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robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Mar 7 @ 10:45 PM ET
This team has unraveled and I think that's a good thing. No masking the problems. They're all laid out on the table for everyone to see.

I remember the end of the 03-04 season and our team was really starting to come around. They won 9 out of the final 17 games, got points 13 of those. While those numbers aren't great they were coming out of an abysmal period and they were really starting to play with purpose. Then they parlayed that by becoming one of the NHL's hottest teams when hockey returned and I wasn't really surprised.

This team on the other hand is quite the opposite. Down the stretch when it's mattered they've just folded. They've exposed that the moves they've made clearly aren't a step in the right direction. They can't(and likely won't) ice the same team next year and hope for better.

- Buffalo--Sabres


I think the individual players on defense are so bad that we can't make any assumptions about the team as a whole.
mattmoulson
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WNY, NY
Joined: 06.14.2015

Mar 7 @ 10:47 PM ET
Sabres need taller hockey blades
- cabin


There's a ton of deadweight on this team, if they don't get one of the top 3 lottery picks, I think they have to move it for a defenseman they don't have time to wait
bluengold12
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.19.2012

Mar 7 @ 10:50 PM ET
There's a ton of deadweight on this team, if they don't get one of the top 3 lottery picks, I think they have to move it for a defenseman they don't have time to wait
- mattmoulson


Agreed. Maybe this year people won't whine about giving up the 8th overall pick for a guy like Cam Fowler. Top four Defenseman just don't grow on trees.
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 7 @ 10:51 PM ET
You guys see Jody Gage score 3 points tonight? Got lucky.
- TheSabresTaco


you mean Varone?......ALL of them?
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Mar 7 @ 10:53 PM ET
Agreed. Maybe this year people won't whine about giving up the 8th overall pick for a guy like Cam Fowler. Top four Defenseman just don't grow on trees.
- bluengold12



low end ones like fowler do and if you're giving up 8th you may as well package it and get someone like Ghost
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Mar 7 @ 10:53 PM ET
I think the individual players on defense are so bad that we can't make any assumptions about the team as a whole.
- robz228




Fair enough. And pretty dam amazing when you think about it.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Mar 7 @ 10:53 PM ET
you mean Varone?......ALL of them?
- seedy

seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 7 @ 10:54 PM ET
Agreed. Maybe this year people won't whine about giving up the 8th overall pick for a guy like Cam Fowler. Top four Defenseman just don't grow on trees.
- bluengold12


then He'll find the wrong end of a bench door and become a "bad Murray trade..."
bluengold12
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.19.2012

Mar 7 @ 10:55 PM ET
low end ones like fowler do and if you're giving up 8th you may as well package it and get someone like Ghost
- Sabresfan-365



Yeah you're right we gt Bogosian so top four D must be pretty easy to get....

Fowler is a lot better then Ghost right now
bluengold12
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.19.2012

Mar 7 @ 10:56 PM ET
then He'll find the wrong end of a bench door and become a "bad Murray trade..."
- seedy



Kulikov - if it's just his injury making him play pathetically then he should've been shut down for the year a long time ago.
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 7 @ 10:56 PM ET
Guess how many points we have?!?!?!

seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 7 @ 11:00 PM ET
Kulikov - if it's just his injury making him play pathetically then he should've been shut down for the year a long time ago.
- bluengold12


I think that happened a couple of times....
We played Kane with broken ribs when he probably shouldnt have been playing
We're playing D-low on Eichels wing now because we only have 2 callups left until the end of the season.
we're tight against the cap. which is pretty crappy considering where we're at in the standings.
We were even sending AHL'ers down between games this year to save money!
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Mar 7 @ 11:07 PM ET
Guess how many points we have?!?!?!


- seedy


Anjelica Huston was so damn spot-on with that depiction of a WNY mother she should STILL be getting the academy Award for that role.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 7 @ 11:18 PM ET
Lehner's last 6 games

.800
.969
.864
.878
.862
.865

Jesus Christ
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Mar 7 @ 11:21 PM ET
Lehner's last 6 games

.800
.969
.864
.878
.862
.865

Jesus Christ

- sbroads24

He can't help either
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Mar 7 @ 11:27 PM ET
Lehner's last 6 games

.800
.969
.864
.878
.862
.865

Jesus Christ

- sbroads24



To be fair, the team has noticeably given up pretty much right when those numbers showed up. Colorado and Arizona were a testament to this team's willingness to dominate or go through the motions....

