Tage on The Cam and Stuck Podcast - Talks Buffalo and the hit that nobody responded to

[Mr. Allen]

29 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Bennett is a tough player because he plays a hard game checking players all over the place. He's a full throttle player whenever he hops over the boards. The fighting is a distracting sideshow. I'm aware that most people don't agree with me on this issue. As far as I'm concerned, fighting should be banned, or the instigator should be given 25 minutes in the box and be required to sit there until the penalty time is finished. I'm confident that this is a minority view. If you want to watch fighting, then go to a MMA match. 

Sorry.  I was agreeing with you.  I don’t think fighting and toughness go hand in hand

[Gatorman0519]

Another bad year and Him and Dahlin are goners. We are probably the worst franchise in modern history. It is crucial we make significant progress this year or the franchise will be clearly in a death spiral if we are not already. 

[ska-T Palmtown]

1 minute ago, Gatorman0519 said:

Another bad year and Him and Dahlin are goners. We are probably the worst franchise in modern history. It is crucial we make significant progress this year or the franchise will be clearly in a death spiral if we are not already. 

To be fair (although it is football), the Bills had a 17-year drought and the Sabres are currently tied with the J-E-T-S at 14 for the longest active streak. I honestly don't see the Jests ending theirs this year, so here's to hoping the Sabres can!

[JohnC]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said:

Sorry.  I was agreeing with you.  I don’t think fighting and toughness go hand in hand

I was aware that we are in accord. Sometimes it seems that the fight crowd is more interested in dropping gloves than scoring goals. We need more Zucker type players who battle around the net and score the hard goals. That’s where the focus should be.

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

Clearly, if we are 7th in fighting majors they aren’t related in the way most folks would relate them.

To me, it seems like our fighting majors are a reaction to teams taking advantage of our soft play.  Its a poorly developed line if thought on my part, but I suspect we’d have fewer fighting majors if we were harder to play against.  We play soft, some opponent takes advantage of it, then someone ill-equipped for fighting drops the gloves as a reaction.  Ultimately, it is our soft play that drives it, I think.

Or maybe its just the jade colored glasses I see this team through.

Thanks for bringing that up.  Was going to say something to that effect but got caught in a meeting.  

Not that any teams nowadays send fighters out to set the tone or change the momentum, but the Sabres fights ALL seem as being reactionary to somebody having had significant liberties taken and none of them, with the possible exception of Krebs who is a bantam weight at best, seem to have the slightest idea of what they should be doing in a fight.

And, if the Sabres weren't getting liberties taken against them, they'd never be in any fights.  (Which wouldn't actually be a bad thing.  Don't need to see Thompson nor Tuch out for 3 weeks with a broken hand from punching somebody's visor.)  Because it seems NOBODY EVER starts a fight because a Sabre took liberties against somebody else's teammate.

[Thorny]

On 6/18/2025 at 11:16 AM, dudacek said:

Since no one else has mentioned it:

Tage Thompson loves him some Donnie Granato.

Tage Thompson considers Jeff Skinner one of his best friends and favourite linemates ever

Tage Thompson knows some people think Jack Eichel is a ***** but says he was always good to him, and that he admires and looks up to Jack.

 

Edited Thursday at 11:46 PM by Thorny

[PromoTheRobot]

On 6/17/2025 at 6:05 PM, CallawaySabres said:

It just reveals what we already know....this team is full of coasters who don't want to get their hands dirty and put in the work. It will be sooner than later when Tage adds his name to the list of people who will demand out of here. 

I started to think that it would be best to relocate for a year if you knew you could get a brand new team after the 2025 season. Either that or trade Dahlin, Tuch, Peterka and Tuch and start with a whole new group. It can't get any worse than it is now and maybe the next group will offer entertaining hockey once in a while. 

