[Who will be the next Head Coach of the Buffalo Sabres?]

Haven't been keeping up with the search. Have we interviewed anyone?

[Why should Granato and the assistants be brought back?]

is the question just for Granato and coaches and not KA? I know we have a good prospect pipeline but I mean we SHOULD have the best pipeline in the league considering how long we have sucked. What has KA done that warrants any continuity for the org?

[Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread]

Fire everyone. Josh absolutely sucks now, our D sucks, Gabe Davis sucks, screw this team.

[GDT: Sabres vs Pens- October 6, 2023 - 7:00PM, MSG/NHLN📺WGR📻]

2 hours ago, jad1 said:

As an team, the Sabres have no clue  how to defend the front of the net. And that doesn't mean knocking people down. They don't take away passing lanes, tie up sticks, block shots, lean on guys in front. 

It's just open season on the goaltender.

I'm not super well schooled in hockey, just been reading about it the past few months. But, I don't see how we can consistently show such poor advanced stats on D and then apparently do nothing at all to solve the problem. I may be wrong, but I'm not seeing much in the way of system change in regards to our defending at all. Kinda bummed about it tbh.

[GDT: Sabres vs Pens- October 6, 2023 - 7:00PM, MSG/NHLN📺WGR📻]

Clifton looks pretty bad. We really didn't do what we needed to on D. I was hoping our team D was going to improve at least a little but doesn't look like it. 

[Matthew Savoie will take part in the AM Skate 10/6]

Does he need to put on a few lbs still to be able to withstand these hits? I don't want them to bring him back just to have him yo-yo in and out of the lineup with a bunch of injuries. 

[We need to talk about Zach Benson making the team this year, 2023]

I think he has the skill and mental makeup to play in the NHL. I don't think his body is in a place where he could play a full season and be effective. I'd like him to put on muscle like many here have stated. If he can do that in the NHL, ok. If he's best served doing that playing in juniors and working on his size and skating speed, then let's do that.

[Rosen or Kulich: who makes the Sabres?]

I've been impressed with Benson.

[Tonight's Sabres Bruins on MSG]

Commented in the game thread that the announcer sounds ill. His speech is slurred and he labors over every word.  

[GDT - Bruins at Sabres - Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 7:00 PM (EDT) - Pre-Season Game 2]

Benson looks pretty decent.  

[GDT - Bruins at Sabres - Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 7:00 PM (EDT) - Pre-Season Game 2]

Honest question - is the Bruins pbp guy recovering from an illness or something? I'm admittedly a noob, I know he's been there a long time, but his speech is super slurred?

[Unsubstantiated SabreSpace Rumormongering: Pegs is selling the team….]

What the hell is this thread?

[Assign goal songs to the roster]

If you were picking, which  songs would you assign to each player? I don't comprehend how Tage hasn't picked TNT by AC/DC as his song, probably has to do with it being the Flames' team song when a goal is scored, but I still like it for him. 

 

[Movies / TV Shows - I Have Watched / Plan To Watch]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

Anyone watch The Bear on Hulu?

I’m going to get around to that soon.  Everyone says that it’s great.

Also saw first preview for Dune: Part 2. Comes out November 3rd.

It's good, but imo it's overhyped. It's a solid show, not some revelation.

[The Jacksonville Icemen are the Sabres New ECHL Affiliate?]

On 6/25/2023 at 8:30 PM, SwampD said:

It was a joke. I have friends who played in it.

Then thanks for the joke, because I'm a neophyte and I appreciated the explanation =)

[Rd 1, Pick 13: Zach Benson]

 

[[GDT] 2023 NHL Draft, 7PM ET, ESPN]

Just hopped in to watch on ESPN. Anything unexpected happen so far?

[NHL advises against and/or bans cause-themed warmup jerseys.]

On 6/24/2023 at 2:14 PM, LGR4GM said:

Also @ndirish1978you're actually being hypocritical in your own response. I'm not saying your religion is wrong, I'm saying you don't get to tell me your religion is right. 

