Pimlach

A pretty good coach out of juniors

Sabres have to throw everything at Comrie.

Ruff trying to pull a Tochett.

Ugh. Turn out the lights.

Scott Arniel, former Sabre

Bring in DeBoer. Not Torts.

No. More of them would pull a Peterka and ask to go.

It’s not all UPL. He stopped a penalty shot. He was lost on some other plays, had help from two posts. We are outplaying them but can’t bury it. Sabres hitting posts too I would look at breaking up the “top line”.

The Sabres had the better chances and outplayed them for much of the period. But, give up a break away off of an offensive zone turnover, and then a final minute break down by our “top line” who are -2

Well, give a late goal on the road.

Reverse 5 hole. Rayzor having a night.

Lukey saved that one. still 2-1

Fixed it

Zucker willing to go to dirty areas.

Look at the UPL highlights. He gave up a rebound on every single shot.

Comrie bringing his A period so far. They need to keep throwing pucks at him.

Biz criticized the d-men. Hank kept it at team defense and having the willingness to play it.

Not gonna argue with you, the goaltending is below average, but the TNT post game ripped the Sabres defense. They said they have been seeing it for a long time with this group. Hank pointed out more of total team aspect to defense rather than the defensemen per se, but Biz criticized the defense for not hitting anyone. Other teams are fearless and get a free pass too often. I agree with both of them.

As a big time Buffalo Bisons fan and lover of the Pepsi cap I must say no to thinking that losing the Sabres and having an AHL team is going to ever be good enough. Terry can own the team or someone else can but their job is to find people that know how to run a team and how to win. The reason for the Sabres existence ...

I was expecting a Dahlin suspension, because we are the Sabres.

There is a lot to like about Benson's game. I was trying to say that Doan and Benson are not problems, but they are getting opportunities on the top 6 because the other players on this roster are not consistently good enough. I do think that Benson must improve his shot. A faster release and more speed on the shot - both can be improved with practice. The issues I have is this teams are: this GM/FO has expired, the coaching staff is not good enough, the goaltending, the inconsistent play from the top 6 forwards, and the leadership from the Core players. That is a long list. They need to be fixed in the order listed.

The obvious move is a new owner. OR, he steps away from Hockey Operations entirely. I prefer he sells the team to group committed to Buffalo. Every move that Terry has made has been the wrong one. From Terry's very first and extremely obnoxious press conference displaying his brash overconfidence, and crying in front of Alumni, to his constant hiring of buddies and unproven people that he can influence. From losing on purpose to putting his wife in charge of a hockey team that just tanked and needed experienced FO help in the worst way. From casting away NHL All Star level players, to his 180 degree flip to "Economic, Efficient, and Effective". Hiring a soccer coach. Hiring a GM with no Hockey Operations experience. The worst part is that Terry Pegula quit on us and he settles for losing. He has poisoned the culture and disgraced the crest. He hides from the hockey fan base. Flies to Montreal, give a "pep talk", the team skips practice and gets trounced - another season ruined. His worst offense is hiding from the fan base and doing nothing to fix the mess. Need I remind everyone that last season the Boston Bruins finished 3 points below the Sabres and last in the conference with a -50 goal Diff. Their owner sent a apology letter to his season ticket holders with a commitment to improve. The Boston Bruins do not have a better or more talented roster than the Sabres. Yet they are right now 2nd in the Conference and the Sabres have dropped to last. It starts at the top. I believe the "rumor" that Terry told Brendan Shanahan he was the teams POHO. The Sabres will never win with Pegula running the team they way he does. He needs to stop pretending he is a hockey guy and let a proven hockey guy run things, and give him all the resources that he pledged to us. Drill another well Terry.

Benson and Doan may be playing higher in the lineup than they should, but they are not the problem on this team. Doan is performing on any line. Benson seems to have cooled off after a good start. His playing on the first line and having 0 goals at this point in the season is a problem. Benson does not have an NHL shot. Hate to say it, he is a good player, but the fact that he is one of the teams better options to play on the first line is a problem. I look at teams like Utah and the Ducks. Even Montreal and Philly. Why are they better? Is there really much difference in the talent on the rosters of these teams? I think not. The Sabres just give up too many goals and it is not all on the goalies. The team makes way too many mistakes in their own end. I think the Utah coach is getting all there is out of his young and improving roster. Joel Quenneville is getting everything out of the surprising Ducks roster. Martin St Louis is getting everything out of a middling Habs roster. Lindy Ruff is not pushing the right buttons. He seems just as defeated as the players. You can tell by the Sabre Power Play that this coaching staff is not good enough. But the big problem is goals against. Like the TNT guys said, and Biz has been very negative about this team, the Sabre take plays off and they take short cuts, and they get burned by it over and over again. The TNT cast pointed put that none of the defense other than Dahlin will even hit the other team. No forwards have any fear playing deep in the Sabres zone. Lundqvist was trying to be nice but said it clearly - they can't figure out how to defend because its hard and too many of their players don't want to play that way. Sure, they have a lot of talent but they don't play the game the right way. They can fire Ruff but they will likely just hire another coach that is in lock-step with Adams, the creator of a poorly constructed and mentally weak team.

The Jets will probably be thinking of the 5-1 drubbing we gave them a few days ago. Expect them to come out fast. The Sabres have played 1/3 of their games for the season and are in last place in their conference. They have now dropped to 7 points behind the wildcard teams. If the are going to be involved in the race they need 4 wins out of this 6 game road trip, which now means 4 out of the next 5. Another UPL vs Comrie match up is expected.

There are always teams in need of goaltending help. St Louis is one of them. I wanted Ellis to be a steal. I watch his interviews and I like his temperament.