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  1. I’m Sorry for Being So Negative!

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    3 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

    I agree with a lot of what you said.

    As mentioned earlier, some fans are just at the end of the rope with wanting this team to make the playoffs. I get that. I am there at some times. But I have found out that I am happier as a fan, happier as a person when I view the team as entertainment for 2 hours a night and not get too caught up on when are they going to win the cup.

    I don't think this team needs wholesale changes. I for sure don't think it needs to be blown up.  The single biggest issue I think this team has is how the forwards play in their own zone, my target has been Cozens. And in the past month or two, they have gotten drastically better.  Its a small sample size, but to me that is 40% of the problem with this team. I'm hopeful it has been fixed.  Even in their losses lately, you can't watch the games with your own eyes and not notice the forwards are making a LOT less mistakes than they were for the first part of the season.

      The majority of the other issue is scoring.  Again, mostly Tage and Cozens, but I really think this roster is not as good scoring as they were last year, but they are better than they have been this year.

    So what changes would I make?  Get a top 2-3 level D-man. That is the hard part, but that would be my #1 priority.  Change how the Power play executes...how I'm not sure..but what I am sure is that it isn't working so do something different (different assistant coach?) Bring in one more forward who you think can get you 20 goals a year AND is a full speed ahead, pest, maybe drops the gloves without having his face messed up guy.    That and the top 2-3 d-man are hard to find, have to trade some prospects to get it, go ahead.  But Blow it up? Change the coach and GM?  For me to think that it is nothing more than an emotional reaction.  Do the above and I'm 100% happy going into next season.

    I try not to get too caught up on when they’ll make the playoffs. Cup ? Wtf lol. Making the playoffs is a low bar for me. It should be the expectation for this team going forward but imo KA has other plans. He seems to think its too early to make the playoffs. Content to sit on his hands while Rome burns. But I do enjoy watching the odd win. Its the mounting losses and more importantly how they lose that grates me. But what can ya do? Its out of our control.

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  4. GDT / Anaheim Ducks @ Buffalo Sabres Monday Feb 19th 12:30pm ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio

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    This team is a reflection of Don Granado. They fit his personality to a T. KA doesn’t get a pass. The makeup of this team is on KA as are the contracts he hands out. Terry Pegula doesn’t get a pass. He signs off on all decisions. Apparently the man is a moron. That shite flows downhill. They want to build a team that competes for the cup on a yearly basis but they can’t win more than two in a row or even make the playoffs. What is going on? 

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  11. Sabres’ Refusal to “Salute” Fans Confirmed

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    25 minutes ago, Mango said:

    I get that to an extent. But the flip side is that we are approaching March and this team hasn’t won 3 games in a row all season.

    Even if the Sabres were a top 3 team in the league the last 13 years, that kind of overall performance deserves boo’s.

    Yeah thats what I’m saying. If you are here in the present you can change things up. Put in the effort and get it done. That goes for management as well. No excuses.

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  14. Sabres’ Refusal to “Salute” Fans Confirmed

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    This action or reaction by the players speaks to the level of desperation they are feeling in their need to turn a bad season around. I mentioned it upthread but they are at the ‘ us against the world  ‘ stage of desperation. Its another lost season. Theres no getting it back. Its over. I’m not sure who it was, maybe Okposo but someone close to the team recently asked people to go easy on these guys most of them weren’t around for the 13 years. I would reply that they are here now. In the present where they can actually make a difference and stop this aweful streak. Get er done boys. If you have to pull out the ‘ us against the world ‘ card you’d better not fold until you finish the job.

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  15. Sabres’ Refusal to “Salute” Fans Confirmed

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    Not sure anyone has mentioned it but the stick salute is a thing in Europe and carried over to the NHL when the Euro heavy teams adopted the tradition. Rather than the salute I’d like to see the players came onto the ice in the first period ready to compete and lay it all out there for the fans but more importantly for their own pride. I mean what better way to collectively give the paying fans the middle finger than to come out flat every single home game. I could care less that they choose not to acknowledge the fans with the salute. Give me some effort and compete when it matters. From the first puckdrop. I’ll also add that the us against the world is from the coaching 101 handbook. All coaches resort to that tactic in some form or another.
     

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  17. The Music Thread

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    Posted · Edited by bunomatic

    5 hours ago, Pimlach said:

    Anybody know Roy Buchanan?   Criminally underrated guitar player.  A blues player that was at his best playing live.  Known for incredible tone and unique picking styles to get those tones.   Give it some time if you can.  If you play guitar then you really need to listen to some of Roy's work.  

    The great Jeff Beck was greatly influenced by Roy, and Jeff dedicated a song to him on his Blow by Blow album.   

     

     

    I’ve got a couple of his albums. Some great stuff but like you said under rated by a lot of fans but amongst guitar greats he’s lauded.

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