Mustache of God

My takeaway is that we're in for some more suffering.

Harrington wasn't wrong.

"Evaluating" , 'Unacceptable", "Not getting it done", "Professional Sports", "Results" Any other buzzwords / phrases that we should drink to every time they're mentioned?

If they want to hire a college coach I'm all for it but first hire him in Rochester and groom him properly. Meanwhile, sign a coach with experience now on so we don't have another schmuck in over his head.

Matt Ellis has been trying as hard as he can his entire life.

How did Steve Smith manage to stay employed on this team for so long? When RK retained him - our PK coach who had the worst PK in the league w/Housely, my spidey sense started tingling that something was amiss, but I dismissed that thinking we should trust the new guy. Good riddance.

Stanley cup is back on the menu!

"Yeah I guess. It's been awhile now and there hasn't been much. It's part of the business. That's 12 in a row now and it is what it is. It's the business. I think guys expect something just to get out of this"

Montour pretty candid saying he's now expecting a "change".

Pegulas need to cut back on bandwidth to maintain their lifestyle

Taking a slap shot to the mouth has to hurt so good damn much. Was a bit queesy watching that replay. Hope Hall is ok.

I foresee three outcomes: This game is an absolute trash fest and ends in a 1-0 shootout NJ victory that goes to the 6th round. In his post-game presser Ralph praises the team for fighting and making progress. Wants to see more of a reaction on Thursday... OR NJ absolutely blows us out. In his post-game presser Ralph praises the team for giving the appearance of fighting and claims progress is merely around the corner. Wants to see more of a reaction on Thursday... OR The Sabres score 9. GMKA fires Ralph mid-post game presser. The lotto ticket I bought hits and I low-ball Terry and become the new owner of the Sabres and attempt to fix this mess, starting with a 36 month "evaluation" process.

The Sabres are the Ovi of suckitude

If Ovie puts up 2 tonight he'll pass Phil Espotsito to be 6th all time scorer in the NHL with 717. After that he's chasing Dionne (731), Hull (741), Jagr (766), Howe (801) and Gretzky (894). I can't believe Gretzky didn't try to play one more season to get an even 900. Slacker.

Honest question, what have we done to deserve this?

Sabres might score 9 tonight.

So only 16 more, which is probable.

Sabres might score 9 tonight

The prospect of getting a second round pick is just so underwhelming as I review our history of 2nd round picks. Maybe you use that pick in a future trade package?

Raise your hand if you have confidence that our GM, who has zero prior deadline experience will be able to extract market value, or perhaps even flat-out win a trade working against real GMs? Was KA ever around the warroom with JB while he was managing the Jr. Sabres? Come deadline he's going to get desperate and sell low because he's in over his head. My sense is that more embarrassment is forthcoming.

Part of me wants to go just to smuggle in a giant sign that says, "OWNERSHIP DOWN TO PLAYERS: YOU ALL SUCK" but I don't want to pay to do that.

I think the only reason RK is still around is because our GM wants to see how Ralph fares against every team in the division. We scratch off PItt tonight and a week from today play Boston (with 3 other games in between). So a loss tonight, plus those next three, plus a game against Boston would bring this streak up to....14 games? That's when he'll get the axe. It's only logical.

Before the season started I orchestrated bet a friend from Pittsburgh that we'd wager $20 for each game in the regular season series thinking the Sabres would play them evenly and go 4-4, so we'd just pass $20 between our venmo accounts but even out in the end. I feel like Ralph Kruger is now flushing $160 of my money down a broken toilet. Despite that, Sabres might score 9 tonight.

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