Pimlach
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Danforth is a good PK forward. Pretty steady overall.
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Whoa! A power play goal by Quinn off the backboard.
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2 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
Ok Cami, just finish the song. It's hockey time, not America idol
They should have a modern sounding orchestra backing her and playing the song with a faster tempo. She has a good voice and good power, the presentation needs to fit her better.
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Good evening Teammates,
Happy to see Benson in the lineup. We need help, play him with Tage and Tuch.
Kulich is playing, he spent some practice time with the 5th line. Let’s see if Lindy’s move gets him going.
Lyon playing well and seems like a good guy. Let’s get Lyon some goals tonight!
Muscle Weight
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1 hour ago, Big Guava said:
Welp, another game I won't be wasting 3 hours of my night on. Much nicer to simply look at the boxscore and then decide whether it's even worth watching the "highlights".
At this point, that's all they deserve from any of us, if even that.
We should also look into getting Ristolainen back and then pair him with Dahlin and build an "All-Rasmus" line so we can be the first team in NHL history to have a line where every player has the same name.
If we aren't going to win games, at least do something original.
Also unsure of why "Erasmus" is such a popular name in Sweden...
We had three Rasmi at one point. It didn't help.
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6 hours ago, SABRES 0311 said:
Stats speak louder than words. Only thing giving hope for a win is OTT gives up a ton of goals and their PK is almost as bad as our PP.
A stoppable force meets a movable object tonight!
Three games of stats isn't telling us much. We know the Sabres are not scoring and the PP is bad. We know that Ottawa gives up goals.
Sabres will play good enough tonight to get a win, 4-2.
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I am rooting for the win, always.
I think they will beat The Sens tonight and win convincingly.
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Just watched Caps beat the Bolts in OT. It was intense playoff like hockey already. Man, the Caps are a heavy team.
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2 hours ago, Taro T said:
Did the US Olympic team run any workouts this summer with the expanded roster they released a couple of months back that had Thompson and Tuch both on that list?
The reason for the Q is: do they already know they AREN'T making the US squad? Asking that because Thompson especially, but Tuch too, seem to be "off" this year. If they knew/ know they aren't going to be going to the Olympics, could that be part of their problem?
Or flip side, are they so concerned about making that team that they're gripping their sticks too tight and playing quite poorly for what they'd been expected to bring?
Hadn't heard anything at all about the Olympic rosters, but thought maybe some here have heard something.
Interesting comments Taro.
The only players the US Olympic Team decided on are Quinn Hughes, Charlie McAvoy, Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, and Matthew Tkachuk. The rest is decided in January. Matt Tkachuk is out until late December, maybe longer. Olympics start Feb 5th.
Tuch and Thompson should be going hard because what they do now really counts. With injuries there could be surprises. With Zito helping select players I think that players that are gritty and tough will be prioritized, after skill of course.
Tuch was dinged up in camp, he might be nursing something. He also can be streaky and break out at anytime. Moving Tuch up with Thompson and Benson will help him get going. I hope that line sticks for awhile and all three get going.
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You made my day.
Dick Bauerle wrote the song, looks like him on guitar. He had a recording studio in Kenmore.
Teddy Reinhard opened the song on drums. One of the best drummers I've ever seen anywhere. His brother Tommy played bass on the song. They both starred in the Jazz Fusion band Gamalon and played with numerous great musicians for decades in Buffalo. They are in the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. I lived in their neighborhood. Their parents owned a florist shop in the Town of Tonawanda, still there and still family run. Thanks for the memories!
That was Ed Kilgore a local sportscaster, channel 4, I think (?)
As for the Sabres - Housley with some air guitar. I also recognize Larry Playfair, Scott Arniel, Mike Ramsey, Dave Andreychuck, and Mike Filigno. Probably some others ....
Loved It!
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43 minutes ago, inkman said:
Has any North American sports team owner or exec ever apologized for having a bad team? I think you are looking for answers where there ain’t none.
Charlie Jacobs did last year. The owner of the Bruins, ironically a guy from Buffalo, sent a letter to the Bruins fans.
Not sure this is an apology exactly, but it was a sincere effort to let their fans know that missing the playoffs one time in over 20 years was unsatisfactory.
In addition, after the Bruins were booed at a home game the coach said their fans were right to boo and the team deserved it. Their Captain, Marchand, said the same thing.
Quite the contrast from the Sabres players, coach Granato, and Captain Okposo, when this happened in Buffalo.
Culture is not a throw away word in Boston.
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Adams is trying to reduce the number of negative posts.
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1 minute ago, Trettioåtta said:
This just isn't true. Last season, Zucker (and McLeod) would be 4th on Florida and Vegas and 3rd in Colorado for forwards points. He/They is basically borderline 1st line player (by raw numbers).
