GDT: Sabres @ Bruins October, 11 2025 @ 7PM MSG-B, ESPN+, Fubo

[mjd1001]

Looking at the early returns on the 'fancey stats' from this game (Fenwick, Corsi, expected goals for/vs, etc.) and a quick glance shows the guys with the best numbers this game were Doan, Bryson, Krebs, and Danforth. 

Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson and Quinn were at the bottom of the list.

Just now, K012010 said:

If this is a mutiny, like I think it might actually be, they’re gonna have an unbelievably bad record by Thanksgiving and then Christmas. 

I think they want this coaching staff and GM gone before 2026

The only issue is, give THIS team a coach they want, and are things going to be much better?

[K012010]

4 minutes ago, Believer said:

Ruff complaining about “no compete” from the drop of the puck.

What is he saying to them on the bench and between periods?

Pathetic.

There’s something going on here. I can feel it. They’re sending a message.

1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:

Looking at the early returns on the 'fancey stats' from this game (Fenwick, Corsi, expected goals for/vs, etc.) and a quick glance shows the guys with the best numbers this game were Doan, Bryson, Krebs, and Danforth. 

Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson and Quinn were at the bottom of the list.

The only issue is, give THIS team a coach they want, and are things going to be much better?

I highly doubt it, but who the heck knows at this point

[Pimlach]

2 minutes ago, K012010 said:

We legitimately look like we are playing without a top line. You’re not going to win games in the NHL very often that way. 

Agree.  We need help at center.  
 

Remember Adams  traded Eichel and drafted Savoie, Östlund, and Kulich in the next draft but none of them are a 1C at this point  

Savoie turned into McLoed, a good 3C

Kulich is trying to find his way as a top 6 player but so far does not look like a 1C  

Östlund still cooking.  
 

Helenius showed something in camp and will be up. 

[Forecheck]

4 minutes ago, Believer said:

Ruff complaining about “no compete” from the drop of the puck.

What is he saying to them on the bench and between periods?

Pathetic.

Ruff doesn’t scare anybody anymore. His teams 20-25 years ago were scared to death of him. Even Rayzor was. Soft players + no consequences = your Buffalo Sabres. 

[ExWNYer]

2 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

And whose fault is that, Lindy?

[Brawndo]

Jolt=Jarmo replacing Kevyn

[Cityo'Rasmii]

Should we be encouraged? (would like to)

What's the vibe then in the room? What timing, @Brawndo Thank you!

Edited 3 hours ago by Cityo'Rasmii

[JP51]

1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:

Looking at the early returns on the 'fancey stats' from this game (Fenwick, Corsi, expected goals for/vs, etc.) and a quick glance shows the guys with the best numbers this game were Doan, Bryson, Krebs, and Danforth. 

Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson and Quinn were at the bottom of the list.

The only issue is, give THIS team a coach they want, and are things going to be much better?

I am fine with them getting the FO fired... but then the team needs to be blown up so I am not caring what they want the entire team and its culture needs to be burned down like a termite infested house... then when its finally burned... throw rocket fuel on it and burn it again.... there is no other answer the apathy, lack of aggression,  loafing. And abject disdain for working that pervades this organization literally cannot be fixed bring in a true hockey mind give them control and let them figure out who stays and goes...

 

[Thorny]

2 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Jolt=Jarmo replacing Kevyn

It’s frankly unfathomable they ran back the management group - they knew this was coming they had to 

[John Tucker]

On pace for 42 goals this year!!!

[PromoTheRobot]

34 minutes ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

Have these guys had an extended possession in the Bruins zone tonight?

Yes, a few times, but nothing came of it.

[OverPowerYou]

Who was the coach that once threw a bench onto the ice? We need that guy on our team 

[Ctaeth]

Just now, OverPowerYou said:

Who was the coach that once threw a bench onto the ice? We need that guy on our team 

Ruff is more likely to throw his back out doing that

[JP51]

6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

That is a fireable offense ... how in God's name after 14 years of abject suckatude an absolutely horrific season opener can there be no effort this entire thing needs to be nuked ... wait for the radiation to die down and nuked again just incase 

[mjd1001]

4 minutes ago, JP51 said:

I am fine with them getting the FO fired... but then the team needs to be blown up so I am not caring what they want the entire team and its culture needs to be burned down like a termite infested house... then when its finally burned... throw rocket fuel on it and burn it again.... there is no other answer the apathy, lack of aggression,  loafing. And abject disdain for working that pervades this organization literally cannot be fixed bring in a true hockey mind give them control and let them figure out who stays and goes...

