Contempt
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2 hours ago, Mango said:
Some people get so much enjoyment out of being correct rather than just enjoying the ride. They’d rather aggressively predict and preach that the Sabres won’t make it for 90 days over having fun watching them be in the hunt.
I'm tired of being right. I'd like them to prove me wrong for a change. Frankly I didn't feel like it was aggressive prediction at the time given their flaws (no depth, bad goaltending, poor team defense) and their penchant for inconvenient stretches of poor play.
Then the middle of March happened which really wasn't different from any of the other stretches of the year where they dropped a bunch of games in a row.
I appreciate that you and other might not like it and that some of you race to be the first one to be right predicting positive things and that's not my lane. I didn't believe in what they had at the deadline and the season has been functionally over since Nashville and really over since the Islanders game. The Sabres have been "in the hunt" the same way the Bills were "in the hunt" for a decade. Meaning not. I don't enjoy that. In fact it annoys me quite a bit that they squandered the position they were in. However, after what they've done for the length of time they've done it I'm done with moral victories and promises of the future. Show me. What this team showed is is every time they had pressure to perform they wilted. Does that translate to growth in the future? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe they learn from it and get better, but maybe they don't have the mental and emotional fortitude for it and this is what they will do. I don't know and neither do you. You choose to believe, I choose to be skeptical until proven wrong. It has nothing to do with wanting to be right. It's emotional self defense.
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1 minute ago, Turbo44 said:
Probably correct but can he be worse than our bottom 2 pairing?
problem is with 4 games in 5 nights to end season he won’t get a practice in.
In a perfect world, I want Johnson to make Jokiharju expendable in addition to the team bringing in another solid defender in the off-season to bump the 5 and 6 down a peg.
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1 minute ago, kas23 said:
He’s definitely not untouchable, but I would need a youngish Top 4 D coming back. If I were KA, so would start exploring what Mitts would cost to sign.
That is exactly what I would be looking for as well.
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13 hours ago, Dr. Who said:
Rosen, VO, draft picks.
I'd move all of those things also. I just think Mittelstadt is a good sell high candidate.
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2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Dude, I had an absolute blast at that game. It was awesome.
Didn't say it wasn't fun. Said it was irrelevant. Glad you enjoyed yourself.
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Just now, Dr. Who said:
I don't think he is untradeable, but I would be reluctant to do it. Just because a player falls outside of the untouchable category doesn't mean one must use them as a part to get other parts you don't have. It would be different if the cupboard was otherwise bare and necessity compelled one. That isn't the case here. There are abundant resources for KA to acquire what is deficient in the roster.
Who would you move instead?
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10 minutes ago, MBD said:
Figured. Seems to have come out of the woodwork today.
Yeah, I came out of the woodwork today to have 5k posts. You're right, Johnson is clearly a top six guy.
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2 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Sure. This team is not the 2023 Bruins. Was that what you expected when the puck dropped to the start of this year? To win every game they were “supposed” to? This team is clearly building to something bigger than a what we’ve previously seen, and I’m here for it. I’m sorry a 75 point team last year didn’t meet your expectations, but calling fans suckers for meaningful games in April is misguided.
Calling today a meaningful game is also misguided. This team has failed the pressure away at every opportunity.
Furthermore, I think it far from clear that they are on their way to obvious success.
Their defensive structure is hot garbage, there is no defensive help coming in the pipeline, goaltending is still a huge question l,and it's also a question of the administration thinks that the lack of team defense is even an issue. Run and gun isn't a recipe for success. It's just not.
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1 minute ago, Dr. Who said:
I'm not going to spend time looking over your past posting history. You've been here long enough to accrue nearly five thousand, so I assume you are sometimes more congenial. The few times I've noticed you I've actually wondered if you have troll DNA. Mittlestadt has become an ideal glue guy. He's a great story, too.
He needs to be traded for a defenseman because he can be more easily replaced by the prospects we have coming up. I'm leaving out any and all vitriol I have for him personally. He is replaceable and needs to be traded for what we do t have in the system.
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8 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
If one doesn’t add to the enjoyment of the forum, the ignore feature works well. 👍🏼 I’m sure I’m on a few myself 😂
Agreed, if hearing truth makes you sad please ignore me. Today's game was 100 percent irrelevant. Games that actually mattered were back in mid March when they were giving up stupid numbers of goals and rolling over for BAD teams. That's what killed this season, not anything that happens this week. They are out of it and have been. If you believe otherwise tell Santa what you want for Christmas. I'm sure it will arrive.
