7+6=13

For those that don't know, the drummer in the first moments of this video, is the late great Ted Reinhardt. It was an honor to have watched him play. Buffalo music hall of fame inductee and he could play with anyone on this planet. His work with George Paleo in the band Gamalon is some of the best WNY music ever produced. You tube it, you won't be disappointed. Ted's brother Willie is a legendary Buffalo guitarist as well.

That's a separate conversation and I agree it was a bad contract, hence I said you couldn't get more in a trade. We're a desperate franchise that has to take risks like that sometimes. That one was a bad one and it's compounding with Norris hurt.

I know right. Everyone knows he could have gotten way more for Cozens with his massive contract.

Haha, now Cozens is loved and should still be here?

Hate to break it to you. Two of the top 6 are injured.

I agree, I've said I think we're one top 6 player short. I suppose where we disagree on semantics is, I think Norris was the top 6 add, but that we needed another.

How do other teams prepare better for injuries? Serious question. I've heard that we're awful at it and we suck when a key player(s) goes down. So obviously there's proof. I just always thought the roster was so thin, every injury was exacerbated. Is it that teams have a much better 13th or 14th forward on the roster, more/better vets in the AHL that can come right up, they'll sign a FA immediately?

Dahlin is in a very rare category.

I disagree, most Italians are circumcised.

Shayna Goldman called this almost exactly Friday on WGR.

We agree that he's failed. I think PA mentioned he can't believe there's anyone left defending Pegula. I'm not. I'm merely pointing out the repetition is nauseating and really makes SS less than. In addition a significant amount of the complaints about Pegula are at minimum unsubstantiated then untrue. Are pointing these things out nauseating to you and others? Yes. So don't you get it - we're aggravating each other? It has almost nothing to do with Pegula. Id like to try and enjoy the start of the season and have some optimism. That angers you and many others. Almost every positive post is met with anger, thumbs down, insults, eye rolls and it's the same exact posters. You all have hijacked this site and made it miserable to read, let alone post. Well I have just as much of a right to post back and share my thoughts too. Can we not try to talk about other things? I try to but then I start getting frustrated again with the naysayers constant negativity. What Liger told Promo because he was being positive is actually quite crazy.

I'm disputing that you can drive the owner to doing anything. I think Jack wanted out but he did sign a long term extension. Sam and Ullmark, I'm not sure it's a fact they wanted out. Montour, haha, oh no not Montour.

Really smart take.

Terry has a housekeeper. He also owns you. I'm laughing at you.

And you're boring, thinking it's your first time mentioning the drought. Hey guys I'm super smart, I comment most days, for years, about a team I hate and that makes you dumb, haha.

How does an owner trying to be the POHO, GM, meddling in on everything, not care about winning?

But then we don't like it when we do because it's too early, etc.. IMO, we do a good job of keeping our own. Problem is our fans complain about our own, them love them the second they leave. A lot of us will say anything to dog the team.

It would make sense Pegula would rather win. Buffalo has never attracted high end players in free agency and we're on many no trade clause lists. When re-builds are decided on, it's like turning around a cruise ship. He's tried a lot of different things and nothing has worked. I'm glad the Sabres are worth a lot of money, in part it's a compliment to the fans. I hope we make the playoffs and think the roster is good enough to do it.

Just because we didn't blow the core of the team up, doesn't mean they're standard fringe changes. Do heads really need to roll for Tage, Dahlin, Tuck, Benson, Norris, Byram, Benson, etc? We're getting rid of players that lacked effort on both ends and it's been happening over the last two off seasons. That doesn't mean it will work, but it's not ho hum, they didn't do anything.

It's not fake Math. It doesn't matter what lines the new players are on or if the coaches are the same, Pegula still owns the team and the equipment manager is the same. When there's 19 starters and 6 or 7 new players, it's not the same lineup. There can be up to 2-3 changes to the top two Forward lines, one in the 3rd and yes a couple on the 4th. Obviously 3 changes on defense and not even counting goaltender to start the season and backup. This isn't a running it back roster.

Definitely not what you want to see, even if you put it into perspective.

I just don't think these things are determined in pre-season games. I agree that some data is used from the games. I believe pre-season matters, just not a lot. It's more relative IMO. They know what the lines will be to start the season, minus a minor tweak or two or injury. The lines get established and often change for various reasons, for even the excellent teams. The system is also established in practice, film room and throughout the season. Hard work mindset, well that's a tough one and I can't imagine pre-season games are a large factor.

31-37% of our starting roster has changed.

Any sport?

Absolutely ridiculous. I honestly wish Ruff would go bananas. Someone show being upset.