Count me as a member of the buy low for Derrick Pouliot movement.
- kingcong39

He's polarizing to Pitt fans from what I have read. Kind of like Pysyk.

Only issue is he's pegged as an Off D man, but is struggling to score.

I would be interested in a Franson for Pouliot swap.

They get a depth NHL D man, we get a prospect

The only way to fix that is to win in regulation.
- cabin

When your coach wants to make it to OT it's hard

That just astounds me... There was a season when the Sabres had more speed than a Ferrari. and Ruff insisted on playing the defensive dump and chase game..... It drove me nuts...
- rapperray

It's like he is putting a governor on a Ferrari...

He isn't playing to Eichel's strengths and its maddening

It's like he is putting a governor on a Ferrari...

He isn't playing to Eichel's strengths and its maddening
- Stripes77

This happens all the time with the Sabres... Why?

This happens all the time with the Sabres... Why?
- rapperray

We talked about this yesterday after the Doug Whaley disaster.

Pegula wanted to make a splash and get a big named coach and after missing out on Babcock he went after the next biggest name instead of getting the right guy for the job.

I would really like to see Gallant here before the season is over. The more and more this plays out the more I feel Bylsma was a Pegula hire and not a Murray hire.

Both GM's Whaley and Murray are first time GM's and I don't think they have the experience to fall back on to push back to their bosses.

It makes me think the Pegulas want yes men instead of the right men to do the job.

This happens all the time with the Sabres... Why?
- rapperray

Because we have a coach that scored at a .14 pts per game pace and he doesn't want Eichel or anyone else showing him up.

Nilsson starting

Nilsson starting
- Stripes77

W/e I don't see us winning this one with either of them

Cut Taylor sign Blake Bortles win Fantasy League

Make profit
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Here's a better idea...


Draft a better QB in the first place.



I won my fantasy league for the second year in a row. My overall record was 14-1.

He's polarizing to Pitt fans from what I have read. Kind of like Pysyk.

Only issue is he's pegged as an Off D man, but is struggling to score.

I would be interested in a Franson for Pouliot swap.

They get a depth NHL D man, we get a prospect
- sbroads24

As long as he helps drive offensive play, and they get another D man who is actually a point producer, it's OK if he does not produce a ton of points.

Is he worth the 3rd round pick this year they got from Washington, assuming they get a 3rd for Franson and perhaps even more for Kulikov by the trade deadline?

We talked about this yesterday after the Doug Whaley disaster.

Pegula wanted to make a splash and get a big named coach and after missing out on Babcock he went after the next biggest name instead of getting the right guy for the job.

I would really like to see Gallant here before the season is over. The more and more this plays out the more I feel Bylsma was a Pegula hire and not a Murray hire.

Both GM's Whaley and Murray are first time GM's and I don't think they have the experience to fall back on to push back to their bosses.

It makes me think the Pegulas want yes men instead of the right men to do the job.
- Stripes77

Whaley, absolutely, but Murray? No way.

I don't see him as a yes man even a little bit. I think he's done every move he's wanted to with little push back from the owner outside of the coach.

Here's a better idea...


Draft a better QB in the first place.



I won my fantasy league for the second year in a row. My overall record was 14-1.
- HonkFortheGoose

Brady is my QB

Whaley, absolutely, but Murray? No way.

I don't see him as a yes man even a little bit. I think he's done every move he's wanted to with little push back from the GM outside of the coach.
- kingcong39

Shouldn't the GM be able to hire the coach of the team he envisions?

I would be willing to bet the system that's being played isn't the system he envisioned for his team.

That's handcuffing him right there.

Here's a better idea...


Draft a better QB in the first place.



I won my fantasy league for the second year in a row. My overall record was 14-1.
- HonkFortheGoose

I won my league with Matthew Stafford and Blake Bortles...

Having McCoy, Ajayi, and Lamar Miller as my RBs and Julio Jones, Baldwin, and Golden Tate as my WR's helped a ton

Because we have a coach that scored at a .14 pts per game pace and he doesn't want Eichel or anyone else showing him up.
- sskkoo1

Very good...

