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You had to inject actual seriousness into what I said? Sigh. 🙂

Hope it doesn't get too crazy. The new stadium won't be ready for quite some time. Breaking the current stadium would be bad. 🙂 And yes.. Kyle Williams... great choice.

The only thing wrong in that ESPN article is that the Sabres do not have the longest streak of missing the playoffs of the 4 major sports. Technically that belongs to the Jets. They are officially eliminated before the Sabres are each year and so they technically hold the LONGEST drought length. No, this does not make me feel any better about it.

this morning I was on here just conversing away in various threads and it did not once occur to me that there was no GDT. Yep. That sums it up. Sigh.

Our friends sent a picture this morning. They are not part of the Palisades Fire but the Eaton Fire.. (Palisades burned 15,000 acres yesterday, the Eaton only 10,000 🤢). Their house is singed.. literally 10 feet away the ground is burned and the edge of their roof and one wall of their house looks like charred firewood. The house is largely untouched but naturally smells of smoke, etc. They are fortunate (for now). It's an incredible picture to look at. The people who are out there fighting those fires deserve the deepest praise. I can't even imagine.

Yeah.. Pegula needs to recognize that he should not make any decisions on the operations of the hockey club and put someone in charge who has demonstrated success in running a hockey organization. Specifically phrased that way to put the position as a POHO and NOT a GM. The GM just runs the team. All of their hockey operations needs an overhaul.

I came across that article this morning. Definitely a good read. Thanks for sharing.

Fair enough. Let me try to clarify. In Scenario 1 - Terry Pegula is an owner who challenges his front office, they give him their actual answers, he believes them, and the team continues to suck. This is Terry's fault because he doesn't know how to hire the right people. In Scenario 2 - Terry Pegula is an owner who likes to have major influence over the personnel decisions his front office makes. The front office acquiesces to his "suggestions" because they want to remain employed. This is Terry's fault because he is a control freak. For me, if we have scenario 1 then there is hope that Terry might get it right one day.. or try to let someone else hire the hockey front office. In scenario 2 there is less hope because Terry is unlikely to back down on his control and let someone else make decisions. He'll only be able to hire people who are willing to add a title to their resume and hope that when it's over they get a shot somewhere else. The fans are truly screwed. In both cases Terry Pegula is the ultimate source of the problem. Just one allows for some hope.. albeit slim after failing so many times.

BS. This is Sabrespace where anything can be complained about.

Well done.

That's not so bad on the goal scoring. Sure he could be a transition piece, but then again, this team has been in transition for 13 years. They don't need to replace Kulich specifically as they can adjust run McLeod, Krebs, Cozens, and then move Thompson to C when he's ready. They have flexibility there... and hell we're still not sure Cozens is a center.... well some people aren't. 🙂

Yes, the ultimate source of the problem is Terry. I said that. Thanks for the confirmation.

Sprong has never quite made it on any team he's been on. I don't know that I know enough about him... but the Sabres have an opening on the roster with Kulich out and could bring him in. (can they release him again in a few weeks? I think so). It might be worth a shot.

He had surgery on something. He's out for awhile. It's weeks to weeks. 😉

Friends of ours posted a picture from their place in Altadena... the sky is orange right behind them. I'm waiting for their next update where they are out of that house. I truly it's not what happens for many reasons. But that house has been in the family for awhile and it's kind of unique which adds to the pain.

It's not surprising. He's right in stating how many points they are out by, but he's certainly mischaracterizing the chances of the team. And it certainly is accomplishing what he set out to do.. which is have people discuss just how bad his take his. My issue is that the general populace loves to prop up these idiots and thus reinforce the behavior. Not surprising, again...

Where do you see Donato different from the other 6' forwards on this team? I read what you quoted but is that the whole story? Do you look at him as a Krebs upgrade? I don't know enough about him. I can see his stats.. he's roughly the same size and scoring better than Krebs.

