HumanSlinky39

I actually bought the hype and was thinking playoffs before this season started. By mid-November, I knew I'd been hoodwinked. By Early December, well...

*Fart Noise*

Tage closing the season strong, so we have that going for us, which is nice.

Can't wait to run it all back next season with Granato so we can hang around the outer margins of the playoffs race, but not be a real threat to get in because the team lacks the ability to put together any kind of real winning streaks and no-shows 40-50% of their games. Gonna be great!

Another no-show by the Sabres. Shocking.

Nice win, but it's too little, too late. Yeah, there are token odds we could sneak in, but it'll take a miracle. Where was consistent effort for 90% of the season? As could be predicted the games they no-showed the first four months of the season have come home to roost. Just win, I guess, and let the chips fall where they may. I still say this team won't sniff the playoffs with Granato and his gang of goofs. They need a coach with a pedigree to push them, not a "good guy." Anyway, five games left. If there's one true positive out of this season it's that we appear to have a legit goalie. If Levi can get on track, he and UPL should steal some games for them. How odd that goaltending has turned into our strength.

MOTHERTUCHER

TNT

Balls.

Oh, they show up and show out occasionally. Don't worry, next game they'll be a listless tub of goo again.

PETERKA

Sabres on the power play.

Skinner, Girgensons, Olofsson (HUGE mistake not trading him this past summer when he was coming off of a 28 goal season), Jost, and Comrie should all be on their way out the door. I'd say good chance the last four are not here next season, not so sure they buy out Skinner and I don't think it would be easy to find a trade partner for him unless we eat some of his salary...which if it's less than his buyout, maybe they go that route. He can still get you 30 goals/60 points, so maybe somebody looking for a scoring boost takes the bait.

Take a look at the player Sam became when he got shipped out. Linus Ullmark goes to a team with a winning culture and a sound system and wins a Vezina. The list goes on...

It's largely coaching IMO. How have so many players' performances fallen right off a cliff this season? Did everybody just have career seasons last year? All in the same season? Power can play. He showed it for long stretches last season, and briefer glimpses this. I don't think he has anybody pushing him right now. He doesn't have a coach getting on his ass for mistakes. He's still a kid, he needs to be molded. What these guys have is a country club. Nobody is getting on their ***** for nimrod mistakes. Nobody is getting on their ass for just gliding around the ice for long stretches...or entire ***** games. Too many games this season we've seen a team that looked either disinterested or scared. Get a good, experienced hard-nosed coach in here like Gallant or Berube, or (God willing) Brind'Amour, and watch these guys bounce back and play into May next year.

It would be so goddamned refreshing to hear a coach just say "we sucked. There's no excuses, we sucked and it starts with me. I've failed utterly this season." But nope, we get ***** platitudes game in and game out.

Pride? I don't think it's about pride. I think it's about indifference. I don't get the impression he gives a frog's fat ass about the Sabres.

Me dreaming about a coach that could actually install an NHL-worthy system, hold players accountable, and actually...I don't know...coach these guys, then realizing we have Dumb and Dumber making that call:

Makeup?

Pegula doesn't give a *****.

No pride. No fight. No heart. This team needs an enema.

Fire Matty Ellis into the sun.

These guys STINK.