That Aud Smell

He might feel like Audette-value to you? But those are extremely different players.

this made me chuckle. i'm just saying: indisputably top-6 NHL forward declines to re-sign with (hometown) team ... that would suck.

even without two (or more?) of their star players, the Panthers will almost certainly sh1t pump the Sabres with their trademark relentless and heavy style of play.

I'm not quite that old but I crossed paths with Dan several times during his post-football days (when he was a lawyer in private practice). RIP.

Christ. Losing Tuch for a discounted, in-season trade return would be such a stomach punch. Strike that, actually. It would be a forceful steel-toe boot kick in the ribs. A stomach punch would suggest that, as a hockey fan, I'm still standing. I'm not. I'm more laying on the ground in a vaguely fetal position. I would not blame the guy one bit for not re-signing here.

Dude's being asked to do too much. It feels like a familiar story from the Sabres over the past ~15+ years. Third liners being asked to be second or even first liners, third pairing or 7-D being asked to be a second pairing guy.

This sort of question has been posed before -- specifically here and generally elsewhere. From the standpoint of typing a post to a message board on a weekday morning, I can feel that desire for the current enterprise to just totally fall apart -- let them get outshot 42-18 by effin' Ottawa, let the full weight of the failure come crashing down on Adams' (and Pegula's) heads. But once warmups start, once the puck drops, I want them to win. Full stop. There's a silo effect, imo.

... is the incredible depth of lowness the reason why the Sabres had to sign that castaway/cast-off goalie (Georgiev (sp?)) to an NHL contract rather than a PTO? the agent said: "Buffalo?! Pffff. Okay. But not a PTO. An actual contract." Because what other team would have signed a guy under those circumstances to anything other than a PTO?

this particular Sabres team has the potential to be historically awful. so many floaters and danglers. and the going's already gotten tough. it will get tougher still. i presume captain sour puss is already looking for his exit strategy.

Um, what?

Interesting conversation here on Sabres Twitter. Among other things, Geersten’s installation seems to suggest that Lindy’s lost his grip on coaching in the modern NHL.

This is why I’m still hoping Adams is fired and the franchise starts over. And this is why I don’t hold out much hope for the success of whoever succeeds Adams.

I saw a quote in a report from someone with Boston who said something to the effect of “what are they DOING in buffalo, man?!” … because Adams needed to mother may I Joki for a 4th. It seems to signal the worst kind of meddling: Largely uninvolved and uninformed, but wants a say in everything just the same.

i think it's normal or even standard for a 6/7 d-man to get traded for a 4th rounder without one GM saying to his counterpart “let me first clear this with my owner.”

What about that line from the Jokihajru (sp) trade where an anonymous source was like “Adams had to call Terry for clearance on this deal — what are we doing in Buffalo, folks.”

fu.k outta here with the poster slap fights. the team stinks out loud.

Does the NHL do relegation?

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Can’t watch yet. I see 1 SOG through 10+ minutes? It’s gonna be a loooonnnng season.

huh?

This franchise isn’t cursed by the hockey gods. This franchise is afflicted by its current FO’s and owner’s collective incompetence.

I can’t recall being this bummed out, this quickly, by a Sabres team. Let’s Go Buffalo.