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sure. And it also occurs to me that there are probably a dozen really good players on the team, stuck in a losing culture, who had to play in poor coaching systems, and in an organization that that does not have the leadership and the know how to build a competitive team. Many, many players leave and have good careers, and some have great ones.

One of the knocks on the Sabres organization is the high level of turnover. They tried to stop that perception when they gave Granato a good look. Firing Lindy after 30 games will only keep the really good coaches and GMs further away. Besides, do you think Terry and Adams can run a coach search? They just showed us last off season that they are not willing, or able to perform a proper coach search. Berube was out there, he publicly said that he never got a call from Adams. He seems to be doing ok in Toronto. I have no desire to turn it over to Seth Appert either. Which is likely to be Adams next move. If Lindy goes then I want to see Adams go before him. I prefer they finish the season before they blow up another regime. After that - Hire a POHO. Let him hire the GM. Let the GM hire the coach. Let the coach hire his staff. Do it like normal teams do it for a change. Losing leads at home is a mental and physical weakness by the players. It was there before Lindy.

We just don't know. We don't know how hard he practices, we don't know how hard he works in the off season. We don't if the injury is still there or still in his head. Could be a slump, sophomore jinx, or it could be he doesn't have any more than what we saw. He did look like a smart and skilled young winger at one time so maybe he comes back to that? Right now he is hurting the team and they are better off playing Kulich.

The "Blockers" comments are out there. In video and in print.

Please God no.

Good move. Greenway is back, Krebs should really go back to bottom 6, so the need for Kozak is lessened. Kozak got a taste of the NHL and he did great. Now he can go back to work in the AHL and work on things. This is what normal teams do.

The sun is up today. The Holidays are here and I am busy everyday and I feel healthy. We diehards are going to need to re-focus. This team is what they are. We cant change it. Only they can.

No Billboard. The last Adams presser is all over the hockey world. No more bad press. The league is open for trades, we need to keep the dysfunction under wraps. I have calls or texts from friends and colleagues in NYC area, DC, New England, So Cal, So Florida, St Louis, and Pittsburgh about this team and the GM video and the palm trees? It is all out there.

Realistically, the 6 teams ahead of us are not ALL going to lose 3 in a row at the same time. Some of those teams will be playing each other. The more teams ahead of us, the harder it gets. I truly understand the simple arithmetic involved. We have 10 games left in December, we need to win 7 or 8 of those 10 to start coming back up the standings. Thankfully there are 7 road games in that mix. This team needs a road trip. They need to get away, they seem to fear playing at home.

Winning 3 or 4 in a row does not put them in a playoff spot unless the 6 teams ahead of them all go on losing streaks. They realistically need to win 7-8 in a row to get back in it. They are one point out of last place in the conference and free falling

Very true. These kids are lost. All of them are hurting the team to some degree - Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, Power, and even Benson. Some much more than others, there is a lot of pressure and there are a lot of breakdowns.

I’m Comfortably Numb.

Another game where the opponent changes their goalie, and then comes back to win it. Both in our building. Terrible, terrible result tonight. The Wings know Reimer, he played for them, they had the shoot out, but it should never have got to that. Detroit gains a point and we fall further behind in the conference.

Go under the bar on this guy

Reimer is a goalie they know. Don’t know who their guy is.

Power had a clear shot and passed.

Can we win a face off? Yes

Neither put an arm up but both looked at other and knew it was a penalty and one called it, but which?

Another terrible 3rd period on home ice.

Let not do a power play were we are afraid to score. We did that already.

He isn’t going to get pulled now. He kept them in it for awhile too. The skaters stopped playing

The ref didn’t want to call it but I guess he called it.

We are being dominated this period. Shots 11-4.

Good? Rob they failed to clear it several times. They are getting outworked in the 3rd.