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While I somewhat agree, I think playing behind so many lousy D has hurt the confidence of the team. The goalies are afraid that any mistake will end up in the next (and they are more regularly now). The forwards are pressing now because the bad defense and goaltending has them chasing after getting behind. We have given us the 1st goal in the last 3 games and spent the entire night chasing.

Because he has a $4 mill real $ obligation for 2023/24. No team, not even the desperate Sabres are paying that tab.

I was skeptical of TNT’s raise to the top of the NHL, but he is bringing it night after night and is a legit threat to score on every shift. While I thought the extension was premature he is proving KA correct. Now we need a few more forwards to take a similar leap. Cozens and Mitts would be nice.

Murray traded our draft picks for ROR and garbage. He never built anything enough to get anywhere. Unlike TM, KA has a real core of 7-8 legit prime and young forwards and 3 excellent D. He also has a prospect pool rich in forwards with no near ready D. Yes, it’s hard to fix his failures to upgrade adequately the D and goaltending from the last 2 off-seasons now, but sadly because of the injuries on D he has to do something now or get ready to lose away another season. It’s really that simple. I’m not saying he can get it done, but to not at least try is also a mistake.

Spend does necessarily mean sign UFAs. It can mean using our cap space to acquire a player with a short-term High cap $ from a cap strapped team. It can mean trading one of our 140 forwards for a defenseman or 3 to help replenish our farm system and improve the Sabres. KA's job is to eventually finish the rebuild and make us a consistent playoff team. The offense is there and now it's about time to do the same with the defense and goaltending. Waiting until Levi is ready in net is not the answer. Signing the Piluts, Clagues and keeping the Fitz's of this world is not the answer. We have the cap, the real $ and the deep prospect pool to fix these issues. it's past time to do it.

He can and should. Bear was available. Reilly is available. Myers is probably available. Chychrun is available. Make a deal. How many friggin forwards do we actually need? KA needs to take the training wheels off and stop shopping in the clearance aisle at TJMaxx. Our offense is clearly good enough to make the playoffs. Our defense is not. It’s time to support the team. Also Bush is fine as the 5/6 and nothing more. Comrie is not. Part of his issue is clearly the terrible D. However he has of late let in some terrible goals. Basically he hasn’t been much better than Tokarski.

Franchise now paying the price for KA’s failure to spend on defensive depth and real goaltending. I’ve been harping on this for 2 years now and while development is great, bringing the right veteran pieces can make a huge difference in that development and help the kids achieve success quicker. Instead KA has given us Bjork, Caggiula, Hagg, Butcher, Hayden, Subban, Tokarski, Eakin, Anderson, Pysyk, and other garbage. Now we have this year’s crap of Comrie, Bush, Pilut, and Clague and we are getting exactly what we paid for. Nothing. At some point KA is going to have to invest in real veterans to fill roster holes. He is also going to have to spend assets to solve problems and he needs to support the team. Once we lost Joki and Mule for extended periods he needed to do something. Like Jbot before him he sat on his hands and watched another good start get pissed away. Enough. KA fix the damn defense and do it now.

In tonight's game we could have used a live breathing human being on defense. The stiff's we used were obviously not up for the task.

It's the mistake that is killing this rebuild.

Sure, but no one can survive long behind this terrible D group.

There are gaping holes in the defense.

And that is why Casey is in the lineup

No possession. No goal. Good job by the broadcast team.

Cozens another own goal. If upheld 3rd in 2 games

Eichel gets stoned.

Also from the Athletic article. https://theathletic.com/3778545/2022/11/10/sabres-devon-levi-goalie-prospect-northeastern-hockey/

Eichel and the red hot Knights are coming to town. We have lost 3 in a row and have been playing perimeter hockey and the D is suspect. Would it hyperbole to say this is the most important game of the year so far? Lose tonight and we have pissed away the good start to the season. Win tonight against the top team in West and you bring back the confidence the team had before Dahlin’s brief injury.

Geez, come on are we really surprised the Bush has lousy analytics? Bryson, Pilut and Fitz are all easily replaced players. I'm surprised Clague numbers are so good. Maybe that is why he is still in the lineup? I'm all for claiming Reilly at this point. All it costs is a few Pegula $ which we have plenty in reserve. Only real issue in the $4 mill in actual $ he is owed next season. Make Boston an offer involving some retention.

The truth is that if Allen doesn’t throw those Ints early, the Bills roll through the Jets. That said losing Milano and two all-pro safeties is more than any D can handle. As I’ve said before, Frazier doesn’t know how to adjust when a team can run the football. Milano and the all-pro safeties cover up many of the issues with Frazier’s 4-2-5 scheme. It also doesn’t help that 3 key players on the O-Line have been out or banged up for most of the season in Boettger, Doyle and Brown. That kills the depth. Beane should have found some help for the line at the deadline.

They have been a hard to watch at times this year. Like they are going through the motions someones or get bored after the beating the snot out of less competition. Then when they need to they flip the switch and become a bulldozer grinding teams into submission. They are also kind of like the Sabres with talented youth everywhere mixed with some solid veterans. Actually in GA’s case high end vets. They really haven’t played a complete game since Oregon. Some of that is on Kirby running out the clock, but with the stakes growing I’m hoping to see the team in Oregon mode for the rest of the year. I think the TN win was a huge boost for some of the younger guys in the secondary who played great against NFL quality receivers. I’m in full out rooting for TCU. I really don’t want to play TN or Oregon again.

They also lost quality D to the transfer portal. All told they lost 28 players from last year’s Championship roster and didn’t bring in any transfers. As Hyatt the WR for TN said post game, GA is the most physical team they played this season. Are you ready to move back yet?

Nope and I wouldn’t read to much into it. Also Reinhart’s numbers dropped the year after the draft in juniors. Some results are dependent on the quality of linemates and the team. Also the marching orders from the Sabres development coaches may influence how he plays. For example the Sabres maybe asking him to work on his back checking and his overall 2 way game.

I think Drury should attend the ceremony

That's Cozens' 2nd goal tonight.

Tnt's shot is unbelievable.