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they don’t want to acknowledge the reality of the drought, they don’t want to be the ones to take responsibility for the realities of it and how it must be approached and fixed, they don’t want to claim it. No one does what they don’t get is SOMEONE F*CKING HAS TO

Yeah, probably the dumbest story in a while.

That they didn’t figure out, presumably still haven’t figured out that the Buffalo Sabres franchise specifically as it stands cannot benefit anymore from long term goals and pursuits and patience, that to fix the culture of no expectation literally the only cure is going all-in on the now, holding yourself to nothing less than winning RIGHT NOW being the standard, is mind-boggling. I opined on that 5 years ago lol. Draft picks don’t matter. Prospects don’t matter. Not for *this* franchise - not right now, not anymore. I’m not sure what part of “historical ineptitude” they don’t understand - why they can’t grasp that being an *anomaly* means they need a drastic and a anomalific approach to fix it. It’s physics. Transactions should in totality be dialed in on mortgaging EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THE FUTURE THEY CAN in the aid of the now. Because the future they are trading is only perceived, and never to arrive, without the rescuing of the now there only ever IS the now. No yesterday, no tomorrow.

Yes.

This is the dumbest non story in sports. Who tf cares.

Hey I hacked your account

Personally, I think UPL sucks but who cares if he went out after a loss. Do people think a player should sit in a dark corner and think about a loss?

How many games do they play at home in a row? lol

2 are on the couch in the family room, 1 is on the recliner and the last one is in her room since she’s apparently never moving out. All are here for the holiday’s, even after I put the fake house number magnet up on the mailbox, for 4 kids that grew up never seeming to know who did the frowned upon deeds in the house while mom and pop were at work or gone for a weekend, they somehow miraculously remember instinctively where the house is 🤔 All 4 of them, ages 35 on down to 21 are now of age, all 4 of them with their significant others, so they decided to do what mom and pop did in our youth, they drank all of my beer and half of my booze cabinet Wednesday night and yesterday. I now fully understand what my dad was so bitter about all those years.

The players should hold Lindy accountable for the coaching staff he wanted to retain in Year One for evaluation, then retaining them again!

Anyone else remember Drury making a comment about lack of privacy for pro athletes in Buffalo? I seem to recall he said people would come up to him in Wegmans.

If I were UPL after that game, I would be drinking too. I don’t care what he does in his off time. But he needs to do better or we need to cut the cord.

Must tie.

It's 4 o'clock, do you know where your children are?

Like he does in net. Ooh PEE…

Lindy pulled him to send a message - to the team in front of Lyon, not Lyon. Lindy also likes to play ‘hot hand’… ? I am done w UPL. 6 years and no consistency. That said, IDK why no Lyon as he is IMO best option w Ellis as backup

Kevyn utilizing a power move? If that is the case, he has more control over stuff than we realize

Passes the eye test. There are times that Byram and Timmons play well together, and it's even a significant portion of the time they're out there; but when they go bad they're Messy-Balls bad and unfortunately those times are significant portions of time too. For the most part, am ok (not good, but ok) with those 2 together when they're at home and they can more or less control which lines they're deployed against. But really don't like them on the road. Still would rather they had a more defensive defenseman up as an option, especially on the road, so they could break up Timmins and Byram, keep from putting Byram and Power together (who are even worse overall than Byram-Timmins via the eye test) and still give Byram somebody defensively responsible to help him out when they can't control matchups.

I was debating going today, but it's absolute whiteout down here in the southern tier and it's not worth the drive in for this team as is currently constructed. I'll watch from the couch and hope they don't suck

Ironically, the same reasons that the PK is working well - guys that are outnumbered getting into passing lanes and using active sticks to intercept or at least deflect passes rather than manning up on someone and trying to take the body are likely the same reasons that overall they seem to be giving up more goals 5v5 to date. When you're outmanned, taking the body on someone gives the other team an even more substantial edge. 5v4 becomes 4v3 or 3v2 when guys play an individual man. Getting in the passing lanes, especially when you have really big bodies (most of the PKers) or reeally high hockey IQ guys (like Benson), tends to limit scoring chances when you're down a man or 2. Throw in better goaltending than you've gotten in the past, and the PK ends up fairly effective. But at 5v5, taking space away from a guy or actually manhandling him will be more disruptive than simply trying to take away a passing lane. Still would prefer Wilford gone, but if they could limit his duties to ONLY running the PK, might not hate him sticking around. And, that he doesn't seem to understand, or at minimum he can't convince his troops (aka coaching them), that different situations require different tactics to be successful is a fairly damning reason to get rid of him. And personally expect having Wilford as a coach limits how much physical play Power will add to his game. He plays the way Wilford seems to want him to play. Tough to learn to add other tools to your toolbox when those aren't taught/emphasized.

You have to sit behind him to see it because he turns behind the net to do it. It just seems to be his way of zoning out. It probably comes form how he would do it riding a bike but standing still he could just drink straight on. Quirks of goaltenders.

Reading through the thread, I fully understand the Buffalo sports franchises customers frustration. Many of us are well old enough to remember the “almost did it”, “fell just short in spectacular, sometimes in major sports leagues historic events fashion”. The decades of wondering in the bottom of mediocrity or out right at the bottom of the barrel has shortened some patience. The French Connection Stanley Cup run, 4 Super Bowl losses in a row, the no infamous no goal event, the Drury/Breire run, and now, the KC stonewall of recent. Throw in that aforementioned years in the darkness and it rips the heart out of many, thick skins others, but ultimately, it is our bond as lifetime long Buffalo sports fans. In short, it is our Opus, our glue that binds. Pegula is going through something with his family I wish on no one. And while I am critical of his handling of the hockey club, I recognize it is only a game, and real life events supersede that. I support Terry, and I want him and his family to share in any success these sports franchises can achieve. I thank him for keeping the teams in Buffalo. With all of that said, to Terry, the Pegula family, if this ever gets read to them or even just mentioned, step aside Terry, hire an experienced hockey guy, staff, let them build the team. Give us the chance to share that moment with you when success comes.

Tage Thompson has also seemingly stopped doing all of these things again. It was like he was motivated when he heard he was a bubble USA Olympic team option and decided to show he could actually care and play stronger. I also believe the Sabres do not emphasize physical play and instead emphasize stick work. It's why they attempt to poke pucks free more than separate player from puck through checking. It's why they leave players open in front of the net because they believe by standing in front of the player they can intercept the pass or shot. Some players are good at the puck poking, they all seem to fail at intercepting the pass before the player in front of the goaltender can have an impact. Meh..