I say this because there is often a perception that a first line palyer is 100 points, a second line player is 70 points and a third liner is 50+ and that just isn't true.Tuch, Tage, Zucker, Norris, McLeod is genuinely 5 top 6 forwards.
Our issue is depth - Quinn, Benson, Kulich, Doan, Krebs need to step up and the whole forward group needs to player better defensively.
The Sabres have actually played pretty well for big chunks of the last 3 games. The issue is that they didn't break through, and then would often give up a goal or major chance on the counter attack and it would sap their will and momentum
It is all quite true to this day. Ryan McLeod is still young and is at least top 9 and can handle a top 6 role in certain situations. But the FACT is he was not top 6 on a Stanley Cup finals team in Edmonton.
Zucker was top 6 in his prime years at Minnesota but was not in the recent years before coming to Buffalo. Look at his career stats.
Both are good hockey players that benefitted from more ice time, power play time, and playing higher in the lineup than they did on past teams.
They can probably be top 6 on a wild card playoff team, but I specifically referenced contenders like Florida, Avs, Vegas - the top tier teams.
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22 minutes ago, Mango said:
I didn't say Forton was a good choice, just that I thought it would be likely if they stick with Adams in hockey ops.
Forton is a worse choice than just about any other candidate that has been considered for any other NHL GM position for any other orginzation in the last ....well ever.Actually Forton is probably more qualified today than Adams was when he took the reins.
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1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:
He had an injury in the preseason and hasn't fully healed yet is what I've heard through Fairburn. He definitely hasn't looked as gritty as he had last year in board battles. I haven't seen him really rip a shot yet either.
Are you saying Kulich had an injury?
He doesn't look good. If he is hurt then rest him.
What is Quinn's excuse?
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44 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:
Everything is proceeding as Sheevyn has foreseen.
Jarmo to GM.
Adams to POHO. Ruff to Senior Advisor. Appert to HC.The question then is: does Jarmo have enough clout (or just patience) to enact his vision and trades without having to simply do as Adams/Pegula want? Will he storm out Lafontaine-style or will he rebel Boterill-style and get fired for not listening? And how soon can he turn this return gig with a dysfunctional leadership into a stable, real GM job on another franchise?
Fire Adams and Ruff. I know that is going to hard for Terry. Maybe Ruff has an advisory role.
Hire Jarmo to GM. Hire DeBoer. Let them do their jobs just like Beane and McDermott.
Let DeBoer, or whoever the coach is, build his own coaching staff of his people.
Let Jarmo add his own AGM(s) and Advisors. Jarmo gave Bill Zito a chance as AGM, Zito was a players agent prior to that. Pegula interviewed Zito, twice.
Has Adams or Ruff ever done anything like that? Maybe this Jarmo guy knows what to look for?
Take a shot Terry.
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32 minutes ago, Mango said:
If Adams is moved to POHO I don't think it's Jarmo, I think it's Forton as GM
Forton would be a worse choice than Karmanos or Jarmo.
I think Karmanos will move on if he isn't given the GM job. His AGM role includes being the GM of Rochester and I think that will get him some looks in more desirable places.
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Kevyn is out, the only concern is he moved into another job, which would not be a smart move.
He will not touch Beane and McD. They will be accountable for the teams record and they will also have a plan on how to improve. Terry will concur, which is the smart move for him.
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3 hours ago, Taro T said:
Realize we like to point out Adams obsession with tinkering at the edges, but he has actually made changes higher up the ladder. Mittelstadt (top 6) out for Byram (top pair); Cozens (top 6) out for Norris (top line); Peterka (top line) out for Kesselring (top 4). Zucker brought in as a FA (top 9 many teams, top 6 here). Savoie (prospect) out for McLeod (top 9 on many teams, top 6 here).
It's not that he doesn't address needs higher up in the lineup; it's that he's not good at addressing them and the whole is less than the sum of the parts. He also never is the one sending out multiple parts for the best player in the deal. They have prospects that could be NHLers that will never get legit looks in Buffalo because there isn't room for that many kids getting brought in at the same time making the team even younger.
Murray also missed on many of his swings; but at least he was pretty much looking to land the best player in any particular deal. Don't know if it's because Pegula won't let him bring in salary or he simply doesn't know how to put together a package a rival GM would accept for a top player or an offer a top FA would accept; but he never looks for that deal that brings the Sabres the clearly best player in the deal. Yes, Norris is clearly better than Cozens; and he demonstrated that in 2 of the 4 games he's played for the Sabres. Sadly, getting 4 games when the other guy is playing in 30+ skews that one the wrong way too.
Am ready for this entire crew making decisions to get sent packing (still expect Karmonos and the guy he brought in could be good, but we don't really get to see it) and a new crew brought in. But they need to be allowed to take an occassional swing for the fences or we'll be stuck where we are again. This team isn't too far off if the coaching and a few spots are upgraded. Make this current nightmare end and don't take an intentional step back while doing so.
