LabattBlue

Is your name doohickie? :doh:

That has also crossed my mind. Pominville, Vanek, and Miller are all in the same boat with contracts ending after next season.

Define "solid playoff position"? :rolleyes:

I have parked in that lot under the Elm St. ramp on Exchange for years. Then when they allowed street parking on Exchange I would park there when I get there early enough. Then there are people who promote where there is free parking, and I end up back in the lot. :cry:

Big difference between fans wanting them to lose and end up with the number 1 pick(no guarantees with the lottery), and asking if the Sabres are intentionally losing, which is ridiculous.

I have no interest in Kessel, but Myers complete game is a trainwreck right now, not just what you described above. In addition to the problems you stated, he is playing hot potato with the puck, he has no offensive game at all, and no physical play. I consider it a plus when he is staying on his skates nowadays.

For my friends in Rochester, any thoughts on Brian Flynn? Seems to be having a decent rookie season. Played four years of college hockey and is already 24. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=116630

That was me. :D

My point wasn't so much that we should have kept Boyes, it was more to illustrate the lack of production from a large group of the current forward ranks.

Sabres are 14th in the conference. :angry:

Saw this on another site... Jhonas Enroth was 16-4-2 in his first 22 decisions in the NHL. In his last 17 decisions, he's 1-12-4. WTF! :censored:

Brad Boyes - 9 GP, 3 Goals Foligno, Stafford, Ott, Grigorenko, Hecht, Kaleta, Gerbe, Scott, Ellis, McCormick - 81 GP, 3 Goals

PP? Faceoffs? Losing by 2 goals after 40 minutes? No physical play? Goaltending?

A 1-5-1 record will do that to all fans of all teams. I'll say this, if the Sabres miss the playoffs again, and his play continues to be up and down,I'm all for trading Miller in the off-season. Sign a goalie in the offseason to compete with Enroth, draft a goalie in the 1st or 2nd round, and hope you can find your next starter from the group of Makarov, Ullmark, 2013 draftee, and to a much much lesser extent...Leggio, Knapp, or Liewen.

Can it be much worse than what has been witnessed recently?

No need to be sarcastic. Just throwing it out there. Like I said maybe I was misreading the comment.

What is up with the coach giving you the tap on the shoulder to go on the ice next and you tell him "no". Is this a sign of a rift between Vanek and Ruff? Maybe I am misreading this, but when the coach tells you to go on the ice, you go...even if it is "Coach for Life" and you are sick of his BS. :rolleyes: http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130204/SPORTS/130209697 On Saturday in Montreal, Ruff shut down Vanek’s line for a while “because their numbers were way up after two periods,” the coach said. “ … I called Thomas once tonight and he didn’t want to go because he thought he’d be up with his line next. I was trying to double-shift him in another case. They’ve played a lot of minutes in a lot of situations.”

I was at the game yesterday, and was so disgusted by the performance that I didn't post in this thread yesterday. That's all I've got on this game.

Not unheard of for a rookie to struggle. So they just play Leggio for the rest of the season? Like I said, sounds a lot like Lindy.

I could buy into that.

Connor Knapp has not seen a single minute of action since 12/22(15 straight games for Leggio). I guess Rolston has been schooled in how to mismanage the goalie rotation by "Coach for Life". So much for Sabres University. I guess Knapp has been in detention for the last month and a half.

The Sabre paid him big money for his SHOT, but they can't figure out how to get him in a position on the PP to be the trigger man. That one is on the coaches.

:lol:

They weren't elite when Quinny made the claim, and they are even further from that statement now. Numerous draft picks spent on defensemen(Myers, Sekera, Weber, Brennan, Persson, Scheistel, McNabb, MacKenzie, Feinhage, Gragnani, Butler, Pysyk, etc..), ones brought in via F/A(Ehrhoff & Leopold), others brought in via trade(Regehr & Rivet), and this team still sucks in their own end. They excel at NOTHING. Not skating the puck out of their own end, offensive contributions, play in their own zone, physical play, and on and on and on. One 4 goal period masks the problems, we all get excited, and then a 6-1 pasting at the hands of the mediocre Montreal team.

You better not be talking about "Coach for Life"? His supporters will not be happy with you. :doh: