Pimlach

Your missing the point. He wants to control hockey and fix it himself. He is not hands off.

I will tip the Fedora to the people that go regularly, they do their best to stay entertained. On a positive note, young people, post college and 30’s, are well represented at the games. So if they ever turn it around there will be a bigger demand quickly. Many of them have never seen winning unless they remember the Drury/Briere era, 17 years ago.

In the infamous 91 point season Granato had to shelter Quinn and Peterka a lot, Cozens ice time was not effected and he played with other combinations. Quinn and Peterka have offensive chemistry when they are allowed to free wheel, which is not going to happen every game. As pointed out, they had the worst expected goals for and against last night, so if the goalie does not stand on his head this combination kills us. For next year Quinn and Peterka as a line combo should not be the off season plan. Peterka has 22 g, 55 points, and is a minus 4 player playing mostly top 6. Quinn is 11 g, 27 points and -21 playing mostly middle 6. There needs to be another option on the roster, and if by some good fortune one or both players improve their two way game then we may have something. Adams has to improve the top 6 and not count on these two guys.

Hope is not a plan.

Lots of former players and former coaches follow this path, even if not in the lofty POHO position, many are advisors and consultants.

Quinn and Peterka can stay together if they can play a better and more consistent 200 foot game. Adams will probably extend Quinn to a very affordable and tradeable bridge contract, he could package him or keep him another year to see if he comes back to form. Quinn should not get much of a contract given his injuries and his inconsistent play this season. Cozens deep down wanted to be a Sabre. He liked his teammates, he liked the idea of being part of a turnaround, but it was just not working. He was not impactful in yesterdays game either. I was glad to see the fans cheer for him. They cannot do to every player what they do to Eichel. The problem is the organization and I think most fans realize that.

A Few Good Men. Top Gun

Season ticket sales will be down. The Pegula's have always been tone deaf. Remember the weird comments from Kim on Sabres fans not being the same as Bills fans, most of that was simply not true. She doesn't know the history. Regarding the great job Botterill was doing, we fans "don't see everything that is going on", then he gets fired 3 weeks later - and not for the teams performance but for refusing to carrying out their stupid plan. Unless the league steps in and helps them hire real Hockey Execs, I do fear this franchise could die. Unfathomable to think that after living through their birth and their entire history. No doubt the Pegula's have ruined the hockey team and its entire culture with it. I think they try to be good stewards but they lack the trust to let qualified people run the Sabres. The irony is the Bills and their success - the league put McDermott out there along with several other qualified candidates, McDermott brought in Beane, Beane drafted Allen and re-tooled everything. McDermott replaced the vets that did not buy in and he elevated the Vets that did. What a difference between the two franchises Is there a hockey McDermott that will come to Buffalo and fix this? It is the only hope.

Rewind to the start of the season when many here were happy that Reimer got cut. He was blocking Levi after all. Happy for Reimer to string a few great games together but let’s not blame the season on the UPL, there were lots of problems with the roster and the coaching.

So there is a bias toward Canadian players?

Crazy ending. Hanging on, not even a look at an ENG I’ll take another W though.

Alamo pain. possess the puck and carry it out. Stop slapping it away

TNT. Benson

So get want to get younger again?

Tie game, keep it going.

That is what it’s going to take. At least the GM.

Nice goal. Great pass by Quinn

Wow. The Sens power play. Just a few years ago we thought Buffalo had the better pipeline but here Ottawa sits 17 points ahead of Buffalo tonight.

Is this your hot take? To me he could be a solid 6/7 but I hope you are correct.

You seem to think Guelli has more clout than most of us do.

Last Ottawa game it was Gilbert who neutralized the younger T’chuck. With Gilbert gone and Greenway out, T’chuck can do whatever he wants tonight.

I am looking forward to this game. I hope the crowd is good to Dylan, he wanted to help turn it around, but it was too big of an ask for his skills and experience.

There are all kinds of stats that show Cozens play had an negative impact on his linemates and on the team. The data is there from the past two seasons. I have little doubt that Cozens will get his career on track, but it wasn't happening in Buffalo. The more opportunities that he had, the more pressure he put on himself, and he really struggled under the pressure. Hoping the Sabres burn to the ground is excessive.

Only in Buffalo are there hockey fans that see all of Power’s games. He is expected to outperform his deal, that is a reasonable expectation. We shall see.

And the took that practice off too. Maybe Terry took them to Dairy Queen instead.