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I think the level of incompetence is so high, that even an above average GM could help. I don’t think this team needs to be ripped down to the foundation. I think we are a few trades away from being competitive. I just don’t think KA will do it. Changes: 1) hire a good head coach = 5 more wins 2) Trade Power, dump Quinn and Greenway = 5 wins 3) add good (not even elite) players to replace them = 5 wins 4) move on from UPL = 5 wins

COME ON BOYS!!!!! Dig a little deeper, I know you can win this, we’re almost there!!!!!

If they had gutted the front office, hired new coaches, and been aggressive at the draft and ufa, they could have turned things around this summer.

There's no helping this team now. Too many mistakes, failures, ***** ups, and incompetence. We're heading to rebuild 4 and only the best gm in the league could save us.

Hoping=that at least one arrogant buffoon of a billionaire who is trashing a treasured institution decides at some point to go away.

I thought you were being facetious and others did too by emojis. I'm pretty sure you could have said that much earlier but you had to make sure to insult me before the reveal. You're not the virtuous person, you claim to be. I know, I know, you're just defending an honest question because you've never been a punk before, so how could anyone think that of father swamp. You're boring and everyone knows what you did.

The problem and the solution does’t originate with the HC. It’s starts with the GM who presides over the hockey operation. You can have an excellent coach while the GM has presented him with an imbalanced roster. Even with the best coaching the flaws are going to manifest itself. The Sabres have a third-rate owner who has assembled a third-rate organization. We’re stuck with a stubborn owner who doesn’t recognize his own limitations. Until a credible hockey person is installed at the top of the hockey operation, this franchise will continue to flail.

Fan write off!

Married to an accountant. We were talking about lack of effort from ownership to make this team better. She had two words. Tax right off. Ok three words. Pagula is making a killing with the bills. It may be the tipping point factor as to why he isn't as motivated as we want him to be to have a successful NHL franchise. Maybe he'd like a successful hockey team but it doesn't overcome the tax benefits. IDK

I just can’t believe we are back here again. This sucks.

Rod would want to jettison half the Sabres roster for his kind of players….thinking of how Jeff Skinner was sent packing

Rod Brind’Amour wasn’t a top-tiered coach when the Hurricanes hired him. And the Hurricanes, while not quite a Sabres-level disaster, had missed the playoffs 9 straight seasons before Brind’Amour was hired. Brind’Amour was an assistant there for 7 of those seasons, so it wasn’t like people knew he was any kind of solution. Maybe Mike Leone is our Brind’Amour. Probably not, but clearly Ruff is not leading this team anywhere positive.

A teenager isn’t going to help this team now. They need actual grown men who understand this isn’t some fledgeling hobby. I want players that take the job serious and will do anything to get the job done.

There’s no magical solution to what ails this failed franchise. No top tier coach is coming here until the organization is properly structured and staffed. As it is currently structured, it is set up to fail regardless who is the coach. There needs to be a major organizational renovation. Do you believe our stubborn owner is receptive to such a dramatic change? Right now, I don’t believe so.

Ivar Stenberg is Swedish, so you can hope Dahlin still feels good enough to sell Buffalo. Gavin McKenna plays at the Pegula Ice Arena, so he might be more favorable to Terry than others.

Yes to question #1. No to question#2. Yes to question #3.

Disagree. Carolina routinely out drafts Buffalo. Agree we need to find the next Brind’Amour coach and Buffalo would be better with that.

Should clarify: your theory being ppl want to trade Power because they don't realize Byram is worse.

I really think that when it comes to a potential franchise player as a 1st overall pick, the Sabres are headed towards “don’t draft me” territory. It may take a Shanahan level front office hiring to give them the sort of credibility to overcome their reputation.

I’m not sure if this is a hot take or not, but here goes: flip Brind’Amour and Ruff and nothing else, and in 12 months the Sabres are the Hurricanes and the Hurricanes are the Sabres. This is more in praise of Rod than in criticism of Lindy (though Lindy is not a good NHL head coach at this stage). Finding the next Brind’Amour level coach is obviously no easy task. But wasting time on a guy from the past, is just that, wasting time.

Absolutely. Get a head start. I don’t want KA doing one more thing.

I watched a little more than two periods. You don’t have to have much hockey knowledge to recognize which team was out- classing the other team throughout the game, regardless what the score was. The Sabres have an unserious owner presiding over a third- rate franchise. It’s sad and maddening.

You're missing the point though. We're not trading Power because he's worse than Byram, which seems to be your theory. You trade Power because he has value and can get you something good. I don't think Byram gets you as much, the time to move on from him was this summer probably.

The bathroom? Some flushing needs to be going on to an expel the crap, starting with the howdy doody GM. In any business, institution or sports franchise at any level when there is systemic failure outside analysts are brought in to do a thorough review and then recommend a change of course. The problem here is that the Sabres are owned by a stubborn and obtuse owner whose strategy during his tenure is to double down on the same failed course. It’s beyond beyond being stupid!