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Just now, MBD said:
Well he was wrong, wasn't he? So yes, he gets the blame for making that decision.
Maybe, just maybe, Johnson isn't that great either.
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Just now, Dr. Who said:
You seem to take perverse pleasure in telling folks the Sabres have no chance to make the playoffs which is virtually, if not mathematically, true. Here, you appear to enjoy implying that folks ought to conclude from the fact that Johnson wasn't on the ice for the start of OT what? That his coach doesn't have confidence in him? Maybe no one thought it was likely the game would end ten seconds into the extra period. "But we will pretend it was an accident." Snide and nasty. You appear to live up to your screen name.
He wasn't the first choice in OT. You explain it.
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2 minutes ago, MBD said:
That he's an idiot? They lost.
That Johnson wasn't his best option to start OT but we want to believe that he's more than an AHL tweener so we will blame Moszko instead.
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1 minute ago, Porous Five Hole said:
We in Sabresland are all disappointed that the playoffs are unlikely. But posts like this are so pathetic. Yes the playoffs are very unlikely, but who here is calling fans suckers for attending a meaningful game for the team in April other than you? Especially after beating the second best team in the NHL today where the opponent needed to win.
The Sabres have posted a ten point improvement over last year with four games to go. Virtually no one expected the playoffs with this roster a year ago today.
Troll if you must, but it’s poor form.
It's not meaningful. It's only meaningful if you suspend all reason. It's playing out the string. Great they beat Carolina. It doesn't matter. They needed to beat Columbus and Philly a couple weeks ago and they couldn't.
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1 minute ago, Flashsabre said:
Ryan Johnson SHOULD have been on the ice to start OT but he wasn’t.
That his coach didn't see fit to do that should say something. But we will pretend it was an accident.
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Still no. It was no weeks ago and it's still no now. No. It was no on deadline day. No.
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3 hours ago, Taro T said:
What are you talking about the place not being full?
There were maybe 200 empty seats in the whole building.
Suckers.
57 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:So what are our playoff chances with the islanders and Penguins winning their games today?
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He needs to go.
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43 minutes ago, Stormcloudmember66 said:
Oh well this is what happens when you have to ḍepend on other teams
This is why you can't crap your pants against Columbus.
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6 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
Like I said. Do what you want. You pay their bills.
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1 minute ago, Brawndo said:
There might be something to this, the Owner of the Utah Jazz met with Bettman for Dinner a few weeks ago and Salt Lake City is a leading contender for the 2030 Winter Olympics which would bring a new arena per Marek and Friedman.
Salt Lake City needs to worry about the lake drying up more than they need to worry about getting the Olympics or a hockey team.
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I long for the day where Will Borgen is no longer discussed.
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1 hour ago, pi2000 said:
All typical rankings for a young team.
How long does Mitts get to be "young"? He's got storm trooper level shooting precision.
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1 hour ago, Zamboni said:
Yeah I got the same email… I think I’m going to skip this time and not put any money down towards playoff tickets. Even if they are only charging the credit card if they make the playoffs.
I know it’s a gigantic risk of missing out this year 😂
You say no because of the message it collectively sends if enough people do it. Someone somewhere in that office is keeping track of the percentage of STH who choose to do this, knowing full well they won't make the playoffs. They will interpret that data to help measure how happy the STH base is. High percentage = high satisfaction.
I'm not going to ceremonially agree for you to charge me for something you didn't do. Something you didn't do IMO because of investment you refused to make in this season's team. You let them twist in the wind with no defensive depth and it cost them the season. The Sabres want to say the prices weren't right and the players weren't available and that the better time for that is the summer? That's fine, the better time to talk about taking more of my money is also the summer, not right now after they shat their pants in the most important month of hockey the team has had in a decade.
-edit- This is a hypothetical conversation anyway since I've repeatedly said that I won't give them any money of any kind until they get their crap together and actually become a relevant NHL team again. You guys pay their bills, do what you want.
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Will the Buffalo Sabres make the playoffs?
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I'm referring to how seemingly every year you'd watch a game in late November with the Bills close to .500 and they'd throw up a graphic showing them in the "in the hunt" category.