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No idea.

To the SLC Tabernacle? SLC Saints?

How is this for context? Murray acquired 1 more pick then he traded away, but downgraded the quality. From 1/2014 to 4/2017 - Murray acquired 14 draft picks (1 1st, 5 2nds, 6 3rds, a 5th and a 7th) and traded away 13 (2 1sts, 6 2nds, 4 3rds and a 5th). However, he downgraded the quality of the draft picks. He acquired 6 premium picks (1st & 2nd rd picks) and traded way 8 premium picks. (a net -2 Premium picks for those counting at home). Did he make more picks that we were allocated? Yes, but Regier had already acquired 5 premium picks for the 2014 & 2015 drafts (and traded away a 4th rd pick) before TM was hired. So while TM made 25 picks, the net for over the allotment is really from Regier.

Don't try to argue with the TM apologists. It's just not worth the effort.

Yes he did. Compare the quality of his draft picks to Jbot and KA. He drafted horribly. How many top 3 round busts did he draft? Nylander, Cornel, Asplund, Guhle, Pu, Fitzgerald, Johansson, Martin, and Karabacek. In fact, his best top 3 round pick after Eichel & Reinhart is Lemieux and he said he wanted out before he even got here. TM’s only draft pick on the roster is VO and he is in the pressbox most nights.

His headline said expect firings, but made no reference to actual possible changes. He outlined what went wrong and probably used messages on this board as the reference for what went wrong. Truthfully there is better insight on this board then in that article. In your should we keep Granato thread, we do a better job of outlining who should be fired and why. Personally I'd start by firing Howdy Doody.

This team was eliminated from playoff contention on October 12, 2003 with a 5-1 loss to the NYR. It just took another 77 games for the math to catchup to the eye test.

Come on guys, they won the 1st period.

Other than the goalie coach, no member of this coaching staff should return next season.

No amount of staying the course will change the complacent culture permeating this failed organization. We need substantive change. We need accountably at all levels of the organization. We need leaders in the clubhouse who will install a winning attitude in the players and accept nothing less. To his credit KA thought Clifton and Johnson might help in that area, but to truly help in that area the player(s) need to be making significant contributions on the ice as well as in the locker-room. Sadly, both UFAs failed on the ice, so no one cared what they said off the ice. Think Teppo and Drury for good examples. Finding a top 9 center who plays significant minutes and has a Cup or two would help. We need a stronger coach. One that will bench star players when they don't give 100% each shift or call out the entire team when they fail to play hard from the opening puck drop again and again. We also need better assist coaches. We need a special teams coach and a forward coach who know what the hell their doing. We need a better GM or a team President who will fire the current GM if the team struggles out of the gate next season. To be honest, I'm sick of our Howdy Doody GM and his lame excuses for being bad at his job. The organization needs someone who knows how to build a championship roster as KA has not a clue. We also need to hear from the darn owner. He needs to come out and say that the team isn't living up to the standard he expects and if this continues next season heads will roll. The off-season should be marked with two words: "Accountability & Winning." No more with the plan and patient development.

Bo knows hockey In his last 11 games he has 0 goals, 1 assist and is -6. I guess the Sabres no accountability culture has already won him over.

The Sabres have failed to give the required effort to start games from the opening puck drop of the season. No adjustments have been made because there is no accountability in this organization. The players lack of effort to start games is a reflection of a failing locker-room culture where winning and effort aren’t demanded. Instead, after they win or lose they go hang out, play video games and count their bloated paychecks. The coaches also don’t demand accountability. The practices aren’t tough, no “important” players have been benched. There has been no media callouts like the one that motivated Nashville. Despite the poor results, no players have been traded because of poor play and all the coaches remain and look like they’ll be retained. The GM, who clearly has no idea how to build a roster, seems satisfied with the failing status quo and the ownership seems satisfied with the GM and coaches. There are literally no incentives in this organization to get better. Hard to win that way. The only significant player traded was Casey Mittelstadt. He was about the only player on the team, except UPL, that gave a consistent winning effort, because KA didn’t want to pay him. What kind of message does that send?

