JohnC
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Hasn't this team won every gdt you've done?
If that is the case he should be coerced to continue on. What’s the going rate for hiring a street enforcer?
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19 hours ago, K-9 said:
If Benson ever licks an opponent's face, I'll lose all respect for him as I have Marchand. I DGAF how good he is. But that is not Benson and never will be so I ain't worried in the least. As someone posted elsewhere, Benson is Dougie Gilmore more than anyone else currently.
The licking was certainly a low class act. No matter what you think of him as a player you can’t criticize him for not always playing with passion and effort.
To show you that I do have some standards, if he would have French kissed another player on the ice, I would retract my positive comments about him. An affectionate rat on the ice is not something I will tolerate. 🫣
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3 minutes ago, SwampD said:
I love Marchand. I hope he never stops doing this stuff. Just glad the Sabres finally got the better of him.
As a Sabre fan I'm not criticizing any player for being feisty and passionate. When Marchand acts out it is not an act. It's who he is as a player and why he is a winner. Benson is a tamer version of Marchand. And that is a tribute to Benson.
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What was the attendance at the game? Watching the game it seemed to be a good crowd and very engaged. Just curious.
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23 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
I agree. I know the cap is going up, but as much as in an earlier post I said how good he is, he's on of the top wingers in the league...I have no interest in paying him anywhere close to $11m per year when he is going to be in his 30's to START the extension.
Maybe, MAYBE if it was a 4 year extension, but even then...steep price for what I he is likely to be in a couple years.
If Tuch doesn't get signed because the organization rejects the costly extension, then it sets this franchise back further than you can imagine. For a franchise that lacks credibility, what message does it send to players like Dahlin and Tage who are trying to push this franchise towards respectability? My fear is that Tuch takes the Reinhart strategy and waits for his current contract to expire. The cap is going up. So it's not a surprise that the contracts will increase. There has been a recent spate of top-tier players signing and establishing the market value. Tuch is not in the top-tier but he is in the next tier. And on this roster he is a central player for us. The market will soon be more firmly set for a Tuch caliber of player. And it will not be cheap. You either pay the market-value or you go by the wayside. When your franchise is already stuck by the wayside you are not in a position of strength. Get a deal done!
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34 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
No. For one, D always take longer. Power is on schedule and I have never advocated trading him. What I have said about him is Sabres wanted too much too soon from him. He needed a vet partner and less top minutes early on. Still does. I don't like the way they develop players as an organization.
Quinn lacks compete to my eyes. He's soft and he floats. I don't like his style of play and don't think it's a good fit for what you want to build. I just don't see that changing in him and would look at selling to someone like you who thinks he still has a high ceiling not seen yet. Do it before everyone realizes that ceiling isn't there.
We disagree. That’s okay. We’ll see how this plays out.
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1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:
For how long? Quinn has been here long enough to show or not show imo. I see guys stepping into the fight now and I still see him as a passive floater. Not the type of player you want for what you want to build. You can have all the skill in the world you want, but if you don't have the compete, you are of little value.
Many people had the same criticisms of Power. Be more patient or you will see another traded Sabre thriving with another team.
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3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
I recall a healthy Greenway playing well with McLeod and Tuch last season. Problem is he was healthy for only maybe 20 games.
Power had another nice game.
3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:I recall a healthy Greenway playing well with McLeod and Tuch last season. Problem is he was healthy for only maybe 20 games.
Power had another nice game.
I agree that Power again played well. His improved play reflects his added confidence. His going to the net on his goal showed him asserting himself and not playing with hesitation.
I also liked the play of Samuelsson. He’s a good third pairing defenseman. Nothing wrong with that.
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6 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
If Greenway is healthy - big IF - I'm taking that line up we had against Florida and sitting Quinn and playing Greenway in that spot. Otherwise I'm not touching that line up because it worked.
If I'm Adams I'm looking to move Quinn for a D man so that I can waive Bryson. But he loves Quinn so it is what it is and I have to hope he will get it one day.
Many people were strenuously arguing to trading Power. They are wrong. There are many who wanted to deal off Samuelsson for peanuts. They are wrong. Be patient, Quinn will come around.
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Quick thoughts for this game: Lyons gets my first star? Doan gets another. Both Power and Samuelsson played well.
The team defense was excellent. They didn’t give the Panthers much room when they had the puck in our zone. I thought the Sabres were superb in getting out of their zone.
The PK was superb and our PP scored twice.
Doan is an excellent addition. When Benson isn’t playing this is a different team.
When this team plays with a competitive team they have a chance to win. When this team is flat it loses and is a bore to watch.
