Scottysabres

You need to have the physical ass to back that change up, or it's just an idea. Cute idea, but going nowhere.

The roster, it's light. The coaching, it's light. The management, it's light.

I'm not waiting another season to be honest. 12 years was enough. If they miss the playoffs this season, I think I'll walk away until they do. I'm in my early 50's now, better things to spend my time on at this point to be honest.

I am available.... .

It was a bench injury, watching this severely disabled his pride

Probably Odds on D man are 10 to 1, forward 7 to 1, goalie that we'll immediately throw to the wolves 2 to 1 🤣

This......is......priceless! Well done good sir, well done...

I agree.

Not gonna happen. The bad news, this will be the season. The good news, Pegula's spent a dozen years to acclimate us to this, so we should be fine, just fine.... 🤣

For fans asking why they play like they don't care......it's because it doesn't matter how they play, as long as they show up to the game the checks keep clearing.

As an old person, I'd resent that, but I have mirrors in the bedroom, you ain't lyin'

They did, back in 04 to 07, then proceeded to dismantle it and haven't looked back since.

It's actually comical. Are we witnessing the start of another 10+ game loosing streak?

Good luck with that. Outside of Tuch, not 1 of these players has any snarl in them. As others have said, to many of the same type of players, and nearly all of them soft or just lack the lbs. to go toe to toe with opposing players without getting their face caved in....see Cozens.

I can't even bitch anymore. Granato can't get them past where he's gone it appears and Adams has flat out refused to bring in some protection type players to patrol and protect the younger guys. Let's not even beat the terrible D and goaltending deadhorse. Every team plays a heavy game against us, they know it's successful, it works. Being patient isn't going to solve that problem, as a matter of fact, it's fostering a terrible environment for these young players, that's just the truth based on what were witnessing game after game on the ice imho.

Pretty much this.

Stop giving the puck away in the defensive zone please.

Even the goalies across the league are outscoring a 3rd of our roster...... :😜

Don't exhaust yourself, we still have the December onslaught to go. Save your strength for the all star break when I really begin to rip in to Adams for not addressing the lost points if we still sit at .500 hockey.

And here I was digging in my attic for my Flux capacitor, dam you thorny..... 🤣

Of course it's a fan expectation. Your getting flustered if this is the response that you chose to run with. You know how I can tell? You stated "Adams has no pressure to "do something" because you say it's playoffs or bust". My responses have been consistent through out. It was Adams himself who stated the playoffs were the goal. I merely pointed out a large portion of the fan base is expecting that after a dozen+ years of their absence. Of course expectations are higher than those dozen plus years, the bar should be higher than what we've witnessed, even under Adams tenure. Being a fan does not mean we have to resign ourselves to a "monkey paw, walked under a ladder, a black cat walked in front of us, we broke a mirror" mindset. Your better than this promo. I don't expect we'll see eye to eye on this, but I still respect your input, and I understand it. I would never say it's wrong, as I often say, I agree, or I see things differently. But I won't make glossy excuses when I'm incorrect, humorous ones yes, but I won't gloss it over.

I would agree. What would you say I wonder if I proposed the Sabres team in one of the parallel universes that made the playoffs these past 13 years, won a cup, isn't coming here?

Oh, I don't believe we have to go in depth to see the results are the same. I have to ask, do you feel that way? That the results are different? Maybe we're speaking past one another if that is the case. The playoffs are the goal, get in, anything may, or may not happen. But getting in is the goal. Are you suggesting that is not the goal? Even after Adams publicly stated it is?

Yes, because your belief on what exactly a fan should be, how they should act, is beyond reproach. If a "so called" fan doesn't respond the way you expect they should, then they are "upset over following a team that should be a fun thing to do". Your implying if it's not fun, shut up. Well, I've been a fan for over 50 years as well. What if I told you there is this magical thing called individualism, where every human being reacts differently, even if slightly, even if 180 from your reaction, that not only is not a negative, but actually adds as a positive to the sports subject matter, even if your unable to see it? What would you say I wonder if you knew that was the reality of the world.

Completely irrelevant. These responses completely ignore the primary subject matter of the conversation. Adams stated the playoffs are the goal this season, yet his inability to adjust to make that happen when his initial strategy of running with young, inexperienced roster fails is the primary subject. Signing for the future has become a crutch, your using it now. After 12+ seasons of no playoffs, the excuses no longer are acceptable.