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I would agree. But to get to 8-10 we will need better goaltending. Adams inherited UPL and Portillo, he added Levi. UPL gets the reigns next year I guess? Adams veteran pick ups have not been nearly enough to help this team win. Not even close.

Houser is doing great. The rest of them, not much yet.

It is Adams job to get more competent goaltending for this team, not yours or mine. He better fix it because he is deferring the improvement to next year. Right? Isn’t it next year when we emerge out of the bottom tier and compete? Then all of our fans will come back.

Do you hate competing and winning?

Another stellar moment in the world of nhl rule interpretation. That is a penalty. ??? Except if playoffs and/or regular season when two good teams are playing - then they let that go.

Matter of time. Ottawa has controlled the play and hand more chances.

Then they better manage every unclean hit in the game correctly … which they don’t.

I guess the extra 10 minutes is for being hurtful? Dumb rule

Great power play … Not. They get the better chance and we get a minor. Not impressed with our play at all.

Hayden getting an extra 2 is really punitive. What did he do to get 10? Someone help me with this. KA-Chuck is no angel. WTF

Lol. So many times autocorrect kills me … that was another.

No fans takes a lot out of the game. Besides that Ottawa looks faster and more aggressive so far.

Nice anthems.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. Go sabres Muscle Weight

I don’t think we suffer from small stature. It’s the heart to play hard night after night that is missing. Those Detroit games have me very upset with this team.

Ok. Tuch is fine. I forget he is back this season has had so many roster moves with Covid, etc.

Leave him down there and let him dominate and maybe win some games and have fun. We have seen a little peek. There are no mentors and no benefit to him playing up there. Playing in Buffalo will not help his development right now. They are a complete mess. When they decide they want to get serious about hockey in Buffalo then they should call up their best AHL prospect.

I just don’t get this. I just want to start winning.

Sounds good. But put me in the patience is good category first, that is what is needed to develop players, which is second. TRYING to win is the disconnect I have with this team. The never seem to get that.

It’s all started with Robin Lehner, his ankle and his mental health.

I bolded the stuff I disagree with most. My opinion. You get better by improving first within the year, and then year over year. Simple. No matter how low the bar is set in Buffalo, they just don’t do that. Why? Because the FO and coaching staff can’t ever get this team playing better within the same year. How about getting better as the season goes on? Like Detroit is doing. Growth has to be measured by improvement in W-L. The players have to get that. In Buffalo it’s wait until next year, this year doesn’t count yet. ***** on that, it is killing the franchise. Set high expectations and go for it in manageable steps. But go for it now. No wonder the place is empty. We are playing worse now that at the start of the season, or at any point actually. Very few players look better now than the did at the start of the year, overall this is a wasted season once again. That means “The TEAM” is not improving yet. The strategy is that next year we get rid of some the worst players and add four or five rookies and then we try to get better? Right? Is next year the year we can start measuring performance? Is next year the year they finish stronger and show they belong in the league? It’s just as likely that they stay bottom 5 with that many rookies playing and then the impatience sets in and a new coach is brought in. That coach will likely be a low budget first timer. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Remember the thought here was Granato was perfect for the young kids. A teaching coach.

Give us three signs of improvement from the start of the season to now. And don’t name the Rochester kids cause they haven’t helped at all with the exception of UPL.

The W-L records shows no positive trends. We are dropping in the standings.

How many turnovers before the Larkin scores? Three? Ray is ridiculous with his morale victories. Shut up Rob, they suck again. What I saw after the 2nd goal was no effort, no shots on goal other than Tuch’s weak breakaway, careless lazy play, too many turnovers in our zone, and a team that looks ready for the season to end. Keep Krebs and Quinn and Samuelson away from these guys. They aren’t going to help anyway. This team is folding.