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I genuinely have no idea what point you are trying to make. It seems to have no connection to the context of the post I replied to.

Palliative care conversation at the hospital today. ***** cancer.

If you assume JJP and Quinn coming back, you are essentially rolling out the same 9, with the minor change of putting in another untested kid in place of Skinner? Ugh. Or are you rolling big and JJP/Quinn get moved?

Bingo!

I remember that as well, and also do not remember what era it is from. The closest I can come is, I think it was at the Aud.

I swear Adams is purposefully trying to lose the fanbase.

It certainly lends some credence to the idea that the team responds during “garbage time”. No pressure. No expectations. Gat damn but this team sure has hurt badly over the last 13 yrs for a need of a bevy of leader types.

Just don’t buy green bananas.

I’ve heard like 3 variations so far. Im with Inky. Cool hockey name.

We all understand. Its not like this thing is a hot thread.

If we’re making a trade with the Avs for the deadline, there won’t be a rostered player coming back. It’ll be sell, baby. This team hurts my heart.

4:45 on game day and the thread isn’t even pinned. Even Sabres fan forums have stopped putting in an effort. lololololololol

Can I enjoy them on a game by gsme basis? Yes. And I do, depending on which team decides to show up. What I don’t do is set aside time to watch them. Pretty much the only games I see are the ones on at the bar or brewery I happen to be visiting. If they are on I’ll watch until it stops being entertaining. But if they are not on the tube, I don’t even bother to ask a bartender/server to put it on. It really has become a no effort watch for me. If I have to so much as ask, I don’t see the game. And it’s better than 50/50 that I won’t miss anything.

Got it. My floor for turnover from the outside is 4 players. I won’t quibble at 3, but I think 3 isn’t quite going to do this. Emphasis on players coming from outside the organization.

Wait….. Am I correctly reading that you are OK with mostly rolling this back next season?

Its not about try hard/give up. It’s about being shown how and in what direction to expend the energy.

That one is easy. Too many kids and not enough hardened vets. The kids don’t know how to turn it around and the few grey beards we have are past their ability to carry the load. As everything else infecting the Sabres, it rests with the GMs plan. Gamble that leaving the goalie situation unchanged will work out, that adding another retirement age vet will work out, that the kids at forward will figure it out themselves.

An away game coming off a loss? They’ll win it, look good doing it, and raise a stick salute to the Habs fans.

You were always optimistic beyond reasonable before. This is balance, and was inevitable.

I see the because Montreal posts above, and that’s a valid motivation for the choice, but I think this is how the rest of the season is going to go. Run UPL until he falters, call up Levi to get him some more NHL looks, immediately send him down to get maximum workload in Rochester. Lather, rinse, repeat. Seems like a viable development plan now that the season is lost.

Zemgus is not the problem. I’d go as far as to say he’s not part of the problem. His leadership and the game he plays is a need. If we move him (or KO) it will make the team worse in the short term. There is no Rochester player that can be brought up that will make the roster better. None. The problem is, KA set this up so Zemgus is THE leadership and defensive game focus along with KO. In that respect, Zemgus and KO are set up to fail. Just like the rest of the team structure, they didn’t get enough roster support from the GM. Those two are simply not enough to lead the charge, but that is exactly how KA set it up. You put those two on a good playoff team and the conversation will be about 2 more Ex Sabres that performed well in the playoffs.

I’m ok with the story dying out. It happened. It stopped happening. Fans reacted. Lets move on.