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Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Feb 18 @ 1:57 PM ET
Edit - already posted.

Go Bills Go
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 18 @ 1:58 PM ET
Tough to have a normal conversation when you’re this fired up. 🔨

The vibes went south, something many didn’t see happening

- Boss34


God knows no one working at the arena is.

Roll it back again next year, Kevo. This is working great
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:01 PM ET
Tough to have a normal conversation when you’re this fired up. 🔨

The vibes went south, something many didn’t see happening

*I think Adams cooked the meal for upl, not the other way around

Maybe he should have tage over for brunch before tomorrow’s game?

- Boss34


The vibes only last as long as the team is winning.

The non-serious offseason moves were an arrow to the heart of vibes well before the season even began.

Remember how little Clifton played in the preseason?

Another tell-tale sign.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:02 PM ET
There is zero accountability or expectations placed on the players. That is a complete organizational failure. It's just gross, honestly, that the entire franchise doesn't give a single (frank) about results
- Hank Balling


They completely danced around even saying the word playoffs in the offseason, and smiled about it.

Parhetic.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:03 PM ET
You won't be hearing much from him for quite a while.
- kingcong39


👮🏻‍♀️
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:06 PM ET
The vibes only last as long as the team is winning.

The non-serious offseason moves were an arrow to the heart of vibes well before the season even began.

Remember how little Clifton played in the preseason?

Another tell-tale sign.

- kingcong39


Do you think there’s some friction between KA and Donnie? I’ve always felt like they are on the page.

Pounding the table for greenway aside, you wonder whether or not they were in agreement on benson staying, among other curious moves?

Maybe they aren’t in this together, and Donnie does get fired separately and it’s not a full house cleaning
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:07 PM ET
There is zero accountability or expectations placed on the players. That is a complete organizational failure. It's just gross, honestly, that the entire franchise doesn't give a single (frank) about results
- Hank Balling


Still having conversations with Erik Johnson and his agent to only trade him where he wants to go.

Looking forward to Bjork coming back in the trade 👍
SabreWest
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BC
Joined: 03.02.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:07 PM ET
God knows no one working at the arena is.

Roll it back again next year, Kevo. This is working great

- Hank Balling


Would it surprise anyone on this blog if/when Adams brings Okposo back again next year for $1.75 million? It also wouldn't surprise me if he brings his running mate Girgs back for $1.5 million because they provide "veteran leadership" and are "excellent in the locker room".

This dysfuntional organization starts and ends with Pegula. All the s__t streams downhill from him.

Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 18 @ 2:08 PM ET
The vibes only last as long as the team is winning.

The non-serious offseason moves were an arrow to the heart of vibes well before the season even began.

Remember how little Clifton played in the preseason?

Another tell-tale sign.

- kingcong39

Was gonna say something similar, there was No vibes when the season started.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:10 PM ET
Do you think there’s some friction between KA and Donnie? I’ve always felt like they are on the page.

Pounding the table for greenway aside, you wonder whether or not they were in agreement on benson staying, among other curious moves?

Maybe they aren’t in this together, and Donnie does get fired separately and it’s not a full house cleaning

- Boss34


Friction is often the result of losing and the pressure that mounts as a result of losing.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:11 PM ET
Was gonna say something similar, there was No vibes when the season started.
- Buff36


Each season is it's own entity.

Vibes generally do not carry over from one season to the next.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 18 @ 2:11 PM ET
Friction is often the result of losing and the pressure that mounts as a result of losing.
- kingcong39

Looks like Donnie aged 15 years in some of his Photos this year.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 18 @ 2:13 PM ET
Each season is it's own entity.

Vibes generally do not carry over from one season to the next.

- kingcong39

Especially when your GM does nothing to help carry them over.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:21 PM ET
Would it surprise anyone on this blog if/when Adams brings Okposo back again next year for $1.75 million? It also wouldn't surprise me if he brings his running mate Girgs back for $1.5 million because they provide "veteran leadership" and are "excellent in the locker room".

This dysfuntional organization starts and ends with Pegula. All the s__t streams downhill from him.

- SabreWest


Okposo has the same amount of goals as Dylan cozens (our next captain)

His numbers aren’t worse than everyone expected, much better actually.

I’m more worried about tage, cozens . Power, Krebs and the underachieving players.
Blaming the 4th liners is such a strange cop out?


Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 18 @ 2:25 PM ET
Okposo has the same amount of goals as Dylan cozens (our next captain)

His numbers aren’t worse than everyone expected, much better actually.

