SabresBillsFan

We can really thank two teams. Florida and Minnesota for giving us 4 solid players for next to nothing. Marchessault and Smith came from Florida. How do you let a 30 guy go? And then you trade Smith for I believe a third rounder. Both have been great. Then Haula and Alex Tuch come from Minnesota. Haula has tons of speed and Tuch a former first rounder had for practically nothing.

I live in Vegas and the community just loves this team. Even Brad May just admitted that in all his years in hockey the atmosphere in T mobile is the best he has ever seen. I don’t know how far this team can go but this is one hell of a team and every player has contributed. This is what a team should look like. They remind me of the Sabres after the lockout and the only thing that stopped that team was injuries. I still think if Buffalo wasnt decimated by injuries they would have beat Carolina and Edmonton. Luckily Vegas has depth everywhere.

Sweep of the Kings. Timely goals and Fleury was awesome.

Tell me about it. I was at game 1 and 2 and this team has been very exciting to watch. This is what a team should look like. Great coaching and they use every single player on this roster. Everyone and I mean everyone has played for them this season. If you lived here and know what this teams means to this city you would like them as much as every transplant that has moved here. I’m still a Sabres fan but they are not my number 1 anymore since I no longer live there and have lived in Vegas longer now. I don’t know how far this team will go but everybody here that I know that has come from all other hockey cities and that were fans of other teams now root for the Knights now. As far as Vegas getting the Raiders I don’t want to have anything to do with that team. Will still be a Bills fan and will watch them when they come to Vegas. Love Nate Schmidt. Besides being a very personable he has one awesome personality. Plus if you have season seats and have the chance to watch him all season he’s been paired against other teams first lines and has played great. I would almost guarantee that if he played like this on Washington he would have never been exposed. Big fan of Nate Schmidt.

Let’s get one thing straight. If Jack ever decides to turn it on each game he’s going to dominate.

The one thing I just don’t get is how bad Lehner is at shootouts or breakaways. Most goalies are pretty solid on that stuff. Goalie coach and possible sports psychologist would maybe help him out. I don’t put all the blame on just the goalie if you have some good defense that can move the puck quickly out of your end that also helps. Let’s face it besides Risto and possibly McCabe this defensive squad blows.

One year it’s the defense, then it the goaltending, then it’s the offense. How about bad coaching, bad scouting.

A lot of people are blaming Lehner for what’s going on but this defensive squad is pretty bad.

Think about how many players that have left Buffalo and have won the Cup or players that left and played better hockey than when they played in Buffalo.

Not coming to Vegas. Doesn’t fit what this team is doing. Vegas wants character players not guys that are selfish. He will go to one of the Commiefornia teams.

Most players when they leave Buffalo play better. I blame coaching for not recognizing what each players strengths are and how to get the most out of each.

I grew up in Buffalo and my aunt got me into Sabres hockey because she was a season ticket holder right behind Buffalo’s Bench for years. We moved to Vegas in 89 and still followed the Sabres passionately. My Aunt every year on Christmas and my birthday would send me Sabres shirts and hats. Then all the talk about expansion started happening here in Vegas and it really happened to my surprise. I will tell you that if we would have a nhl team here I would have told you no way and that it would have been Basketball or Soccer. Now that we have the Knights here everyone I play hockey with here growing up liking other teams are now Knights fans. Yes they still root for their original team if they are here but the rest of the time its for the Knights. I ended up buying season seats and so far this season has been awesome. This team is very exciting to watch plus we have a lot of likeable players. Yes when Buffalo was here I had all my Buffalo gear on and was torn cheering for them. I still like the Sabres but these last 7 years have been absolutely draining. I ended up meeting Eichel, O Reilly, and Reinhart after the game just walking thru the plaza at T mobile Arena. I still like the Sabres but I think I’m more of a Knights fan now. My buddy is the same and he’s been a diehard Rangers fan since I can remember.

They should get at least a first rounder for him but here is my issue with this. It will be probably in the 20’s and the way the Sabres are with scouts don’t see them hitting on it. This team should be overhauling their amateur scouting so they can find players with speed and skill. This is why the Sabres are where they are because of this. Plus you get rid of a roster player to wait another 3-4 more years. How many more years you want to do this ?

