Good points, but the lottery losses add to the "buffalo is a losing city"

Not quite the 4 super bowls, 2 Stanley cups and the almost old enough to drink draught.

It's a losing atmosphere, the locker room, the record , the fans and probably is getting to the pegulas.

I saw Russ Brandon in tears, after going 9-7 .
- Boss34

Perhaps, but losing city and atmosphere can't be cured with a lottery win. Oilers once called themselves the city of champions, won the mcdavid lottery and are still the butt end of all jokes in the NHL.

Genius with a plan

Or

Frustrated and capable of making a mess but not making a deal?

In Botts we trust(ed)?
- Der Kaiser

why is it one or the other?

I still do not understand why they continue to talk to Pominville like he's some hockey prophet...he's been a vanilla player for his entire career, but it was always cast aside because he produced...he hasn't done crap here since November and they're asking him what's wrong?
- Michael Pachla

He's been saying the same damn thing, verbatim, in post-game pressers his entire career. Agreed.

"We need to be better"

"The other team wanted it more"

"We need to re-group and figure it out"

"We gotta dig deep and find it within ourselves"

"We didn't stick to the gameplan"

I don't trust any man who wears a gold chain around his neck, personally.

Good points, but the lottery losses add to the "buffalo is a losing city"

Not quite the 4 super bowls, 2 Stanley cups and the almost old enough to drink draught.

It's a losing atmosphere, the locker room, the record , the fans and probably is getting to the pegulas.

I saw Russ Brandon in tears, after going 9-7 .
- Boss34

And making the playoffs.

it's not the fact that they're bad, most of us kind of figured that (imo jbotts did too), it's the style of bad.


Like if they could play with speed, make passes, take risks and generating scoring chances but were still losing totally different tone surrounding the team.

Obviously as a bad team they wouldn't be able to do this with too much success or consistency but enough so that you could say "hey there's something there".
- Sabresfan-365

so is Eichel still to blame?

so is Eichel still to blame?
- Michael Pachla

He was never to blame

nope

I expect him to get 65 points a year

hustle and play out every shift

make his line mates better


nothing more, nothing less


he plays 20 minutes a night on the 30th place team in the nhl and makes 7.5 per in a cap era
- homiedclown

It's the 7.5 that's really bothering you?
He's definitely paid 1-1.5 too much per season
That's the price of being buffalo.

He will be top 3 in scoring again for the 3rd straight year. He is really not as big of a problem as:

3/6 of the d
8/16 of the forwards
2/2 of the goalies
1/1 head coach

He has some inconsistencies to his game for sure, but I think he's still a top end 2nd center in the nhl.

Stats back it.

He was never to blame
- Sabresfan-365

oh...I thought there were some saying that

It's the 7.5 that's really bothering you?
He's definitely paid 1-1.5 too much per season
That's the price of being buffalo.

He will be top 3 in scoring again for the 3rd straight year. He is really not as big of a problem as:

3/6 of the d
8/16 of the forwards
2/2 of the goalies
1/1 head coach

He has some inconsistencies to his game for sure, but I think he's still a top end 2nd center in the nhl.

Stats back it.
- Boss34

Come on with this, really? The price of being in Buffalo? You act like ROR would have settled for anything less somewhere else. The answer is he wouldn't have. He cried his way out of Colorado, came here thinking he would be "the guy" and has by all accounts, pouted in both places because he isn't the captain and doesn't have the talent to be a 1C. He isn't half the player Bergeron is, and as I said earlier, I'd take Nazeem Kadri on this team 10/10 times over ROR. What Kadri does compared to what ROR does is the difference this team needs.

oh...I thought there were some saying that
- Michael Pachla

im sure there were.

oh...I thought there were some saying that
- Michael Pachla

He was hogging all the points everynight

the kids in the stands?


or
antipin, nelson and baptiste?



and why the f@ck is baptiste in the presser when there is a slot on the top 6 for him?
- homiedclown

Baptiste is not on the trade block apparently.

At the beginning of next season, when baps makes the team out of camp: will this healthy scratch hurt his development?
Will playing 8 minutes of uninspired hockey with pommer and Larson? Nolan and girgs? Really help?

Come on with this, really? The price of being in Buffalo? You act like ROR would have settled for anything less somewhere else. The answer is he wouldn't have. He cried his way out of Colorado, came here thinking he would be "the guy" and has by all accounts, pouted in both places because he isn't the captain and doesn't have the talent to be a 1C. He isn't half the player Bergeron is, and as I said earlier, I'd take Nazeem Kadri on this team 10/10 times over ROR. What Kadri does compared to what ROR does is the difference this team needs.
- BeadyEyedDouche

I don't even want him to have an A to be honest.

why is it one or the other?
- Sabresfan-365

If it isn’t one of these two why isn’t he getting players with more talent.

That’s his job, right?

He was hogging all the points everynight
- cabin

oh...who'd he tick off...his roomie?...did sam go in the corner and pout?

If it isn’t one of these two why isn’t he getting players with more talent.

That’s his job, right?
- Der Kaiser

because he's been here for less than a year and his best shot at getting players with more talent happens on june 23rd?

Please stop this.

Plenty of us have been on this wagon since halfway through last season.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Nah, I'm good, thanks.

I don't even want him to have an A to be honest.
- Sabresfan-365

He has not acted like any kind of leader since he's gotten here, IMO.

oh...who'd he tick off...his roomie?...did sam go in the corner and pout?
- Michael Pachla

No, he went in the corner and hit his bong, from what I've been told.

He was hogging all the points everynight
- cabin

that was Kane, duh

No, he went in the corner and hit his bong, from what I've been told.
- BeadyEyedDouche

I've heard that before

He has not acted like any kind of leader since he's gotten here, IMO.
- BeadyEyedDouche

He says all the right things though...never acts on them but as long as he says them

I've heard that before
- Michael Pachla

west vancouver kid so not surprising

oh...who'd he tick off...his roomie?...did sam go in the corner and pout?
- Michael Pachla

Seems Sam saw the way and was producing with him if you remember .

Now it seems Sam is back to the backseat now. He was shining with Jack the past 3? weeks. Now it seems all the attention is back on ROR.

because he's been here for less than a year and his best shot at getting players with more talent happens on june 23rd?
- Sabresfan-365

I have seen your evaluation of other people in this franchise and if they accomplished nothing for a year (other than bringing in Scott Wilson) that would not be labeled a “plan”.