This is still nonsense, even with the season we're having. We've had a lot of injuries in the top6 and our coaching took a nose dive. There's no reason, with a healthy team and positive coaching, that this team can't just make the playoffs but go far.

If I was the next GM, I'd need three good defenders, a defensively sound 4th line and a halfway decent coach to win a Cup. That's about it.

Really?



Really, really.
- QuinnFan

Every single team has injuries. It’s not an excuse.

We were talking about regression all summer. It was clear that it was going to come. They scored way way over expected last year

If Ralph wasn’t so bad Don Granato wouldn’t be here.

He went 9-16-3 as interim and everyone thought he was amazing because he wasn’t Ralph.

(frank)
- ImThatGuy

https://www.hockey-refere...om/teams/BUF/coaches.html

Every single team has injuries. It’s not an excuse.

We were talking about regression all summer. It was clear that it was going to come. They scored way way over expected last year
- ImThatGuy

They are still scoring above expected, not too the extent, but nonetheless.

The problem was they didn’t decide until about 7 games ago that they were going to stop neutering themselves.

Even last night, they outplayed Seattle. Levi couldn’t make a save, Daccord stole a few himself.

Made the score look worse then it was

This is still nonsense, even with the season we're having. We've had a lot of injuries in the top6 and our coaching took a nose dive. There's no reason, with a healthy team and positive coaching, that this team can't just make the playoffs but go far.

If I was the next GM, I'd need three good defenders, a defensively sound 4th line and a halfway decent coach to win a Cup. That's about it.

Really?

Really, really.
- QuinnFan

We really need to stop blaming the players in the top 9 and 1st/2nd pairings.
The blame lies squarely on
-Adams for not recognizing the signs of Girgs, Jost Oko failing and signing 2 D that don't resolve the need, as well as not bringing in a bonafide G.
- Granato for not upgrading all of his Staff, failing to have the ability to implement a structured system for play without the puck, finding the proper combinations

As 36 has said, there is enough talent but are being held back

They are still scoring above expected, not too the extent, but nonetheless.

The problem was they didn’t decide until about 7 games ago that they were going to stop neutering themselves.

Even last night, they outplayed Seattle. Levi couldn’t make a save, Daccord stole a few himself.

Made the score look worse then it was
- Swedish_Jesus

UPL plays a great game, maybe steals 2 points and he goes back to Levi the next game. The coaching is really killing this team.

They are still scoring above expected, not too the extent, but nonetheless.

The problem was they didn’t decide until about 7 games ago that they were going to stop neutering themselves.

Even last night, they outplayed Seattle. Levi couldn’t make a save, Daccord stole a few himself.

Made the score look worse then it was
- Swedish_Jesus

They have zero clue on how to play Defense...play without the puck...what to do, where to go.
Pathetic

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/coaches.html
- homiedclown

Case and point. He has a worse win % than Dan Byslma.

Byslma .485
Granato .483
Kruger .433

Only one of these guys was allowed to coach more than 2 years.

We really need to stop blaming the players in the top 9 and 1st/2nd pairings.
The blame lies squarely on
-Adams for not recognizing the signs of Girgs, Jost Oko failing and signing 2 D that don't resolve the need, as well as not bringing in a bonafide G.
- Granato for not upgrading all of his Staff, failing to have the ability to implement a structured system for play without the puck, finding the proper combinations

As 36 has said, there is enough talent but are being held back
- IonSabres

People should be able to tell its not the players by now... O'Reilly leaves CUP, Eichel leaves CUP, Ullmark wins the Vezina, Reinhart playing out of his gawd damn mind, Evan Rodgrigues has been good everywhere he goes since leaving here.

I could go on and on. The only bum has been Risto.

UPL plays a great game, maybe steals 2 points and he goes back to Levi the next game. The coaching is really killing this team.
- DirtyDan

The only two teams with a lower special teams %share than the Sabres this year are the two teams blatantly tanking.

But the assistants don’t get fired.

Then we got Dahlin back with Samuelsson again at practice this morning. Calling Donnie a Meatstick is becoming extremely offensive to Meatsticks now.

This is still nonsense, even with the season we're having. We've had a lot of injuries in the top6 .
- QuinnFan

aside from quinn, which happened when free agency started, adams had plenty of time to fix that

tage missed 10 games
tuch missed 7 games
skinner missed 3 games (but he stinks so who cares)
casey missed 0 games
cozens missed 2 games
peterka missed 0 games

on d, dahlin 1 game
samuelsson 4 games



panthers as an example

barkov missed 3 games
lundell 4 games
bennett 12 games
montour 16 games
ekblad 17 games

A mason de-gloved his pinky today core drilling into a concrete block wall. The bone went with it, along with his tendon all the way up to his elbow. I’ve seen a lot of injuries, that was the grossest I’ve ever witnessed….still not as bad as watching this Sabres team.