You're welcome to believe whatever you want, but your argument essentially calls everyone who doesn't align with your thoughts a hypocrite for not believing the "right" truth, then you act like a victim when your hypocrisy is pointed out. The fact that you immediately tried to pin my problem with the way you state your point on religion shows you have a predisposition against certain arguments. I don't care what your religion is, I don't care who you sleep with, I don't care about your social background. I am tired of the virtue signaling hypocrisy of people who say "I believe everything should be heard" but what they really mean is "I believe everything I value should be heard."

[NHL advises against and/or bans cause-themed warmup jerseys.]

23 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Your religion doesn't give you the right to force your view or perspective on anyone. That's what's happening here, a small minority of ppl are using their beliefs to shutdown another group. I don't tell religious ppl they can't wear crosses in public or prayer in public or anything else. Why do they get to tell gay ppl how and when they can act gay in public? 

The other day, I saw 2 Muslim ladies in a public building setting out a rug and praying. I didn't care, I didn't attack them, I didn't attack their religion. Why? Because that is their right. But apparently it's a bridge to far for a hockey team to acknowledge lgbtq+ ppl exist. 🙄 

If your religion bans being gay then you can not be gay. But leave those who are, alone. No one is grooming kids to be gay. This is all fox news culture war bs. 

 

I'm sorry but you're really picking and choosing causes here to fit your viewpoint. The pride contingent uses their beliefs to criticize people who don't support their cause just as much as any other group, pretending otherwise is patently untrue. You compare a private act, wearing a cross in public/public prayer, with a public act of telling people how to live their lives. That is just as easily changed to wearing a rainbow jersey being allowed and not telling people that their religion is wrong. I don't really care one bit what your cause is, just don't virtue signal in one direction and then immediately turn around and act like a victim. 

Russian players grow up in a country where being gay is illegal - they have families at home who will likely face backlash if they were the jerseys. They choose not to wear the pride jersey and people are up in arms calling them bigots. Their culture tells them something is wrong, they probably agree with that sentiment and in the event they don't their family could face backlash for their opinions. Players should be allowed to support or not support whichever causes they want. I'm just tired of all these double standard arguments acting like one side is virtuous and the other is all hypocrites. Get rid of all the causes and just play the sport.

I don't think any person should have to wear a pregame jersey supporting a cause they don't support. The only reason these causes are actually in sports is because they ultimately make the teams money on jersey sales, if they didn't earn, these special causes wouldn't even be an afterthought.

[Athletic "reorganizing" with huge layoffs]

3 hours ago, Georgia Blizzard said:

If they are smart, they'd be careful on who they let go and base it on the analytics of their subscription base.  I'd hypothesize that cities with significant numbers of fans that have relocated to other parts of the country would be most willing to subscribe and view articles from their home town.  i.e. are there more readers for Buffalo content on The Athletic than there are for Los Angeles ? 

I'm now in the south due to my job, I subscribe to Athletic to get local content on Sabres and Bills.  I have other sources for a national perspective.  If they get rid of the local Buffalo journalists, I'd drop my subscription immediately.

 

 

They have stats views per article, feedback on the quality of the article from the little buttons at the end of every article and can track the number of comments in the comment section and questions posted to "mailbags." I would presume that's why none of the Buffalo guys are gone, they have solid interaction metrics. I see some stories on there with <10 responses but they are always from other markets.

[Athletic "reorganizing" with huge layoffs]

On 6/12/2023 at 5:35 PM, notwoz said:

Maybe if you subscribed you could have saved a few jobs. And read some decent stories.

None of the people canned were from the Buffalo beat so this is unlikely. It's also a weird move to try to guilt someone post-event when their post already shows they don't care. Not sure what the purpose of this was.

[Hot take: I’ll be rooting for Eichel]

Good for Eichel. I still dislike him and always will.

[2023 NHL draft rankings]

On 6/12/2023 at 7:44 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

Wouldn't this be a pretty standard thing all GMs should do? Not being facetious.

[YouTubeTV vs Fubo]

2 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

This is true. Individual Sabres (or Knicks) games for the 2023-24 season can be streamed through MSG for $9.99. Or, a monthly cost of $29.99. 

 

I don't understand why they would make the cost so ridiculously high. That's almost half a YoutubeTV sub on it's own.

[YouTubeTV vs Fubo]

People outside of the US - I pay 13/m for Star Plus and I get every single hockey game regardless of the network carrying it. Hope that helps someone!