They've chosen to go through the motions. I think Lehner has been hung out to dry a lot this season and he's made some incredible saves at a high rate. Those numbers are more reflective of overall team effort than Lehner's abilities. You're allowed to have bad games as a goalie but in none of those games has the team in front of him stepped up and won it.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Mar 7 @ 11:49 PM ET
Kulikov - if it's just his injury making him play pathetically then he should've been shut down for the year a long time ago.
- bluengold12


Agree, I also said the only reason he's not is because he's a UFA, and a guy out for the year has a hell of a lot more questions than a guy who toughed it out even if he was atrocious.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Mar 8 @ 12:01 AM ET
I think that happened a couple of times....
We played Kane with broken ribs when he probably shouldnt have been playing
We're playing D-low on Eichels wing now because we only have 2 callups left until the end of the season.
we're tight against the cap. which is pretty crappy considering where we're at in the standings.
We were even sending AHL'ers down between games this year to save money!

- seedy



Yes, it was definitely to save money, but most teams do it, and it wasn't really because it would put us over the cap, but there are bonuses to think about, Jack should be meeting some of his, Sam too even though he hasn't been lighting it up recently. And you want to have money for a "what if" scenario that someone WAS willing to trade a defenseman during the season.

Vegas will be granted a 48 hour window prior to the draft to sign any pending free agent (RFA or UFA, one per team) that was left unprotected. If a team loses a player to Vegas during this signing window they will not have a player selected from their roster during this draft.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/.../2017_NHL_Expansion_Draft


Edit: Oops, forgot to say Ku-li-kov, Ku-li-kov! Vegas should sign him, that way we won't lose anyone. They're not taking Bogo, so (frank)ing forget about it.
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Mar 8 @ 12:04 AM ET
To be fair, the team has noticeably given up pretty much right when those numbers showed up. Colorado and Arizona were a testament to this team's willingness to dominate or go through the motions....

They've chosen to go through the motions. I think Lehner has been hung out to dry a lot this season and he's made some incredible saves at a high rate. Those numbers are more reflective of overall team effort than Lehner's abilities. You're allowed to have bad games as a goalie but in none of those games has the team in front of him stepped up and won it.

- BeadyEyedDouche



Agree. But it's common sense. We allow the most shots in the league. That's just unacceptable.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Mar 8 @ 12:23 AM ET
Agree. But it's common sense. We allow the most shots in the league. That's just unacceptable.
- Buffalo--Sabres


I can't even believe we lead the league in shots, since so many of them are high percentage chances.

You would think those extra shots would be coming from the perimeter.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 8 @ 12:44 AM ET
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 8 @ 12:51 AM ET
This team is hopeless as is Lehner
- SABRES 89

lehner is the smallest 6 foot 4 inch goalie


ever
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 8 @ 12:55 AM ET
sabres

1-4-2 after their extended break

we have jack, kane and meh
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 8 @ 12:59 AM ET
To be fair, the team has noticeably given up pretty much right when those numbers showed up. Colorado and Arizona were a testament to this team's willingness to dominate or go through the motions....

They've chosen to go through the motions. I think Lehner has been hung out to dry a lot this season and he's made some incredible saves at a high rate. Those numbers are more reflective of overall team effort than Lehner's abilities. You're allowed to have bad games as a goalie but in none of those games has the team in front of him stepped up and won it.

- BeadyEyedDouche

once this team got healthy

they started losing to crap teams and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads


if murray does not fire disco sucks dan after they clean out the locker, then he can go as well
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

Mar 8 @ 1:11 AM ET
This team has unraveled and I think that's a good thing. No masking the problems. They're all laid out on the table for everyone to see.

I remember the end of the 03-04 season and our team was really starting to come around. They won 9 out of the final 17 games, got points 13 of those. While those numbers aren't great they were coming out of an abysmal period and they were really starting to play with purpose. Then they parlayed that by becoming one of the NHL's hottest teams when hockey returned and I wasn't really surprised.

This team on the other hand is quite the opposite. Down the stretch when it's mattered they've just folded. They've exposed that the moves they've made clearly aren't a step in the right direction. They can't(and likely won't) ice the same team next year and hope for better.

- Buffalo--Sabres


Agreed .........1/2 the team needs to go.
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