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True desperation, calling for Bryson. Did he clear waivers? Is he an Amerek? Never gonna happen. He eats GMs and Owners.

Only the Sabres can get called for elbowing without lifting an elbow. Marchand loves to be bleeding.

He was extended. He gets paid to coach, or not too coach. Terry is generous.

If only 77-24-22 could play every shift. Tuch and Skinner are still on Christmas vacation. <sarcasm on> At least Benson is here and not in the tournament, he is helping the team and learning the Sabres way <sarcasm off>

Adam’s will email him a status report after the game.

It might become a 3rd period tradition

Dahlin made the exact same mistake on the third goal too. We are getting beat to the puck all night. Totally out skated tonight. Not ready to play. They don’t seem to worried about their coach anymore.

Jost just got his second first line shift of the period Another weak and curious call by the officials. Another Pk. Oh boy.

That would be better, with the 4th line getting very limited minutes.

And they are actually being kind. They really ripped them after the last TNT game.

Absolutely terrible first. No energy or urgency or sacrifice. Terrible special teams. This is a home game for a team desperate to get points ??? Another period like that and the TNT guys will be talking about the boos in Buffalo, AGAIN!!! How embarrassing.

Who thinks Linus misses playing for Buffalo?

The Bills are alive.

Eh. Dahlin left him there all alone. The guy behind the net with the puck won’t score, but the guy you leave to go and chase him just might.

FIFY

It’s truly is the Matt Ellis of power plays

Terrible power play. No excuses with Tage out. We have enough guns. Two minutes down. Did we get a SOG yet?

Benson caused the goal. It very cliche here to blame whatever defenseman is in the TV screen, the problem was the turnover on the breakout with numbers coming back against us.

Seeing Jost on the first line is infuriating me. Give Krebs that look or move Mitts up. WTF

Always a lot of College kids from New England.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. A TNT game, with no Tage? What could go wrong? Listening to the pre-game show. Accolades for the Bruins organization. Not much to say about the Sabres. Huge game. The time is now. Home Ice. MUSCLE WEIGHT

Could be just because they have 7 and they did ok the last 2. There is nothing wrong with having 7 decent defensemen. Good teams have 7 and 8 and the bottom guys sit out. Although I would be happy to see him packaged for a defenseman in return, and one that can play top 4 minutes, and play with a physical stay at home style to compliment Power.

Or, he was carrying out his bosses wishes regarding Eichel , who didn't want to stay. The injury was a convenient way to part. Reinhart didn't want to stay either.

This thread says a lot about the state of Sabre Space today. We are tired of waiting for good hockey. @GASabresIUFAN is 100% correct to believe that Adams may not be that serious about improving the club - at least not improving it at a pace most of us would like to see and that the rest of the league typically works too. He could be backed up tonight when we watch Bruins vs Sabres on TNT. The TNT guys railed on the sabres last game. The national TV guys in the US and in Canada all rightfully question what is going on in Buffalo regarding this team. If the Sabres play another bad game, and especially of the crowd gets unhappy, there will be more comments. @PASabreFan is 100 % correct in stating this all depends on his boss. If Pegula is ok with falling short of a stated goal, then Adams did enough to keep going. Pegula is going to give Adams a lot of leeway because he is following plans and orders on the slow rebuild from within. No big signings except for players "that want to be here". It could take years to fill the roster with good players and of course, you risk ruining the core that you started with. @LGR4GM is 100% correct in stating we covered this a lot, in a lot of ways, in a lot of threads. @nucci might be correct by simply stating that maybe he is not that good? Adams has said several times that bigger deals have not come to fruition. We all know there are obstacles.