This is a pretty small list for taking over a last place team five years ago but lets look at it.
Mitts for Byram weakened the center spline and improved the defense. He got the better player but he took another season to address the hole at center by adding McLeod. McLeod was a good trade for Savoie.
Cozen for Norris is not working so far, and we have an even bigger contract to swallow. Plus we gave up a 2nd rounder.
Peterka for Kesselring is TBD - and he didn't add to the top 6, and he is counting on Benson/Quinn/Kulich. If Benson becomes a 25-30 goal player then ok, but we had both of them at one time and we didn't have to trade Peterka.
Zucker was probably his best FA pick up.
Add it up. His work on the top of the roster does not show any improvement in the W/L column.
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3 hours ago, North Buffalo said:
Trading Peterka was a mistake on secondary scoring front... double whammy because Quinn is moping...
A guy like Doan was needed but not at expense of Peterka
I like Doan but we should have guys like Doan in our farm system. We spent time developing Peterka, and he turns out better than Quinn or Cozens, and now he is gone simply because he was smart enough to want out. At least they got Kesselring and hopefully he really is a top 4.
All this obsession with Adams working on the bottom 6 and 4th line is a problem. Fix the talent on the top 6. They overrate their young players. They are now counting on Quinn/Benson/Kulich to emerge - that is not a sign off a playoff ready team.
Their best forward is Thompson and he plays out of position because they don't have good centers. Norris was a gamble that is probably going to fail.
The next best is Tuch and he looks lost. He is coming off his best season and has no contract. He appears torn between his internal desire to play at home and his real knowledge of how bad of a decision that will be for his career.
Can Zucker can play top 6 on Florida, Vegas, Avs? No.
Zucker is a valuable guy, a middle 6 that can move up if needed, and we need his vet savvy, but he and McLeod are 3rd line players.
Lyon is playing well but pretty soon he will buckle under all the games, all the losing, and the pressure of playing in a rotten culture.
Adams is over his head, but Terry likes him and trusts him.
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2 hours ago, JP51 said:
Like by noon today... I dont see playoffs for literally 5 -10 years with the damage done to this brand it would need to almost exclusively need to be rebuilt thru the draft
No one can look out 5-10 years, but I get it. What you are saying is they need another rebuild with a new GM, new coaches, and lots of players need a change of scenery.
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8 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
Over the last two NHL seasons there have been twelve mid-season head coaching changes. Three of those changes were done by teams in the midst of lost seasons where there was no goal of making the playoffs at the time of the change:
- in 23-24 NJ fired Ruff for Green Travis late in the year
- in 24-25 Chicago fired Richardson after only 26 games, but there were no illusions of them making a playoff run
- also in 24-25, the Flyers fired Tortorella with only 9 games left
The other nine mid-season head coaching changes in the last two seasons, were done by teams that had plans to make the playoffs and at an early enough point in the season where the change was intended to be impactful. The only one that did not result in an improved winning/points % was Boston replacing Montgomery with Sacco early last year. The other eight changes all resulted in improved performance, ranging from the modest in Ottawa going from a .423% under DJ Smith to a .500% under Jacques Martin, to the dramatic in Edmonton where the Oilers went from playing .269 hockey under Woodcroft to .702 under Knoblach. The others were:
in 2023-24:
- NYI went from .544 under Lambert to .608 under Roy and made the playoffs
- LA went from .583 under McLellan to .632 under Hiller and made the playoffs
- STL went from .482 under Berube to .601 under Drew Bannister and missed
- Minn went from .368 under Evason to .587 under Hynes and missed
in 2024-25:
- Det went from .441 under Lalonde to .583 under McLellan and missed
- STL went from .431 under Bannister to .641 under Montgomery and made the playoffs
In the 14 year drought, the Sabres have not made a mid-season coaching change at a point in the season where the change could have a positive impact on that year's standings. They are crazy not to at least try.
Good stuff Archie.
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2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
This team is another 3-4yrs away from anything.
Only if they move on from Adams now.
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1 hour ago, nfreeman said:
TP isn't firing anyone tonight.
But at some point he will have to act. The pressure, including from the NHL, will be too great.
The question is when will the camel's back break.
If they start the season, say, 0-10? I think KA and Lindy are gone.
But what if it's just 0-6? Or 1-9 with a couple of OTLs?
We all know the answer: TP will stall and delay and hem and haw until Thanksgiving, or New Year's, or the Spring for that matter.
In the meantime, everyone can see that the wheels are falling off, and it's a question of when, not if.
Thanks for another great season, Terry and Kevyn! Great job!
Rico if that happens there will be severe damage to the fan base.
Just put Jarmo in there and see if he can find a coach.
Overpay DeBoer or bring up Leone, just do something.
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Doan slammed Stuzle into the boards, Stuzle walks out and scores all alone