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Remember when Tage was the next Mario Lemuix and Kevin Adams didn’t remind me of a giant, overgrown baby every time I see his face? We don’t often appreciate the good times when we’re in them…

Yeah I thought he got hooked but no, just fanned on it

Tage got hooked there

Benson isn’t allowed to generate a penalty against our opponent until his mustache fills in. So in 2027 hopefully

Greta points yeah. God I miss those guys

Nice yeah I definitely remember that we were basically on the forefront of the new NHL post lockout and took advantage of the new rules. But then kind of got bogged down in the playoffs. At least I think 06-07 run when they allowed more clutching and grabbing again. Unless I’m misremembering.

They must all play call of duty or something

Can anyone with a better memory detail a bit for me what the difference between the team we’ve been trying to build over the last five years or so versus the team that was built going into the lockout year and then after in 2005 - 2006? Why was that team different? What were the differences in approach? I have a few ideas, but I’m curious if anybody has really thought it through. I just absolutely loved the blend of youth, veteran leadership, grit, speed goaltending, and balance that those teams had. I can literally remember every single guy on an individual basis. I have the panoramic picture plaques of the whole team standing together for both of those years. Why did the rebuild from the Hasek teams work then versus what has failed so miserably now?

I genuinely wonder if they will ever get past taking at least 3 to 4 dumb totally unnecessary penalties every game

Seeing as how Dylan just finished puberty and Benson just started, I’m targeting 2034. 2033 if we add a little juice to their water bottles.

Not even getting a clear shot on a two on one that open is just classic Sabres mediocrity.

Damn. Early first goal is a guaranteed L for us. They forget that they aren’t supposed to then take the rest of the game off. Have a good night everyone.

Yeah I really enjoy the Bills players segments win or loss. But I’ve gotten to where I’ll watch Lindy here and there maybe a short interview w UPL or someone but basically never listen to any of the players talk to media. To me it’s just like what are you gonna say? I honestly don’t care what they have to say, which makes me sad.

The way he talks and acts and how he specifically talked about these deals really sounded like he thought he was gaming the system. That no one else had ever thought of trying this. His fatal flaw is his arrogance imo. Instead of executing a tried and true rebuild process with tangible steps of progress to achieve, he went for an ultra risky dynasty build. It really comes down to the whole walk before you can run thing. He didn’t have experience as a general manager, and instead of deferring to more experienced smarter people who had shown the path to rebuilding a franchise, he tries to build some dynasty. Now we are literally anchored even worse than before. I hope I’m wrong, but Adams may have caused the most damage of any of our general managers throughout this entire drought. That’s a really scary thought.

I thought that a really telling thing he said early on regarding Samuelson and one other person it might’ve been Joker— basically said he’s still trying to figure them out. I thought it was interesting to hear the tone he said that with. What he was referring to clearly was just not understanding how they could be so lackadaisical so frequently, also lacking effort consistently. You can tell he just doesn’t understand these younger players as far as how do you not show up ready to play your last game every night. Especially when you’re in your early to mid 20s. I think he is hamstrung pretty badly with some of these contracts or else he would sit a lot of these guys or just force them to get shipped out. Also why he constantly praises Benson because he’s the only young guy we have who plays like an NHL player should.

Not that we didn’t know it at the time, but the risk of signing all these young guys to massive longterm deals to ‘get a better rate’ was obscenely risky. The outcome we’re dealing with was the most likely one. Great idea to hand out Rob Johnson contracts to kids like hot cakes, Kevin.

Wtf is Kulich thinking with some of these passes

I really enjoyed the Panthers’ runs the last two years. How I’d love to see the Sabres built.

Everybody have a great rest of your day, I’m going to take a drive and enjoy the rest of this beautiful weather, cruise up to Amelia Arena in Tampa and most likely drive straight into the biggest palm tree outside. I’ll let you know if I get to hockey heaven, and if I do, I’ll inform them that they gave Terry the wrong address. See you on the other side. P.S. I am (probably) joking.

Rob Ray — “ honestly Dan, not a bad effort from the guys today. Look they’re still young. They were probably out late last night pounding Appletinis” — “Mocktails for Benson” *laughter* Rob — “ very good point Dan. So what I was saying overall pretty good effort, not the result we’re hoping for obviously but it’s a young team. I think we all know there’s some growing pains here. Sorry I gotta jet, Dan. Terry just let me know I need to return my zip up to the Sabres store.”

Heck yeah! That’s what I want out of my number one overall defenseman! Points

There’s still a tiny part of me that wakes up every morning thinking Jay McKee’s shin is not going to be ravaged by staph infection and we’re going to close out Rod the Schnoz and company in style en route to a sweep of the oilers. Be honest guys… am I grasping at straws here?

I actually live surrounded by palm trees. This is the first time in over 10 years that I’ve even thought about palm trees. So thank you Kevin for making me appreciate living in a prime destination for young hockey stars.

I’ve refused to shave mine since the hockey gods stole our Stanley cup in 05’-06’ I look like Gandalf now

No, I’m fully on board that it’s the whole coaching staff. I was very excited about Lindy that coming back for the sole purpose of instilling accountability with this team. I don’t think Lindy was my first choice, but once the decision was made, this was the only thing I was happy about because I knew that he would not play players who weren’t playing the right way. I was incorrect.