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What I really liked about it was Lazar came out of it laughing. Guy must think he died and went to heaven. Very energetic hard working hockey player. Adams just tossed him in as a freebee and we get Cody Eakin to play 4C next year. Yay 😞

I think building from the net out is the best approach. It's not the only one, but it does allow you to compensate for other weaknesses (say on D) as you improve. Sabres fans should know that all too well from the Hasek years. The truly important thing however is to build a team first, with a team first attitude. When you establish that culture and add the talent to that everybody feeds off everybody else and when more talent comes in they become part of that and max their potential. You can only successfully start with the superstars if the superstars are hard working team leader types. It's a harder thing to accomplish. Sabres are always backwards over the last decade or so. Team of individuals rather than a team. Hoping this will finally change.

Anything's possible. I read a fan written article today making an argument for him going to Boston (which I think is very unlikely myself). I don't think Fleury would be too happy coming here for one year. Not sure that's what you want to bring in. If he was actually interested okay, but I doubt it. Would you want to play your (potential) last year on a rebuild? If you want to deal him to a team like Vegas maybe you need to explore 3 ways. Fleury and somebody goes to a contender in need of a goalie for a cup run and they get picks and prospects back that they throw to us along with other bits. idk. It boggles the mind to think of all the possibilities, but Adams should explore them all and be creative. I'd rather have a few really good top prospects (Byfield types) than a whole bunch of mid level guys who may or may not fit in and perform. I'd go all youth and picks. No veterans who may be unhappy coming here.

maybe they didn't tweak the app for the short season?

This is what ya call Sabres fan bias lol. I've never seen this alleged refs favour the Bruins thing, if anything it's the other way around usually , and especially when they play Montreal or Toronto. It's a heavy heavy series and they let stuff go both ways. I don't care who wins. I hope it goes 7 games. My kind of hockey.

If the trades happen I don't see us having a 1C with 1C minutes next year. I see us with 3 3Cs or if we're lucky 3 2Cs and a 1C will emerge over time (probably a year or two after). We will roll lines and reward good play with more ice time (which will change game to game). Just my guess. What??? I'm shocked 🙂

Seem to be reading a lot of articles about how good Granato is and so forth. Do the Sabres plant these?

Both American and Canadian candy bars are just that, candy. Sugar crap. Give me Lindt or give me death. 🙂

At the very least you should have to have cap compliance for your game roster. So maybe your taxi squad puts you over but the guys on the ice have to fit in the cap. So if you dress Kucherov suddenly you have to sit out Stamkos or somebody. No way that team should have been able to add Savard to that line up and then bring in the long term injury guys as well. Ridiculous abuse of the rules and overtly obvious. This is worse than when Chicago cheated with the Hossa contract.

You're right, they are in their prime, so it's not the same in that regard but they are the core and they do have the years of losing stink stuck on them and their mindsets. Hard to set a new direction and keep them.

Well if the Sabres are stupid enough to not let him have the surgery AND not trade him then they are officially the dumbest franchise in pro sports and they deserve what happens. Oh, and we should all find a new team. I can't imagine them doing that. The smartest thing imo is trade him and let the next team decide on surgery vs. rehab. No longer our problem.

Refs screwed Florida. Listening to these league friendly announcers makes it all seem rigged for Tampa. It's such an obvious cheat on the cap. There is absolutely no way Kucherov JUST came off injury. Guy is in peak form. He must have been ready a month ago or more. Total cheat. Tampa for me is officially the Patriots of the NHL. ANYBODY but Tampa that's my choice for the cup. and Montour looked decent. wtf?

Everyone here hates Kim and Terry (and I'm not fond of them either) but to step back it's also possible they see things differently. Maybe, just maybe, they have felt that they have pampered and catered to Eichel and his whims for years and maybe when he made rumblings this past summer of being unhappy they said to themselves "Alright, I've had enough of this guy. He's unhappy? I'm paying him millions and he's won me nothing. Screw this guy. Enough with the demands. tear the whole f'n thing down and start again. Do something different this time Kevin. I'm sick of this crap." Just saying, it's possible.

I'm just not sure about his character. Not sure means just that, not sure. I'm not going to decide about him until I see him play NHL games. Remember, (and I don't want to argue about it here) I consider Reinhart a floater often too.

Wasn't that why he was fired in Pittsburgh for advocating rebuild time over one last run with Malkin and Crosby? I might have that wrong, but I thought that was the crux of it and I thus thought he was probably transferring the same type of rebuild plan to his hiring here. So trade Eichel/Reinhart instead of Crosby/Malkin but otherwise the same basic plan. maybe I have it wrong.

Man, how'd Minnesota get so good? One of those things with this covid hockey I haven't seen a single game of their's this year. Fast, energetic, full of grit, that's a much better hockey team than they were and gives me hope about how you can turn things in the right direction quickly. No wonder they ditched Staal. And to think some people here were proclaiming that trade a steal for us before the season started lol. That's a good hockey team and we never should have traded Foligno. Good to see our cast off Carrier still getting solid minutes with Vegas. Another fine decision from our past management. Every game in OT so far. I guess that comes from teams knowing each other so well this season. Some good hockey so far.

I think when Karmanos was hired it signaled a full rebuild. Nothing here makes me think any different.

I think Peterka will surprise people. He will develop into the more complete player. I'm still not sold on Quinn. Have to wait and see if he develops any grit or becomes a floater.

I wouldn't say that. He played well and drew 2 penalties. It does, however, emphasize that this is a team game, and any one individual will not take you to the promised land. It's always going to be about the entire team as a whole. Pay attention Sabres management............

I know. I'm excited with the possibility of finally righting this thing. My hope is that Adams will not single out one targeted problem, but rather cut out the entire core to be sure he removes all of the problems. It may turn out that he cuts out a piece that didn't need cutting, maybe just needed separating from another piece, but I'm hoping he will sweep it all, better safe than sorry. No half measures this time.

You obviously don't read my posts regularly. I was one of the first to say don't be fooled by the late season handful of wins etc. None of what i believe is based on that. What I believe, is that this core of star players we have had for several years now is an overpaid bunch of fair weather floaters. They are soft, spoiled and whiney and the team has gone to s##t with this group and I don't believe they are the right players to build a new direction around. The superstar top down model is flawed and the team has to be rebuild bottom up. No stars. Hard work and effort, and then the real stars will emerge.

I disagree entirely on your second sentence but I doubt we will ever agree on it so leave it there. As for this time, this isn't a tank. There's no stripping away the roster to nothing for a superstar. We will have a plethora of young talent coming in to join the youngsters we already have. It's a totally different scenario. Trading Eichel Reinhart and Risto is not a tank, it's a cleansing.

That was a good hockey game. Solid solid hitting. Winner of the series will be beat up bad I think. Heavy game. No way could our lot stand up to that.

Bruins moved Kuraly up to the 3rd line because Lazar was doing well on the 4th (argh!) He'd only become available if they do resign Hall and have a cap squeeze. Then he might leave for a few dollars more and some term. They'll lose him same way they lost Acciari and despite wanting him, they won't open the bank vault because they have a number of younger guys who are somewhat similar 3rd/4th line types. If they dump DeBrusk (who is 4th line now) they probably won't have the same money issues.

It's not a terrible article at all. It might not provide "new" information but it does shift the focus to the real problem, and that is not the talent level of this so called core, but rather the culture they have failed to provide. You want to fix the team you have to cut out ALL the rot and restart with a new attitude. Nothing else will work at this point. Won't work.