JP51

Agreed 100% you need to try to be this bad it doesn't happen by fluke

Followed by poutine right before the game to ensure they are sluggish and sh÷t themselves

Lol seriously it is not possible to be this inept unless it's on purpose. You literally have a better chance at winning Power Ball than not making the playoffs in the NHL 14 years in a row... it has to be on purpose... even if they used Athlon sports mock drafts they would be in better shape

If Pegula Pegulas this it's gonna be an internal yes man like Forton or Karomanos promoting Matt Ellis or Appert to HC at somepoint and we are in the abyss for another 7 to 10 years.... i think he hates us and enjoys ripping our souls out.... if he doesn't hate us and really wants to try to improve he is still Pegula and will look to hire Drury of he is fired

Totally agree with this they gave Lindy a pig and a tube of lipstick and said make me a super model...

And Adams and Pegula said... hold my beer

Not even close it's gonna get way worse I think wait till the players completely give up Pegula does nothing and the rest of the NHL starts to get nasty positioning for the playoffs

Adams is such a weasel i wouldn't put it past him... but in the end if after what he has seen this is acceptable to Pegula there is no one that can help him

💯 lol

Where is idemo?

Exactly

Ok... this is really not likely... however, just interested from a speculation standpoint... what/who would you trade to get McDavid that Edmonton would accept. Like literally, Dahlin, Thompson, and 3 1sts? Like what do you think it would take.

I dont care if they do or dont tbh I just dont think it is in the history of the NHL to do it... and I think at least at first it would start a lot of fights lol... I think the Foligno leap was the most expansive celebration out side of Tie Domi riding his stick... but I do think he got challenged for that one..

Work with me I was trying to remain composed even keeled and understated LOL ...

Excellent take... I have a bit more pointed opinion towards the Front office and their ineptitude... bottom line Credibility needs to be rebuilt to attract players, Terry can start with not taking on Soccer Execs and Marketing Majors to run the team... starting with a POHO and a GM who has won, drafting needs to include players who play hockey, not figure skaters that can score, or another Dman that can rush the puck, there needs to be balance in the mix of players, and yes trades... after you get the current FO out and a competent FO with a vision has a chance to assess... No trading when you are in a prone position of absolute weakness by a GM whose vision is not a competent one, who doesnt believe in our region (despite the fact he is from here) and just had a hissy fit because he is feeling the pressure... No good can come of that.... this year to me is another waste... get a new regime in here... let them use the last half of the season to try to improve and assess.... then make competent moves that align with a competent vision when you are not so desperate with a GM trying to save his job.

Yes but I occasionally witnessed Risto initiate physical contact... I am not sure I have ever seen power not curl up in the fetal position at the prospect of getting hit and doing a little canadian turn when its his turn to engage... He is Mike Wilson who is worse defensively.

I used to think baby steps but after that press conference it was more like "no one puts baby in the corner"

Nevermind I get it now... you are saying I have hated our drafting so why would I want Darcy to get 4 1st rd picks instead of keeping Vanek... i would say I liked Vanek as a scorer I never thought he was a leader and was one dimensional. At the time Edmonton was bad and we weren't in a 14 year death spiral. I believed the very high picks that Vanek would have gotten us would help rebuild/re tool the team more than Vanek would have after losing Drury and Briere... you disagree fine plenty did ... but others agreed... bottom line we will never know. But I do know that that year started us on our way to this death spiral .... i think also I hated the way Drury and Briere were handled even before and leading up to their contracts by Darcy and ownership

This is not an unfair assessment... not gonna lie... but I did not like him... and also dont forget Rigas was even worse than Golisano... I think I hated him because he didnt find a way to retain Briere and Drury and then matched the Vanek offer instead of taking the 4 1st round picks from Edmonton which would have been a gold mine.

Indeed he is... but I suspect you already knew that LOL....

This I agree with... I think people want him to sell because they dont believe he will do this (what you said)... as well as they dont believe he wont interfere... but the bottom line is he is an owner with extensive resources... if that is his role in the organization and he eradicates the FO and brings in competent people including an extremely credible POHO that would begin the process of restoration of reputation and a GM that is highly competent then that works for me... but as long as he recycles the incestuous failing FO and internally precipitates the stench that is this organization to right the ship... the failure will continue and get much worse...

We are one loss closer to the inevitable exit of KA... may take 10 more seasons of losses... but we are 1 closer... baby steps...

I think I have a better chance of dunking a basketball on a 12 foot net while giving you a piggy back ride than ROR comes back to the Sabres assuming he has a no trade clause... if he doesnt he literally might retire or refuse to report. He escaped the abyss of eternal stench I cannot see him coming back to it... ever.... like even when they play the Sabres in Buffalo he might be a volunteer scratch LOL...

Literally back to Reiger who I hated... when have we drafted a superstar and the very few who are we have traded away and are worse as a team because we have.... and its not even in the 1st round... just over all, where are the players in rds 2 thru 5 that make that serious impact... other teams do it... we have not done it in decades at least in any meaningful way.

I get what you are saying... but over a 1/3 of the way into the season I think they need to have an amazing finish to the season to get 59 points in in 53 games...I am realistically thinking that this is a 70pt team at best... but you never know..