Gatorman0519

1 point in the past 4. But... baby steps. It’s just shocking they can play good defensively against an offensive juggernaut and not garbage teams.

Hey a moral victory! PS Jack was brutal in that chance.

No matter what... we played like men today against the best team

We have the worst power play

Um...I’m perfectly calm. The fact is we turned a basic scoring opportunity into a goal against. That’s just what happened.

Can’t execute a basic pass and it cost us

We cannot hit the net

I expect us to play them tough again.

Borgen, Samuelson, and Pekar will add grit in a few years

He is 18 and putting up numbers not seen very often. He is young and learning the North American game. He is right where he should be.

It takes a long time to mature a defenseman. I would not want him traded.

yes but we did not win neither did the sabres in their two appearances

You may be on to something

I’m try to be more pragmatic. The fact is these discussions are still pertinent even though the deal is past tense. In order to appraise the state of our current team, one must take inventory of past moves made. It’s very important. So “whining” about it. Yeah I get that. But assessing our current managements abilities to assess and make right moves? It’s a big deal right now.

Going back to the Briere/Drury fiasco, management has committed non stop blunders since. You have to, to be this bad for this long. Other teams have started rebuilds later and are contenders in a way shorter time.

Here is some perspective. My oldest is going to graduate next year. Unless one of our teams does something next year which is unlikely, he would of gone from 1st grade to Graduation never seeing either Buffalo major sports team with a playoff game/series, let alone a championship. I would imagine we have a lost generation. That is astonishingly bad. We must have the worst sports teams of all time.

He will give Phil time. Probably at least half the year next year before we even begin to think that.

I am telling you with the schedule coming up, I think it's safe to say we are in the "Lose for Hughes" sweep-steaks or are going to get into the top 5.

You have virtually a 50% chance to make the playoffs...now multiply this by what might be ten...how is it even possible. The Bills and Sabres may go out of this decade with 3 playoff appearances and no wins between them. That is on a level of odds that is almost impossible. It is like we make being bad a science.

Giving ROR and Kane the boot was a disastrous move by JBots. I have no confidence in any of them right now.

Ha... I called it... 4-2 Florida ??

Of course you do that. But you must draft and develop your own.

Dude I know these guys like the back of my hand...

Detroit did it that way for 25 years

Botterill is fine. This is a long term rebuild. I’m sure they realize this is going to take 5 years. Botterill is building a contender by building hockey players not primarily by trading for them.