HumanSlinky39

I'd trade him for a Will Smith CD. KIDDING... Kinda.

Agree here. There is a foundation here, but it needs more help and MUCH better coaching. Maybe a decent coaching staff can make Power into more than a baby giraffe on the ice. Maybe they can salvage Jack Quinn. Maybe they can elevate Kulich. This isn't a team in need of a tear down rebuild. It needs a competent GM to tweak the roster a bit and hire a coaching staff worth a damn.

Kevyn Adams' draft picks in the first 3 rounds since named GM 2020 Jack Quinn - not looking good. Has showed occasional flashes of being a decent offensive player, but at this point looks like he'll top out as a average-below average middle 6 winger. Need more out of a top-10 pick if you're going to build mostly though the draft- Looking like a miss JJ Peterka - Developed into a pretty good offensive player but wanted out after 3 years. Netted Kesselrig who could be a solid addition and Doan who has been good so far - Hit 2021 Owen Power - Was pretty much the consensus #1 in a weak draft. But so far, it isn't looking good. Yes, defensemen take longer to develop, but he's now in his fourth full season and I struggle to identify one thing he's good at. Maybe he's a really late bloomer. Maybe he's a victim of lousy coaching. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Right jow it isn't looking good - Miss (though to be fair, nobody from that draft is anywhere near worthy of being your typical #1 overall) Isak Rosen - Has 1 point in 15 NHL games and hasn't looked like he belongs when he's played. Not looking good - Miss 4 second and third rounders have failed to reach the NHL 2022 Matthew Savoie - #9 overall, played 1 game in Buffalo then was traded for Ryan MacLeod. MacLeod was good last year, has been bad this year. He's probably best suited as a third line Centerman and penalty killer. Serviceable player, but a team relying so heavily on drafting needs to get more from a #9 pick - Miss Noah Östlund - Hasn't scored a point in 12 NHL games. There's still time for him, but you'd hope a guy picked #16 three years ago woukdnat least be contributing something at this point - Miss Jiri Kulich - He shows flashes of being a good hockey player, but also disappears for long stretches. What they've got from him isn't bad for a late first - Hit Second and third round pick haven't reached the NHL. 2023 Zach Benson - I love watching him play. He brings it every shift and is developing into a pretty decent playmaker. He needs to develop a better shot and score more goals. Given he was thrown in the frying pan at 18, not much to complain about here - Hit 2 seconds and a third haven't reached the NHL. 2024 Konsta Helenius - too early to say here. Second and third haven't reached the NHL. 2025 not gonna go too much into this as it's way too early. Adam's has made 9 first round selections. None have developed into stars (yet). I'd say Benson and Kulich are his best picks. Quinn is teetering on bust territory. Power is nowhere near good enough. He traded a top-10 pick in Savoie for a third liner on a good team. Östlund and Rosen have contributed nothing. The only second or third rounder who has reached the NHL is Peterka from back in 2020. That's horrible for a team whose whole philosophy has been to build its foundation from within. Good GMs find guys in the mid-late first and second/third rounds. He's found Kulich. That's it. He has failed. Fire Adams.

They won 8/9 at the end of March into early April.

Yeah. Korpi faced a lot of shots but I don't recall many (if any?) saves that were particularly challenging.

Another Cliché: The fish rots from the head. Lousy owner --> Incompetent GM --> Lousy coaches --> rotting sea bass on the ice. The situation isn't improving until Terry gets a serious hockey person in here to run the org from the top down. Sadly, Terry has to pick that hockey person.

Tage is a piker; Skinner was 33. Tage might get there if he stays with the Sabres, though.

Dahlin. I was helping my daughter with her algebra homework and half watching. This team keeps finding new ways to lose. Fire Adams.

Same Old Sabres™

Was that Power???

Now they ice the puck. In OT. Good Lord.

Another OT. Yay.

What an idiotic penalty. JFC

MOTHERTUCHER

That's another thing. He's so sold on "his guys" and the idea the top FA's won't come to Buffalo that he doesn't even try. He has consistently failed to supplement the talent we do have. Maybe top FA's don't want to come here, but I don't want a GM that buys that. Get somebody in here with the BALLS and vision to try.

The whole Adams plan was an insane boom or bust risk. They've spent years drafting these skill guys and it isn't paying off, be it because the player just isn't that good or the coaching sucks. Guys like Rosen and Östlund should be contributing something by now. Kulich has his moments but also disappears for long stretches. Not to mention handing out long/pricey extensions to guys before they really earned them. He went all in on his "process" and it is objectively failing.

A large part of that was that insanely hot couple of games (two in a row, I think?). Outside of that, it's looked really bad overall.

The fact that Matty Ellis still has a job here shows that this isn't a serious hockey organization.

I know it's only October, but sell me that this isn't the Same Old Sabres™. Lacking in top-6 forward talent Uninspired, disjointed blue line Lousy power play Poorly coached Get outworked on the boards regularly Refuse to go to or put butts in front of the net It's the same ***** every single year under Adams.

Hope this isn't Lyon regressing to the mean. Add lousy goaltending to the rest of this mess and it could get really U-G-L-Y.

This team never prospers for long.

DAHLIN

Sabres power play

Fortunate Mitts still has a popcorn fart shot.