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  4. Why aren't they calling up the kids?

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    5 hours ago, Alaska John said:

    The Sabres while still mathematically alive are clearly not going to make the playoffs.  Facing facts, they should be tanking to get the best draft position possible.  And based on the third period against Edmonton, it looks like the Sabres got that memo.

    It would be better not to bring any Rochester players up so they're not in the locker room while this is going on.  Toxicity is contagious.

    No way, I’ve learned my lesson in spades about purposeful tanking. Never again.

    Hopefully we go on a little run, pick around 10 or 11 and use it to acquire a player in a trade. 
     

    If we magically win 1 or 2 great, but most likely we’d have a nice trade chip 

  5. Do You Think We Make The Playoffs NEXT Year?

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    Bad luck:

    Injuries are often this, barring some idiotic oversight of stretching causing a groin tear; injuries can definitely be considered bad luck. 
     

    Jack Quinn, injured trying to better his game and then hurt in a freak skate pick accident. That hit us harder than even I thought it would. We didn’t even try to cover that wound to our roster which still annoys me.

    Zach Benson’s penalties, I have never seen a player in particular get so many questionable or outright absurd calls made against him. From a team standpoint this is bad luck. 
     

    Dylan Cozens runs the gambit of bad luck and bad play. Especially to start the year the guy couldn’t buy a goal. He has also had general lapses in judgment for games at a time. He had a rough year but not anything I’m concerned by, yet.

    Bad Play:

    Owen Power’s sophomore slump has left him mediocre at best most of the year. He’s looked better since his return from injury but too little too late.

    Jeff Skinner’s Jekyll and Hyde impression has gotten very old. He shows in some games he can play some degree of defensive hockey and can literally take over offensively for stints yet seems to outright refuse to do so some nights. Instead he’ll twirl and try to backhand pass a puck into a crowd hoping the banged up Thompson or ever moving Tuch stumble onto it.

    Eric Comrie, if he is every bit a good guy as he is a bad goalie then I can certainly understand his “well liked” status. The oddest part with him is always the good games he’ll play once in a while only for the offense to dry up. 

    Peyton Krebs, he makes me want to scream. When playing with scrubby hard workers with their stone hands he plays smart, makes great passes and generally plays very effective only to be let down by his line mates. For a very brief 2 weeks before Mitts was traded he showed his abilities with good forwards. But now with the good forwards he's gone back to his pre-4th line days again. Passing far too much east-west and looking reckless with the puck. Can anyone please convince him everyone is Girgs and Okposo so he may play straightforward but actually find some success? 
     

     

    Here’s just a few things I wanted to unload

  6. Do You Think We Make The Playoffs NEXT Year?

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    Really have no way of saying before I see what we do in the offseason.

    I gave the benefit of doubt that the players would grow and with a few tweaks we'd garner the extra points to make the show. Now I'm left holding the bag trying to parse through what was bad luck, what was bad play and what was just plain bad.

    We most certainly have a shot but again I'll hold my predictions off for now.

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  7. GDT/ Buffalo Sabres @ Edmonton Oilers Thurs. 3/21- 9pm MSG, ESPN+ and WGR Radio

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    2 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    So, lets see if I understand this.  The Sabres jumped out to a good start and a two goal lead, played hard for 2 period, and then folded when they got behind.

    Coaching is definitely not the problem.

    To be honest they didn’t go downhill until goal 4 really. But that flukey 3rd goal probably set this up. After that it became a mad scramble to score and everything continued to backfire until they seemed to just give up

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  10. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    28 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

    From Friedman 32 Thoughts 

    It sure sounds like Rod Brind’Amour is all but extended in Carolina. He has waited for his assistants to be taken care of. You will remember that, in 2021, Dean Chynoweth left for Toronto when he felt he could do better on the open market. 

     

     

    Well that's disappointing 

  19. GDT/ Buffalo Sabres @ Vancouver Canucks Tuesday 10pm 3/19, ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio

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    7 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Dahlin by far our best skater today, Tuch his usual self.

    One thing: we certainly don’t quit. We didn’t play a good game but at least they kept coming 

    Did Cozens play the entire last 35 minutes? 

    Yes, had a couple nice effort plays and a couple turnovers. A rather mixed bag and likely right up the alley of high effort low effectiveness tonight.

  20. GDT/ Buffalo Sabres @ Vancouver Canucks Tuesday 10pm 3/19, ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio

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    10 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

    TNT walks in...  and not even a shot on goal.

    I had mixed feelings on that play particularly; Thompson was tight to the net and DeSmith was way over to Thompson's side. At that point he either had to pass it in hopes of a deflection/tip or try a wrap around and with his wrist issues I'd guess he doesn't trust his ability to role his wrists over.

