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It will be very telling, and bad news for Adams, if Byram does not re-sign and goes into his last year without an extension. He could be gone by the next trade deadline.

Hell, why doesn't some crack reporter from the BN just come out and ask them about missing the playoffs? Ask what the team is missing? Ask them what they think needs to happen to get the Boston/Avalanche level?

One BIG problem is that player development coaches are entry level positions. Peca did that in Washington about 4 years ago. Adam Mair: Director of Player Development Tim Kennedy: Development Coach Zach Redmond: Development Coach Seamus Kotyk: Goaltending Development Coach

Boston does not have a McKinnon. Or a McDavid. Or a Burgeron ....

Pretty much almost every losing team can say this. And they would all be wrong because they would have played even more games under pressure. Handling pressure and playing consistently is what the team lacks. You cant wait until after the season and make this assessment, it is not being honest. They did this exact same thing last year and the FO decided to come back with the same team and they played worse. They had the best goaltending in the league for 3 months and yet they never gained any significant ground in the standings. What more do you need? They just got buried by a team in their division and far below them in the standings while playing at home when under pressure to win and stay alive. They don't have it and they don't deserve to make the playoffs. The fact that Terry Pegula extended DG contract too soon is a glaring example of his poor decision making. We are probably stuck with this coach for another season, unless Terry eats the money and I do not see him doing that.

Granato has done all the good he can do. He is a one-on-one players coach. In this role he can get individual players to be better. He does not have an NHL system. The BS about putting in defense after they learn offense was rubbish. You all see the results. He cannot coach special teams, and he cannot find anyone else that can. His game day coaching, adjustments, use of timeouts, handling of goalies - all below the NHL standard. His coaching staff is lousy. Mike Weber and Michael Peca left Rochester for NHL positions, and Granato stayed with his band of misfits. The Power Play speaks for itself and that alone is a fireable offense. Granato is nice but he s stale. Imlach, Bowman, Muckler, and Ruff could all be mean. It is time for mean. At some point mean will become stale, but this team needs a kick in the ass to shift their mindset.

Was this before the first period started? If so then it really says a lot about the coaches getting these guys ready and about the team leadership, or lack of. Especially when Cozens talks to the press about winning over the fans. I hated to hear him talk about their side and the fans side. It should never get to that.

This is what I see lately: 1. UPL is looking tired, slower, and less sharp. We might as well give Levi more games and let UPL stabilize and not loose his mind. Adams better remember this for next year. UPL cannot play a 60+ game pace next year. He cannot hold the pace. We need ~30+ games from the backup, not Comrie and maybe not Levi either. 2. Byram is looking like a Sabre now, he waits for the play and he has slowed down his game. Defensively he is just like the rest of them. He gets paid $4.6M next year and after that he is an RFA. Adams seems committed to him so we will have another big investment on the blue line. Joker is an RFA this off- season, so he could leave at anytime with nothing in return. 3. No player on this team ever owns anything. All I ever hear is how the problem is something else, whatever happens they always have something to say except "I need to be better". Just recently I heard lame excuses from Tuch, Cozens, and now Dahlin. They don't even know they are doing it, these guys have been infected by the bad culture. 4. Adams won't own the drought, so no one on this team will. Adams allegedly talks to Beane. He had McDermott come out to the prospect camp last year and talk. Is this all for show? Does he listen and try to do what these guys do every day? I don't think so. 5. Future salary structure was a key reason that Adams would not bring in "blockers". We still are going to have some serious cap decisions to make this year (Joker, Krebs, UPL) and next year (Byram, Quinn, Peterka). 6. For a team that drafted 3 centers in the first round just two years ago they are really hurting up the middle. The departure of Mitts will have to be filled in with someone not named Krebs if this team is going to get better and going to handle normal injuries next season. They need to bring in a 2/3C and 3/4C - but salary space is almost gone with Power getting $8M next year and other guys on deck. 7. They could have made a better environment for the kids to come up and play in, and still have these same cap decisions. We should have been better - I am still not sure Adams knows what to do once the money constraints are lifted (if they ever are). 8. Coaching is a problem. This staff has reached their limits and they are overmatched on gameday. The entire staff needs a friendly handshake and a good bye after this season. The search for a coach is my only hope for next season.

Are the players going to stop talking to the press now?

There are videos of his first conferences. Promises made and unfulfilled.

8:11 in 3rd down 5-2, and I just heard the “Let’s Go Buffalo” chant.

Wow. 4 shots in minutes. This team is not working.

No comeback so far. Ho hum

Dahlin getting a double. WTF?

Cliffy. He isn’t going to get that playoff check this year.

They were just little kids. They will hear the boos and what will their experience be? When I was that small I was lucky, we had good teams wearing the Pepsi bottle-top jerseys. Coached by Freddy Shero. GM was Freddie Hunt. Both better than what we have now.

They were barely alive for sure, but this game is at home and against a division opponent. Didn’t cozens just tweet something about connecting with the fans? This team quits. You cannot trade them all. You have to look at the coach.

Did you see those poor fans. 5-0 after one period. pathetic.

Lacking of accountability, expectations, effort, and pride.

Even our Sabres photographers are getting accolades.

That thread was closed, even though we keep reaching new levels of ineptitude.

Ehhh. Not enough movement. Not enough traffic. Not enough shots.

That would send a message to the team. I have never seen DG use that tactic.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in late. I see a two goal deficit. We have to beat these guys. Muscle Weight

Certainly want to beat Ottawa no matter the circumstances.