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Tippett was available, as was Sutter.

How about instead of trying to fill the leadership void with declining veterans you hire an experienced head coach who can lead these young kids the way they need to be lead.

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Rookie head coaches leading an extremely young inexperienced group is a bad combination.

Depends if he plays pp1 or pp2. Is Sheary a pp guy?

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I wonder how much of the Housley hire was directed by Pegula vs Botterill. My gut tells me Pegula already had Housley pegged before he even hired Botterill. The Housley hire just screams Sabres fanboy. He was the name that kept coming up amongst the fans, when in reality, any experienced hockey professional would've realized (based on Housley's lack of experience) that he simply wasn't ready for the job. At the time of the hire I thought it was a mistake and feel they should've given Housley the head coaching job in Rochester and brought in somebody with more experience to lead this young team. I would've preferred somebody like Dave Tippett or Darryl Sutter, instead you had the blind leading the blind. And here we are.

They need leadership from the players but more importantly the head coach. They also need players who take pride in their ability to defend.

I'm praying he's an immediate upgrade over Larsson.

The problem is Peterman and/or McCarron won't last more than 1 or 2 games behind this O-Line. They only guy that would is no longer on the team. They only way any of these 3 stay healthy is if they establish a running game and get the ball out quickly.

I understand the sympathy for Murphy, but there are plenty of former NHL players who took lots of hits and didn't end up homeless druggies. Murphy's appearance suggests he's a meth addict. That's unfortunate but that's on him, not the league. He made some bad decisions and put himself in this situation.... which is terrible.

Why hasn't there been a way to get rid of Moulson or Bogo? Other GM's seem to find a way, why can't ours?

It sounds Okposo feels he still has some growing up to do. “He’s a very special talent. I’d just like to see him put his head down and work,” Okposo said. “You’ve got to let those emotions out sometimes, but I think his work ethic comes first.”

I don't want to get into this again. Bottom line is... going into 17-18 with a new modern style headcoach, some new D, new bottom sixers, a healthy Eichel, etc... all arrows were pointing up for a team that finished with 78 and 81 points the previous 2 seasons under the abomination that was Dan Bylsma. Instead they got worse by 20 points.... but somehow, someway Housley had nothing to do with that... in fact you go so far as to say that was the plan. Trust me.... dropping like a stone by 20 points to the league basement was never part of any plan. Housley had no command of this team, he let locker room issues fester, and talent go to waste.... who exactly improved under Housley last season? EVERYBODY was worse, having career worse year... Reinhart with what 15 points through the first 40 games or so? It was only after Reinhart said "screw it" and decided to start playing his own game (watch his exist interview) that he turned his season around. That's a direct indictment of the coach IMO. And then all we hear in exit interviews is how every player needs to be better and improve this summer, like it was all the players faults... that's the tail wagging the dog. PUtting a first time rookie head coach behind the bench with this young immature group was a massive mistake, and one that will continue to play itself out this season I'm afraid. They needed an experienced veteran coach to come in, take control, put all their ego's in check and get them pulling in the same direction... there were absolutely no signs of that at any point last season. Why anybody thinks this season will be any different is beyond me. Housley was a great player, he's probably (I don't know him personally) a great upstanding guy too. That doesn't mean he'll be any good as a coach... in fact, it's more likey that great players flop as head coaches because things that made them great came naturally to them and they can't relate to the average player and his struggles. He went from coaching high school to NHL assistant to head coach. He's in way over his head and as a fan I'm not patient enough to wait 4 or 5 years for him to figure it out.

He can't just snap his whip and fix everything. The players need to respect him.... and I'm not talking about player-to-player respect.... it has to be coach-player type of respect where they're skating through walls for him. Unfortunately, I don't see him as that type of coach... good guy tho.

I disagree about last season. They were set up to contend for a playoff spot and feel woefully short of that goal, languishing at the bottom of the standings for the ENTIRE season. They didn't even make a run at any point during the year. Huge failure for Housley with Botterill slamming doors and whatnot. Phil has to be on a very short leash this season. They have the pieces, he needs to make it work or they need to move on before the young talent becomes spoiled.

He has a point. This reflects poorly on Coach Phil. Hopefully he doesn't alienate Mr. Franchise in the same way.

Correct. I've been part of terrible teams with very likable popular goaltenders... I've also been part of great teams with goalies that nobody ever spoke a word to. It's more important that, as a player, you trust your goaltender instead of simply liking him for who he is.

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I too prefer Anchor Bar over Duff's, but Bar Bill trumps them all. Never had a bad experience at Anchor Bar. Wings always big and meaty, flavorful, plenty of thick chunky blue cheese and celery. Not a huge fan of their pizza tho.

The Dutch Mill was (is?) in Lancaster. They also had the best sherbet I've ever had... the orange sherbet, unreal on a hot day. Triple chocolate ice cream, chocolate ice cream, with chocolate syrup and chocolate chips. Butterscotch as well with real butterscotch chunks. Just stuff you can't find these days. Anyway, they also had a comic book stand by the register, filled with Archie comics. I'd stand there reading comics while my Dad paid the bill. If I was lucky he'd buy me and my sister a pack of bazooka. Sunday ritual... except when it dumped a few feet on the south towns in the winter. In fact, IIRC, they closed during the winter back then for a few months? Friday's during Lent was Scharf's in West Seneca... Never was a big fan of fish fry's as a kid, but best potato pancakes I've ever had.

They sell their own wing sauce i think