Forget about NHL ever coming back. AHL? Those franchises are getting harder to acquire. ECHL definitely. They'd come to Buffalo. 1,000 fans at KBC...maybe. They can tarp off the upper deck. Buffalo would be the biggest city with the best scoreboard in the E. 😂

Since you brought up entertainment maybe a team in the Federal League? Lots of gooning it up.

[PromoTheRobot]

On 6/19/2025 at 6:22 PM, ska-T Palmtown said:

To be fair (although it is football), the Bills had a 17-year drought and the Sabres are currently tied with the J-E-T-S at 14 for the longest active streak. I honestly don't see the Jests ending theirs this year, so here's to hoping the Sabres can!

And when the Sabres do break the drought, so what? Really. What changes? Nothing.

[ska-T Palmtown]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

And when the Sabres do break the drought, so what? Really. What changes? Nothing.

TF? It would be pretty easy to argue a lot could change (I won't definitively say it will, since I am not a mystic soothsayer with the ability to see and/or predict the future) ... for one; the "they never make the playoffs" stink could come off - leading to coming off a NMC list or two? Attract a slightly higher tier FA? I won't be so bold as to predict a Bills-like turnaround since the Sabres don't have a JA17 just yet (nor do i think "franchise-altering QB" translates to the NHL unless we land another Hasek?) Players have hope for once in their miserable careers that staying in Buffalo is not a death-sentence? Instead of wilting like delicate flowers in a heat wave the following spring, they gut it out and make the playoffs again? This time with some added confidence and experience? The city and fanbase can let loose with a small sigh of relief that maybe, just maybe, they aren't actually cursed?

I know we are all down on what is going on ... but to imply nothing would change if they made the playoffs? A bit hyperbolic, no?

[PromoTheRobot]

42 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

TF? It would be pretty easy to argue a lot could change (I won't definitively say it will, since I am not a mystic soothsayer with the ability to see and/or predict the future) ... for one; the "they never make the playoffs" stink could come off - leading to coming off a NMC list or two? Attract a slightly higher tier FA? I won't be so bold as to predict a Bills-like turnaround since the Sabres don't have a JA17 just yet (nor do i think "franchise-altering QB" translates to the NHL unless we land another Hasek?) Players have hope for once in their miserable careers that staying in Buffalo is not a death-sentence? Instead of wilting like delicate flowers in a heat wave the following spring, they gut it out and make the playoffs again? This time with some added confidence and experience? The city and fanbase can let loose with a small sigh of relief that maybe, just maybe, they aren't actually cursed?

I know we are all down on what is going on ... but to imply nothing would change if they made the playoffs? A bit hyperbolic, no?

I mostly meant here at SabreSpace. Some posters have said as much. Breaking the drought wouldn't change any of the usual talking points around this team. Nothing short of a cup would, and maybe not even then

 

[gomper]

It's all just so horrible. It seems that the Sabres don't even play in the NHL. They're just there for other teams to grab our young developed talent and gain two points while laughing their way out of town. I honestly don't blame the players past and present who want to get TF out of here. Maybe Jorma can bring some meaningful change, but given the direction of this franchise. I doubt it. They have a horrible reputation with players around the league. Terry has to sell, but he won't.  We all just have to pray he gets lucky like he did with the Bills.  Depending on luck is a lonely place to be. It sucks, but they did this to themselves. 

Edited 2 hours ago by gomper

[mjd1001]

1 hour ago, gomper said:

It's all just so horrible. It seems that the Sabres don't even play in the NHL. They're just there for other teams to grab our young developed talent and gain two points while laughing their way out of town. I honestly don't blame the players past and present who want to get TF out of here. Maybe Jorma can bring some meaningful change, but given the direction of this franchise. I doubt it. They have a horrible reputation with players around the league. Terry has to sell, but he won't.  We all just have to pray he gets lucky like he did with the Bills.  Depending on luck is a lonely place to be. It sucks, but they did this to themselves. 

Feels very similar to the Bills up until they drafted Allen.