Problem is his skating. He’s just average and doesn’t have speed.

Bogo is complete garbage. Guy can’t play a complete season to save his life. Time to move on from him. As much as I liked how Murray was willing to make moves to try to make us better quickly his moves have failed miserably.

Arizona’s GM has no clue to what he is doing. When I went to the Arizona-NY Rangers game the building had no energy just like the Coyotes. Sad but they need some quality hockey people in that front office.

Arizona didn’t get enough for him. Not saying Duclair is great but more upside then Panik. Arizona has no clue to what they are doing.

I agree. My Aunt is the one that got me hooked. She was in the Sabres booster club for years, had season seats behind the Sabres bench for over two decades. I was watching them in the early 80’s and they had a handful of decent teams but enough is enough. Buffalo fans deserve better and this team the last 5-7 years has been a fan base killer. I just don’t see it getting fixed anytime soon.I moved away in 89 to Vegas and was a diehard fan since we moved but now that we have the Knights here my allegiance has shifted to the Knights as this is the way hockey should be played. Plus our T-mobile arena is awesome. The energy in this building is great every night.

I know as much as people hate Nolan they seemed to play hard for him. Last year was the defense and they bring in 3-4 New defenseman and they are worse. Now it seems like the forwards can’t score. They lack speed on this team. I don’t think the Sabres got the memo that the league is going younger with speed and skill not slow and lacking effort. I can see why Montreal got rid of Nathan the guy is a turn over machine. Every year is something with this team. Maybe Pegula should have invested heavily in amateur scouts since it seems like this is a huge part of the Sabres problem.

If I’m most teams GM I don’t offer too much for Kane. Definitely not one of my top three prospects. I would trade picks and a couple low end prospects. I would lowball Bots because you have a player who is gonna leave for more money and probably a winning organization anyways at the end of the season. I don’t see them turning this team around quickly. It’s probably gonna be a few more years.

It’s not gonna get better anytime soon. It would take a miracle for them to win the lotto. Besides Casey Mittelstadt their isn’t much this team has coming. They need help in all areas especially defenseman. They need speed and skill upfront. This team is a mess and it shouldn’t be. I hate to say this but this team had more effort when Nolan was coaching.

Watching the Sabres play turns me off from watching hockey. One year it’s the defense and goaltending! Now it’s everything. This team is a complete mess and Housley I think is in way over his head. I don’t mind losing as long as the effort is there but these guys don’t even put the work in.

I put a lot of blame on our amateur scouting. Look at the pipeline the last few years. It’s not so great. A lot of our success here was from Florida. Marchessault and Smith have been awesome. Then u put Karlsson on the line and that line has been a force. I live in Vegas and as much as people don’t like it most expansion teams weren’t paying 500 million to enter the league.

Don’t be mad. Yes it was a long post but I gave everyone great insight to this Vegas squad. I was a diehard fan of the Sabres since I was little. I grew up watching Dave Andreychuck, Tom Barrosso, Phil Housley, Mike Foligno, John Tucker. I’m still a Sabres fan but I left Buffalo in 89 and now that we have a team here in Vegas it’s hard not to support this team. Like most others that came from other places they usually root for their team when they visit Vegas but the rest of the season they are Knights Fans. If you lived here you would understand how the fans have taken a liking to this team. Plus the players are very likable. Alex Tuch and Pierre Edouard Bellemare are just great human beings. Alex Tuch has been to every outside event with the public. Bellemare is always signing autographs, taking pictures and usually gives his stick away every game. This team has been awesome for this city. I still like Buffalo but the mismanagement of players and the way this team is poorly run it just seems like they can’t fix this mess. Your spot on. Like I said I see it at practice and at T-Mobile Arena. This team works it’s tail off. I haven’t had this much fun watching hockey in a while. Believe me us Fans are Thanking Florida for that plus coach Gallant. I’m a big fan of his coaching style. You should run 4 lines out and get everyone involved. It makes for a better team plus players are fresh.

Great signing by the Knights. Watching him practice and play here in Vegas I just can’t believe Florida let a 30 goal guy go. He’s a great player. Those are the types of moves that get GM’s Fired.