Yeah.. see what @Flashsabre posted goes a long to context. I am not a fan of Pegula at all. He's ruined this franchise with his leadership but I'm not prescribing any more to a statement than the statement itself when its made. For what it's worth, I would expect an owner to be involved in those decisions. That said, being involved and mandating a certain outcome are separate things. Ultimately it doesn't matter if he is involved, listens, and agrees with his GM and scouts or if his GM and scouts do his bidding. He put all of them in their positions and the organization is not successful. He's not getting it done. However, the reasons can be different.

Interesting.. went over to the site for some relative information. Power is third on the team in takeaways behind Tuch (23) and Clifton (18). Dahlin is 5th and Byram is 6th. Clifton leads in giveaways at 42, Dahlin is 2nd, Byram 3rd. Power is 6th with Zucker and Cozens ahead of him. I checked out a few other teams to get a sense if its normalish. Vegas: Shea Theodore: 22T - 59G Noah Hanifin: 17T - 57G Jack Eichel: 16T - 39G Alex Pietrangelo - 14T - 58G Winnipeg: Mark Schiefele: 14T - 54G Neal Pionk: 19T - 48G Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon: 13T - 70G Josh Manson: 13T - 54G Cale Makar: 34T - 53G (this is quite impressive given the overalls I've been checking) NJ Devils: Dougie Hamilton: 16T - 67G Jack Hughes: 16T - 53G Brett Pesce: 13T - 28G Overall it seems that the Sabres players aren't completely out of line against other teams. It's interesting to look at.

I think it's Kozak for roster flexibility. Either that or they bring up Rosen, but my guess is they would rather swap bodies on the 4th line. It's easier to move Quinn with Krebs and Benson and then they have all kinds of 4th line flexibility with Lafferty, NAK, Malenstyn and then Kozak. Rosen wouldn't be brought up for the 4th line. Better to leave him in Rochester.

Without more context I can't say that I have a problem with this. I get asked questions by my leadership all the time. In many cases they are told something or hear something and they want my position on it because they believe I am the source of truth. At times it certainly can feel like I am being tested to see if I can respond competently. Now, if I thought the only thing my bosses wanted to hear was affirmation of their position, then it would not work. I question my employees all the time. There are a lot of things that don't happen "without my approval". In many cases I challenge them to make sure they've considered all aspects. It's not always about blind trust in the employee either. Of course, if Pegula is doing it and then expects his employees to then target those players and ultimately invokes executive privilege that's another story.

It might always be this bad and the broadcast doesn't let it come through but last night I felt like they were trying to do the equivalent of the wave with it. Holy lord. I'd rather have a palm tree blocking my view than listen to it. Last night when they announced 1 minute remaining in the third period I accidentally said "Thank God" instead of "Thank you". I apparently said it loud enough to get a few chuckles from the people around me. It wasn't even something I consciously thought about, but after watching yet another collapse.. ugh.

Anything to get eyeballs and readers... Telling the truth is no longer in fashion and hasn't been for a long time.

It was more like a library, but morgue is an acceptable answer. The crowd most assuredly knew, especially when the puck was in the Sabres end for such a long period of time and each time the Sabres had a chance to do ANYTHING with it they managed to flub a pass, mishandle the puck, or simply play it straight to a Caps player. The one thing you definitely see while being at the game is what is happening outside of the camera view and it was even uglier than what you see in the camera view. They are not a strong team, mentally or physically. Absolutely not surprise to anyone here. After the Sabres first goal the scoreboard read 999 - 0 for the Sabres. It took them awhile to figure out how to hit the +1 button instead of the -1 button. I have a picture of when it said 995-0. I figured they couldn't possibly blow that lead right? The KBC ice still leaves a lot to be desired. It's incredible how the puck bounces there. It's not just the Sabres who have all the problems. There stretches of time near the end of periods where both teams had issues with the puck. But they are 1-0 when I visit. They tend to win more than they lose when I attend a game. I'd offer to take free tickets but I don't think I can handle the woobirds in person. We had two of the incredibly annoying ones behind us last night. I wanted to smack the everloving crap out of them. The worst is when others feel the need to chime in. Oy...it's like one big competition on who can be the most annoying person in the world.