No, not really. This season is almost of the opposite of last year. Last year the forward play was good, but the D play was terrible as was the goaltending most of the year. The PP was good for the 1st 3rd of last year, but the PK sucked all year. They also played with much more urgency last season after the long losing streak early in the year. This is why I'm in the fire DG and his staff camp. They literally coached the heart out of this team and in the process made the team slow out of the gate, stifled the offense and completely un-entertaining.

What is keeping us out of the playoffs is a lack of urgency from the start of the season and at the start of games coupled with lousy goaltending in the 1st third of the season, our terrible PP and poor forward play for most of the season.

IF they were great at making adjustments, the win total would be significantly higher.

Sabres goals allowed in the 1st period - 91 (worst in the NHL) Sabres goals for in the 1st period - 59 (7th worst in the NHL) Sabres 1st period differential - -32 (2nd worst in the NHL) (Chicago is -33, Ana - 19, Stl -13) Sabres differential for the season 0. That means we are +32 the rest of the game. Sabres wins when leading after the 1st period 15 (6th worst in the NHL). Win % when leading after 1 = .833 (8th best in the NHL) Wins when leading after the 2nd period - 23 (22nd in the NHL). Sabres win % when leading after 2 periods = .920 (3rd best in the NHL). The stats illustrate that the Sabres slow starts killed this season. When the Sabres did come out strong, they nearly always won. The coaching was unsuccessful in solving the problem of the slow starts. Since KA isn't getting rid of the players, he needs to move on from the coaches that couldn't find a solution to the slow starts.

Who knows and who cares. He isn't making us better now and likely won't next year. We need players who make us better now if we are ever to make the playoffs. He spent this most of this season getting knocked on his butt and taking stupid penalties. He should have been sent down and Adams should have not wasted this season of his ELC. The bad news is they'll waste next year as well since he won't be eligible to play in the AHL next season. The even worse news is that in year 3 when he finally blossom's, instead of having two years left on his deal, we'll have to pony up a big contract. This is another example of the terrible and incompetent asset management by KA and his crew of idiots. I'd trade Benson since we have Savoie and see if I can get a good young center or a top 4 D in return.

The question is who can we get to make this team better and what will it cost to acquire that talent? IMHO everyone is on the table depending on the offer. Who exactly has done enough to be indispensable? Quinn? JJP? Who? The Sabres needs are vast. They need a top 9 center (I want a top 6 center, but I'm trying to be realistic), preferably someone who can distribute the puck. They need more physical forwards and they need one or more defensive first D. We also need some play hard and win type plays who don't accept losing graciously. The run it back team looks like this: Skinner TNT Tuch JJP Cozens Quinn Benson (Krebs) Greenway Girgensons (UFA) ?????? Robinson (UFA) Dahlin Byram Power Jokiharju Samuelsson Clifton R Johnson UPL/Levi I don't think the "run it back" strategy is a good one. This team needs for accountability. I'm willing to trade Power, Benson, Tuch, Skinner, TNT, R Johnson, Samuelsson and even Levi or UPL depending on the return. I'm also willing to part with any of Savoie, Kulich, or Rosen in the right deal. I'm not saying blow the thing up, but you need to give to get. Time to stop coddling failure.

Send them packing.

5-0 deficit in the 1st period to Ottawa. I say we should expect more. Both KA and DG need to go. This team has regressed this season despite vast improvements from UPL, Joki and JJP, and the addition of Clifton. This team was unprepared for the start of the season and comes out slow most nights. The PP has remained awful for the entire campaign. The slow starts and PP are on the coaching staff and they need to go. The lack of goaltending since Ullmark left and the failed 3 headed goalie monster that was terrible (all 3 goalies) to start the season is on the GM, and he should lose his job because of it. For all the "great" drafting, we still don't have what we really need and that is toughness, playmaking and good in zone defensemen. The sad part is who wants to work for Pegula?

Is UPL a little worn out at this point?

Thank G-d my fantasy baseball draft was tonight and I didn't have to watch.

"Sabres unable to overcome 5-0 deficit." https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-ottawa-senators-at-the-horn-recap-march-27-2024 LMAO - really, they couldn't overcome a 5-0 deficit? I'm shocked. They keep playing like this, they may not even reach 81 pts.

Accountability - Sabres. LOL