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Happy Birthday? What does everyone think about PECA as potential candidate?

I think Thompson is not a center. The draws are a problem enough but he is so out of position in our own zone. Could be coaching like rest of our defensive effort, but jury is still out on if TT is a center. Cozens might be. again the coaching is an issue, but feel better that he might be a center. We need to sign a good center this offseason who can actually win draws.

also leads league in fewest hits per minute played. Tied for 2nd for softest defenseman in front of own net. He has taken massive step back this year. if you are being serious, no take you ever make going forward can be taken seriously

Sabres rated number one. Boston last. Would love to see specifics around sabres prospects. I can share Athletic specifics later tonight

all evidence points to him being a poor coach. Why do you think he is decent?

If only....

we need four new players that are tough to play against and hold their teammates accountable. we are soft as marshmallows. Agree with most of OP. Power needs some coaching. All our D does. We have no plan in d zone. Power needs fewer minutes and a concentration on D zone. With RD and BB now, he will not see the PP.

Murray was not considered up and comer. Somehow dazzled in interview. He was alcoholic as well. If any investigation was done that would have come up... When i asked a scout about him in Tampa when he was hired he said he drinks. A lot. Botts hired Kruger and never overcame that.

The amount of money lost as owner of sabres leaves him not caring. That is the heart of the matter. Losing 10 to 20 million, or more, a year before COVID hit. I don't think he is bad guy, he is just tired of losing that much money. He has received terrible advice over the years that he has chosen to follow. He has hired awful hockey executives who have made the team worse year after year. He needs an experienced hockey person good at organizational building as president of sabres. Revamp all the facets of hockey department. Instead he hired a COO for bills/sabres who cannot help the products. I fear for future of Sabres. Not sure how they stay long term. Economics of Buffalo are bad, and population is dropping. People not attending games for good reason.

Those forwards have taken a massive step back this year with the Granato. If you think he deserves credit for improvement he deserves the blame for the falling play. DC was a 5 to start last year and maybe got to a seven by end of year. He is at best a five now. Krueger was right about skinner. We will not make playoffs with him on team taking up ice time and loafing around. As long as he is here players know there is no need to give max effort. The team has no plan when a game starts. No preparation for the team they are playing. He is terrible at matching lines to the point where i don't think he considers it. Our Dman look like they are not coached at all. No gap control, if there is a defensive zone coverage system, then it changes every shift. Power play is the same thing every game and easy to plan for. He must go. His replacement must be a disciplinarian type coach.

Tuch has played... a lot like Skinner. Leaves zone too early, plays on perimeter, not physical etc... We need guys in room holding others accountable. Have given up hope this coach will ever do that.

he is not a poor back checker, he is a non existent back checker. Our dman struggle with the puck in our zone due to skinner, and others, leaving the zone and not giving options. He is a bad guy, bad player and we have zero chance of making playoffs next year if he is on team. Only thing Kruger got right was Skinner is a dog and should not play. Worst signing in history of Sabres. Worse than Leino. Hopefully they have made decision to buy him out and that is why they are dropping him in lineup. With Quinn back, he should not dress so he does not get hurt and screw up the buyout.

Krebs make little money and plays below avg ice time amount. Skinner is high paid and a negative every time he is on ice. He needs to be bought out after this year. We work under an internal cap anyway and this will not keep us from spending more money.

me too. Sad he passed away. poor one out....

you might be only person outside him family who thinks he is a very good player

We have all watched him play. No one will trade for him at even 50%. He is deficient in all areas of the game except cheating to score an occasional goal. Bad on power play, cant kill penalties, does not compete, is not tough, never in own zone long enough to be considered bad. He scores when on bad teams and is a bad guy to have around. One of the few things Kruger got right was benching him.

We will never win with him. Horrible influence on team as he floats around and competes when he feels like. These numbers are Palatable

this is a good trade. Was hoping for it. Byrom >>>>> Mitts.

I think this is a certainty. As of a couple years ago sabres had lost 300 million since he purchased team. That number has only gone up with no line of sight to either profitability nor winning. Lord help us when he passes away. Not sure there is an angel owner to keep team in buffalo. Not one fortune 500 company HQ'd in Buffalo. Population dropping fast. Taxes going up. Houston Sabres? KC Sabres. Would rather keep sabres than bills...

the only sabre who is untouchable is Dahlin. Everyone should be on table except him.

pathetic to lock the skinner thread.

This article makes it sound like he is multiple all star. He plays way too much on perimeter. This idea that he is tough is silly. "Los Angeles Kings center Quinton Byfield tried to intimidate one of the Sabres’ defensemen last week, only to be shoved so hard by Greenway that Byfield moved several feet toward the Kings’ bench. When rookie winger Zach Benson was hit from behind Wednesday night in Montreal, Greenway delivered a viscous cross-check to put the Canadiens on notice." Evidence he is tough is shoving a guy and a cross check. That does not make you tough. When we play tough teams like Islanders and Carolina, where is he? Where is he when teams target Dahlin? If one produces at his level, in order to be tough one must fight more than 8 times in a career. He is not tough, intimidates no one, does not produce and does not fight. He is a good penalty killer? He has 9 goals on the year. 9 goals on a bad team.

and krebs gets to play with him and we criticize krebs.

it is sickening. watch Granato press conferences. He kisses their butts. Says their names back to them when they ask question. They do not challenge him when he says BS.

watched Yzerman whole career. He was clueless in defensive zone till bowman. He focused on it so much he was not scoring for a couple months. Whole team fed off of Yzerman sacrificing offense for D though. Started scoring again as part of team instead of his individual skills.