/27. Year before that it was a 5-9-2 stretch from 11/30 to the end of the year. Already looks like this year's downward spiral started on 12/3 with the Philadelphia loss. Nothing short of the GM getting fired AND some pieces need to be moved will move the needle. Because at this point, the owner can't motivate properly and they're largely blocked out Ruff.

You don’t mean Kesselring, you mean Mrtka.

I kind of like this one-game non-paper AHL transaction rule. But I also know there will be a rash of injuries in Buffalo right before the AHL playoff roster deadline and suddenly Rosen and/or Östlund will have to magically be in two places at once --- and the Amerks will go into the playoffs without on their best offensive threats.

Keep (either because I like them, think it is better than a trade, or their contract makes them hard to trade) Norris, McLeod, Benson, Zucker, Doan, Kulich, Kozak, Östlund (I think Thompson will ask out) Dahlin, Kesselring, Samuelsson, and Power (I would trade him but we need bodies) Lyon and 1 of Ellis or UPL That means Tuch, Thompson, Greenway, Quinn, Krebs, Byram, Timmins, Bryson, and either Ellis or UPL are all traded or not signed. You gotta add enough defenders to keep Kesselring in Rochester next year. He's gonna be really good but he isn't ready yet.

Same, I got this way with the Bills at one point in their drought.

It doesn’t matter who we bring up. Until the mngt and coaching staff are cleaned out this culture will not begin to change. Most of these players won’t be Sabres anymore by the time those changes occur, if they occur. The best a player drafted by the Sabres can hope for right now is to ride out the rights time or flat out demand to be moved. These players careers are stuck in purgatory while they wear a Sabres uniform as of now.

Goalies don't seem to go as early in drafts so maybe there was some hope they'd slip. Or maybe they were trying to negotiate a trade of reinhart for a 1st that would have potentially netted a goalie. Or they were doing nothing, which is also very possible and likely. His tendency to ditch the post early to try to anticipate the cross-crease look.

I just feel so sad and defeated as a fan.

Lyon or Ellis? It doesn’t really matter who plays behind this team. Feeling the team is at a new low right now.

Same with Rosen. They don’t need too be ruined

Why bring Östlund back up into this ***** show? He’s not saving the day so unless you want him to learn how to be a loser, then keep him in Rochester. Bring up some other scrub that has no chance to ever make the NHL.

Of course Zucker is hurt. Not a bit surprised. Bring up Rosen.

No doubt another rebuild is upon us. Which means no more Lindy Ruff, please. Not as a coach or FO advisor. Just go. Tage Thompson will be asking for a trade, I can see it and hear it.

Per His Radio Appearance on WGR550 Östlund is not eligible to return until he plays one game with the Amerks in Belleville tomorrow

0-3-0 so far. Three road games to go. Last night was so aggravating to watch. Two terrible teams were out there, but the Sabres were definitely worse. Watching the interviews, they think they played good enough to win, the problems run deep. The coach and the “best players” don’t get it and are in denial.

They are. But there is no reason for a full teardown before beginning this one. Turn the reins over to Kekaleinen prior to making any major moves. Trade Tuch, UPL, and Byram - 3 guys that you can get value for (or at least you could've this past off-season). Dump Quinn for what you can. Let Jarmo decide whether to keep Greenway or not. If you aren't going completely off the board putting him on the 1st line rather than the 4th line where he belongs, you might keep him as the team needs to be getting older, not younger and there'll be a case for having Rosen, Östlund, Helenius on occassion, and at least one of Novikov or Johnson and Levi on the roster. Dahlin is the one untouchable on this roster. Get a legit coach and some non-Apperts under him and see what the rest of the team can do the rest of this year realizing that if you wait until the Olympic break to make that move that the team is going to be playing free and loose as they'll have no realistic shot at the playoffs by then, so you'll be effectively viewing what their absolute ceiling together is. What a waste it's all been.

On the last play of eagles-chargers last night, Hurts threw an interception while down 3 in OT. The defender tried to get up and advance the ball. If he winds up fumbling there, is the game still over if Philly recovers but doesn’t score?

Give him the ol Owen Power Power Bridge. By year 7 it will pay for itself

I made it to 2-0 last night. I’ve got my own hockey game at 9 tonight. How wonderful it would be to come back and watch the third period of a dominate Sabres win.

You and I have the same view about this weird owner. His non-responsiveness is a demonstration of his contempt for the fans and paying customers. He’s essentially giving us the finger. His arrogance is tough to stomach.