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  2. Tim Murray’s revenge

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    3 hours ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

    Larsson, Girgs, and Risto are really the only ones from Nolan era left on the team (Bogo, McCabe,Reino had limited duty under Teddy). You can tell too, these are the guys we don't complain about as far as work ethic (skill maybe).

    Like someone else said.....Housley shouldn't have to do it on a game by game basis. Look at Phil's background working with youth and you can't deny he "should" be the right coach (or ask P.K. Subban). Team USA didn't win the Gold with him as an assistant, they won it with him as HC.

    I see your point, but I also think they won the gold because of the talent. It was only a couple of weeks. There wasn't enough time for a team to gel and become one, it was a balls to the wall type of championship. Put in the rigors of an 82 game season, a head coach becomes more of a factor. Rolston, Bylsma, Housley......... The Sabres keep going to teachers and not motivators to lead a team. And it's just not working. 

    I don't want to bring up the "I told you so" but people thought I was nuts when I said the Sabres should have picked up Spuddy Gallant when the Panthers left him on the curb. He picks his assistants to make his team better, he maintains the role as motivator. 

  3. Defense Next Year - Could we see major change?

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    2 hours ago, inkman said:

    The biggest issue with this team is the middle six forwards. The D isn't perfect but it's young and improving. The forwards need a transplant. Okposo, Sobotka, Pominville, Thompson, Mittlestadt have been a disaster. The kids will get better but they still need to move out the 3 former and make significant improvement on each. 

    I can't believe Casey and Tage spent this entire season floundering and not one person in the org did anything about it. Send those MFs down.  ***** ain't hard. 

    I agree that Mittlestadt and Thompson have been a disaster. They need time in the AHL to improve their game. But Pominville is a great player to have around. I'm sure he knows if a team signs him it will be for much less than he's making, but this team needs a couple of aging veterans to guide this team. I know most Sabres fans are against picking up anybody over 30 because they are slow, but they bring the intangibles that helps to develop a team. I'm not against signing Pominville for 2 years at $2.5mil/year. And then maybe picking up another mid 30's veteran to anchor the 4th line. 

  5. Tim Murray’s revenge

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    On 2/27/2019 at 6:29 PM, Jacque Richard said:

    Current Sabres are full of excuses. If I hear again their not ready to play I’m gonna Ralph.

    Yup, they've used that excuse for several years now. If they're not ready to play it's either a bad combination of a roster, or a bad head coach that can't get them motivated. 

    I'll go with the latter. 

    Under Nolan, they busted their ass every single game. They just didn't win because they had no talent. They need a coach that inspires dedication. Housley is an assistant coach, he's not a head coach. 

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  6. Tim Murray’s revenge

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    1 hour ago, Derrico said:

    Ya I donno man.  You've had a hard on for the panthers for what seems like years now.  They also haven't done jack. 

    Hardly. Sabres have always been my team. I followed the Panthers because they were my home team for 20+ years.

     

    I can say one thing, they may not have had the talent to win, but they have much more heart than the Sabres. 

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  7. Nashville defense vs Sabres defense

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    1 minute ago, SwampD said:

    He only started a quarter of the season,... and for St Louis.

    True, but he was in net for Nashville as a backup when Nashville was arguably better defensively than they are now. 

    Personally I think Hutton isn't starter material. Our defense needs a lot of work. But, I think our defense is a lot more talented than it appears. In my opinion, Housley is much like Goober Bylsma in that he's pushing a system on the players, instead of acknowledging each players talent and building around that. Teams do better when you let the players excel where they are best instead of making them do something they might not be as good at. 

  8. Nashville defense vs Sabres defense

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    5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    The only part of your sentence that is grounded in fact is the sv% part. Of course that is interesting because you aren't using a games started minimum for that so even that is questionable. You go do your own research and figure out the rest. 

    My only point was Swamp said the only difference between Nashville and BFLO was goaltending, so I pointed out that we've both used the same goaltender for a good portion of the season. You're reading way too much into what I said. 

  9. Nashville defense vs Sabres defense

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    13 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    Hutton started almost half the season in Nashville last year and had the #1 league sv%.... wow that's impressive. For several reasons. Most of them involve that entire sentence being b###s##t.

     

    I am taking a break, we aren't even arguing using reality anymore around here. 

    What do you mean by that?

  10. Nashville defense vs Sabres defense

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    27 minutes ago, SwampD said:

    I think the difference between Nashville's defense and ours is goaltending. I hate Phil's style of defense. It's all about getting in passing lanes and letting the goaltender take care of the shot. Even in close. It's baffling to me. They never go after the body. Even in close.

