Pimlach

Alamo PK coming.

Ugh. Softness.

JJP we needed that one

We need a goal Tage. Your line is quiet so far.

Sabres better protect Reimer better than that.

Rosie almost, but missed the opening.

The plot thickens

Not a good second period. Foot came off the gas on that powerless play. Can Lindy’s charges defend a two goal lead at home on fan appreciation night? Stay tuned to find out.

Bandits going for another championship.

That Reimer hit was close to very bad. Wow.

If they played it more like 5 on 5, and stop the drop pass crap, they would get a better zine entry with more players attacking at once.

Apperts power play. Yuck

JJP nice shot.

Nice pass Cloudie and way to finish Quinner.

well done Krebsie And the stasche is coming in ok these days.

Good to see Tuch score a goal on his Bobble Head day. And he won a second Rick Martin Memorial Trophy.

Final game of another lost season. Goat heads and fan appreciation, let’s go I guess.

You are not following me. The tear down and youth movement was a choice, not a need. When Krueger was fired the youth movement rebuild was not the only option, but it became the only option because of Pegula's EEE direction. The roster had Eichel, Reinhart, Montour, McCabe, Dahlin, Thompson, Ullmark, and others - there was more than enough there to build a playoff team Jason Boterill chose not to follow Terry's EEE direction and was fired. Enter Adams. Pegula was spooked by Covid and he chose to streamline his PSE business world (accept the Bills), and to cut all facets of the Sabres payroll, and to get the roster to the salary cap floor. Meanwhile the vets had no choice, most were moved out for draft picks and prospects. The big piece was Eichel, but even before that Reinhart was only given a one year extension. Once you decide you are going to be a cap floor team you just forced a youth movement. Right? So yes, I can crap on both Terry and Adams because they failed once again. They failed miserably at that. Maybe next year, right? But my comments are fair and I always try to be fair. Montreal, Ottawa, Columbus, and even Detroit have all passed the Sabres and their vaunted "prospect pool" and they had a youth movements too.

Fair points. 1. Who decided on spending under the cap the past two season when playoffs were the goal? I am going with Terry. 2. Who decided on hiring Lindy and retaining Granato's staff that is still on contract? I am going with Terry. Adams is accountable for his 5 years but Terry is still in there with the EEE bull$hit. Terry "drill another well" Pegula is still a big part of the problem Terry will always be involved, as he is with the Bills. But with the Bills, Beane has full control of Football Operations final decisions. And with the Bills on the cusp of a championship Terry appears to be smart enough to let McD and Beane run things. He just likes to be "in the room where it happens". Just from the two examples above, it is safe to say that Adams does not have full control.

Adams said he thought they were overconfident. He said other things to make you believe he knew he himself did not do enough. Not replacing Quinn was egregious. But they needed to do much more. As always, Adams failed with the goaltending. He started with a three headed monster. Then he handed the goalie job to Levi and that blew up the early part of the season and put them on a hole. UPL came on later to play good enough to earn the contact that is now in question. At the end of the season he threw Granato under the bus, and so did some the players by repeating Adams talking points - working harder, higher expectations, and more accountability - as if Grananto did not set high enough expectations, and maybe he didn't? You could see the duress on many of the players at the locker clean out when this was going on. What a terrible organization. Adams publicly blamed Grananto. Next he was going to do an exhaustive coach search for an NHL vet coach that would instill hard work and accountability. Only that search was already completed and Terry told him to fire Granato and hire Lindy. The search was a farce.

He was for a time. Terry used to talk fondly about his pedigree, and how he won championships in 3 Junior World Cups, and one in the NCAA, and maybe another in the AHL, and other such nonsense. He was smitten with his Pittsburgh connections too. When JBot said "no I cannot do that" that was it. Terry wanted JBOT to fire half the organization, including many rank and file long time working people, during Covid to help maintain his families "lifestyle". I think the House Yacht was just being delivered too. I am always going to respect JBot for that.

Remember what he did to Jason Boterill?

Which is the major difference between everyone that the Sabre's have hired and Sean McDermott. McDermott said he had to own drought to end it, even if he didn't cause it. Owning it is the start. The culture change was the first thing that he did. He constantly talked to players about about self improvement and accountability, about earning the right to win, and he did simple things like putting up signs to remind and motivate. He drove the message down their throats, and those that did not buy-in were sent away and replaced with those who did. Adams plan has always had the fall back of blaming it on youth, but next year will be better.

Agree that Adams bungled it after the 91 point season. He isn't off the hook at all. But Terry is the root cause if 14 years of failure. Adams has 5. I recall every NHL pundit saying the same thing during that 91 point season, the Sabres just needed to add goaltending, better defense, and a some veteran know how to a promising young lineup. But the next year they sat on essentially the same team, did not even replace the injured Quinn during the off season, which allowed 18 year old Benson to make the team. It was also the year that Granato was going to "teach defense" and install the defensive system. That seemed to just confuse them. Plus every team in the NHL knew how to counter them by then. It showed how over their heads both Adams and Granato were. Sadly, Adams and Lindy have done even worse.

Flags were raised at the hasty and exorbitant free agent singings of Ehrhoff and Leino. Flags were raised at hiring the concoction if Black, LaFontaine, Murray, Nolan, Battista, etc - all massive fails never to be seen again in the NHL. Flags were raised at the obvious gutting of the team and the blatant tanking. Flags were raised at the hiring of the young Jason Boterill, the inexperienced Phil Housley, and the washed up soccer coach Ralph Krueger Flags were raised when Eichel was injured and his medical treatment became the reason he was shipped out (even though it was not the real reason). Flags were raised when Adams was hired as GM and EEE was the plan. Flags were raised when Adams let the vets go (Eichel, Reinhart, Risto, McCabe, Montour and Ullmark) and committed to a massive youth movement and a salary cap floor team. Flags were raised when predictably that youth strategy failed, and the exhaustive coaching search for an NHL vet coach started and ended with old friend Lindy Ruff. As much as I do not like Adams as a GM, this is all on Terry.