Pimlach

Why was Pasta in the box if he had a game misconduct?

one of my favorite Bills Teams ever was this one. Fergy got hurt in the San Diego Playoff game, what could have been.

A Cup, or at least a thumbs up.

Coaching can change a player. Coaching can change an entire team. See St Louis Blues season 2018-19. That coach is available. https://www.facebook.com/StLouisBlues/videos/berube-game-7-speech/1694993347546761/

yet no Cup?

Complaining about Okposo is silly, but we do not need any more players like the current version of him. He can go next season. We are not bad because of Kyle Okposo. We are bad because a large number of players are not producing anywhere close to last year. Their names are Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Dylan Cozens, Owen Power, Mattias Samuelsson, Henri Jokiharju, and Jack Quinn (who is excused due to a serious injury). Only JJ Peterka is matching or exceeding last season. Skinner and Mitts and Dahlin are at least contributing and showing up. Greenway is unavailable as usual. Since his fight with Tom Wilson he has been MIA. First personal reasons, then an injury - I wonder about him. I don't think he "wants to be here". EJ and Clifton are struggling to figure out how to play in this mess of a system, if there is a system. Benson and R Johnson have been pleasant surprises and have easily outplayed the many laggards that make up this roster.

I do expect wins. Especially at home, versus the Leaves, and after they completely stunk up the joint against the last place team in the conference. We are past the "effort is good enough" phase of last season. This is the same team. DEMAND more. They should be demanding more of the themselves and each other. They should be embarrassed about the chorus of boos they hear at home on a regular basis. Is the fan base as soft as the team? You bet, I expect a win tonight.

Was that the famous trail, Erie County versus @PASabreFan, for crimes against Palookaville?

Oh those crazy College Kids.

Thanks. I didn't expect to see Skinny so soon but I bet he comes back fast. Greenway, who knows. The big guy is fragile. Are we going 11-7?

The lapses, the slow starts, the terrible home record, the lack of ability's to get a win streak going. We have skill. We have skaters. We have young potential stars. What else does it take? The right coach might help them find theirs.

Sabres fans that show tonight should be rewarded with a W. Subjecting yourself to that many Leaves fans is not fun. A loss tonight is going to taint me for quite awhile. They better play hard and win.

Certainly he can, and he has eaten many bad contracts. He runs the Sabres on a budget though. He didn’t get the $6.8B by losing money. If he fires Donny it will be to stop the pain and the negative attention.

In 2017 I spent the month of July living in a house on the Shores of Lake Erie, just down the block from Kane's place. His house was for sale back then. I assume its sold by now? He has probably spent more of his coming of age years in the Detroit area than in Buffalo.

I have been unhappy with Samuelsson all season. He is a turnover machine. I do think it is risky to make a final judgement any player on this roster this season - Every player on the team except for Peterka is playing worse than last season. Reasons all point to coaching and lack of preparation. The team does not play with any kind of structure. Team defense is non-existent. There are so many roster problems, injuries, and unpreparedness that Adams could blow a trade by being to close to it. First, let just follow the age old tradition, keep the 23 underachievers and fire the entire coaching staff. Bring in someone that has won in the NHL. Let that person decide how to tailor the roster. They will figure it out. I would like a coach that can cover some part of the GM role too. Not responsible for contracts, scouting, draft - just coaching (including the staff), and a role in creating the NHL roster. Adams has failed to bring in impactful veterans, let someone with more credibility work that.

You just names 3 things we do not have. As for playing hard, forget it. They should play all their games on the road, maybe that will help them stay focused for games.

I admire your willingness to stick it out. Until we see the better players actually leading this team, and setting the tone, we will not get a single 4 game win streak.

Yes, Kane has the same "inside knowledge" that everyone else has. Literally every veteran player in the league knows about Buffalo. They meet former Sabres players and what do you think they hear? What do you think ROR told the boys in St Louis? What do you think Reinhart and Montour tell the the guys on Florida? Nothing good for sure. The problems with the franchise start at the very top and that stink permeates all the way down. This is not a secret requiring inside knowledge.

The players you would want as fair a return for our best players might have NMCs. Especially if you are looking for vets in their prime. Big trades and free agency are harder ways to build thanks to our ugly past. The draft and develop approach is not bad plan, but we need better coaching, more diverse skills and talent, and more production from the vets we that already have.