I’m more worried about tage, cozens . Power, Krebs and the underachieving players.
Blaming the 4th liners is such a strange cop out?

- Boss34


It's like Kyle said- everyone is doing fine and the fans are just being mean to the players. It's not their fault.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:30 PM ET
Okposo has the same amount of goals as Dylan cozens (our next captain)

His numbers aren’t worse than everyone expected, much better actually.

I’m more worried about tage, cozens . Power, Krebs and the underachieving players.
Blaming the 4th liners is such a strange cop out?

- Boss34


How many more players need to be traded to become important contributors to playoff winning teams before we realize it's the owner and management that is the problem, more so then the players?
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:31 PM ET
It's like Kyle said- everyone is doing fine and the fans are just being mean to the players. It's not their fault.
- Hank Balling


They deserve to get booed at home

My concern is this team moving forward, post okposo .

Is tage really a 20-25 goal guy?

You weren’t trading him for McDavid a few years ago lol
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 18 @ 2:32 PM ET
They deserve to get booed at home

My concern is this team moving forward, post okposo .

Is tage really a 20-25 goal guy?

You weren’t trading him for McDavid a few years ago lol

- Boss34


No, he's a 30 to 40 goal, 30 to 40 assist Center.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 18 @ 2:33 PM ET
They deserve to get booed at home

My concern is this team moving forward, post okposo .

Is tage really a 20-25 goal guy?

You weren’t trading him for McDavid a few years ago lol

- Boss34


That's a bit of a stretch. The deal was:

Thompson, Dahlin and a 1st for McDavid and Campbell
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:35 PM ET
How many more players need to be traded to become important contributors to playoff winning teams before we realize it's the owner and management that is the problem, more so then the players?
- kingcong39


Good post, it absolutely starts at the top and trickles down.

I’m still having a hard time blaming pegula for tage, cozens and powers heavy contracts.

Wouldn’t pegula be more to blame if he didn’t ok the big contracts and moved them instead?

The draught is absolutely terrys fault.

What’s happening now with the top line (skinner and tage ) sucking isn’t his fault

What happened to cozens? The paycheck get do him and dahlin? Power too?

Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 18 @ 2:35 PM ET
Okposo has the same amount of goals as Dylan cozens (our next captain)

His numbers aren’t worse than everyone expected, much better actually.

I’m more worried about tage, cozens . Power, Krebs and the underachieving players.
Blaming the 4th liners is such a strange cop out?

- Boss34


The irony is that Cozens and Krebs have been great going on 2 months now.

Power is going through growing pains any U21 defender faces but as a whole has been a viable 2nd pair d-man.


The biggest problems are Tage and Skinner. I think injuries are a huge part of it, but at the end of the day they both need to be much better.

The fact that Tuch going back up on the top line didn’t seem to help at all was worrying
Freddie krug
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dryden, ON
Joined: 11.17.2020

Feb 18 @ 2:36 PM ET
Okposo has the same amount of goals as Dylan cozens (our next captain)

His numbers aren’t worse than everyone expected, much better actually.

I’m more worried about tage, cozens . Power, Krebs and the underachieving players.
Blaming the 4th liners is such a strange cop out?

- Boss34




I know you watch the games but comparing Okposo to Cozens isn't exactly a good comparable. They have the same amount of goals, that's nice, but only one has a very bright future. Having Okposo still on this team makes sense to someone but because you watch the games you can't really believe he belongs
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:37 PM ET
No, he's a 30 to 40 goal, 30 to 40 assist Center.
- kingcong39


He’s a on 45-50 point pace, but it’s pegula and okposos fault we’re losing ?

We suck right now because our highest priced recently signed guys are not playing well

Not because okposo can’t captain
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 18 @ 2:40 PM ET
He’s a on 45-50 point pace, but it’s pegula and okposos fault we’re losing ?

We suck right now because our highest priced recently signed guys are not playing well

Not because okposo can’t captain

- Boss34


He's doing a great job captaining. Those young guys are doing great too.

You're just being mean. This isn't their fault. It's the fans fault
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 18 @ 2:40 PM ET
That's a bit of a stretch. The deal was:

Thompson, Dahlin and a 1st for McDavid and Campbell

- Hank Balling


There were a couple versions of the trade discussed.

You definitely were putting tage next to McDavid when the contracts were included. Maybe some add ons …..

I wasn’t far behind you, top 5 center tage Thompson had a great ring to it

Now he’s top 30ish, but okposo is mean to the fans
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