7+6=13

I thought he had high, expected goals against numbers.

He's flawed, but not an NHL level goaltender at all, is quite ridiculous.

If a player is already used to working at an NHL pace, even if they're not all the way there, going down can set them back, IMO. Not to say I think they've handled young players properly.

Definitely an opinion and a widely shared one. I don't think you or anyone needs to look further. Of course the organization has been set up the way he wants it, he owns the team and can do what he wants. However he has had the organization set up multiple different ways. There's also been many good players that have come through this organization and may even be on the team now. We don't win. I'm not saying I know for sure Pegula isn't the problem. I am saying I know for sure we've been largely unable to attract top free agents in my lifetime. I'm not a historian of the Sabres, so I can't support this with stats. I feel like the majority of me being a fan - we've had to draft good players, gotten players in trades that became better than projected and historically had excellent goal tenders. I liked the idea of building through the draft with KA. But I think we're stuck and I don't think it's anyone's fault. No great players besides maybe Dahlin have emerged.

We've historically struggled to attract top end NHL talent in free agency and not just under TP.

Yet if he's regularly talking to the coach or anyone, he's meddling. The fact is we don't know who to blame and that's the truth.

I'd say it looks like an owner that brought in a lot of good players.

There's no possible way you could accurately think that.

This is actually quite ridiculous.

I disagree. I think it's a decently structured team, lacking high end talent. The most difficult type of players to acquire for Buffalo. They must be drafted and it hasn't happened.

I found the presser extremely disturbing but mostly because I now know why we're soft. Where we differ is , I don't believe there's more that can be done than tinkering. It's either over pay in a trade or draft very well and wait. I don't see how that's not clear by now. It's not something new and has nothing to do with KA.

I just think it doesn't matter if the GM loves the city. He's presenting it as It's most important, so the fans should not question that about him. I haven't seen that matter to one fan, it's about doing the job. I also said I don't mind him having a personal relationship. But when you think you're brothers with the players, that's an issue.

This interview aggravated me more than I thought it would and maybe he's just a showman. I do sympathize with the challenges of being the GM of the Sabres. I think he's misinterpreting what his job is and what the City (fans) want. He said no one can say I don't love Buffalo. Well no one is saying that because no one cares. I don't care if my GM thinks it's a terrible place to live. It's odd how much he brings that up and alarming that it's his barometer for most decisions. I don't mind him having a personal relationship with the players but I do mind that he can't say, I like Dylan Cozens but it wasn't good enough. There's a lot of players that I like but if they don't play good enough, I'll trade them too. His ultimate job is to remove emotion and he inserts it. That's not a leader.

I disagree with his approach as a GM. He mentioned it being emotional with Cozens. While I appreciate that on a human level, I find it almost inappropriate. He said it's hard, you've got brothers that you go to war with everyday. No, you're their boss not their brother. I fully understand sports has shifted and it's not the iron fist anymore and it shouldn't be, but this is nuts IMO.

I believe you.

I so wish we would try the MAJOR organizational and players route. Oh wait, we did that and it's what manifested the situation we're in.

There's no way they're giving him an extension right now.

I remember when it screamed needing a change at the top of the hockey management team before. Then we got this group.

This is 100% the answer, IMO.

Can't you stop being so sensitive?

How'd you find the will to post this and why would you?

I so wish Tage was experiencing this. It would have been good for him to be around it.

Is Martone that hard to play against guy we have been needing?

That's what I'm referring to, last year. He had injuries then too and prior IIRC. Now he's proven that it's not just the injuries.

I agree. I'm saying those RFA's worth a crap aren't coming to Buffalo. Unless you find a nice guy like Okposo that you over pay and offer an opportunity to be something no other team would offer, because he isn't good enough to be offered that there. They might come. I don't want that. Maybe a better way for me to explain my opinion is, I don't think we're a 2nd line center, a RHD, and a tougher guy away from anything significant. We're bereft of top NHL talent. IMO, we have the rest.