Pimlach

Yes. I agree with this. I am skeptical on Dallas but I hope the beat the tar out of Miami. Great to see the Bills OL and entire running game starting to gel under Brady. It would be great if Brady can redefine our offense to take pressure off Allen.

This points out a big problem with the Sabres. It’s no wonder so many fans here get immediately attracted to Benson and, I dare say, Eric Robinson. They are miles apart in talent but they both are still fresh from the outside of the Sabre hockey culture. They both play like they care and that gets noticed. It should NOT be noticeable that they care. That should already BE the culture.

I will of course pull for Dallas, but keep in mind that Dallas has been bad on the road. Miami is going to see how we ran on Dallas. Miami has two real good running backs plus the explosive WRs. I’m a Dallas skeptic.

Cook had a Thurman Thomas type game. We needed that.

That reminded me of old fashion football. In Buffalo, in December, and in the rainy elements. The Bills OL and DL dominated the LOS. Allen played good again, but did not have to carry them, which has been rare. Just a great win. Let’s keep it going. Peaking in Dec/Jan is what gets you a shot at the prize.

Don't know anything about the stuff in bold.

I thought you were a Star Wars fan?

Yup. Tage is overhandling the puck, making too many moves, passing up open shots, and obviously pressing. His game away from the puck was pretty good before the injury but it is not good right now. I would describe his play away from the puck as coasting, strolling, and gliding around while using his stick, not his body, to check. Tuch - pretty much the same. Benson is making that line a #1 line right now.

It happened because we sucked for so long that the AHL team had minimal NHL ready asset's. Adams has done a admirable job drafting and filling up a pipeline but the NHL ready players are already on the team - Savoie, Kulich, Rosen, etc. are not ready and they bring similar skills to what we already have. Lots of rookies - Quinn, Peterka and UPL last year. Levi, Benson, and R Johnson this year. We are saturated with youth to go with an already very young Core that has never won anything and never had to lead at this level. Adams does not want to bring in Vets that "block prospects" or that cost anything. That is how it happened.

I cant go there. Errors like that happen. They have much bigger problems.

Well if they are ahead in the standings then their rebuild is ahead, no? Plus they beat us head to head twice. We probably have a longer list of shiny good prospects though but I am looking at results in the standings as the measure. Never mind that we have been rebuilding for 13 years, we started our latest attempt to rebuild at about the same time as East Conference teams Ottawa, Detroit, Montreal, NJ, and Philly. Detroit is in front right now. Montreal as beaten us twice and is ahead in the standings. In the Metro division the Flyers and the Devils have passed us too. Ottawa is still struggling like Buffalo.

Could be worse - Smyth, Would, Adkinson, Hodgeson ...

Adam’s biggest obstacle by far is the guy above him. The man with the boastful start as a NHL Owner has followed it up with a track record of organizational confusion, historical losing, managerial incompetence, destruction of a once loyal fan base, absenteeism, and a complete lack of commitment to excellence.

As of today, The Habs have one more point but also 2 games in hand. They are ahead in points and winning percentage.

I remember those early Pegula guys. “Advisors” like Ken Sawyer and Joe Battista, execs Ted Black (President)and Craig Patrick, and then there was LaFontaine (Hockey Ops) and Murray (GM). A complete mess At least 6 people doing 2 jobs. Clueless organizational management if I ever saw it. Today it’s scaled down to a minimal staff. Adam’s has to run all the hockey side, and babysit Terry. Absentee ownership. You never see Pegula in the owners box at the arena.

If, and only if, the new Coach can work with the GM on fixing the roster.

.690 is not going to happen .600 is not going to happen .550 is not going to happen. Detroit passes us this year. So far Detroit, Montreal and Philly all passing us in rebuild progress. Esstern Conference is tough.

Did anyone ask, if it was better than excellent then why did we lose?

This really shows he is not dialed in. You have to believe that Gallent or Berube, both available, could change that thought.

You are rolling tonight. Did you hit the bottle of cooking sherry once again?

Day camp in Pegulaville … you get paid and it’s fun. Just follow the script.

Agree. The TEAM did not show. Good point. Last night the officials were homers. Tonight, we did not play hard enough to draw a penalty.

Stop blaming the goalie. Watch the game. The 18 skaters sucked. Sure, the first goal is all on UPL. The second goal was pretty much on Ryan Johnson. That is what I mean by Pay Attention. If that was Clifton or EJ, you would have saw it. You can be more creative than blaming the goalie when we get SHUTOUT and DOMINATED. We didn’t get a shot for over 8 minutes to start the game. It could have been 2-0 before the 2nd even started.

Benson showing balls. Dumba picking on the rookie.