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The only thing that will make this season more comical is when they announce the Adams, Ellis, Wilford and Appert multi year extensions😝 Ive lost the ability to even be upset about this team anymore. I feel nothing watching them lose. Hey atleast Doan looked good.😁

I'm with you here... Both of my boys are high school age and they have zero interest in watching or even talking hockey anymore. It breaks my heart. It's one of those things that I wanted to experience with them but that is gone forever, unfortunately. Not the end of the world obviously, but it was something that I had as a kid and wanted them to share in similar feelings. This team is completely dead to me until something something drastically changes, and I fear that will never happen.

the new stadium is natural grass?

Close. In those 5 seasons, he will play a total of 1 season's worth of games. FTFY lol

fire that guy into the sun. Appert that is. Who does he have comprimising photos of?

and was still a -1 on the night They won tho'

@Sabres73 Still think my comment was a "thumbs down" after watching that trash? Pretty sure 19K+ people in the building agreed with my assessment and plenty took my advice on the drinking.

Norris Left the first game of the season with an upper body injury… You were saying?

I don’t agree with this at all. It implies that it’s a beautiful sunny day and they are yelling at the one cloud in the sky. We’re in a 14 year hurricane about to be 15. I don’t need to be branded. What’s wrong with “Sabres fans”?

Detroit signed Compher and Copp to help keep youngsters blocked and in their place (deservedly). They are decent supporting players. But who are the supporting? Larkin is a very good player, and he looks great when his speed is unlocked by playing with stars on Team Canada. But he himself is not a star center. And that is a problem when he has to both shut down and outscore the top lines in a division with Matthews, Point, Barkov, 'til recently Stamkos/Bergeron, and now I'd add Stutzle and Suzuki, and whoever is playing with Thompson as he's no longer a center. (Kasper and Brandsegg-Nygard will be fun, though.) They've also been deadset on young defensemen in Seider, Edvinsson and fill-ins (the husk of Hamonic) rather than extending objectively good D in Hronek and Walman. But most like Buffalo, they don't have a #1 goalie. Maybe it's Cossa. I doubt it's Gibson as he hasn't been an above average goalie for almost a decade.

Lindy's excuse this year: "Bizarre Things." Eeyore Hockey. Losers' Lament. See also: What Can The Sabres Even Do?

Don't worry! After all the guys get back, the Sabres will go on a nice run in Feb-March to finish with 75 pts.

I just posted in another thread... That I'm not watching live anymore until they win consistently. If they're not playing winning hockey by the end of October, I'm canceling cable and I'm pretty much done for the year.

Umm, is the answer "people that were in a coma the past 3 years?"

And apparently they've come up with a workaround to effectively only have 1 goal song. Worked last night.

I'm really glad I didn't choose TNT as my unsung hero in the predictions thread.

A note on Rempe. Yes, he is big, but... he didn't go running anyone. He had 5 hits in 9:30. He went to the front of the net as he's supposed to, and he had the speed and angle to get to Krebs and flatten him against the boards -- forcing the puck loose for what turned out to be the insurance goal. The puck went back to the point, over to Soucy for the walk-in on Lyon. No assist, but Rempe made the play that sealed the game. By contrast, Geertsen didn't go running anyone either. He played 4:26 with 2 hits. I checked it again, Geertsen was -1, but blameless. It was all a Ryan Johnson failed clear (like a failed lob shot exit after the icing) and good Rangers keep, then Bryson getting outworked by Lafraniere. 3rd pairing defensemen made mistakes after an extended shift and an icing.

I guess when you boil it all down, I’m just furious that my son’s final year here didn’t produce some great Sabres moments together. I feel robbed, which is why I am going to enjoy every last drop of his final varsity soccer year.

Wonder if the Sabres owner has any juice with the Bills owner? They might be able to work something out.

I'm already done with this team after 1 game. That was quick.

McKenna

Yes. But IIRC they hired a new Marketing VP recently. So, that would make the timing make more sense.

And not saying this season will be anything like that one (this team doesn't have a Hasek), but in the very 1st season in the MMArena, with a coach in his 2nd season leading the team, they got crushed by the Wings in the home opener looking terrible in the process. They won their division that year. It's 1 game. But, yes, it is very discouraging.

I can relate so much to Callaway’s post. My fandom wanes more and more each year. It’s more than just the losing, IMO the product is just not entertaining. I switched to baseball after the 1st period, and only went back to check the Sabres score between innings. I will hang around, but more for OT stuff than Sabres talk. So sad what Pegula has done to this franchise and the fanbase. I really miss the feeling of being a fan of this team in the 70’s. 😞

I am not asking for a Cup, or even playoffs, just try to hold my attention past December. It’s just not worth it right now.