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8 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
That was a pretty good period. Good to see Doan “get rewarded”.
They need to keep it up.
The net presence in front of the opponents’ net is so much better this year.
Zucker is good at hitting the pipes. He’s one of our best inside positioning players.
I like Benson’s play so far.
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11 minutes ago, K-9 said:
To be fair, every team in the league implemented austerity measures during COVID. Take the Bruins for example as they put 150 employees on leave and reduced salaries.
The austerity measures that Pegula took was a reasonable response to a unique historical situation that created a challenging business environment. As you point out, there was nothing unique about the way he responded compared to most others in the sports business and business world in general. That has never been my source of criticism of him on how he has managed his hockey business. He's simply made a number of crushing bad decisions, most notably his staffing decisions, that have weighed this franchise down. He's the owner and boss. He could do whatever he wants to do. However, the measure is the record. It's not a challenge to make a determination on his performance as an owner.
The owner has been repeatedly criticized for interfering with the hockey operation. I don't think that currently it is a valid criticism, or at least less so now. However, the critical staffing issue still plagues this franchise and will continue to do so until there is a change.
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2 hours ago, Brawndo said:
Florida is playing their third game in four days and they are banged up.
This probably would have been a great opportunity for Ellis to get a startEither way They should win.
I don't know who is starting in goal. But if I had a choice, it would be Lyons. If we can get the caliber of goaltending that he has given us so far, I would be happy with that.
I see the Sabres in a good situation to win this home game because of the reasons you cited. They are compared to Florida more rested, are at home and are less banged up. Another factor is that the Sabres should be determined not to fall too far back at this early stage of the season.
So I'm predicting the Sabres will be in the win column by nightfall.
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3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Don’t forget, you also don’t like “must win”.
The boat talk is overdone for sure. But when the world was in the midst of a global pandemic they publicly worried about the boat and the family lifestyle. They furloughed 125 rank and file employees in the Sabres organization and PSE. Not a great look for them. The Sabres are always second fiddle, no Bills employees were furloughed.
Then they went to this EEE garbage, and again the Bills didn’t. And they brought in their most unqualified GM yet who in 6 years has only added to the ruination of the Sabres culture.
So while the boat jokes are stale, the agitation of the fan base is legitimate.
If it is inappropriate to criticize an owner of a sports franchise in a system that is designed for parity, there is a simple solution: sell the team. What do people expect? Adulation and a warm embrace for a generation of incompetency?
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20 minutes ago, inkman said:
Yes thanks for stating the obvious that I myself have gone on countless rants about.
That’s the real issue. Everyone has stated in various forms that he does’t know what he is doing. The problem is that he hasn’t recognized that obvious fact yet. His big boat unreality has sunk this franchise in deep waters.
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19 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
He actually showed some attitude against Ottawa, now he needs to keep it up. Your bar is too low.He was a first overall draft pick. Just once in a while can we see a dominant performance from him?
It isn't an issue of setting the bar too low for him. What I recognize is that his style of play doesn't rely so much on physicality as it does positioning and skating. And because of that more finesse style his play will not be as preferred by many as the more muscular style of play would be. He's a tall and lean young player who will get stronger. What I'm watching to see is steady increase in his physicality. As you noted, it was evident in the Ottawa game. But the reality that many people are reluctant to accept is that he is not going to be an imposing physical player on the ice because that is not his game. In my more optimistic eyes I see a player who is going to be an anchor defenseman for us. But for many people his contribution will be dismissed because of how he plays.
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1 minute ago, Weave said:
I think I saw somewhere that Giroux was chirping at Power something along the lines of “you’re a wet dog in a tall body” or something like that. Even our big guys get chirped.
Was Giroux still chirping at the end of the game when he looked up at the score board? I thought Power played well in this game. It wasn't a dominant performance but simply did his job. I'll take that level of play.
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49 minutes ago, inkman said:
The boat nonsense is right up there with the palm tree schtick. Not funny or interesting. He's a billionaire, he can do whatever he wants with his money.
Do you know what isn't funny? Screwing up a franchise to the point that he has made it an irrelevant and laughingstock franchise. And there is nothing funny about how he has crushed a once vibrant hockey market into an apathetic market where many games are played in front of empty seats. As far as I'm concerned, this fool owner can get on his tax write off big boat and sale away. This owner is a joke! Is that funny enough for you.
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2 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Goes both ways. The other side of this coin is the claim JJ had “no interest in improving” and that he was “anti-culture” and that’s why we dealt him. Don’t really see the need to call into question the mindset of a player retroactively but we’ve been here many times before so it’s hardly worth relitigating.