    The difference is goaltending? Hutton started almost half the season last year for Nashville and was #1 in the league in save percentage. 

  13. Tim Murray’s revenge

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    44 minutes ago, jad1 said:

    Murray and Blysma were fired because of their horrible communication skills, not because they weren't yes men.  Murray wasn't on the same page as Blysma, and the players seemed to have no idea about what the GM was trying to accomplish.

    O'Reilly, Kane, and Lehner all had off-ice issues to varying degrees, and the team management under Murray seemed incapable of handling it. 

    Apparently tanking has an impact on the guys in the locker room.  Who knew?

    Botterill seems to have 'fixed' the issue by trading or releasing all the 'problem' guys. So, problem solved.?

    And yet they still can't win. 

  14. Phil Housley should be fired.

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    7 minutes ago, Jacque Richard said:

    Why is Boston always a tough physical team, players come and go there. Sabres are a bunch of lightweights. Nothing changes.

    And to think, Sabres fans were talking about trading Ristolainen. Outside of him the Sabres have Bogo. That's it. 

    There is no question the Sabres are in need of a bonafide 2C, but they also need some aging veterans who can throw people around. Oft times Sabres fans gripe about having a couple of aging vets because they are too slow. But, some physical mid 30's guys who have been around the block, who can lead, who can hit and who can play the PK are valuable. Sabres fans fans don't like them because they aren't fast. But they bring the intangibles that nobody in their 20's can bring. And most of these mid 30's veterans will do it for cheap. They don't all have to be fast, veterans know where to place themselves where they don't have to be fast to contribute to a play. 

     

    Up until this year when he got hurt, 37 year old Derek MacKenzie was a PERFECT example of a captain for the Panthers. He wasn't fast, he didn't score a lot, but he busted his ass every single night and always spoke up to the young guys on how to improve their game. A great fourth liner. We've got a great fourth line, but it's not a leader type fourth line. Sorry, Girgensons and Larsson are no Derek MacKenzie. 

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  15. Phil Housley should be fired.

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    3 hours ago, Kruppstahl said:

    Is Phil Housley the coach of this team because he is an ex-Sabre who is in the HOF?  Or is he here "on merit?"

    Phil and Jason have been running the show here for something like 150 games now...and in one of the most important games of the year, the team shows up flat, gives an inconsistent effort, and when we fall behind, any sense of structured teamwork breaks down and it becomes individuals doing individual things.  Eichel shines at that in particular. 

    I think Jason likes Phil and Phil will be the coach of this team starting next season.  This ***** show will not improve until Phil is gone.  So be prepared for more frustration.

     

     

    It's frustrating that Botterill has so much confidence in Housley, because Housley should be an assistant coach. It's also frustrating that the Pegulas hired a rookie GM to be a yes man. This team has way too much talent to be where they are at this point. I've never been a fan of these gigantic contracts, but I have to admit, Eichel has matured and in the last few weeks has tried to carry the team on his shoulders. He's earning his money. It's unfortunate that the rest of the team just doesn't give a ***** and that is a reflection of the coach. 

     

    I'm not going to look back, but somebody mentioned the Sabres have TEN first rounders on the ice, EIGHT of them were top 10 picks. If you put that kind of talent together, and you are 0-11 after one victory since mid-December......... that's either on the coach or the GM, or both. 

     

    Before this year, only one team in NHL history has had a 10 game win streak and missed the playoffs. The Sabres are about to become the second. I didn't expect them to make the playoffs this year, but I didn't expect them to regress as the post-season nears. 

     

    Hutton got yanked last game, can somebody tell me why he got the start again tonight? He had no chance on the 3rd goal, but those first two were weak. Get rid of him, he is 30+ years old and never been a starter for a reason. My 1B team (Panthers) are in the lead for picking up Bob during the offseason, but there is no reason BFLO can't be in the running. 

  16. Tim Murray’s revenge

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    Murray did things the way he sought fit. Kim didn't like him because he wasn't a yes man. Murray deserved more time to prove his pan worked, but Kim is power hungry. Murray is right, she probably is a *****. She has no business running any business. 

     

    Similar situation in Sunrise with the Panthers. The owner, Vinny Viola, thought he could meddle in the everyday process of running a team. Spuddy didn't like it, so they tossed him to the curb to get a taxi for another flight. Vinny eventually realized he screwed up by going to GM by committee, and then taking Spuddy for granted. He then put Tallon back in charge, admitted his mistakes, and hasn't been seen or heard from since. 

    Kim should take Vinny's approach and just sit back and watch and let the professionals run the team. I hate the fact that they hired Botterill just because he's a rookie GM and thus a yes man. His last two interviews shows how much of a wimp he is. 

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