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Flip Doan with Greenway. Benson - Norris - Thompson Quinn - McLeod - Tuch Zucker - Kulich - Doan Danforth - Krebs - Greenway

Hopefully its not the fanbase that gets annoyed.

You can click the pieces together in a lot of interesting ways. Thompson Norris Zucker would be a trustworthy first line to go with your second and allow them to run a sheltered Kulich Benson Quinn 3rd line like Vanek Roy.

Also, Danforth, Krebs and Doan is a fun 4th line that is going to annoy the ***** out of people.

This is currently where I'm at. Though, depending on how camp goes, I could move Greenway to LW4 with Krebs and put Danforth or Doan at RW3 with Kulich and Zucker. I like Greenway, and actually think there is an argument for him at LW2. Greenway/McLeod/Tuch could be an elite shutdown line with a unique combination of size (all 3), speed (McLeod/Tuch), toughness (Greenway/Tuch), and a little nastiness (Greenway), in a threesome who are all adept at defensive play.

This is what I’ve settled on too. I think a big reason why is that it puts each of the three young players we most desperately need to step up - Benson, Quinn and Kulich - in the situations where they are best able to do that.

And their little arrow shows that they were near where Detroit was the previous year. Just spinning. The best outcome of the season would seem to get back to the Detroit - window opening - this season. And the other outcome is they slide to where Nashville is.

It was right at her feet

Speaking of making things up. It was a row ahead of her. It wasn't "right at her feet."

Benson - Norris - Thompson Quinn - McLeod - Tuch Zucker - Kulich - Greenway Danforth - Krebs - Doan (Malenstyn)

I wish a reported would ask him something along the lines of, "Your mantra the past 5 years has been to get a better every day, and yet the opposite has been happening. The team has been getting worse under your leadership. Why do you think this year is any different?"

I think McLeod/Greenway would be on a traditional checking 3rd line with Doan probably best suited as the 3rd checker. McLeod/Tuch would be more of a matchup 2nd line that would probably be maximized with Benson. Those are the 5 Sabres I’d say are the most reliable defensively. Ottawa used Norris as a primary defensive situations guy last year. Theoretically, the Sabres top 2 lines should better in their own zone this year with Cozens and Peterka no longer getting those minutes. The vibe I get is the Sabres are going to give Quinn every opportunity to rebound. Playing with Tuch and McLeod - defensively responsible, fast guys who can pass - is probably the best possible situation for him.

Jerry Jones talks too much, and Terry Pegula doesn't talk at all. The ying and yang of bad ownership.

There is such a disparity between how the owner oversees his football operation compared to the hockey operation. In the football operation, he ended up hiring a good coach and GM, and then without much interference allowed them to run the operation. Over the past five years or so, the Bills have been one of the most consistently well-run franchises in the league. Without question, it's a respected franchise in the league. In comparison, the hockey franchise has become a long-term stepchild that is not taken seriously in in the league. The silent owner's critical hires have gone beyond being bad to being simply odd. The hiring of KA made no sense other than he installed a sycophant who would allow him to intrude whenever he wanted to. And what's even worse is retaining him after his five-year record of abject failure. What followed was the fraudulent hiring process for a HC. It was a charade that fooled no one. The owner hired the person he wanted to in the first place, Ruff, and then amateurishly masked it as the end product of a legitimate search process. It seemed that nostalgia was the critical factor for the hire. Based on the record, it's not unfair to say that Pegula is one of the worst owners in the league. And based on the record, it's not unfair to say that KA is one of the worst GMs in the league. And few would argue that the Sabre's coaching staff that includes the assistants a very accomplished staff. This is not a recipe for success.

Vivid. I was actually just going to check the schedule and ESPN links the ticket prices next to each game. The opener is actually down to $30. https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/schedule/_/name/buf/seasontype/2

Lol an arena beer has 1/2 the value of a ticket in the top section. Good job, Terry!

I’m truly shocked that anyone is paying money to go watch the Sabres play. Adams and crew are still here because they all had 1 year left on their contracts and they didn’t want to pay people not to be here. Adams is also the ultimate yes man who listens and does everything Terry says and will stand in front of the media and lie through his teeth and take all the bullets. The Sabres this year are built on the idea of hoping that a bunch of players all “take a step” which leads to sneaking into the playoffs. The same model that has worked so well the past decade and a half. The Sabres are not a serious organization and deserve an empty arena this season.

This graphic encapsulates the Sabres perfectly. 15 years and they are no closer to contending than the year they started the rebuild. Disgusting.

This is great.

If that was true, by the end of the season the drunks would take over the venue, which might be fun!

It certainly appears to be just a matter of time. Just keep winning.

It was right at her feet. I am just so done with this! People just make sh it up, unreal

Same here.

He needs help. That ain’t ok considering the Sabres are the ones who employed him to scramble his noggin, they sure as hell better not cut ties cold turkey. That isn’t a way to uphold an image. Doesn’t mean he should be allowed near kids anymore tho, not unless he finishes some program

I agree. Zucker Norris Thompson Quinn Kulich/McLeod Tuch Greenway Kulich/McLeod Benson Danforth/Malenstyn Krebs Doan