Someone at the end of your press conference needs to ask the question of “Analytically you guys say you are very involved and have built this amazing department, and yet the team analytically had some of the worst defense and worst goaltending in the entire league. Why wasn’t this addressed and How do you plan on addressing that?

Also

Jordan greenway was an analytics nightmare as was Stillman when acquired. Discuss
- ImThatGuy

See, Boss should have asked this question when he had the chance.

And for the record I wanted to give Stillman a chance and was like the only one that didn't want Greenway.

****more time to evaluate and adjust

I feel a pain in the back of my eyeball when I think about Brandon Montour setting franchise records for the Panthers for scoring from a defenseman.

****more time to evaluate and adjust
- TheSabresTaco

bring back vinny, kyle, and zemgus

trust the process

I feel a pain in the back of my eyeball when I think about Brandon Montour setting franchise records for the Panthers for scoring from a defenseman.
- TheSabresTaco

that and an ullmark vezina

that and an ullmark vezina
- homiedclown

Oh well. We all watched a guy leave here miserable and win a cup 12 months later.

that and an ullmark vezina
- homiedclown

I'm certain he doesn't have that year here, but good for him. He earned it.

Oh well. We all watched a guy leave here miserable and win a cup 12 months later.
- DirtyDan

puck luck

I'm certain he doesn't have that year here, but good for him. He earned it.
- TheSabresTaco

The sad part is we don’t even need him to have that kind of season here.

Just league average and this team is locked in a playoff spot.

I feel a pain in the back of my eyeball when I think about Brandon Montour setting franchise records for the Panthers for scoring from a defenseman.
- TheSabresTaco

Was shaking my head watching Panthers pregame last night when they were interviewing him. Imagine our D if he were still here. We're basically trying to find another Montour at this point.

Was shaking my head watching Panthers pregame last night when they were interviewing him. Imagine our D if he were still here. We're basically trying to find another Montour at this point.
- The_Inkwell

Adams will be working the phones to bring Casey Fitzgerald back this summer


"At the end of the day, Casey wanted to be back here, and we know he has a lot to bring to this team and he knows the system"

I'm certain he doesn't have that year here, but good for him. He earned it.
- TheSabresTaco

Im certain he'd of gotten us to the p-offs, given he stay healthy

There's a difference between you and me, well more than one, but I'm not talking about the lead paint chip eating you did as a toddler; you could not pay me to care about who fücks whom or what they identify as. I just don't give a fück. They're people just trying to live their lives. Yet you seem fixated on an incredibly small amount of people.

Trans people have been able to compete in the Olympics since 2004. Guess how many have competed? 1 out of the 63,000 athletes who've competed since. Is it fair? No, who the fück said life has to be fair? Life sucks, get a helmet.

You're worked up about an incredibly small percentage of people. There are much bigger things to worry about, yet here we are, fighting bullsh¡t culture wars because the elites want us fighting each instead of paying attention to what they're up to.

How about you worry about actual problems that affect more than a handful of people? Like psychos shooting up supermarkets/department stores, malls, and schools killing many and traumatizing another few orders of magnitude more.
- Wetbandit1

This!

Karel Vejmelka and Eric Comrie face the exact same HDSA/60 at 9.77, which is tied for 69th (nice) in the league with goalies over 200 minutes. Vej faces 1.5 more shots per game than Comrie. They also have similar xGA at about 2.9. Yet Vejmelka has an amazing sv% despite and considering the team in front of him.


- TheSabresTaco

If that guy is available the Sabres better get him. No have mentioned him multiple times.

I feel a pain in the back of my eyeball when I think about Brandon Montour setting franchise records for the Panthers for scoring from a defenseman.
- TheSabresTaco

If I recall correctly, people on this very site were screaming for Adams to trade Montour for a 1st or 2nd in the 2020 Draft. Now we're mad, because Adams ultimately did trade him, and he's doing well with the Panthers?

Adams will be working the phones to bring Casey Fitzgerald back this summer


"At the end of the day, Casey wanted to be back here, and we know he has a lot to bring to this team and he knows the system"
- homiedclown

What system? Sacrifice the goalie?

What system? Sacrifice the goalie?
- Gr8daygo

Sometimes no system is a system.

I feel a pain in the back of my eyeball when I think about Brandon Montour setting franchise records for the Panthers for scoring from a defenseman.
- TheSabresTaco

Not to out and out defend Botterill but examples like Montour make it hard for me to give too much credit for Adams for anything he’s really done so far.

Montour is simply away from Krueger. And he’s taken off.

The Sabres have a billion first round picks on the roster currently. Like legitimately the entire forward core. They were organically going to be good under anyone who isn’t maybe the worst coach ever.

Not fixing the smaller things on this roster is just maddening

Sometimes no system is a system.
- IndianaSabresFan

Not to out and out defend Botterill but examples like Montour make it hard for me to give too much credit for Adams for anything he’s really done so far.

Montour is simply away from Krueger. And he’s taken off.

The Sabres have a billion first round picks on the roster currently. Like legitimately the entire forward core. They were organically going to be good under anyone who isn’t maybe the worst coach ever.

Not fixing the smaller things on this roster is just maddening
- sbroads24

Sabres fan logic:
- Trade Montour for a 1st or 2nd in the 2020 Draft!
(Adams didn't trade Montour)
- WHY ARE WE KEEPING MONTOUR!?!
(Montour gets traded several months later and "takes off" with the Panthers)
- WHY DIDN'T WE KEEP MONTOUR?!?!! FIRE ADAMS!!!!!!!

Sabres fan logic:
- Trade Montour for a 1st or 2nd in the 2020 Draft!
(Adams didn't trade Montour)
- WHY ARE WE KEEPING MONTOUR!?!
(Montour gets traded several months later and "takes off" with the Panthers)
- WHY DIDN'T WE KEEP MONTOUR?!?!! FIRE ADAMS!!!!!!!
- RichardRoma

Actually it should be why was He playing Winger instead of Defensman for the Sabres, why don't you and Boss ask Adams that.

- Gr8daygo

Maybe not the best systems coach but got his guys to compete night in and night out. Something this teams needs to learn. No off days.

Actually it should be why was He playing Winger instead of Defensman for the Sabres, why don't you and Boss ask Adams that.
- Buff36

Since when does the GM make decisions on what position a player plays on a given night? Will Danny Briere decide which position Ristolainen is going to play every night?

Sabres fan logic:
- Trade Montour for a 1st or 2nd in the 2020 Draft!
(Adams didn't trade Montour)
- WHY ARE WE KEEPING MONTOUR!?!
(Montour gets traded several months later and "takes off" with the Panthers)
- WHY DIDN'T WE KEEP MONTOUR?!?!! FIRE ADAMS!!!!!!!
- RichardRoma

I never wanted Montour gone so I’m not sure I qualify in the above post.

I never wanted Montour gone so I’m not sure I qualify in the above post.
- sbroads24

The point is, there was a time when a lot of posters on this site wanted him gone, and now they're mad because he is gone and doing very well with the Panthers.

Samuelsson back on the ice