[Do you care about the Sabres anymore?]

Nope.  Seriously - How can I care when they don't? They're coasting. Win one (fat & happy), then they lose one or more (& get pissed), then play well again.  Beat the Rangers, lose to the Blues, Canes, Preds & Wings, beat the Bruins, lose to the Habs, beat the Coyotes, lose to the Avs - look out Golden Knights!!

Until they as a team and organization care - I can't.  I'll check in, and when I see them down 3-0 before getting a shot, I check out.

[GDT: Buffalo at Carolina, Nov. 4, 2022, 7pm, WGR, ESPN+, ESPN++, The Playboy Channel, and your favorite illegal streaming option.]

Anyone have a url for live stream?.

 

I have Hulu and used to get espn+ on it, but it’s now on a higher tier! @#$&*()

[John Rigas, disgraced former Sabres owner, passes at 96]

Again?!?!?
I thought he passed years ago! (?)

[Can Sabres-Blue Jackets be Seen On-Line or Anywhere?]

Thanks!

[New Line Combo: PDQ]

If the new line combination of Peterka - Dylan cousins - jack Quinn ever takes off, they'll have a great name for their line: PDQ!!

[Can Sabres-Blue Jackets be Seen On-Line or Anywhere?]

Does anyone know if there is any means by which we can see the Sabres game tonight?  (Aside from buying a ticket and going to Columbus!)

[Reinhart traded to Florida for G Devon Levi (7th rd pick in 2020) and a lottery protected 1st in 2022.]

Wait a sec . . . We get a #1, an everyday defenseman and a #2 next year for Risto and all we get back for Sam is prospect goalie Devon Levi & a seventh-round pick in 2020 who will play this year at Northeastern University?!?!?!?

THAT may be the hold-up!!

Unless Levi walks in as starter - we're getting nothing in return IMO.  Reinhart is more valuable than an injured Eichel, plus his play is on the up-tick despite the sad sack team we were last year (even played well under the soccer coach)!  I'm hoping this is why the deal isn't done + we face Florida all the time and it'll be a nightmare if we give him away for nothing of value and have to see him 8 times each year!.

[Boston sportswriter says Bruins should make Blockbuster offer for Eichel...]

They say the bounty for Eichel should include "John Beecher and restricted free agent winger Jake DeBrusk, along with a robust high draft pick package".  But that it may take "including a young D-man like Charlie McAvoy or Brandon Carlo too".  I would say a deal starts with Pastranak and a credible center - then we can go from there.  Otherwise the Botterill firing may be the 1st positive step the organization has taken since getting Krueger to steer the ship, and getting rid of it's best player for a bunch of complimentary pieces would be self-defeating.

[Could Eichel actually be the problem with the Sabres?]

20 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

The problem with this team is a lack of centers behind Jack.

Hence the issue with Skinner not having any help!

[Elliot Friedman podcast on franchise upheaval]

15 hours ago, Ruff Around The Edges said:

JBot did NOT want to give Eichel term

I'm sorry, what does this mean?

[Tim Murray was a complete disaster for the Buffalo Sabres]

On 7/17/2019 at 5:37 PM, IKnowPhysics said:

There was a significant amount of ownership and fan pressure to pull the team back from the tank, and, make no mistake, time by itself was not going to make the team better.

As Marv used to say, "if you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them".

[Assistant Coaches / coaching team]

I'd love to see Scott Arniel as an assistant.  He's a great power play and offensive coach with some head coaching experience.  Sabres had the leagues best power play when he coached it.  Though he is Caps Asst Head Coach now.

[MLB Team in Buffalo]

On 4/12/2019 at 4:15 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

Did you know that MLB offered the Expos to the Rich family and they said no?

Fact is WNY can't possibly support a third major franchise, much less one in a sport with no salary cap dominated by a handful of huge revenue teams. Never winning big and always losing your best players to the money teams would get old real fast.

See "Pittsburgh".

 

[Locker Room Cleanout Day]

And then, depression set in . . . . 

 

I honestly feel sorry for these guys.  They look pathetic, like trumpet players without trumpets!  The Sabres need a higher-energy coach that detests losing and will continually push his/her players until they build habits that lead to wins.  I don't know anything about McClellan (sp?) - maybe he's a good choice.  Lindy I know and I know he wouldn't allow the head hanging.  Those players that tuned him out are long gone, the last of which was Pomenville (who didn't tune him out) - so his return would not be out of the question.

Resigning Skinner, obtaining a key FA or 2 and filling-out lines 2-3-4 are the main priorities for the GM.  It'll be OK to churn the bottom lines and get new players in there (we can lose just as easily with them than with the likes of Sobatka, Larsson and Girgensens.

Failing to get Skinner will be a PR nightmare and an insurmountable # of goals to replace.