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  2. Buffalo Bills 2025 Thread

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    7 minutes ago, MISabresFan said:

    Open roster spot.  Maybe it was planned.

     

    No it wasn't. They claimed a guy on waivers and he refused to report. If they just wanted to open a spot they could have just waived Ingram without any claim. 

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  3. What is the jolt this franchise needs?

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    1 hour ago, thewookie1 said:

    I'd love to have more daring dreams but I really just can't see any conceivable way the Sabres sell their team and stick around in perpetuity. 

    Our best bet is that Pegula's children do better in the future

    I'd rather have new owners who might move the team than another 15yrs of Pegula ***** around. 

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  4. Doan > Peterka?

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    13 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

    There is a lot to like about Benson's game.  I was trying to say that Doan and Benson are not problems, but they are getting opportunities on the top 6 because the other players on this roster are not consistently good enough.  I do think that Benson must improve his shot. A faster release and  more speed on the shot - both can be improved with practice.  

    The issues I have is this teams are: this GM/FO has expired, the coaching staff is not good enough, the goaltending, the inconsistent play from the top 6 forwards, and the leadership from the Core players.   

    That is a long list.    They need to be fixed in the order listed.  

     

    No they aren't. They are getting time in the top 6 because they are good enough, not because some other mythical player is not. 

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  5. What is the jolt this franchise needs?

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    2 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

    I can honestly never get that far

     

    I'll always be loyal to the Buffalo Sabres but that doesn't mean I'm not livid with the ownership and how its been handled. It all comes down to, that while we always have small chance of making the playoffs under Pegula; it isn't 0% which would be the case if we lose the team. 

    This is how it always works "don't dare dream for something better, just be glad you don't have it worse (while it gets worse anyways)".

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  6. Doan > Peterka?

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    7 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

    Benson and Doan may be playing higher in the lineup than they should, but they are not the problem on this team.  Doan is performing on any line.   Benson seems to have cooled off after a good start.  His playing on the first line and having 0 goals at this point in the season is a problem.  Benson does not have an NHL shot.  Hate to say it, he is a good player, but the fact that he is one of the teams better options to play on the first line is a problem.  

    I look at teams like Utah and the Ducks.  Even Montreal and Philly.   Why are they better?  

    Is there really much difference in the talent on the rosters of these teams?   I think not. 

    The Sabres just give up too many goals and it is not all on the goalies.   The team makes way too many mistakes in their own end.  

    I think the Utah coach is getting all there is out of his young and improving roster.  Joel Quenneville is getting everything out of the surprising Ducks roster.  Martin St Louis is getting everything out of a middling Habs roster.  

    Lindy Ruff is not pushing the right buttons.  He seems just as defeated as the players.   You can tell by the Sabre Power Play that this coaching staff is not good enough.  

    But the big problem is goals against. Like the TNT guys said, and Biz has been very negative about this team,  the Sabre take plays off and they take short cuts, and they get burned by it over and over again. 

    The TNT cast pointed put that none of the defense other than Dahlin will even hit the other team.  No forwards have any fear playing deep in the Sabres zone.   Lundqvist was trying to be nice but said it clearly - they can't figure out how to defend because its hard and too many of their players don't want to play that way. 

    Sure, they have a lot of talent but they don't play the game the right way.  

    They can fire Ruff but they will likely just hire another coach that is in lock-step with Adams, the creator of a poorly constructed and mentally weak team.  

    Zach Benson is 3rd on the Sabres in assists. He's so defensively sound that he is the literal best player on the team in terms of shot suppression metrics. 

    In fact the only bad play I can even remember him making in his 14 games is the pass into Tage's tush. 

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