Gatorman0519

Eichel is a great player, but it seems no where near Matthews, who is the superstar we were all hoping for.

That was disheartening... the western road trip could sink us once again early and we'll be saying "lose for Hughes" by thanksgiving lol

yeah no question...there is absolutely some dark cloud...an entrenched losing mentality and a terrible culture...until we beat it I call it the Drury/Briere curse because we STILL have yet to recover from a downwards spiral started 11 years ago.

its been a long decade...it's hard to comprehend in hockey a team being this bad for so long....someone has to exercise the dark cloud away lol

There is something seriously wrong with this organization.... there is entrenched losing and a weak mindset that is mystifying at this point

Different players same result... lifeless, passionless, boring, uncompetitive snoozer. Ristolainen was the only player tonight that showed heart.

It’s Lousey Housley fellas... I’m starting to be convinced.

My biggest question is how the absence of ROR will effect the team

I am right there with you.

the Leafs Achilles heel might be the defense. Generally the young guys need time to season on D. My guess is they will make a savvy trade eventually to shore it up before the playoffs. They know this. They are smart. But yes, JBOT clearly upgraded our d. I suspect we may have a top 5 contenders defense in 2-3 years with depth. The forward group is another story.

Eichel and Reinhart-no brainers Fasching trade- embarrassing Learner trade-embarrassing Pysyk Trade-terrible...although if Asplund works out he saves it Oloffson could be a home run Pu and others- tbd Kane trade- didn’t work out long term, tbd on the assets we get back O Reilly-it was the right trade at the time, did not work out Salary Cap- mismanaged Toronto... 3 years later and a Cup Contender by comparison. The Sabres still have years to go imo.

This is an upgraded “patch a raft” lineup that’s temporary. There is a slew of kids in the system that much more fit JBots vision. If half of them turn out in Rochester expect another turn over like this next year, another trade and we might start seeing JBots true vision coming together. Unfortunately that means 2 more years until we think playoffs. If this is our roster 80-85 points max in my opinion but Improvment and development.

Jack needs a Kucherov type winger. When we get one of those Jack puts up 100 pets easy.

Too early to tell. Tearing down the rotten structure may be what we need and then rebuilding correctly. Seems he has a plan but unfortunately we have to be patient 2 more years.

We can either cry or man up.... I’ve already figured he’d land there... let’s go... going to be a fun rivalry.... imagine in a few years us and them as the top teams in our division. Let’s go Buffalo!!!!

Subtract JVR and Bozak production and there is not a big difference for Toronto. The question will be what he can do in the playoffs vs the other two. I’m not handing Toronto the cup yet. We’ll see.

I figured Toronto... they are probably going to be the best team next year... but I don’t know if the defense is mature enough to win a cup.

JBot mentioned Ullmark around 20 games was the goal. Still developing.

I think it’s clear from the price being #3 and JBots comments last night, ROR only gets moved for an overpayment... which is the right approach imo. He has great value to the team right now as JBot said

I’ve noticed it right off the bat. Very mature and grounded. It’s actually uncanny. This is very good news.

cannot wait

I love the way Jbot is building depth. This was not going to be fixed in two drafts. I suspect another couple drafts and the organization will be set for becoming a long term contender for the next decade.

Bergevin was silly not to take JBots offer at #3 imo. Not saying that was bad for us necessarily but he will lose his job before that kid is ready (and he reached). ROR makes them better today.

I couldnt believe how genuinely excited he was to get here listening to him on WGR's Brian Koziol show. Apparently Eichel called him too.

thanks!