Kruppstahl

Did anyone post Jerry Sullivan's article from last Friday? https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/buffalo_sabres/sullivan-your-buffalo-sabres-the-worst-franchise-in-major-pro-sports/article_98f68d20-65a8-5ee4-ad40-a9614930c9bb.html?fbclid=IwAR1gKWFEArFZEZ49--g0ZWbi5b5ipElZ36IoruNCG6Uy2kf9bzKklPL0Ksk

If Adams was being honest, has the authority he claims to have, truly will not stand for excuses, and is truly "pissed" about the situation, Ralph would already be fired. The fact that he isn't suggests we don't know what's really going on over there. Let's see if Ralph gets fired on Monday 3/8/2021. Or even this week. This will be an interesting discussion if he's still here in a week.

The Hall situation was a custom made situation, in which both parties won. There were almost *no* other teams in a position to give him the money he wanted last year, nor is it likely that Hall would have come to Buffalo had he had more options. So both sides win; we get the player who would have otherwise passed us over, he gets his big pay day in an economic down time for the league. It's for those reasons that I always assumed he was meant to be a 1 year rental and would be gone at the upcoming deadline. I hope I'm right; I don't want his ass extended here.

And what you do with what you have! In any event, I think we can all agree Krueger is not the answer! And what are the odds Kevyn Adams is a brilliant young GM in the making? He's likely to be overwhelmed by the tasks ahead of him, not to mention an expansion year with Seattle!

For Sabres games, TO and Boston are by far my favorites. They always seem to be good games. For other teams, my 2nd favorite team in the league has always been Edmonton, so I always watch and try to enjoy their games. Battle of Alberta games are some of my favorites even now. I live in FL now so I get all the Panthers games; they have talent on the team and are becoming fun to watch. Colorado is fun to watch with speed and talent these days. I lived in DC for many years so I also watch a lot of the Caps games; I know their announcers very well and they are one of the better pairs in the game, which helps.

A lot of folks have been thinking for a while now that these 3 road games in NY would spell the end of Krueger, assuming 3 straight losses on top of everything else. Well, we get the 3 losses. So Ralph will be fired tomorrow on Monday, right? Wrong! I don't think he will; I just don't feel it in my gut. Will he be fired on Wednesday, end of road trip, after another loss to Philly Tuesday night? Not so sure. I think there is a solid shot Krueger is retained for the balance of this season. I think there is still an outside shot he is the HC of this team to start next season! Money has a lot to do with it. I think it will have to come from Pegula. I truly don't believe Adams when he says he can fire Krueger on his own!

Disagree. The sooner he is gone the sooner the next guy can get a feel for the team, the team can start to learn his system, and we avoid a 10 games losing streak to start next season while everyone gets to know each other. If they are going to bring in a disposable interim coach, what I mention wouldn't really be relevant. I this franchise trades EICHEL or REINHART while retaining KRUEGER, I'm going to have to step away for a while.

I do the same thing, but I watch all the game play. I still don't think it takes more than 1.5 hours. The games are so much faster this way, much more coherent in that they don't suffer from all the stoppages and delays, and you avoid all the sitting around/having to listen to studio filler crap. It's awesome.

Hall hasn't been special in over 2 years now. He's bounced around for a reason. He's not without his merits, but fundamentally, his career remains a bust relative to the high expectations that go with being #1 overall. I want nothing to do with a Hall extension! And this team needs to be in rebuild or regroup mode anyway. Hall needs to be moved for whatever we can get in return for him.

We can hope (if he isn't gone before) but a mercy firing of this type needs to happen immediately. The longer we wait the more damage is done IMO. He should have been gone the day of the GM PC. Let Steve Smith run the team for a while.

That's not exactly what he said; but he definitely implied that hockey is being played differently this year around the league because of COVID and no fans in the buildings. And that is straight up false. I have been impressed, since day 1, at how the teams have pretty much carried on playing as though fans were watching them. I think that's b/c when you are involved in playing a sport at a high level, all you know how to do is get after it. You aren't thinking about the fans at all. You get lost in the action. I think Ralph's comment demonstrates the way he is just full of ***** at this point, and will argue black is white, white is black, and say anything that pops into his head with a microphone on front of his mouth. He's just a classic used car salesman kind of guy. I can totally understand why Terry Pegula became infatuated with him; Pegula isn't that bright.

All of this daytime hockey really sucks. I'll be glad to get a night game back! Come on Islanders! Deliver one more mercy kill and get this over with. There's a chance Krueger will be fired tomorrow after today's loss. LET'S GET IT OVER WITH!

Olofsson and Reinhart are not the same player at all. Olofsson is lost 5 on 5 and is a PP specialist; he has a great shot and great release and not much else. I'd have him on 3rd or 4th line and on the first PP unit. Reinhart is a complete 5 on 5 guy who has proven he can produce points with Eichel, or away from Eichel. If only he could drive his own line, which has shown he can't do. His defense isn't strong enough to play the center position either. Both are finesse guys, but Reinhart gets his points whereas Olofsson only gets goals (now and again) on the PP.

Remember when Jack Eichel did things that made you say "Oh my God! Did you see that!" It's been a while now.

This team is way beyond all that sort of thing. Their play today shouts out "We want Ralph fired tomorrow!" even if they all seem to really like him in their post game interviews.

I think a lot of fans right now are thinking we will lose tomorrow and Ralph will be fired on Monday. Like there is no way Ralph can survive beyond that point. It makes sense! But what if he isn't fired?! If he survives Monday, when exactly he is going to go, if at all?! Season's end? There are THIRTY FOUR more games to go right now!

My complaint with Bulldog is that he struggles to physically speak, not so much the substance of what he says. His stammering is so bad, he can be unlistenable at times. He is also an expert at talking for long stretches while saying absolutely nothing. I mean that seriously. He speaks in a very round the bout kind of way. I assume that is from having to kill *FOUR HOURS* of air time a day for many years. People don't realize how difficult that is !

If these idiots move anyone of substantial value (I'm basically thinking Eichel and Reinhart here) *before* bringing in a real HC, my head will explode.

The Sabres have 34 more games to play this season. THIRTY FOUR. That is a LOT of hockey when the product is this bad. It's beyond embarrassing now. It didn't look like this in the tank years.

Hutton is a replacement caliber goaltender. Almost any move could be an improvement, and it sends the message to the team, fanbase, everyone, that where we are isn't good enough. So I don't buy the idea that we *tried* but just couldn't improve the goaltending.

Yeah, he definitely said that straight up! It's funny (or sad) because Hutton is quite clearly not an NHL goalie and yet we felt secure not changing our goaltending last offseason. Not only is it important, but there is probably no single move that could have had a bigger impact on our win/loss percentage this year than to improve the goaltending. So we sit on our hands. This is the type of thing where I personally really wonder about money, as in, Terry doesn't want to spend it. I know he signed Hall for big money, but that was only 1 year and that was kind of a "don't lose the fanbase" hire. He can spend some money and still be concerned about money in general. It is going to be really interesting to see how long Ralph keeps his job. If he isn't removed soon, it'll be another factor pointing to the idea that Pegula is concerned about money.