As mentioned it’s a both sides dynamic. Probably best to simply judge based on the macro results.
Every team faces issues with players who for a number of reasons prefer moving on. And every organization faces issues regarding makeup of roster and players fitting into their team concept. The reality is that when a franchise has been flailing for as long as they Sabres have, it is going to happen with greater frequency. JJP was in a contract situation that could give him additional leverage. So he used it. Good for him. On the other side of the equation, I believe that the Sabres got a fair return on the trade. It's all part of the business.
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46 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Per Tuch’s Agent
“The communication, as you mentioned, has been good, been consistent throughout the summer,” Bartlett said. “You know, we had some good conversations, got kind of the parameters of whatever everyone was thinking. It’s very clear to us that the Buffalo Sabres would like Alex Tuch to re-sign long term. That’s been communicated very well, very clearly, very effectively by (Sabres GM) Kevyn Adams and the staff there. And I think hopefully we’ve communicated back to them that Alex would be very happy to stay in Buffalo, as well.
“We weren’t able to kind of get to what made a deal before the season. And then at this point, we’ve just put it on the backburner.”
This is as on the DFO Podcast
The best thing that Tuch can do to move the negotiation needle closer to his side is to have a good year, and better yet a good start of the season.
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3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
I’m perfectly happy to see how the deal works out, but let’s not kid ourselves why KA made the deal. Daddy OilBucks didn’t want to pay JJP. Adams floated the “didn’t want to be here” BS on Peterka to shift the blame to the kid. Frankly it’s despicable.
This move was primarily financial. Utah is paying JJP 7.7 this season and Pegula is paying Kesselring and Doan 2.3 between them. This allowed KA to piss away 3.375 on Quinn and 1.8 on Danforth and still stay 5+ mill under the cap.
Will the deal work out? Possibly, but we traded a top line forward for potentially only one year of two 3rd line (or pair) players with possible upside as both players are RFAs after the season. If they breakout Pegula probably won’t want to pay them either.
You are making a claim that he wasn't signed due to the owner's reluctance to pay him in his next contract is based on what? Your assumption based on your disdain for the owner? There is no one in this forum who has more antipathy toward this fool owner than I do. I would conjecture that you and I are in the same contempt strata directed toward this stubborn and incompetent owner. So let's be fair here. That doesn't mean that money was the reason why he was dealt. The evidence based on many reports is that he didn't want to remain for a number of reasons. One of them had to do with his relationship with the coach and I'm sure that he didn't want to be stuck in this third-rate organization that has little chance under the current organizational scheme to be a serious franchise. (As you and many others have frequently noted.)
The GM wanted to sign him to a new deal. And he publicly stated so on a number of occasions. JJP had no interest to sign a deal. So he was dealt for what I consider to be a fair-trade deal where the return was Kesserling and Doan. With respect to Doan, he's giving us what we hoped he would do so. Kesserling has been injured so that is a TBD issue.
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57 minutes ago, inkman said:
Much like Amiinyet male enhancement program
Is that an extender to stiffen the limp pole? 😀
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2 hours ago, Taro T said:
Hope springs eternal and Lyon did have that one magical run while Bobrovsky was out, but he's had opportunities to seize the starters job in the past and has never been able to take the reins.
Expect a more realistic hope is that he can be "the guy" for the month of October and then either UPL finally gets out of his own head or one of the little AHLers get an opportunity and seize the day.
Either way, go Sabres.
As you well know, except for the few elite goalies, predicting how a goalie is going to perform is a bad bet unless you have money to lose. What makes it even more challenging is that past performance isn’t always a good guide. The best way to help your goalie is to provide him with strong support in front of him.
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Lyon starting the season as the opening goalie is a marvelous opportunity for him. If he plays well for a team that desperately needs to have a good start, it wouldn't be a surprise (at least for me) that he becomes the #1 goalie. UPL has been plagued with injuries and inconsistencies. The opportunities have been there for him to seize. He just has not been able to be dependable for a variety of reasons. Just maybe, being seriously being pushed by UPL might be the best thing for him.
The Sabres are far from being a well-rounded team. But if he can get consistent solid goalie, we should be able to be in the playoff mix for the whole season.
I'm predicting a Sabre win tonight. Why? Hometown bias.
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GDT: Sabres @ Canadiens October 20, 2025 @ 7:30PM on MSG-B, RDS, ESPN+, Fubo
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If the Sabres can win in Montreal, maybe that can wash away some of the stench from last year’s Pegula pep talk game where we got trampled.
I hope that I’m wrong but I don’t see us winning tonight in front of that ramped up crowd.