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This game gave Harrington an excuse to finally use a phrase I'm sure he's been saving for the right moment. "disgraced the logo" and that does in fact sum it up for me. Mittelstadt's comment in the same Buffalo News piece is just wrong on so many levels. Even if what he says might be true, it's just the wrong thing to say. Trade him. The lack of accountability is a disgrace on this team. I f'n hate this team.

That was without a doubt the worst hockey game (by any teams) that I have seen this year. We looked like a sad sack beaten defeated and totally quit team for 3/4 of the game and then maybe Tage realized he was embarrassing himself in front of his old man and they woke up a little but still, what a truly anemic performance. That was reminiscent of tank hockey. Ducks with a depleted line up too. Absolutely pathetic. That sort of effort tomorrow and the Kings will put up double digits. Honestly, if a mid season performance like that doesn't get somebody fired nothing will.

Okay, I looked him up. Good choice.

Did not mean to imply it was Dahlin's fault. It is the structure and how teams attack it. The lack of net front and the reliance on the points means teams play wider and higher on us. They also attack us and win puck battles because they know they can.

One of the reasons for this is our over reliance on Dahlin as the QB. Teams that have scouted us at all know this and attack the point and/or anticipate the pass. They know they do not have to cover net front as much as with some teams so they can play higher in the zone. Giveaways are definitely a problem and most of all we do not battle for pucks. We are a possession team that folds when we do not have possession. We are not a team that takes away time and space. That's the main difference. Taking away time and space is how you win in the NHL. This is what Tochet did with Vancouver. Turned them from a possession team into a team that takes away time and space. Puck battles. All the division leaders are teams that focus on taking away time and space. But the Sabres know better of course.

I remember earlier in the year Anaheim was surprisingly good at times but I think they are garbage now. So it should be a close one. Whatever happens if Zegras hot dogs it somebody smack him. (Sabres won't, but it's what I want).

Sure. There's lots of teams with numerous options. For example, if the Bruins crap out of the playoffs again, they will be restructuring their line up and have basically zero picks and prospects so they might bite on a deal for one of their D or a bottom 6 guy. Philly might trade some grit for some skill as they look to keep rebuilding. Any team that falters in the playoffs will be looking to change something.

No argument on what we need. As far as the pick goes though, I still think you always have to take BPA. You only take need if he's close in your ranking. The side note though is with BPA philosophy you HAVE to be willing to deal prospects for different prospects or veterans that will fill your needs. There is absolutely no point in stocking multiple versions of the same guy if you have other weaknesses. So far KA has not done that. Even if it's a drop in the draft that's fine for me. If the bruisers and big power forwards are ranked lower by all means trade down and get two or three of them to hope one develops rather than that speedy little Euro forward or whoever that we already have.

No no, it'll be Krebs because he has all the tools to be an elite, a REALLY ELITE player. https://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-peyton-krebs-confident-scoring-will-come-i-have-all-the-tools/

long distance truckers? idk, but aside from driving somewhere can't imagine they have many listeners.

To some extent that's definitely true, but the guys I see there in the first aren't what we need. Hence, trade the pick.

The D men are mostly offensive upside guys too. No big bruisers and/or shutdown guys. No real power forwards either.

Most of the players that fall to where we will probably be picking are all similar to guys we have already picked so idk, more of the same. Trade the pick.

I'm thinking Buffalo sports is trying to decide who you hate more, Terry Pegula or field goal kickers? Am I right?

So Levi's back up already? This team is a clown show.

You know what I actually want? I want the Sabres to be good enough that Eichel coming to town simply doesn't matter.

I suppose so then. I thought it could be 2 but if it can only be 1 so be it. I'd give him 3 years or maybe even 4 if it was cheap. Under 2.

Bitter at the Sabres? Ya, definitely. Why aren't you? Why isn't everyone who has ever been a fan? It's a clown show.

2.5 would be extremely generous imo. With that money you're in the Skinner, Ingram, Vladar comparables and while none of them are consistently good, neither is UPL. If you are offering him any more than around 2, you're putting an awful lot of faith in a guy with (as you say) "middling" numbers. I'd rather we made a deal for a real proven goalie while we bridged him and let time prove him worthy of more or yesterday's news.

"Risto hits things" Sometimes "things" also hit Risto Ottawa dominated after this. Hint hint.

"developmental year" F##k me it's always a "developmental year". The defense league wide this year I talked about early in the season. It's the cup winner effect. Whatever the cup winner did other teams try to copy or emulate. Happens every year. So this year there's more Cassidy style focus league wide. It's contagious. Are the Sabres better at defense? Not really. We are still a fair weather hockey team and soft like butter. This constant "we are young" argument is bs because it's a self fulfilling prophecy. If you don't bring in veterans who are needed and you keep trading away people for prospects and picks you are forever young and forever "developing". Yes, it's a "development" year again. We are developing players for other rosters when they get traded away eventually. You want real development? Take a close look at what Philly has done with a LOT LESS talent.

I can. I said I wanted Torts and people around here called me a dinosaur living in the 80s. Pegula don't like strong willed experienced people so something like that will never happen until he sells the team or kicks off.

Indeed, it was pretty ridiculous to bring Levi in for a handful of games at the end of the year and then Adams presumably pronounced to himself, well, that's done, goaltending taken care of. Even though some people here also believed it, or at least hoped that if they believed in it hard enough and said "Levi's an allstar" 3 times in a mirror they could make it come true.

Truth. The bar here is much much lower than it is in most other organizations. I think they recognized they needed a culture change here when Adams came in and there was a start, but they've blown it again and you can see it on the bench. This team accepts losing. There is no TEAM here. There is a bunch of rich guys who enjoy hanging out together and having fun between their stalls or wherever and when things go easy and well they have a great time, but as soon as it gets tough they disappear and they're fine with it. It's been that way since Pegula got here, or at least from when they fired Nolan the second time with the tank. We "tanked", and we have never gotten off that ocean floor.

I think he's a bit of a psycho, but I also think he does know hockey, he's really competitive, he can motivate, and with the right assistants he might just do a great job there. Add some fire to that boring shutdown team. So idk, but according to Friedman he was being considered around the league and the Isles felt they had to jump at the chance now or not get a chance. I think it is a gamble, BUT I personally would rather have him here than Granato. No way would Roy accept soft hockey from them. Probably give them a beat down himself to wake them up. maybe a psycho is just what we could use.