The only two teams with a lower special teams %share than the Sabres this year are the two teams blatantly tanking.

But the assistants don’t get fired.

Then we got Dahlin back with Samuelsson again at practice this morning. Calling Donnie a Meatstick is becoming extremely offensive to Meatsticks now.
- Swedish_Jesus

I've unfortunately got the tickets for Saturday and a company is taking a bunch of us to the Monday game... I really want to bring signs and the whole yard to throw at them.

They are still scoring above expected, not too the extent, but nonetheless.

The problem was they didn’t decide until about 7 games ago that they were going to stop neutering themselves.

Even last night, they outplayed Seattle. Levi couldn’t make a save, Daccord stole a few himself.

Made the score look worse then it was
- Swedish_Jesus

we can't score

we don't play d



bad combination

A mason de-gloved his pinky today core drilling into a concrete block wall. The bone went with it, along with his tendon all the way up to his elbow. I’ve seen a lot of injuries, that was the grossest I’ve ever witnessed….still not as bad as watching this Sabres team.
- washedup20

aside from quinn, which happened when free agency started, adams had plenty of time to fix that

tage missed 10 games
tuch missed 7 games
skinner missed 3 games (but he stinks so who cares)
casey missed 0 games
cozens missed 2 games
peterka missed 0 games

on d, dahlin 1 game
samuelsson 4 games



panthers as an example

barkov missed 3 games
lundell 4 games
bennett 12 games
montour 16 games
ekblad 17 games
- homiedclown

When the Panthers top players are out they don't have Tyson Jost playing on line 1.

Donnie the Dumby

This is still nonsense, even with the season we're having. We've had a lot of injuries in the top6 and our coaching took a nose dive. There's no reason, with a healthy team and positive coaching, that this team can't just make the playoffs but go far.

If I was the next GM, I'd need three good defenders, a defensively sound 4th line and a halfway decent coach to win a Cup. That's about it.

Really?

Really, really.
- QuinnFan

You would be fired after 3 seasons of missing the playoffs with that plan.

We really need to stop blaming the players in the top 9 and 1st/2nd pairings.
The blame lies squarely on
-Adams for not recognizing the signs of Girgs, Jost Oko failing and signing 2 D that don't resolve the need, as well as not bringing in a bonafide G.
- Granato for not upgrading all of his Staff, failing to have the ability to implement a structured system for play without the puck, finding the proper combinations

As 36 has said, there is enough talent but are being held back
- IonSabres

daily lineups are not as good as they could be, which falls on the coach and gm

d pairings, falls on the coach
line combos up front all falls on the coach

how a goalie stops 41 of 42 shots, then sits on the next game, 3 days later, I will never understand

even miller got an extra night off when enroth had a solid start

Move the team to Lockport.
- SABRES 89

The arena here is nicer fwiw

You would be fired after 3 seasons of missing the playoffs with that plan.
- washedup20

average nhl gm tenure is 3.5 years

We really need to stop blaming the players in the top 9 and 1st/2nd pairings.
The blame lies squarely on
-Adams for not recognizing the signs of Girgs, Jost Oko failing and signing 2 D that don't resolve the need, as well as not bringing in a bonafide G.
- Granato for not upgrading all of his Staff, failing to have the ability to implement a structured system for play without the puck, finding the proper combinations

As 36 has said, there is enough talent but are being held back
- IonSabres

^^

- DirtyDan

I had 2’ steel drill-bit with a finger in a twisted shredded glove wrapped around it, in the front seat of an Uber when I took him to the hospital (quicker than an ambulance- 5 minute drive to mount Sinai) they are going to to put it back on.

Absolutely wild experience

I had 2’ steel drill-bit with a finger in a twisted shredded glove wrapped around it, in the front seat of an Uber when I took him to the hospital (quicker than an ambulance- 5 minute drive to mount Sinai) they are going to to put it back on.

Absolutely wild experience
- washedup20

Guy will have a pinky but it wont do much for him... more of an ornament

average nhl gm tenure is 3.5 years
- homiedclown

My bad, 2 years*

daily lineups are not as good as they could be, which falls on the coach and gm

d pairings, falls on the coach
line combos up front all falls on the coach

how a goalie stops 41 of 42 shots, then sits on the next game, 3 days later, I will never understand

even miller got an extra night off when enroth had a solid start
- homiedclown

Always always always play the hot hand.

And Levi is not Miller.. At least yet.

I had 2’ steel drill-bit with a finger in a twisted shredded glove wrapped around it, in the front seat of an Uber when I took him to the hospital (quicker than an ambulance- 5 minute drive to mount Sinai) they are going to to put it back on.

Absolutely wild experience
- washedup20

That's why you don't wear gloves when working with/around spinny things