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UPL - He is what he is. An average (at best) NHL backup. He had a pretty good two month stretch two years ago but is largely mediocre. Let's in too many soft goals. Lousy lateral movement and positioning. Horrific rebound control. Lyon - Was a good story the first couple of weeks but has regressed back to the mean. He's a sub .900 guy who should be used very sparingly if you have ANYONE else. Ellis - Need to see more. Last few starts haven't been good. Has some skill that is evident, but not sure he's a full-time NHL 'er yet. He should be getting steady starts. Levi - At some point you need to see what he has. We know what UPL is. We know what Lyon is. Devon needs his chance soon.

Benson and maybe Tuch. Honorable mention to Doan.

The team needs a trade like 45 years back. Gare, Shoney and Derek Smith to Detriot for McCourt, Foligno and Brett Peterson. Send a shock through the organization . In last place..again ! Nothing to lose but our minds. Sick of this nonsense. No one is safe. Get some freakin' grit.

Dahlin - I'm giving him a pass for his degraded play this year due to all the personal stuff he's dealing with. Coming into this season I think he was a legitimate top-10 defenseman. TNT - His inconstancy can be frustrating, but he's the most gifted offensive player we have. Plus he seems to have developed a mean streak. Zucker - Just a hard-nosed, greasy guy that does a little bit of everything. Doan - Same as Zucker but a dozen (I think) years younger. Benson - Our little ball of hate. Plays with max effort every shift. Playmaking has improved this year. Needs to start scoring more goals. I think the Sabres did his development a disservice by throwing him right in the frying pan at 18 on a bad team. Norris - (when healthy) is a very talented offensive centreman who plays a pretty responsible two-way game. McLeod - Fastest guy on the team, outstanding penalty killer, doesn't wow defensively, but I feel like he's one of our better forwards in that aspect. Tuch - On the fence here. Before this season, he was an excellent player. I think the losing is wearing on him because I don't think he's giving full effort on a lot of shifts. Guys like Kulich, Ostland, and Rosen are just potential right now. Muel has been good this year. Power and Byram can kick rocks. The rest of the forwards I wouldn't even notice if they were gone...same for the goalies.

Benson, McLeod, Samuelsson, Zucker

Good post. IMO Levi is already better than both Lyon and Ellis. Ellis won't clear waivers? So what, who cares, he's not the answer. I'd prefer a Leinonen and Ratzlaff combo in Rochester, and UPL/Levi in Buffalo. Adams is a moron.

So game tomorrow? 6 dmen on the roster and the team in Calgary, where a 7th dman won't get to if someone gets sick or is injured pregame That's the best thing that could happen to this team - playing a full game with 5dmen cause they have 3 goalies. hockey media across the league would have a field day with that. Maybe the laughter gets so loud Terry just has to act? Probably not but maybe?

Dahlin but he isn't at the level I expected him to be this season. I think you can see the frustration building as the season goes on That being said, I'm giving him lots of leeway due to the summer he had. I fully expect he returns to elite level next season.

Dahlin , Doan , Zucker, Mule (this years version) , Tage, Kozak, Östlund.

Dahlin. No others.

The jolt would be to have Terry fire the entire coaching staff including scouts, also Terry would need to step back and let the real hockey people make moves without his consent (will he ever allow that? Probably not so most likely a moot point). Hire Shanahan also the president of hockey ops, Jarmo to GM and have them colaberate on who should be the next HC going forward. Also find out who the weak links are on this team (all goalies, Power, Byram, do Östlund/Rosen/Levi fit into our plans if not lets move on). At this point in time I'm getting rid of both UPL and Lyon and going with Levi/Ellis and may the best man win from this season on (whether that's as a back up going forawrd or our starting goaltender but starting UPL or Lyon now is pointless imo). Also is Tuch really worth the 8.5-9M a season that I'm hearing he's about to get? If you don't think so you don't have many options other than receiving ddraft picks and prospects this late in the year.

And if you can't think of anyone who you'd really miss watching play for us, then which player or players, if any, would you miss just a little?

I expect us to beat Calgary and Edmonton to bring us back to .500 again; unsure why

Norris is fine but Tage needs to have his own line; Tage plays much looser as a center because he isn't being jammed into the boards while stickhandling.

Agreed the fact that Buffalo still supports the team despite Terry Pegulas relentless focus on ensuring ineptitude and wildly succeeding loke no other franchise in history has for this amount of time ... well mostly... demonstrates the viability of this market if they didnt move coming out of Bankruptcy after Rigas. I am not thinking they move now. Image what a competent owner and relevance does to this fan base... not saying it can't happen but I am not convinced it will

I am the eternal optimist lol So far I’m on track

It's an absolute clown show. In another thread I posted that it just doesn't make any sense. The owner buys the team, moved so much that ,while shedding tears, vows to make Buffalo "Hockey Heaven" in front of Sabre HOFers AND now looks like he is purposely trying to run the franchise into the ground. Results? Alienating fans, questions of selling the team or worse ....relocation?

Sooooo,… he was the scapegoat, then. 😀

A jolt in the form of a combination of Jarmo as GM and Appert as HC is what we do not need. There is no way that Appert should be HC of the Sabres. Not sure about Jarmo as GM, but the Sabres should engage in a real search at the end of the season for a new GM and HC (and probably a President of of Hockey Operations). These moves are long overdue, and no one currently a part of this organization should be retained unless after a real and independent accounting of what has gone wrong with this organization it is determined otherwise.

The usual avenue for a GM departure is by being fired. It's not very often that a failed GM volunteers to leave his position. Usually, the POHO and/or the owner make the decision for the staffing change. In a sense, the owner is also the acting POHO. The onus is on the owner to take the step that is obvious to most everyone. It shouldn't be a surprise that this particular reclusive owner hasn't done so.

I think its both they aren't good enough and those who are dont care and they are making those who aren't not care and most importantly the owner and GM are not good enough and don't care

My taughts are that we next year will get the same from Östlund but for less money and with more games played. It is a horrible contract and Norris should be traded. We could extend Östlund, bring in another solid veteran and still have an extra million to next seasons contract extensions (Benson, Tuch) for the same money we pay Norris.