Kristian

Weasel? No idea, but I do know that he doesn't know how to build a hockey team, and that he overpays grossly for the wrong players. I wasn't a Ruff fan, as I felt his message got old years ago, but Regier built a team that would never succeed, so to pin it all on the coach would be wrong. Status Quo - One down, one to go.

I get that exact feeling. That said though, I think this is the first piece to a larger puzzle. That fact that Rolston is only appointed as an interim coach make it easier for Pegula and Black to dismiss him in the off-season, but as some analysts also pointed out that it's a way of putting Regier on notice that he's next, unless things change, by not allowing him to hire a bonafide replacement for Lindy. Teams hire interim coaches all the time, so it's a nice and easy way of disgusing any plans to let the GM go, to the public. Also, it appears quite clear that letting Lindy go was not Regiers decision. So not only did Black and Pegula fire his coach, they also denied him the possibility of appointing a new one, in case things remain broken and they have to fire him in the off-season.

I agree, the Sabres need players who have both heart and skill. All-heart and all-skill rarely gets it done in the end.

Several years overdue, but better late than never. Not expecting a quick turnaround though, the problems this franchise have run deep, but you have to start somewhere. Now, if only Darcy would get canned too.

Oh believe me, I think Darcy needs to go before Ruff, and I've wanted Ruff gone for years. Maybe, but Darcy probably wouldn't know how to draft either, and if he did, what's to stop Ruff from trying to turn them all into Curtis Brown v 2.0?

Yeah, especially since it'll likely be the same story next season.

Found myself laughing out loud at the first goal - Watched the game with a buddy, and the second they lost the puck behind the net, I blurted out loud "back to the point, scores". Same old, same old.

I get the feeling some Sabre fans have a tendency to think other teams very average goalies are better than Miller, due to the fact that the Sabres routinely make them look that way. That said, yes Miller is streaky - Probably always will be, but he's a goalie who steals games when he's on. IMHO, this team has bigger problems to address.

Truth be told though, that's as little a fact as saying it will help. Fact is, neither of us know for sure, but some of us are willing to take a chance on change, at this point. Yes, we might end up sucking for another 10 years, who knows? Obviously though, Regier is as much responsbile for this mess as anyone else, as I whole-heatedly agree this is not a good roster.

Ability, lack of ability - In this case it's all potato, potato. What he does isn't working, and something needs to change.

As Ruff seemingly is never going away, that's probably a quick way to end a career. The way that man is allowed to run this team into the ground unopposed, I definitely understand why people keep their mouths shut about his lack of ability.

On a team starved for secondary scoring too. I agree, it truly seems like he's lost his marbles.

That was kind of my point in my first post - That the 5 man down low defense kills any transition game.

Have to agree, I literally *never* get excited by this team anymore. Mike Eruzione once described Pat LaFontaine like this "There are a few players, when they get the puck you kinda lean forward in a your seat a little, because you know something's gonna happen". I can't remember the last time this happened to me, but I'm betting it was the 2007 season.

I only caught the first half of the game, but the first Boston goal came from a turnover off a half-hearted clear up the boards.

That's what happens when your forwards are so deep in your zone, they have no option but to skate the puck out, ice it, or dump it off to center ice, only to have it put right back in their zone, with no chance of changing. The 5 guys down low defense is the biggest recipe for the disaster I ever saw, especially because it completely kills any transition game, unless puck possesion is gained somewhere near the blue line, which is almost never the case.

No.

Who the hell was that idiot with that weak ass clear up the boards??!?!

Wow.

Best answer I read in a while :worthy:

I have a hard time seeing this team winning two straight, and I have an even harder time seeing them do it against the Isles. Prove me wrong!

That's one ugly lineup right there, part from Vanek.

Have you seen the rest of the team?

Damn, Myers actualy connected with a pokecheck....!!

Yeah, he decided to go dangling around the zone, instead of playing his position on the PP. Worked like a charm of course, as he ALMOST got into a position where he MIGHT get a shot off.... SO close.....