Believer

Heartbreaker… Levi had the game of his life.

Can’t buy this experience… Adams and Ruff must be delighted.

OT Baby

Boom… Knies… Awesone OT win.

Will be rooting for you, @inkman! Between the detox, stress, lack of sleep, and the uppers, sounds like your body and mind are off kilter… Wishing you find your healthy balance soon after you get settled into your new role with your old employer… Let your spirit, your family and friends, and us here at Sabrespace be your strength until then!

Was with you until the last paragraph.

Reinhardt just killing it… Montour having a good series as well… Hard to believe we had them and lost them… KA better turn the culture around or we risk losing Dahlin like Eichel… Top players get sick of losing… Contracts be damned.

Watching the Tampa Florida series for three games… our Sabres are not yet close to these teams in any area… Ruff and his coaches have their work cut out for them… and Adams better deliver a handful of playoff vets.

Did you see Cooper yell red faced at his bench to get them pumped before the puck drop in Game 3 tonight? Don’t ever recall Granato doing that.

Like your adds… Keeping Krebs… He is young, has high compete, and will find a role with Ruff… Will be shocked if he’s moved…

Ruff said discipline will be applied to ice time minutes… He can also choose to not dress a player and have him watch from the press box (worked wonders with Thompson last season)… It’s really the only practical leverage a Coach has. Suppose fines in certain situations could apply as well… Then there is the relationship side of applying consequences… Tough love… The tough part is easy… The love part requires genuine caring and finesse with modern players… Know as an old guy myself I’m much more attuned to the caring side of the transaction today… Could be wrong, but got the impression Ruff is attuned to communicating and working effectively with young players.

From one old guy to another… well said.

Great question. Agree with every post above. Good stuff. Also think Ruff brings invaluable experience to Adams decision-making… If Ruff had been here, doubt the preseason prospect auditions would have taken priority over getting his starting players game ready… Doubt the Three Goalie Rotation would have gone on for nearly two plus months… Doubt the Player Stunt dissing the fans and poisoning the locker room would have gone on at all… And Ruff has current knowledge of potential players Adams is considering bringing to Buffalo. He’s coached against every one of them recently, whoever they are. This can be great input to Adams.

And, I don’t gamble… Just making an informed observation… Frankly, not a big Tuch fan… He has hockey IQ, the size, speed and skills… Saw him glide through too many shifts this season… Ruff is just the man to energize Tuch and take him to the next level… When Ruff was describing what he expected from a player, he could have been talking to Tuch, imo.

Tuch was featured in several photos with Pegula and Ruff by the BN… Would bet a bunch he is named the new Captain.