Happy birthday !
- cabin

thank you sir

Miller was great I had no problems with him
- GERBE!!!75PTS

miller was average aside from 2/3 of one season

just because you get 60 starts a year on a blah team, does not make you above average

lehner puts up decent numbers, and he is blah

miller put up worse numbers here, and he could do no wrong

Shouldn't the GM be able to hire the coach of the team he envisions?

I would be willing to bet the system that's being played isn't the system he envisioned for his team.

That's handcuffing him right there.
- Stripes77

What I don't know, and I am not sure who would know, is if Murray had the coaching position down to two candidates that were nearly equal in Bylsma and somebody else.

If that is the case, then he had say in who the coach was.

I have a difficult time believing Murray gave Pegula his choice and Pegula came back and said we are not going that direction, instead we are hiring Bylsma, and Murray had no say.

Then again, I guess I wouldn't put it past Murray to say OK, fine, bring on Bylsma and watch the team be bad. That will show Pegula I know what I am doing and bonus, we will get another high draft pick which would really help haha

Here's a better idea...


Draft a better QB in the first place.



I won my fantasy league for the second year in a row. My overall record was 14-1.
- HonkFortheGoose

they should draft a qb in every draft (in first 4 rounds) til they find an answer

once they have their answer, they should still draft one every year, til they have a plan B

it's insane the way this team ignored this position, and just because taylor is the best we got, doesn't mean they need to overpay to keep blah

Whaley, absolutely, but Murray? No way.

I don't see him as a yes man even a little bit. I think he's done every move he's wanted to with little push back from the GM outside of the coach.
- kingcong39

I don't know. It makes me wonder. Either Bylsma sold Murray a load of crap in his interview, or Murray wasn't given a choice.

Murray specifically said in an interview I heard on WGR after the coaching search was concluded that they wanted a coach that would drive possession and not one that was going to employ a dump and chase system. Murray knew the style of team he was putting together wasn't one that would do well in a dump and chase system.

I won my league with Matthew Stafford and Blake Bortles...

Having McCoy, Ajayi, and Lamar Miller as my RBs and Julio Jones, Baldwin, and Golden Tate as my WR's helped a ton
- Stripes77

Brees and Carr were my QBs.

David Johnson and DeMarco Murray were my RBs

AJ Green, D. Thomas, Hilton were my main WRs

Jimmy Graham at TE.

Also had Montgomery, Beasley, Tevin Coleman and Mike Wallace on my bench.

Some positives we must not forget:

Gionta, Franson, Kulikov and McCormick all have expiring contracts that equal 13.4M. Some of that we have to keep for Jack/Samson but not all of it seeing as Expansion should raise the cap a bit and we lose Gorges 3.9M next year as well.

Nick Baptiste is 5th in the AHL in goals, Bailey is 13th. Nylander is leading all WJC shooters in points tallying 11 in 5 games. Asplund is 9th with 7 in 5.

The Sabres currently hold their 1st rounder, 2 seconds and 2 thirds in the upcoming draft.

Ennis is skating again.

Cliff Pu has 54pts in 33g, good for 5th in the OHL in scoring.

Casey Fitzgerald made the US WJC Team and played a very solid tourney.

Guhle looked right at home in a top4 role during his emergency recall.

Jack has 12 pts in 15 games. At this pace he would break 65 pts in a 82 game season. A pace that would have put him in the top25 last year, ahead of Stamkos, Getzlaf and Malkin.

Rasmus is 5th in the league for scoring by a defenseman with 25p in 36g and 7th in hits with 102. When being partnered with Jake McCabe even some of his "fancy stats" have went positive.

We all know there's a lot of bad right now, but things aren't as bad as they may seem sometime. I still think we are on the rise. These are some of the reasons why. Happy New Year folks. By the end of this one methinks we'll be watching some very competitive hockey again.

lehner puts up decent numbers, and he is blah

miller put up worse numbers here, and he could do no wrong



- homiedclown

You mean like his 2 years of a .923 and .929 SV %'s?

Still trying to find Miller's sub .900 Sv% like Lehner had in Ottawa

You mean like his 2 years of a .923 and .929 SV %'s?

Still trying to find Miller's sub .900 Sv% like Lehner had in Ottawa
- sbroads24

And that is relevant to Buffalo why?

Lehner's stats in Buffalo is what matters not Lehner's stats in Ottawa