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Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 10:02 PM ET
How far behind in missed playoffs years are the coyotes?
joevthree
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 02.27.2011

Sep 10 @ 10:03 PM ET
Sorry off by one win 8 67 5 in 72 record still stand after 50 years
- Rsh


It was 1975, including a 14-2 loss to the Sabres
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Sep 10 @ 10:10 PM ET
Who's that (frank)face that got exceptional status last year? Bedard? Why not him too while we're at it.
- Wetbandit1


Bedard and Michkov are next year.

Best 1/2 punch since McDavid and Eichel, might even be better
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 10:18 PM ET
Stand corrected thanks joe!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 10:20 PM ET
I knew with had a bad first year. Just can’t remember like I use to . Again thanks
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Sep 10 @ 10:36 PM ET
How far behind in missed playoffs years are the coyotes?
- Rsh


The Coyotes made the playoffs in the bubble, they lost to the Avs
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 11:11 PM ET
Thanks
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 11:18 PM ET
I think most of the sabres games are going to 6 to 3 or 4 ! Till they go thru a record number of goalies !! Till they sign buff 36 stripes 77 and homie to finish out the season!! Or the 2 zamboni drivers!! Hey Aymers from Carolina is a free agent? He and Houser have winning records!!
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Sep 10 @ 11:34 PM ET
I think most of the sabres games are going to 6 to 3 or 4 ! Till they go thru a record number of goalies !! Till they sign buff 36 stripes 77 and homie to finish out the season!! Or the 2 zamboni drivers!! Hey Aymers from Carolina is a free agent? He and Houser have winning records!!
- Rsh

Why are we yelling!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 11:40 PM ET
Not yelling! If so sorry!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Sep 10 @ 11:44 PM ET
Sabres will break at least one record this year. Most goalies played in one season! Breaking flyers record from a year or so . Think it was 8 or 9 ?
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 11 @ 12:06 AM ET
Sabres will break at least one record this year. Most goalies played in one season! Breaking flyers record from a year or so . Think it was 8 or 9 ?
- Rsh


I thought Buffalo held that record after the carousel gmtm pulled in the mcEichel draft. I don’t remember how many but the goalie coach (drawing a blank, package deal with teddy, nhl tendy, great coach) would make em look good and gmtm would trade them. I think that was the year vinz suited up as well.

I looked it was only 5…
Jhonas Enroth
Michal Neuvirth
Anders Lindbäck
Andrey Makarov
Matt Hackett

But didn’t vinz suit up and we traded for a goalie that we immediately flipped?

I’m probably confusing years…
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Sep 11 @ 12:23 AM ET
I thought Buffalo held that record after the carousel gmtm pulled in the mcEichel draft. I don’t remember how many but the goalie coach (drawing a blank, package deal with teddy, nhl tendy, great coach) would make em look good and gmtm would trade them. I think that was the year vinz suited up as well.

I looked it was only 5…
Jhonas Enroth
Michal Neuvirth
Anders Lindbäck
Andrey Makarov
Matt Hackett

But didn’t vinz suit up and we traded for a goalie that we immediately flipped?

I’m probably confusing years…

- Gr8daygo

Arturs Irbe
madmorrison
Joined: 06.29.2011

Sep 11 @ 12:37 AM ET
Arturs Irbe
- TheHank

Halak? He was so good he may have went in one door and out the other
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 11 @ 5:16 AM ET
Fixed it.

They hired two decent people and largely stayed out of their way…

They haven’t gotten lucky with the Sabres and refuse to hire experience at the top.

- Gr8daygo


1- why don’t they get credit for “staying out of the way”?
2- Beane & McDermott weren’t very “experienced” either

If anyone is gonna hate on them for the Sabres,
then they should be loving them for the Bills
It works BOTH ways
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Sep 11 @ 5:19 AM ET
Bedard and Michkov are next year.

