Flashsabre

The 2nd line centre has 4 points in 13 games. The 2nd line RW has 2 points in 12 games. Here lies the biggest issue with this team having any type of consistency. The 1st line has been a good 1st line. The 3rd line has been tremendous and the 4th line has been solid. The 2nd line has been a complete black hole that this team can’t overcome. I have no idea what is wrong with Cozens and Quinn but if they don’t fix it soon they need to address it outside the organization. No more excuses and growing pains.

Big Kick Bass😛

STOP THE RUN!!! This is the Baltimore game all over again

When people point to Adams for this failure instead of Pegula ask yourself what other owner would put a guy with no front office experience in charge of their franchise. Pegula doesn’t trust NHL people so he put in charge the guy who was running the rink that would listen and do whatever Pegula says. There is one constant in the going on 14 years of no playoffs, ownership.

Change the HC. Reshape the bottom 6, nothing has changed at all. Cozens and Quinn are completely lost. IDK what the answer is. Just not good enough yet again. A new owner and FO would be a start. Bringing back Ruff and keeping all the other coaches was the first red flag that they aren’t serious about winning. All the cap space is the second sign. Either Pegula is handcuffing Adams or Kevyn is incompetent. Problem is who would take the job? Adams does and says whatever Pegula wants and Terry doesn’t trust NHL people so what’s the answer? Moving Adams to another position and making Karmanos the GM seems par for the course. No extra money spent. Just don’t Adams make a panic move and trade Helenius or Wahlberg for and underwhelming vet. Its just so hard to stay invested at all when this team gives you no reason to.

So this thread isn’t about how good Bo Byram is or isn’t. it’s about people being pissy that Mitts was moved. Got it. Make the thread about that then. Saying Byram isn’t a good player is just a bad take.

Well good to hear that Adams is looking to add. What he is able to add is the million dollar question. The teams around the Sabres all seem to be stalling out. If they can fix the 2nd line they have as good of a shot as anyone to make a run to the playoffs. I prefer a 2nd line centre but an impact winger would work too. If the Isles continue to slide does Brock Nelson become available? UFA after season.

It’s not about the poor results of late it’s that he doesn’t have the smarts/hockey IQ to be a 2nd line centre. When he has to think with the puck on his stick it is a problem.

Isles shut out 2-0 by Columbus Wings lose 6-2 to Jets.

What we really need is a 2nd line centre and move Cozens to the wing.

I agree. The team’s failure has been in hiring quality people to run the franchise. The problem is when you let failure last too long then it becomes a cycle you can’t escape. Players like ROR, Eichel, Reinhart were and are great players but they have to be in the right situation, surrounded by quality players who make the team successful. They were not put in that situation here and then timelines don’t match up and players want to move on. This is probably the first year in a long time that the FO tried to actually build a team that can be competitive night in and out. Why, because Lindy came in with a vision and they followed it. The only thing that gets Buffalo off no trade lists is winning and stability over a long period. It’s going to take a lot of work.

The other factor is the draft. In the NFL you get an entire crop of new talent to walk in and join the roster each season. In the NHL you draft a crop that is 2-3 years away from a potential roster spot. NFL can plug holes much easier than NHL teams and as others have said, it’s easier to get rid of players you can cut mid contract.

https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/rams-cb-tre-davious-white-has-permission-to-seek-trade-1.2196782

Panthers D corps is their weak link. Get in on the forecheck and pressure them. Play physical. And keep the PP results coming.

Man Jets fans and prognosticators are going through it right now.😁 Listened to a few of them and reality has set in.

Shakir and Cook just make positive yards when it looks like there is nothing there. Hell of a game by Coleman today. Kid looks like he is going to become a big time player. Cook, Davis and Johnson in the backfield, Kincaid and Knox at TE, Shakir, Cooper, Coleman at WR and Allen with his legs. So many options that Defences have to try and shutdown.

Dolphins and Jets losing in the final seconds didn’t hurt either😁

Yes

They said during the Detroit broadcast that Sabres are youngest team in the NHL again this season. Even with the vet additions. I guess it was offset by Skinner and Girgs and company leaving.

Really impressed with Greenway’s play. McLeod as well. Bryam and Krebs seem a lot more confident right now. Regardless of results, Lindy has them playing hard, especially at home. It’s good to see. Keep it rolling. Getting Benson and NAK back will be big. IDK who sits, Kulich and Quinn? Lafferty. Nice to have some NHL quality depth. Cozens is still a mess. That icing right at the red line is inexcusable. One step and he was over centre.

Is UPL in net?

Detroit are 4-3 and have won their last 2 games while being outshot by ridiculous margins. I like Buffalo’s roster better than both teams but it’s a matter of executing with consistency. Beating Detroit Saturday would be a big start.

This is a season where other teams are faltering around the Sabres. If they can put it together and somehow start getting some PP production then they can give themselves a shot.

https://www.expectedbuffalo.com/key-buffalo-sabres-prospects-have-stood-out-to-start-the-rochester-amerks-season/

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/vegas-golden-knights-sign-d-shea-theodore-to-seven-year-extension-1.2194783 it just seems like Vegas doesn’t have a salary cap.😝