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Well Mr. @Brawndo thanks for posting this. I have been saying this since the pre-season. The centers are not good enough. Thompson is really not a 1C and we don't have legit 2C. Now Lindy is saying it in his way. Lindy is talking about Thompson when he says he needs players to give him more at the end of the shift. The center should normally be the first forward back. And yes, I was cautioned about the problems any new coach was going to have with our young Core group. They have a lot to learn and they are on a crash course. The challenge is going to be keeping the team up and mentally together until they get out of this funk.

Not true. He was playing poorly before the fight and the team was losing. He got frustrated and picked the wrong dance partner. Losing a fight is not his problem. Playing 2C minutes and PP minutes when he is a 3rd liner is his problem.

“Hello Terry, it’s Kevyn. Kevyn Adams …. Yes, the guy from the hockey team. “ “The shipment of office supplies came in. Can I issue the staff their Official Sabres Pens all at once or just have them available in the office supply cabinet as needed? Yes, as needed, you’re right, they will probably lose them, or bring them home. uh huh. Yes sir… now on to those cup holders ….”

LA has lots of palm trees.

Well I don’t like our center spline either but I doubt a Lindy can make trades and convince players to come here any better than Adams at this point on the season while sitting on a 6 game losing streak.

Dam KC Chiefs about to take a lead to win another game in the last 2 minutes of a game. Unbelievable. I hope they don’t.

So Lindy is Darcy ?

Yes, you do “simply think”. What do you contribute?

I am glad this kind of thing happened now, if it had to happen at all. The Bills are good. The culture is good The defense failed today but let’s face it, Stafford and especially his top two receivers, played amazing football and made catches that could not be defended, even with good coverage. Stopping the run has been a red flag for the defense, our DL did not show today. McD made a few decisions that will be debated as well. Thanks to Allen it ended just a 2 point game. Listened to a few Bills interviews, the players always say they go back and “learn” from what happened, it doesn’t matter if it is a win or a loss. I wish the Sabres could make this practice part of their culture.

Zito was the finalist in the GM search that got us Boterill. So Terry should know what a good candidate sounds like in an interview. He has to be willing to turn it over. He should find someone who did it at the NHL level and let him go. .

I have said this in the past. He is always playing with the younger guys so seeing him on a line with Greenway and Mcleod would be nice. That really can't happen this year without adding a veteran 2C, unless you think Krebs and Kulich can carry that load, which I don't think they can do at this time. Next year we may not have Greenway and McLeod.

Fair. What we can hope for is that he gets his game going on the 3rd line, builds confidence, continues to mature and build his body, and gets back to the second line, which I think is his future.

They didn't stick with the first group that included Eichel and Reinhart. Now they are men, in their prime years, and on teams were they don't have to carry the rest of the team every night.

If the practice lines are the way he is leaning for the next game, then Lindy is saying Krebs is ascending and playing the way he wants, and JJP is not. Cozens on the 3rd line is finally putting him were I think he should be. At this point in his career Cozens as a 3rd line center/wing is more in line with were he would play on most playoff level teams in this league. That is what he is today, a promising 3rd line player, still young and developing, and with a ceiling for 2nd line. That is what he is. The pressure for him to be more is hurting more than helping. It is sad in some ways that Cozens is getting so much flak because the GM paid him too much too soon, that expectations were quickly set at 2C, and that he wears an "A" when he still lacks big game experience and know-how in this league. Reality can be painful at times. Greenway will need a spot, he was very good with Zucker and McLeod for a short period. I hope he goes back to what we saw before the injury. Quinn will likely sit out more games, watch/learn and wait for his next chance- it will come. He is suffering from the same thing as Cozens. Expectations are bigger than he can handle. Kozak and Kulich will push for ice. On the defense the pairing of Power and Joki has looked pretty weak to the eye test, have not seen if the advanced fancy stats verify what I think I see with that pair.

Sure, he is a good guy, smart (kind of), likeable (sort of), etc. His press conference was a disaster. Right now he is in his 5th season and there are no signs of improvement on the ice, or off the ice for that matter. It is no longer relevant to even discuss the qualifications that got him there. What has he done in his tenure is the question, and is the team going in the right direction? He gave contracts to Dahlin (C), Thompson (A), Samuelsson (A), Cozens (A), Power, and UPL. Based on his comments, he apparently has saved cap room for Peterka, Quinn and Byram. He traded or let go (players of note) - Eichel, Reinhart, Montour, Risto, Ullmark, and Mittelstadt He acquired - Greenway, Levi, Clifton, Byram, and the most recent contingent of Malenstyn, Zucker, McLeod, Aube-Kubel, and Lafferty He drafted (top two rounds in order of seasons): Quinn (8), Peterka (34), Power (1), Polpatov (32), Savioe (9), Östlund (16), Kulich (28), Leinonen (41), Benson (13), Wahlberg (39), Helenius (14), Kleber (42) Best point total - 91 pts One winning season (91 pts) No playoffs appearances in his tenure Coach search - one candidate formally interviewed (Lindy Ruff) State of team: Currently 5th in division, 14 of 16 in conference, 2 points from last place. Team currently on a 6 game losing streak, includes 5 of 6 home ice losses The team is on pace for 76 points this season after 27 games (33% of season played) It is going to take a dramatic turn around to make the playoffs and his Core group has to do much more to carry the group and prove worthy. That means better and more consistent leadership and play from Dahlin, Thompson, Cozens, Power, Samuelsson, Tuch and UPL. He is also counting on big contributions from Peterka, Quinn, and Byram. Several key vets could leave, or ask to leave, after this season (Greenway, Byram, Zucker, McLeod).

Read this. Buffalo local media and the national media are aligned with the thoughts commonly made here at SabreSpace. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sabres-gms-comments-on-no-palm-trees-and-taxes-miss-mark-in-buffalo/ https://thehockeynews.com/news/opinion-players-dont-want-to-go-to-the-sabres-because-they-stink-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-palm-trees-and-taxes There are hundreds of news clips and tweets like this out there. Your defense of Pegula and Adams and their plan for the Sabres is misguided and kind of sad.

Ruff is not a GM. He knows the game, he knows players, etc, but he has no contracts experience. He may be strategic, we don’t know,but the inner details of a general manager are not his strength. I think Karmanos would be better than Adams or Ruff.

I don’t think Eichel cares about the fans as much as you think he does. The fans did not decide Eichel’s. fate in Buffalo. That was Eichel a Terry Pegula, in mutual agreement to let him go.

He really isn’t a pure center. He can play there, sure, but its not a natural fit. I could see him score bunches with a playmaker type 1C.

You think the fans are the reason Pegula allowed the tank? Your replies are bizzare.

For the first time in my life I too am worried about losing the team. I still don’t think he sells the Sabres and allows them to move and keeps the Bills. That would be a problem for him when the Bill eventually have a downturn. Best hope is that a Buffalo led consortium buys 51% or more from him, and he fades out of Sabres folklore.

How does Ruff have that pull? Pegula fired Ruff once already and he will do it again. Ruff has been gone for a long time and worked for other teams. He is NOT a confident of Terry, Adams is. If anything, Terry will tell Ruff to step away. If Adams goes it will be AFTER the season.

I don’t think it’s the draft picks that are the problem. I think it’s the program and the culture, lots of Sabres picks are thriving on other teams. Too many.

Who would have picked over the guys in the past 5 years? Given the 4+ years of development time for an 18 year old, a better plan would have been to trade some of the many first rounders for established veteran players. But hey, we have a whole bunch more first rounders in Rochester to feed to the lions.