Sabre fan

someone should start a lottery of when Torts will totally lose it...I for sure think he'd go ballistic if and when Cindy chops off one of Torts' players fingers

Gallant is a interesting pick and probably just might help the Sabres become the team we all think or like to believe they can be...I think we all agree there is better talent here then we showed and need someone to identify each players strengths (as babs does so well) and use them to those strengths and not wear out a few chosen

friggin' Tiittsburg and the suddenly dangerous Cindy against Torts' crew outta be a interesting series...meanwhile the leafs blew their chance at ottawa so Boston gets to maybe win a series...I guess when all is and and done Toews and kane and the other bunch in Hawk-land win another cup

totally agree..there sure ain't much there...bunch of aging vets who are overpaid. Do think though that Sutter would not be a good fit here (of course anything looks good compared to what we got now)

Gotta say, there are some real serious issues moving forward his summer and into (dare I say it) next season. While even the leafs are enjoying getting geared up for playoff hockey (like that Christmas song "It's he most wonderful time of the year"), we are left yet again to ponder more failure and agonize over what to do next. There are some serious red flags that worry me to no end, such as... 1) Blysma back 2) Blysma losing even more control of team next season 3) Blysma's "system 4) Blysma's "system" is being taught to players on the farm and they too are suffering (we have some real good talent down there but I fear guys like Bailey Fasching etc are and will suffer just as most of the players on the big team are by having this so-called "system" of Dan's shoved down their throat. Obviously they are told hey will not make he "big" team til they master hat system 5) Finding help a "D" will not be easy and we may actually end up worse off by losing Kulikov and not being able to add anyone even close to his potential 6) Sam regressing even more under Danny (along with other players bu we need Sam to be very good and justify being #2 pick) I wish we could be more like the leafs in that they are playing all their young guys and they are allowed to "do their thing" (whatever best suits them) and they are enthusiastic (when was the last time a Sabre team was called that???) and they are learning as they go. We keep guys like Bailey fasching etc in the minors and they are being wasted trying to learn his "system" Danny deems so efficient and worthy.Maybe GMTM even agrees with his viewpoint, which is even more cause for worry. I do worry alo (my wife says that is why I have high blood-pressure and had a near fatal heart attack and am now disabled!). Oh well, the joys of being a Sabre fan!

"My goal coming to the Buffalo Sabres was it was going to be a process, but be in the process of developing a winning culture and team. I think we're in that process right now, but it's one I have to be judged on. We fell short of where we thought we could be, hope we could be and I take full responsibility for that. " How the hell does he think he is creating some sort of "winning" culture or environment? The team looks beat before the puck is even dropped most of the time and certainly mailed-in points far too many times. I am seriously concerned that for whatever reason, Blysma, and TM for that mater, actually think that they are "creating" something here (other then a crappy lifeless team that doesn;t seem to care most games) "I don't know the narrative. We have conversations with the players about the system, we believe we're on the same page and have a good understanding of that system and how we play. So, I feel like there's not a disconnect. They're part of the conversation and part of how we play. That's something we all have ownership in." Obviously Blysma and his "system" will be her next season...can't wait for a rerun of this past season...yippee

I can't help but wonder or think that these players are not so much "passengers" as they are opposed to the current coaching "system" and how they are being used...funny both Kulikov and Bogo played a whole lot better when Riosto was suspended and those two played huge minutes. It would seem Blysma's system gets virtually nothing out of too many players on the roster just as it seems this "system" did in Pittsburg where he was run out of town for dragging down that team.

Hell Mike Keenan is available too! talk about the ultimate nasty SOB who got results for a year or to then...by the way check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y8HdeHtOJs

are we signing this Antipin guy? anybody know what's goin on there? is he any good?

mind you at the time signing Gorges was actually deemed a good signing and the leafs among other teams wanted him too...he sure looked better in Montreal then he has here...couldn;t be coaching could it??I also see the Bogo trade as him for Myers and isn't Tyler making a big amount of coin too? I thought he signed some big crazy contract or am I mistaken? not sure on that one

this picture is perhaps the funniest thing I have seen this season and it sure has been a long boring season

sad thing is we are close to the cap and will have to re-sign Jack Sam etc...and losing Kane to free agency would be a real bummer...we need to free up space and sign him our top goal scorer or trade him this summer instead of losing him we did Danny and Drury for nothing

anytime you have four guys taking up a huge chunk of your cap and not producing that ain't good...free up some space to sign Kane or a free agent defenceman would be obviously a good move at this point

if that's the case then maybe he can unload these big contracts which would be a plus by subtraction...

funny cause some of the best moves the leafs made were not additions...they were able to unload terrible contracts and if only GMTM would find a suitor to take Bogo and Moulson we 'd be a mile better off...I think we can all live with Ennis who is just so darn likable and a lot better then we've seen this past year

I think the leafs just proved that great coaching can make a team much better and ensure they beat teams they should beat (which we do not do losing to every team below us in the standings) while the best coaching in the world can't make the leafs (or any team for that matter) good enough to beat a team with superior talent as we saw against the Caps and Jackets...

I think it is safe to say that they will roll out he "injury" excuse...there is no doubt injuries played a part in this year's complete failure but the truth is team's find a way around injuries but we are far beyond blaming only injuries...I have no doubt DB will be back next season and we will be yet again a fringe at best team that has too many players trying to be what they aren't cause that's DB's "system"...LIndy's looking better by the minute! and yes our goaltending was far better then they have been getting credit for...

totally agree..there is very little to pick between the Sabres, certainly Ottawa, the Leafs, the Bruins, and certainly Boston. We can see that this team is totally uninspired and looks to be trying to get BLysma fired. Unfortunately, I do think we'll see himback for next season with us hearing that injuries played a big part in the failures of this past season. Injuries were a major factor but overall clearly Blysma just isn't the man for this job...scary to think we will see him there behind the bench again next season (foro how long who knows but I do think he'll be there at the start)

Lindy would be a great choice for vegas...Dallas is alot like the Sabres in that they have good forwards but their d is not great and their goaltending is not NHL calibre (I think we have better goaltending)...the first thing Dallas needs to do is get goalie...as for bringing Lindy back???this is the same board that was running him out of town not too long ago (me included although I still prefer him to Blysma's "system")

what's up with Pittsburg playing that big goon Sisito who smoked leafs goalie Anderson in the head last night? surprised the Leafs weren't more upset about that as losing their #1 goalie before the playoffs sure would suck

knowing our luck we may actually win a draft lottery for once and there is no one anybody really cares about..strange how the NHL made sure everybody else won their lottery and got who they wanted but we keep losing and being moved down...even friggin' Winnipeg got a nice bonus last year by being moved up to get Laine...I think this season hurts more becuase this was not like a tank year or anything...I think us silly fans thought or believed (or wanted to believe) this team would be better and knocking on the door of a playoff spot...instead we are kinda back to where we were a few years back...hanging around the 8 to 10th worse spot so we are well out of the playoffs but not drafting high enough to get anybody real good (we did that for years back when Darcy and Lindy ruled the roost)...

yeah cause ottawa would play Boston if not the Leafs and Boston will beat the Sens too...

it is far worse cause there's nothing to look forward to nor is there any real reward for being so bad...draft is not a great one and really is there any reason to think or believe i will be better next season with Danny behind the bench?

this should be a real barn-burner haha

RNH makes 6 mil??? and we think we have some bad contracts. that is crazy! I wouldn't touch him at half that