Sabres Training Camp 2025

[Sabres73]

49 minutes ago, rickshaw said:

If Mrtka goes back to Seattle, I could be seeing him Nov 7. They play Penticton and my buddy got tix for it already. 

Happy to see Penticton get promoted to the big league. Good for them.

[JohnC]

11 hours ago, dudacek said:

I think a large portion of the hockey media spent exactly this amount of time on the Sabres.

1. Pretty bad last year.

2. Long history of being bad.

3. Didn't do much except trade one of their most exciting young players for two guys I don't know much about.

4 Next team please.

Doesn't mean they're wrong: many of us have come to a similar conclusion knowing the entire roster inside and out.

But they didn't do the work.

It shouldn’t be s surprise that a long-term middling team that doesn’t do anything compelling in the offseason to change that perception doesn’t attract much scrutiny entering the season. Why bother? What the Pittsburgh Pirates are to baseball the Sabres are to the hockey world i.e. an afterthought. It’s a shame and self-inflicted.

[PromoTheRobot]

11 hours ago, dudacek said:

I think a large portion of the hockey media spent exactly this amount of time on the Sabres.

1. Pretty bad last year.

2. Long history of being bad.

3. Didn't do much except trade one of their most exciting young players for two guys I don't know much about.

4 Next team please.

Doesn't mean they're wrong: many of us have come to a similar conclusion knowing the entire roster inside and out.

But they didn't do the work.

It's always a surprise when bad teams become good. Especially to national writers. They can't follow every team close enough to know what's going on. 

 

[DarthEbriate]

59 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

It's always a surprise when bad teams become good. Especially to national writers. They can't follow every team close enough to know what's going on. 

But it makes a good story when they do. Chicago, Colorado, Edmonton, Florida as examples.