Best 1/2 punch since McDavid and Eichel, might even be better

- Pegullaville


Next years draft looks great too
kritter65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2009

Sep 11 @ 5:53 AM ET
Halak? He was so good he may have went in one door and out the other
- madmorrison



Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 11 @ 7:11 AM ET
I think most of the sabres games are going to 6 to 3 or 4 ! Till they go thru a record number of goalies !! Till they sign buff 36 stripes 77 and homie to finish out the season!! Or the 2 zamboni drivers!! Hey Aymers from Carolina is a free agent? He and Houser have winning records!!
- Rsh

Don't know why you brought me into your Convo, but if it's because I choose not to answer your post, well I don't have anything to say to you. So let's just go about are business.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 11 @ 7:50 AM ET
Don't know why you brought me into your Convo, but if it's because I choose not to answer your post, well I don't have anything to say to you. So let's just go about are business.
- Buff36



That's a convo?

I'm still convinced it's a troll job.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 11 @ 7:54 AM ET
That's a convo?

I'm still convinced it's a troll job.

- Powerslave

Trying to be civil but I agree
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 11 @ 7:59 AM ET
That's a convo?

I'm still convinced it's a troll job.

- Powerslave

Yanks in that slow dive to Hell Power
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 11 @ 8:05 AM ET
Arturs Irbe
- TheHank


THATS it. Freaking goalie whisperer!
Cptmjl
New York Islanders
Joined: 11.05.2011

Sep 11 @ 8:10 AM ET
Sure. At the right price. That said, he'll still have rfa status at years end on a $3m cap hit. Which isn't bad for the Sabres if they want to re-sign him
- Michael Pachla

What do you think the right price would be?
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 11 @ 8:19 AM ET
1- why don’t they get credit for “staying out of the way”?
2- Beane & McDermott weren’t very “experienced” either

If anyone is gonna hate on them for the Sabres,
then they should be loving them for the Bills
It works BOTH ways

- jdfitz77


1- because it may be contractually obligated to do so. Power they are not willing to give up on the hockey side.

2- mcD probably had just as much to do with bean as pegs. And they got lucky or they finally canned the marketing genius that was a bit to handsy.

I love the message mcD has brought. I love that bean has been really solid and in step with the coach. And I love that pegs is staying out of football decisions.

I still can’t stand that they have not hired experienced, respected, successful hockey people at the top of the organization. I Can’t stand that someone like Mario Lemieux knows enough to hire experienced hockey people at the top of his team, but pegs “knows more than the fans”. But are “still learning” 10 years later. Hell, Kim should have her Doctorate in Hockey operations after 10 years. And when you finally get someone respected in the door that lives 10 minutes away from the arena, it “what can you tell us that we don’t already know”. Yes, I can enjoy them staying out of the way of the bills football decisions and bash them for the crap they have made us endure on the hockey side.

I do like some of what GMKA has done, I liked meatball hockey. I am not happy they pissed away Samson, pissed away Jack and we are into Tank IV: When you thought they could Tank no more… and no that isn’t on Adams, he’s just trying to clean up Kim’s mess, she is the President of the team, the buck has to stop somewhere….
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 11 @ 8:27 AM ET
1- because it may be contractually obligated to do so. Power they are not willing to give up on the hockey side.

2- mcD probably had just as much to do with bean as pegs. And they got lucky or they finally canned the marketing genius that was a bit to handsy.

I love the message mcD has brought. I love that bean has been really solid and in step with the coach. And I love that pegs is staying out of football decisions.

I still can’t stand that they have not hired experienced, respected, successful hockey people at the top of the organization. I Can’t stand that someone like Mario Lemieux knows enough to hire experienced hockey people at the top of his team, but pegs “knows more than the fans”. But are “still learning” 10 years later. Hell, Kim should have her Doctorate in Hockey operations after 10 years. And when you finally get someone respected in the door that lives 10 minutes away from the arena, it “what can you tell us that we don’t already know”. Yes, I can enjoy them staying out of the way of the bills football decisions and bash them for the crap they have made us endure on the hockey side.

I do like some of what GMKA has done, I liked meatball hockey. I am not happy they pissed away Samson, pissed away Jack and we are into Tank IV: When you thought they could Tank no more… and no that isn’t on Adams, he’s just trying to clean up Kim’s mess, she is the President of the team, the buck has to stop somewhere….

- Gr8daygo


It is partially on Adams.
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