sabremike

Fans don't even care enough to boo them off the ice like they deserve.

How can anyone not see this guy is in way over his head and needs to go? Just completely incompetent and terrible at his job.

Sabres: We are the most embarrassing tire fire in all of hockey. Flames: Hold our goddamned beers.

If this team has even an ounce of pride that New Years Eve game will be an Isles-Pens Fight Night style bloodbath with Tampa players being beaten all over their ice to the point they go crying to the league like bullies who can dish it out but can't take it.

Watch what happened in that third period and then watch Ralph's press conference. Are you seriously going to tell me something isn't horribly wrong. Our franchise player may have just become the next Tim Connolly and Ralph's concern is avoiding getting a fine? Honest to God he needed to go full Schonny yelling "Have another donut" on that officiating crew ( who also deserve to be fined and suspended for their stunning incompetence). Show some fire and guts.

I am more ashamed and embarrassed to be a Sabres fan right now than I am being a Bengals fan. This is the new low point of the Pegula era.

Because he was used as the scapegoat by fans for everything wrong with this team instead of the stupid owner, GM and coach (and the results when we replaced him with just about the worst goalie tandem in the league speak for themselves).

1) Skinner basically forced his way here because he wanted to be close to home and becoming a Leaf was impossible. 2) It was actually a second round pick that ended up 5 or so spots back from our massive haul in the ROR deal (and unlike ROR Skinner was headed to UFA and had no intention of staying so they had to trade him).

Good thing the leading goal scorer in the OHL right now wasn't available with that 31st pick this past June and we ended up taking a defenseman with no offensive upside. If that had happened it would be real embarrassing...

Getting in front of the net to screen him seeing shots would also work but apparently our players and organization are convinced that doing so is illegal.

Oh God we are about to get clowned in a trade big time. This is why putting your organization in a position where you have to make a desperation move mid season instead of addressing the roster flaws in the offseason is incredibly foolish.

What did I ever do to you??????

Other than that that day in April of 1997 when I said goodbye to a team I loved more than anything this is my low point as a hockey fan. That last post was amazing,.

Saw the edit and want to point out that one of the very few smart things Botts has done was that deal with Jack. Ask any other GM if they'd like Jack for $10 million a season and they'd say "Yes" so fast your head would spin. Your post was spot on.

Forget the complete incompetence: PSE has had TWO PSE Presidents ousted for sexual misconduct.

Who do you think is responsible for this organization being the biggest toilet in the entire sport?

Because it perfectly explains the clown show we are watching right now and the previous 8 seasons.

Correct on both accounts.

If anyone needs a live stream of the game here it is:

I was thinking of someone else to use as an emergency fill in:

I could care less about cap space. I don't want to end up reading a story in 10-15 years about Kyle suffering from dementia and having to be put in an assisted living facility. We have to do the right thing and tell him we are never going to let him play another second for us ever again. If it leads to lawsuits so be it.

So we've officially reached " Billy Martin ordering Mike Pagliarullo to go to the plate and bat from his opposite stance despite him having never done so in his entire life" territory?

I think in theory the tank was not a bad idea, it was just executed incompetently. When we were stripping assets we should've been acquiring as many draft picks as possible (which is what teams like the Astros and Sixers did). That's what the Dolphins are doing right now as well. The draft is by far the best most effective way to acquire talent, the more picks you have the better the odds you hit the jackpot.