Pimlach

^ Now this is an example of witty and sarcastic!

I think Benson has a top 6 ceiling. We keep forgetting he is 19. He will get stronger, faster, and his shot will get better.

I was wondering if anyone else would notice that? And there you are! He fouled, then he quit. 😂 That 70's wallpaper is classic.

Well, if you trade Thompson you better get a 1C in return because we are hurting up the middle. I don't see Tage getting traded. No mention of Peterka or Byram, their contracts are up? Then there is Cozens and Samuelsson, both getting paid and under producing. Zucker and Greenway contracts are up and they could be traded away at the deadline. Clifton has one year left and then he will most likely try to get on a better team. I know I would. Why is Krebs a keeper?

For a team that boasts about their prosect pool this was a sad indictment on the boys down in Rochester. Benson was the best they had last preseason. He beat out Rousek, Murray, Savoie, Rosen, and Kulich - all of which should have been ahead of him on the depth chart. As you mentioned there was no better option. Adams failure to replace Quinn with an NHL player was a crime and shows how inadequate he is. But he did not want a "blocker" I am sure of that, and he had an internal cap as well. Benson at 18 should have went back to juniors. He earned his spot with the Sabres but that is more of an indictment on the GM. Benson at 19 is good young player because he works hard, is fearless and scrappy, but his shot is not NHL ready yet, especially for a top 6 role on a playoff team.

I was at the Sabres home opener versus the Kings (after the Prague trip) and the Sabres blew a lead, looked unorganized, and lost. The threeguys behind me were filled with hate for the team. They booed loudly for the slightest mistakes and made loud comments laced with profanity. It was starting to piss me off and I told one of them to settle down, and he did for awhile. Walking out of the morgue, some fans were already loudly spewing venom about the team. Bad place to bring younger kids and a toxic environment for so early in the season. The next game I went to was even worse. I am done going into that place until something changes. I would rather go to the Harbor Center to watch college hockey or Junior Sabres.

Adam’s offering two year deals? What a novel idea. Has he done that yet for one of his drafted prospects? Byram might take 6, or he might prefer to win. Are they replacing Zucker and Greenway with more rookies?

Most of us here have been begging adam’s to get a RHD partner for Power. Adam’s tried to get Pesce, but couldn’t do it.

So how much do you pay Byram to keep him? You also have Quinn and Peterka that need contracts.

Good morning Teammates. I missed a W, and an OT, and a shootout. I occasionally tracked the score on my iPhone and was surprised to see them hold the lead, but not surprised by them losing the lead in the 3rd period. I'll take the win. I read the entire thread, it doesn’t have the feel of a win or a well played game. Happy the home fans saw a win.

I’m a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah.

And the promoted their GM to POHO, and let him restructure the program. No mass firings, no new budget constraints, ,no trading all of their storied veterans, no pre planned suffering based on a hope and a dream.

But why do you want this? Do you think booing fans and National TV ridicule will make a difference? The most we see is another knee jerk firing and a rapid hiring from within, and we are back to the same.

I like many of the foods listed here. I will not eat liver, and will not ask for lima beans or anchovies/sardines. I love eggplant, brussels sprouts, most vegetables - you just have to know how to prepare them. The food I dislike the most is FAST FOOD, including chain restaurant food. Fast food and chain restaurant food is double jeopardy, bad for you and comes in gross portion sizes. That stuff is a ticket to obesity and bad health. They suck people in by offering huge portions but it is really unhealthy. When I spend money to go out and eat I try to stick with nice places. Since I won't waste money on junk food I am willing to pay more at good restaurants and never spend a dime at McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Applebee's, Denny's, Red Lobster, etc. All of it is garbage.

Home game and on NHL Network => loss with significant embarrassment. I do not get NHL Network so I will miss this one.

And McLeod is doing it mostly on the bottom 6 while Cozen on the top 6. When McLeod played with combinations of Greenway/Zucker and Benson he was scoring. With the 4th line he isn't. I still like Cozens ceiling, I keep dreaming of a rugged and hard working 6'3" 210lb, 30 goal and 60 point forward. We had a flash of it.

Agree that the drafts have been ok. Not complaining about who they drafted, and were they slotted, I do not study the draft. I think that given the circumstances using all 3 first rounders was a bit much and if anything it clogged up the pipeline with forwards. A trade, such as bundling a #1 pick for an NHL player that could have helped was a possibility. My concern is similar to yours and most here - Given we are developing Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, and Benson in the NHL, how and when do we eventually use Rosen, Savoie, Kulich, Östlund, Hellenius, Walhberg, the Russians, etc. ? Adams traded Eichel, Reinhart, Risto, etc., and stockpiled picks while only acquiring one solid NHL player (Tuch), and two more prospects (Krebs and Levi) . So we have this pipeline that goes on and on, but the NHL roster remains very young and ineffective. Savoie was moved and people here are worried that he will be good some day. He probably will be good and possibly "better" than McLeod. Not much you can do about that. We traded Eichel, Reinhart and Mitts as they were hitting prime. Trading Cozens/Quinn/Peterka (you could add Power) in the same manner after investing all this time into their development seems like another mistake in the making. Maybe another big mistake. I just cannot reconcile drafting all those forwards with prime picks given we had already Cozens/Quinn/Peterka in development. But if they were the BPA I get why they were picked. The bottom line is there has to be a way to get better NHL players on this roster. We will likely get a top 5 pick this year. Keeping that pick might make sense if we can move some of the Rochester kids and get good NHL players to help us now.

I like the part about the Sabres “home ice advantage and recent form”.

When Zucker and Greenway leave they will likely bring up Rosen and probably Kozak. McLoed and Byram negotiations will be interesting, and so will contracts for Quinn and Peterka. It would not surprise me if 2 of these 4 are moved Next year Helenius will make the team as a center, no blockers.

UPL can’t keep the GA down and Levi won’t either. Watch this team play defense. They will finish bottom 6. That’s being positive.

Kulich wasn’t a center in Rochester either, but he is now in Buffalo. Ok, so they drafted 4 first round forwards in two seasons My point is would trading one or two picks for players in their prime have been better? I think it would have been.

The Bills are possibly going to and winning the Super Bowl. Pegula said what he had to say to the Sabres players, coaches, and GM back in Montreal. That’s it. He will pay some attention to the Sabres in March. Not sooner.

You can’t overcome the past, it exists. Moving forward you can replace tne GM with a better qualified and proven successful NHL Exec. Someone that is respected in the league. Then you let that person run it.

Narrative? If Adam’s doesn’t put up with why is he there selling it.