PASabreFan

I feel for Bills fans. Truly. These losses sting for me, and I moved on from a state of psychic surrender a long time ago. It's just bizzare. I don't think it's any more complicated than they can't stop anyone when it counts. For decades. Their pro sports brethren across town would have a similar epitaph on their gravestone. THEY COULD NEVER SCORE WHEN IT COUNTED. If this is all a simulation, someone is having a real hoot with Buffalo sports.

Cheap? Not much if any data would be available re: how much TP's coaches and GMs have made. Murray and Botterill would be on the low end, you'd think, as first time GMs. Adams presumably is making even less than those two. Bylsma might have commanded a decent salary, but Rolston, Housley, RaKru and Granato? Not so much. I'm not sure cheap is the first thing that comes to Terry's mind. Maybe that changed around the early pandemic period. What Terry likes is familiar (Pittsburgh people of all stripes, former Sabres and of course fine young men) and unproven There's an apparent development fetish, too.

I just pondered the head space of this team. Why the lack of confidence and belief. Imagine realizing your dream of playing in the NHL and looking up at your braintrust of Adams Granato and Pegula. It's a joke.

Yes. Not to pick on Taro again, but to finish with his 103 points, an 82 point pace team through a quarter of the season is going to have to go the rest of the way pacing as a 110 point team. There are zero signs this is in the offing. I'm afraid last night was telling. Harry Neale used to say scoring a goal went right to a player's legs. Beating Pitt should have propelled the Sabres to a great performance. The chance to get on a roll and start to end the nightmare was sitting there. It didn't happen. This team's head space is bizarre.

If you know who has any say, look out. Because this is right up his alley. For one thing, newbies can be manipulated, controlled and meddled with. Remember No Hockey Emperors and No Monopoly on Hockey IQ? What old Punch said.

The quality of this board has declined precipitously. Kinda appropriate, I guess, given the state of the franchise.

Levi was the answer too. Stop putting inordinate pressure on rookies.

If you pay Owen Power for future performance, pay Rod. Make him the highest paid coach in the NHL.

Bastien just oléd Dahlin and walked out of the zone. Neat play.

I just don't think injuries tell the story. This is Adams' team. And it's being coached by a collar popper.

That escalated quickly. I mean, Tage is a huge loss. But good teams are built to overcome. Who else is out? Greenway I guess.

I also heard 15 people died tonight worldwide after choking on an ice cube. Sadly the cause of death will never be determined.

He moved a lot. There was always someplace he'd rather be. 8

Dan's a

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Billy Joel sing a long.

I'm all about this SOG record. And on Cackle Watch. Maybe I need to make some changes.

I don't know how to "rewind" a stream to get the exact quote, but it was along the lines of We have a goalie playing in his 15th game, x players in their first game, no Thompson, Greenway or Girgensons, and Samuelsson is out. It was so coherent (if ludicrous) I have a hard time believing Rob conceived it.

TANK RECORD IN PERIL In all these decades of Sabres hockey, the record for fewest shots on goal in a game is held by the 2014-2015 Buffalo Sabres. They recorded only 10 SOG twice that epic season. And here we are. The tank fruit could supplant the father.

What I would love to know is who texted Rob the little speech he made that outlined the excuses. There is NO way he knew all those details. Other than KA I can't imagine who would be in his ear. Laughable really.

You'd think it would be a pre req to getting an NHL job.

Yes Dan the Devils are making it hard on the Sabres. Jesus.

He does. Not an NHL goalie at this point.

Nobody... Nobody... Circles the drain like the Buffalo Sabres.