    Dahlin did everything he could to tie that game and definitely deserves kudos. (The ENG I'm guessing since he's dead to rights against their best player that he was hoping to surprise his countryman with a diving poke check but it failed)

    I'm both angry and less annoyed thanks to the last 10 minutes. I both want to give credit for the desperate push they made in the 3rd on the back end of a back to back but also feel angered they lost and didn't exactly play great for about 50min.

    As the Ben said on Twitter, if this were earlier in the season this would be a game to chuck into the bad pile and move on but we don't exactly have much wiggle room at this point.

     

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  22. The next captain of the Sabres will be/should be

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    1 hour ago, LTS said:

    It does.  And Granato is a bit closer to the problem.  But even he can't make people expect to win.  That comes from confidence and each player has in themselves and their teammates to execute.  I know people like to talk about Herb Brooks excellent speech and its absolutely iconic, but that speech alone doesn't translate across the full game. Certainly how Brooks coached that team to believe in themselves matters probably as much as the speech itself.  But I don't want to dissect Granato here as his statements have to be different than a players.

    I think Tuch, by saying he doesn't want to offer excuses, is prefacing that while he has to acknowledge how young the team is, he doesn't want to.  I see that as a statement outward that had the team had a little more experience they could be better.  At the same time, he isn't throwing his young team under the bus.  He's building them up and keeping their confidence higher.  The team is absolutely playing with more confidence but as we saw during the Detroit game, it's easy for them to lose it.

    Perhaps I am off, but I read Tuch's statement as a way to not undermine his teammates while still throwing a little shade at how young the team is.. and how it only got younger.  Being one of the older guys on the team I have no doubt he wants to be in the playoffs, not just for the Sabres and Buffalo but very much for himself.

    And of course.. it's all media speak.. so there's only so much I put into it all.

    I don't hate this at all.  I'm not sure Tuch was responding specifically to the Detroit game as it sounds like he's just commenting on the overall state of things. I would 100% expect him to reflect on the Detroit game and simply say, "We weren't good enough."  A a general reflection I go to what I said above.

    Great discourse on this.  Love that we can have this kind of discussion. Thanks to both of you.

    The interview was recorded prior to the Isles game I believe.

     

    I think your spot on about Tuch’s “excuses” Frankly he’s likely very torn over the whole situation as a whole seeing as he’s a vet now and wants to play in the playoffs but also understands we have a very young roster. Any derogatory comments he made always included himself as a part of the problem and solution. My favorite comment though was about how the new baby affected his play due to sleep disruptions. He downplayed it yet still held it as a fact although minimally so. 
     

    In the end facts do not automatically mean he’s hiding something and making excuses through them. Fact is they have a very young team, experience related problems have shown up many times these past two years. (Primarily in consistency) That doesn’t mean the team is excused of all wrong doing but has to be taken into account. Should they have got a couple more vets, probably, but both can be true.

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  23. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    4 hours ago, ska-T Chitown said:

    So tonight we cheer for the BJs, Hurricanes, and ... NJ? Pitt? Anything but OT?

    (After being lazy, I looked - I think we cheer for NJ. If they win, they are still 1 pt behind us with same games played. Pitty, with a win, would be same points with a game in hand pending the outcome of our game.)

    We also need Toronto begrudgingly enough. If Philly keeps falling, it can eliminate 1 of the Metro teams from being a problem.

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  24. GDT/ Buffalo Sabres @ Seattle Kraken Monday 3-18 / 10pm ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio

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    15 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

    At the end they were protecting a 4 goal lead.  I don't mind if they Alamo'ed a bit, especially since they didn't allow any goals.

    Mike Grier, perhaps?

    Very similar outside his skating which Greenway traded for size and bit more physicality. I’d also say Grier was slightly better offensively in terms of hands but in regards to be a solid defensively responsible forward that PKs like a madman; then yes.

    Worst part about Greenway is that he was hurt when we got him last year or else we likely make the playoffs with this year’s Greenway.

  25. Stanley Cup Finals Here We Come

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    12 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    It’s

    the stanley CUP

    There’s only one Cup in hockey worth winning so emphasis on Stanley just seems wrong 

    Well Id say it with emphasis on both.

    It's the STAN-ley CUP

    There are many cups but only one Stanley Cup; especially in regards to all sports and even other hockey leagues

     

    Also there could also be some degree of front loaded emphasis due to the longer name

    Lord Stanley's Cup - in this form the emphasis is naturally placed on whose Cup versus Stanley's what?

     

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