HumanSlinky39

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.

In a vacuum, I'm not a huge fan of bringing Lindy back. But I'd take him over Granato and crew without putting any thought into it.

Seems like this outfit values a pleasant workplace over on-ice success. Meatballs and his crew will be back next year because everyone really, really likes them.

Is it, though?

Yeah, when Lindy was behind the bench.

Doubt it does. But how many times this year have we got our head kicked in by a team on the back of a back-to-back?