Weave

No. More. Rookie. Coaches.

I’ll accept it.

WWRD? What would Patrick Roy do? lol

Yup. Quinn down = Benson opportunity. Ugh. Really, really needed a vet top 6 winger the moment Quinn got hurt.

And another player in the Swiss Leagues was given permission to go home. Hopefully for those players it is coincidental.

The under is set for 3 pages at gametime. Most Wearisome

I am here as well. Not a single individual should feel safe from getting moved, GM, coaches, players. Even the “star” players and long term players. Here is my concern. The only real move we can make is change in coaching, or moves around the perimeter of the team. Why? Because we have not changed the “noone wants to play in Buffalo” problem. Frankly, given the team’s record since the tank, I’m not convinced at all that a good, experienced, proven coach would be willing to come to Buffalo. Including assistants. And thus, we have Matt Ellis coaching the powerplay. We are in the grasp of a black hole of our own making, and we can’t break free of the intense gravitational forces that we set in play. (We being YOU, Terrance) I think KA is in over his head, but the options, not only available to him, but available to to replace him as well, are severely limited. Noone that is a fan of this team should laugh at the fortunes of another team ever again.

This season?

My biggest concern is, how many more of this core are we going to lock up when they haven’t shown that they are at minimum a playoff level core? Not that I am saying Mitts isnt a playoff caliber player, but man, none of these guys have demonstrated it.

Inky, you’re not all that. Even to a randy bovine.

Too bad we don’t have a disgruntled former 2nd overall pick to help facilitate that.

You ever try to walk and chew gum at the same time? Yeah, I didn’t think so either.

I mean, I care enough to post that I don’t care what someone chooses to use as a nickname for UPL6K2U. So, you got me, I guess. I think it’s more than a little odd that someone would take exception to someone else’s choice for shorthand, assuming it’s not an offensive name.

“Universally accepted” I mean, who cares, really?

I thought it was pretty obvious why. Fewer characters to type out.

Might work.

I disagree. I think they have tightened up, but hard to play against? Nah.

Welp, twas an edge of your seat season all the way to the final drive. I felt like we didn’t give this game away, unlike previous playoff games against the Chiefs. With the injuries we had on defense, I didn’t really expect that this team could contain the Chiefs, and they still did force the Chiefs to punt late. IMO 27pts is about all you can expect from a defence that looked alot like the Sabres defence that lost the conference finals against Carolina. This was a game where the better team simply ended up with the better result. And we still almost pulled it off (I hope Diggs is a little contrite after proving to be fallible when we really needed him). But those bomb on a rope plays are notoriously low percentage, so I’m not upset. Disappointed? Yes. And the pit was fed. What the hell, football gods?

4 years of failure is just, failure, for me. Maybe my mind changes if a cup is hoisted, but I’m not sure it does. So much can be done inside of the glacial pace we’ve been forced to accept. We’ve seen teams go from contenders, to rebuild, to contenders again in 4-5 seasons. Going from inheriting two 2nd overalls and a 1st overall, and adding another 1st overall does not need 4-5 seasons to build a team. No other team in league history has needed as much time with that much top end talent. We know that teams plan for ~20% roster turnover each season. 5 seasons is 100% roster turnover. (I know you, Taro, understand that this is number of players turned over, not actual full rosters, but I state it here before someone yells “balderdash!”). 4-5 seasons is an ETERNITY in the world of professional sports. Taking that long tells me the GM is either risk averse or too attached to his roster. I am 100% sure the tank and subsequent drought has colored my opinion here. At 13 seasons long, 95% of the players in this league have not seen the Sabres in the playoffs. Maybe 98%.

I’m not sure why you chose to quote my post to reply with this. I generated agree with the sentiment.

I disagree with this premise. I seriously doubt coach’s lack of working the refs is a substantive reason for our dearth of powerplays. My guess is that the Colorados and Vegas’s of the league get the powerplays becuase they are harder on the puck, and that aggression leads to more penalties taken by their opponents for holding, tripping, interference, etc.

Thats funny. I was thinking of someone else it was mocking.

Probably as long as he was getting that response to the inexperienced GM and coach replies.