 

At least with the Sabres, Has Pegula given any indication he wants anything other than "yes" men, or wants someone he 'feels' comfortable around and not someone who will disagree with him in any way?

Terry wants to be made to feel listened to, to feel important. To feel like his thoughts on the hockey department and roster are being heard ALL THE WHILE being protected from criticism. Who is going to take that role?

Until that changes, nothing really changes.

Edited 2 hours ago by mjd1001

[Pimlach]

16 minutes ago, Forecheck said:

The only real question remaining with this club is do they clean house in November and actually see if by some miracle they can save their season or do they (far more likely) wait until April to do it. Either way I feel fairly safe saying this “should” be the final year of the Ruff/Adams experiment. Any other sports franchise I’d be 99% sure of this. With the Sabres it’s 50/50 at best they do anything consequential. 

I think you captured the Pegula factor. 

[HumanSlinky39]

6 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

My assessment is that they were terrible for 2 periods and then played better in the 3rd.  Another incomplete game and a lot of mistakes.  The forward lines look like they are not together, just like the start of last year.  No one is in synch.  

I don’t like the effort.  The big guns are silent.  Lyon kept them in it   

Tage, Tuch, Dahlin - if they don’t step up and carry this team it’s going to be a very long season.  This roster is pretty much mediocre at best. 

Blaming Tage for the last play, I understand the frustration,  but McAvoy made an amazing play on the puck and on Tages stick.   

The power play is a terrible again.  The PK has been decent. 

I don’t think Lindy is getting this team to play to their potential.  I think he is done as a HC, and we already know his staff is not good. 
 

Coming into the season this disjointed is a direct result of the head coach and his gaggle of scrub assistants.

I was actually offended by last summer's "coaching search." It was clear Adams, probably under Darth Terry's direction, zeroed in on Lindy without even considering anybody else hoping the nostalgia would satisfy the fanbase.

It was a lazy and uninspired hire. Then they saddle him with detritus for an assistant staff. On top of all of this is was a bad hire. Lindy was a good coach 20 years ago. He's been a mixed bag since leaving Buffalo the first time and has failed with better rosters in Dallas and NJ. 

Bottom line, this organization isn't serious about icing a contender. Adams is a failed GM who would have already been fired almost anywhere else. He keeps his job because he will do Terry's bidding and Terry doesn't give a damn about the Sabres as long as the Bills are successful. Until Terry is insulated from hockey ops by a POHO that knows WTF he's doing, it will be and endless cycle of missing the playoffs and doing nothing to really get better. I hate this *****.

[JP51]

1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:

At least with the Sabres, Has Pegula given any indication he wants anything other than "yes" men, or wants someone he 'feels' comfortable around and not someone who will disagree with him in any way?

Until that changes, nothing really changes.

Exactly and our only hope is that he finally figures out that he needs to turn over control or sells the team. But what stands now is the most toxic cesspool I have ever seen since 3 Mile Island and Love Canal.

[PASabreFan]

Maybe Lindy should look more like a coach with the game on the line instead of standing there like an old man waiting for his wife to pick out the perfect cantaloupe.

[Believer]

We have an owner who doesn’t give a damn what the fans think.

His Commissioner says he is doing a good job for Buffalo.

The value of his franchise increases every year.

No credit to him.

[JustOutsideChicago]

9 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Jolt=Jarmo replacing Kevyn

I am curious what role Jarmo is really playing behind the scenes. Personally I think the jolt should be firing Appert tomorrow.

[SwampD]

14 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Looking at the early returns on the 'fancey stats' from this game (Fenwick, Corsi, expected goals for/vs, etc.) and a quick glance shows the guys with the best numbers this game were Doan, Bryson, Krebs, and Danforth. 

Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson and Quinn were at the bottom of the list.

The only issue is, give THIS team a coach they want, and are things going to be much better?

That matches the eye test.

[klos1963]

12 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

And whose fault is that, Lindy?

The GM who assembled the team over the last few years?

[Pimlach]

4 minutes ago, Thorny said:

It’s frankly unfathomable they ran back the management group - they knew this was coming they had to 

They added Stahl and Jarmo to the management group.  Recall that after the “palm trees and taxes” press conference that the national press consistently reported that Adams was the only GM in the league with no advisors on his staff.  Fingers pointed at Terry.  
 

When you say “they”, you are really saying Terry.  

[ExWNYer]

1 minute ago, klos1963 said:

The GM who assembled the team over the last few years?

The fish rots from the head down...