jad1

Yep.

The parts are greater than the whole. A bunch of skilled players not playing together and making dumb mistakes.

As much as I like Krueger, I think that most of these players would have benefited playing under a dinosaur coach for a couple of seasons. This team lacks fundamentals.

Start trading d-men for forwards and he can skate a regular shift.

Is Glimour going to be in the lineup tomorrow night?

He is playing a great game.

So in Botterill's 3rd year, they're still not close to being a contender? That's a difficult concept to accept.

The development of young players on the big club under Botterill has been alarmingly bad.

Are you talking about the game or the season?

When Jamie Vardy decides to have a party, there's not much you can do to stop it.

Too many goals against scored on plays from behind the Sabres net.

It'll be interesting to see the changes Krueger makes for Wednesday. Hopefully we won't see the Sobotka/Vessey penalty kill line ever again.

Eichel over-handeled the puck all night.

It was a nice offensive zone clear.

Vessey is not anything.

I bought a 50th an anniversary jersey to wear watching the games, but I think I might have been better off buying a Tshirt with Krueger's face on it.

Leafs lose in a shootout.

Extend Reinhart. Don't even think twice about it.

Ristolainen will thrive under Krueger's system.

Penguins up 5-1 on Columbus. Pretty good team when they're given a chance to breathe.

Great game and it was also great seeing all the highlights and photos of former players. This could be a fun season.

For five years Sabres coaches have talked about playing a transition game with speed. Tonight is the first time we can see what that actually looks like.

Whatever you say Ricky Bobby.

The Eichel-Skinner-Reinhart is not only the best line the Sabres can ice, it has the potential to be a top five line in the NHL. This line and strong goaltending drove a badly-coached and talent-poor team to a 10 game winning streak last season. Eichel's playmaking optimizes Skinner's scoring. Reinhart's play-making optimizes Eichel's scoring. Reinhart ensures that the team gets value from their two highest-paid players. If the GM builds a reliable, NHL-quality 2nd line to support these guys, they could lead the team to the playoffs. As a first line, they are that good.

Well then the thought a second line of Vesey-Sobotka-Sheary must make you want to commit hari-kari. And you give that defensive lineup to a guy like Trotz or in-his-prime Ruff, and you would get a much differnet and better result. And whatever you think about draft position, the fact remains that Eichel, Dahlin, Reinhart, Skinner, Mittelstadt, Ristolainen, and Bogosian were top ten picks. That's one third of the lineup who are top 10 picks with Cozens on deck. If that lineup doesn't produce more that 85 points, what do you do? Trade them for career third pairing guys and third liners? Or do you bring in a front office who can manage and optimize that talent.