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Let's stop trying to cast JBot as some kind of hero or martyr. The organization and scouting department he built was a failure. He made a terrible coaching decisions. He deserved to be fired, even with Adams whispering in Pegula's ear that he could do a better job.

If they haven't named him captain yet, they're doing it wrong.

I should have used the word 'young.'

Quinn, Power, Samuelsson, Byram was 23 this year. Kulich spent a lot of time at 1C, he's not a heavy player. And this isn't new, it's been the case the last 5 years. Cozens tries to play a heavy game, but he wasn't good at it. He was 24 this year. The Sabres are built to play an open ice game. When the opposing team plays a 'road game' and takes away space, they struggle. They need more guys who can play in a tight-checking game. Doesn't mean you trade all the 'finesse' guys for grinders. You also need finesse guys to win. It just means the GM needs to do a better job with roster construction.

Really?

How about everybody but Tuch, Tucker, Dahlin, Malenstyn, McLeod, Peterka, Clifton, and Benson. Greenway, when he plays. I might be generous here with McLeod and Peterka. And Clifton and Greenway aren't anything special as players.

Adams? Nah, wormtongue will spin it to get a few more years from Terry.

Don't know if the team is allowed to organize that in the off-season. The players would need to take it upon themselves to do it, hence the comments encouraging to do so from management. That said, the problem wasn't conditioning this year, the problem was roster construction and players too young to play outside their character. If you draft a bunch of finesse players and throw them on the ice at 21 or 22 years old, they're going to play like a finesse team. Telling them to lift weights isn't going to change that.

The secondary scoring on those Eichel/ Reinhart teams was terrible.

It's becoming a micro-aggression to admit that you want the team to compete for, and hopefully, win the Stanley Cup.

Stockholm syndrome.

Yeah, kids are delusional like that. Put them in a good home, give them a bunch of free stuff and they're happy idiots until their first crush breaks their hearts.

So Ruff just had UPL read the lineup card for a game that he is not starting. Nothing this team does makes sense.

Actually worse? No. Potentially worse? Of course. We might be lucky enough to meet him this weekend.

Worst GM in NHL history.

Adams is just a massive waste of every Sabre fan's time at this point.

Pad the stats night in Tampa.

Yeah, if they run it back, they'll miss again next season.

Nothing good comes from a 1 year $8M contract.

There was a turnover, but that was a makeable save.

Just checked the standings to see the Bruins are below the Sabres. Now this game makes sense.

They need to bench Quinn to rest him up for the shootout.

As a joke, I wanted to hit the disagree button, but it would have been too cruel. Funny, but too cruel. Instead, in the spirit of hope, Pegula can fix this with by hiring a good GM. How he does it, I have no clue. But a lot of what is wrong with the Sabres can be fixed with a single good hire. So, hope, I guess.

Maybe they can hit Rob Ray in the face with a puck again. Give the fans what they want.