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He got a 1 game suspension as well right?

Just remember, you are asking this on the same forum that debated shirtless pictures of Sabres players. Tonight is tonight, it's Thursday. Sadly I have a West Coast hockey start for my beer league team.. I love hockey, but starting at game at 10:30pm is getting tougher every year. Go Sabres! I reserve to define where they should go until after the game.

Tomorrow is fantastic Friday... this media availability will NOT meet the criteria to be mentioned in that thread. Now, if they had had media availability today it would have perfectly fit on Complaint Thursday. I guess we'll just need a separate thread to discuss everything that isn't said tomorrow.

That makes perfect sense and way more than just guaranteeing Buffalo was in a playoff position.

According to the NHL site, Owen Power is 6'6, 226lbs.

What I've come up with is: Dan Dunleavy is a commentator and what we need is a play by play person. If you've ever tried to experience a Sabres game on radio it'll become painfully clear what the difference is. Sadly, today's sports seems to be 100% geared towards the fan watching and understanding what's happening while two people tell stories. I've no doubt it's why the ManningCast was even attempted and certainly why it's become incredibly popular (although, to be honest, I prefer the ManningCast as well).

I dunno, that doesn't get him on the ice. Now, driving the zamboni or repainting the lines would at least get him on the ice.

See below. Yeah.. I was going to say this. Having a close friend who was at a Hunter's Hope golf event at a table with Jim Kelly and experienced first hand what a ***** Kelly was. Kent Hull verbally slapped Kelly at that table basically saying all of these people are here supporting you and Hunter and you don't get to act like an ***** to them. You need to appreciate each and every one of them. From that point on I had a good understanding of who Jim Kelly was. I could respect his play on the field, but not as a person. I still don't care to see or listen to him. Somehow I think that they had some agreement that said Hyde can go anywhere, but if he's available and the Bills are guaranteed in the playoffs that he would sign on for a playoff run. It's the only reason I can think of them signing him now versus over the bye.

I don't really have a problem with this move. As much as I have a side of me that wants to skate them until there's no ice left to skate on I don't think it makes a difference. Let them watch video and truly tear them down. Point out every damn mistake and lack of effort. See how they respond. Unfortunately this roster is what it is right now and despite all of our desires to make meaningful changes to it right now it's not going to happen. The NHL doesn't work that way and even if it did at least 50% of the posters here aren't sure Adams could get it done properly. I mean, practice hasn't helped them one bit. Talking to the media won't do anything for the team. It will be the same questions as last night with a few new one's thrown in that will elicit the exact same, watered down, boring responses. It wouldn't matter if the media asked REALLY hard questions, the answers would still be the same. The team knows they were crap last night. I'm not going to believe they don't care. I am going to believe that until the care ENOUGH about being crap things won't change. I do believe this team can play hockey. I believe this team can play with a chip on their shoulder. What I don't understand is why they don't. I don't understand how any athlete can play a sport at that level without having had to play with that chip on their shoulder at one point. We've seen this team have brief moments of success, so it's not like they haven't proven they can. It's psychological at this point. They need to hit "F it". And Ruff needs to start stapling ***** to the bench or scratching them. Do whatever he can with what he has to get them to turn it around. Scratch the assistant captains, the captain, who cares. Send a message that hard work will be rewarded and playing soft and lazy will not.

Yes, I did do all that research. Not just to defend Benson but also to help support what my eyes tell me. I am sure there are teams in the NHL where Benson would not be on the roster. As was discussed with Benson when drafted, he was good enough to be in the NHL last season (30 points) and he could not play in the AHL because of rules. Yeah, he's on pace for 20 points this season, but until the end of the season it's hard to really know where he will end up. I look at his assist last night on the Peterka goal. He takes a solid hit, bounces up, gets the puck and makes a great pass. I don't see other Sabres doing that. I think on this team, if the top 6 were actually playing as hard as Benson, you wouldn't even question it. But they aren't and so you try and compare him to a first overall pick on a bad team but it's not the same. He's playing way above his position and we should be happy about that. Also, this team went out and got the veterans it could get. They had to give Zucker $5M just to come here. Let's not pretend that there are a line of veterans the Sabres could bring in that would do more than Benson is doing right now.

Too much credit. This is why. You can't give Adams credit for anything, including this. All he's done is maintain the status quo. Which isn't totally fair, he's done things as the GM. However, he's as effective as the guy shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. So.. that's that. The Sabres hit the iceberg when Pegula bought the team. The boat has been sinking ever since.

This is so very true. The only other athlete I put up in Allen's tier is Michael Jordan. I hate basketball, I've never liked the sport at all. However, I could watch Michael Jordan play basketball any time. I still never watched other basketball games or knew the standings (although you knew the Bulls were near the top) but if the Bulls were on TV and I was flipping stations more often than not, Jordan was on my TV. It's not say Allen is the same as Jordan or there are not other great athletes, but that "IT" factor is just too much to turn away from. I am the same as you. I have come back to clearing my calendar just so I can watch the Bills play and it's because of Allen.

The Sabres will never break my love of hockey. They can't. If they break my love of hockey it means they win and we know the Sabres don't win. My disdain for these puffballs has actually gotten the point where I just want more stupid stuff to happen. If you are going to be the biggest joke in professional sports then go all in. Find some new ways to get even worse. Be the absolute best you can be at it.

Well... sorry all? There was a brief moment while I was sitting at a small local brewery sipping a serviceable Rauchbier and watching the first period that I thought the Sabres might make my day even better. But alas... it was just more of the same from this team. So, they didn't get me down because I wasn't expecting anything from them anyway. I still woke up today happy as hell that I will be employed again. It's unfortunate that everyone in the Sabres organization (who puts this team on the ice) wakes up every day content with the knowledge they will still be employed today.