Sabres prospect perfectly describes Sabres woes

[inkman]

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

[French Collection]

Just now, inkman said:

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

He is hard to play against at the junior level, get better kid and show us something in a few years.

[inkman]

8 minutes ago, French Collection said:

He is hard to play against at the junior level, get better kid and show us something in a few years.

Which isn’t remotely close to why I posted this topic. 

[PASabreFan]

Paste the complete quote?

[LGR4GM]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

The Sabres draft Rosens when they should draft Bensons. Mrtka gives me some hope, as I keep saying, every time I see more my opinion on him goes up. 

[French Collection]

27 minutes ago, inkman said:

Which isn’t remotely close to why I posted this topic. 

I got your message, but I hope KA’s 10 year plan includes a few meanies, not every player that wants to be there has to be nice.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

Hot takes are usually correct.

[Archie Lee]

47 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

The Sabres draft Rosens when they should draft Bensons. Mrtka gives me some hope, as I keep saying, every time I see more my opinion on him goes up. 

In fairness, they did draft Benson. 

[K-9]

I appreciate the grit the kid showed and his aggressive play in front of his net, especially on the PK, especially with two guys already in the box, but a chop to the back of the legs like that is cheap imo.

[Weave]

21 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I appreciate the grit the kid showed and his aggressive play in front of his net, especially on the PK, especially with two guys already in the box, but a chop to the back of the legs like that is cheap imo.

I want some.

[Pimlach]

I just hope he is good enough to play in the NHL because we need exactly what he said.  

I want players that other teams don't like playing against, and I want Buffalo's arena to be a place that teams do not like visiting. 

 

[K-9]

Just now, Weave said:

I want some.

Me, too. But I prefer it in the form of looking the opponent in the eye and tossing him instead of a cheap blind shot to the legs. 

[Weave]

Just now, K-9 said:

Me, too. But I prefer it in the form of looking the opponent in the eye and tossing him instead of a cheap blind shot to the legs. 

[SABRES 0311]

5 hours ago, inkman said:

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

It would be nice to see this in a Sabres uniform.

[PerreaultForever]

Adams has been saying the "harder to play against" mantra and Kesselring and Doan are harder to play against guys but overall the prospect cupboard is not hard to play against and the current team isn't either. It's easy to say but I doubt we see it any time soon. 

[inkman]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Adams has been saying the "harder to play against" mantra and Kesselring and Doan are harder to play against guys but overall the prospect cupboard is not hard to play against and the current team isn't either. It's easy to say but I doubt we see it any time soon. 

They’ve done a better job the last 3 drafts. We still haven’t seen any of the fruits of that labor.  Which is typical for mid level prospects.  I suspect we’ll start seeing them next season if we aren’t counting the height challenged but plays big and aggressive Benson.  

[PASabreFan]

For those who don't want to use X, can someone post the full quote?

[PerreaultForever]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

They’ve done a better job the last 3 drafts. We still haven’t seen any of the fruits of that labor.  Which is typical for mid level prospects.  I suspect we’ll start seeing them next season if we aren’t counting the height challenged but plays big and aggressive Benson.  

One can hope. There are a few guys who might emerge as the type of players they need but we don't really know yet. Veterans of that ilk added in the interim would have made me happier while we wait. 

[LabattBlue]

13 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

For those who don't want to use X, can someone post the full quote?

Big fan here of Owen Sound captain David Bedkowski defending the net front in the Attack's Friday OT win in London. “You don’t have to be a bad guy off the ice, but, on the ice, you have to be mean. You can’t be friendly on the ice, guys who are too friendly on the ice, I know as a player, they’re easy to play against.”

[LGR4GM]

14 hours ago, inkman said:

They’ve done a better job the last 3 drafts. We still haven’t seen any of the fruits of that labor.  Which is typical for mid level prospects.  I suspect we’ll start seeing them next season if we aren’t counting the height challenged but plays big and aggressive Benson.  

Debatable. 

[JP51]

On 9/20/2025 at 9:43 AM, inkman said:

Albeit it was unintentional but this is the perfect description of the Sabres issues.

 

This perfectly describes exactly where we need to change... not everyone or every player, but much more than we have now...  way to easy to play against and it shows ... I shudder to think what would happen to this team in the playoffs when it really got ramped up...