Good point, how long of a leash does Phil really have?

Lindy time soon
- Boss34

What is this team's record with ol' Teddy Nolan at the helm? It's not worse.

70 pages should never go by without a Teddy Nolan reference.

Next year barring any buyouts 20% of the cap is taken up by Bogo, Moulson and Pominville
- mattmoulson

one more year for mattymo and pommer, with the former probably being bought out...two more for bogo

I still have faith in JB.. he inherited a dumpster fire. I remember when GMTM was just being brought on and how all the analysts were always going on about the Sabres and all the picks and prospects, full cupboard, best in the league, etc.. Doesn't even feel that long ago. Fack.

No one wants our poop players. We're the same team with one less problem player; heading towards a large roster turnover. Have an influx of youth next year, maybe a couple free agent signings in the off-season, a top pick, and who knows what else happens at the draft.

I think GMJB is the guy we need to salvage this team.
- BareMetal

Did you notice he was eating nachos before he started talking at the press conference?

Who do we blame for today? Murray or Botts?
- sabresfan69

75% murray 25% botts for me. Murray left botts with a mess, but botts could have been doing things earlier to move guys out of here, our fire sale should have started 2 months ago.

I wouldn't put too much stock in Ullmark just yet, he'll have some growing pains...Nylander is a big question mark right now...guhle's ready and mitts may be able to have an impact on the wing in the top six
- Michael Pachla

Mitts will take some time to adapt . Still hope for 20 goals . Assists will depend on if our scorers finish like they should .

yeah sure.
if the pegulas told him to trade kane right (frank)ing now he would have said in the presser that they told him to trade kane right (frank)ing now? i doubt it.
- TheHank

If the Pegulas really wanted Kane gone,
it wouldn’t have taken this long
They’d have traded him much much sooner

Good point, how long of a leash does Phil really have?

Lindy time soon
- Boss34

Quenneville

Who do we blame for today? Murray or Botts?
- sabresfan69

botts for waiting too long...murray had nothing to do with the lack of action at the 2018 trade deadline

75% murray 25% botts for me. Murray left botts with a mess, but botts could have been doing things earlier to move guys out of here, our fire sale should have started 2 months ago.
- sskkoo1

Can't ship them out if nobody wants them .
Takes two. It's like going to the bar with all the anticipation of getting laid . and end up going home alone .

We did say that last year around this time .
Yeah they surprised me .
- cabin

I'm not trying to sound like a know it all, but this tank was hardly disguised.

Rookie , players coach
Tennyson
Griffith
Redmond
Cristo
Bowl u
Joshapsen
Poujliot
Nolan
Pommer
Antipin
Larson
Girgs
Lenher
Chad

That's not a good group of talent

Hey! We might be on to something here. But at least we drove up the price for Babs, right?
- PrinceChill

that really hurt

Good point, how long of a leash does Phil really have?

Lindy time soon
- Boss34

I have to be honest here and I may get ridiculed but, I would love to have Lindy back here in some capacity.

Mitts will take some time to adapt . Still hope for 20 goals . Assists will depend on if our scorers finish like they should .
- cabin

you've got jack and ror taking a lot of the pressure off him if he's on their wing

Who do we blame for today? Murray or Botts?
- sabresfan69

Did you really need to ask? Murray of course. Forget that 6 first round picks were moved before the deadline. Pretend it didn’t happen. Factor sucks. Reinhart sucks. Kane sucks. Nelson sucks. E-Rod sucks. Guhle sucks. CJ Smith sucks. See the pattern? It’s not exactly a Taylor series, so shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out.

What is this team's record with ol' Teddy Nolan at the helm? It's not worse.

70 pages should never go by without a Teddy Nolan reference.
- PrinceChill

Sure it's definitely better

Not picking top 5 better

Phil is still new, not a fan, but hopefully he learned something this year

I'm not trying to sound like a know it all, but this tank was hardly disguised.

Rookie , players coach
Tennyson
Griffith
Redmond
Cristo
Bowl u
Joshapsen
Poujliot
Nolan
Pommer
Antipin
Larson
Girgs
Lenher
Chad

That's not a good group of talent
- Boss34

Butt, ....butt....butt... Aww nevermind . Amerks coming in next season will help.

Can't ship them out if nobody wants them .
Takes two. It's like going to the bar with all the anticipation of getting laid . and end up going home alone .
- cabin

then making love to your taco (while viewing the damage you did to the nacho bar)

then making love to your taco (while viewing the damage you did to the nacho bar)
- Michael Pachla

Quenneville
- GERBE!!!75PTS

That would work

Maybe big mouth from columbus- torts

Lindy?

that really hurt
- Michael Pachla

You can still feel pain? Because of this team, I'm completely numb and all nerve endings have shorted out a few years ago.

I'm getting old.
I hold on to hope every year.
I don't know how many rebuilds I will be around for.
I loathe Murray for being totally incompetent and screwing this fan base further.
- Over50

Us old frankers get tired of hope.

I have to be honest here and I may get ridiculed but, I would love to have Lindy back here in some capacity.
- Over50

I agree %100.

He was a good coach. 7th all time nhl wins?

Always a lack of talent and soft players.

Can't ship them out if nobody wants them .
Takes two. It's like going to the bar with all the anticipation of getting laid . and end up going home alone .
- cabin

We don't know that. Just because Botts said he had no offers, doesn't me he didn't have buyers at any point. I don't expect him to say, "Yeah, I had some fair deals on the table going back to before Christmas, but I held out for more and it blew up in my face."

We don't know that. Just because Botts said he had no offers, doesn't me he didn't have buyers at any point. I don't expect him to say, "Yeah, I had some fair deals on the table going back to before Christmas, but I held out for more and it blew up in my face."
- sskkoo1

True .

I don't go on assumptions so I will never know the truth.

marky 'pissboy' Pysyk singed a three-year extension at $8.2m...throw $10m at nelson for three years and get 'er done
- Michael Pachla

That scares me. He's played a decent 15 game stretch and it's a feel-good story, but statistically, he hasn't been very good. I'm not sold on him as more than a 6/7 yet.

Pysyk is a much better player with a much stronger body of work.