Honestly what else can we do? There is about 1.5 lines worth of quality NHL players. We are not going to trade our way out of this. Plus we are stuck with albatross contracts. There is nowhere else to go but draft and develop. This team is 2-3 years before we can think playoffs IF we draft well for a couple of years.
The only hope is to draft our way out of this. I have absolutely no hope to be competitive for another couple of years ....if we draft right. Preferably hit top 3 the next few years.
I dunno man I have never seen such complete ineptitude in my life. It is astonishing. This is the worst franchise in the NHL. Even the Coyotes are in it still.
So... Columbus, Nashville, Ottawa, and Detroit. Will the Sabres win another game this year or will we finish the last 6 weeks of the season without a win in regulation?
In my opinion we need (to become a contender):
A franchise goalie (hopefully UPL)
A physical top pair defenseman
A skilled 2nd Line Center
Another skilled scoring winger
A physical winger who can score
A physical winger who can grind
A better looking future:
1: Skinner Eichel Physical Scoring Winger
2: Nylander? 70+points 2C Sam
3: Oloffson? Mitts Smith/Tage/Erod?
4. Nasty Grinder Asplund? Pekkar?
D1 Dahlin ____________
D2 McCabe Montour
D3 Borgen? Samuleson?
G: UPL/Ullmark?
The Sabres have had three good seasons in 20 years, the Bills had one, and that was luck. Our sports teams have been horrendous for an entire generation now. It is a losing entrenched culture and city. That is reality.