JB left a surplus on D. KA reversed that in a big way.
- Lunaion

if adams had signed johnson and kept seattle from taking borgen at the expansion draft then things might be different though

top 5 gm couldn't close the deals

Botts was not the worst GM ever. But when you look at his entire body of work, it was severely underwhelming.
- TheSabresTaco

terry speeding up the timeline didn't help

I do agree. The meddling was bad in the beginning, and really up until about Kevo. But the hires as a whole were failures. Bylsma, Housley, Krueger, failures. Nolan, a vastly outdated coach, was set for failure. The disorganization, the bad communication, the bad scouting, the team chemistry, the lack of a plan, the egos... it all came down to Terry Pegula, the men he hired, and those men making poor hires and allowing underachieving staff to remain.
- TheSabresTaco

Impulse hiring a PoHo was peak Terry. Glad he's pulled back a bit.

Since Darcy left, every GM has affected the next. TM really screwed the pooch. He really F@cked up the bottom 6, Defense and are entire prospect pool. It's affected everything since.
- Buff36

You can take this discussion into ten different directions. Let's look at it like this. What if Darcy drafts the at least some of the following:

2006: Nick Foligno over Dennis Persson
2007: PK Subban over TJ Brennan
2008: John Carlson over Tyler Ennis
2009: Chris Kreider over Zach Kassian
2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov over Mrak Prysk
2011: Anyone
2012: Tom Wilson, Tomas Hertl, Vasilevsky over Girglesons
2013: Josh Morrissey, Bo Horvat over Risto

not even including the barren wastes of the later rounds prior to 2012..

you pick a few more star players, you've got a competitive team straight through the 2010's. But no. Their scouting failed. You either need to build through free agency in a small market, middling franchise (nope) or you're just going to bottom out. And look what happened.

You can take this discussion into ten different directions. Let's look at it like this. What if Darcy drafts the at least some of the following:

2006: Nick Foligno over Dennis Persson
2007: PK Subban over TJ Brennan
2008: John Carlson over Tyler Ennis
2009: Chris Kreider over Zach Kassian
2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov over Mrak Prysk
2011: Anyone
2012: Tom Wilson, Tomas Hertl, Vasilevsky over Girglesons
2013: Josh Morrissey, Bo Horvat over Risto

not even including the barren wastes of the later rounds prior to 2012..

you pick a few more star players, you've got a competitive team straight through the 2010's. But no. Their scouting failed. You either need to build through free agency in a small market, middling franchise (nope) or you're just going to bottom out. And look what happened.
- TheSabresTaco

Sure, but they had a competitive team thru 2010. Darcy definitely made mistakes, but he handed over a treasure of Assets to help the rebuild and well here we are.

Sure, but they had a competitive team thru 2010. Darcy definitely made mistakes, but he handed over a treasure of Assets to help the rebuild and well here we are.
- Buff36

https://www.buffalohockey...on-pominville-on-waivers/




Kris Baker
@SabresProspects
As the story goes, when Jason Pominville was waived to start 2005-06, the Florida Panthers wanted to claim him but didn’t as a favor to the Sabres as they were in the first year together of a dual affiliation in Rochester. The rest is history. Congrats to #29 on game #1,000.
7:17 PM · Nov 1, 2018

You can take this discussion into ten different directions. Let's look at it like this. What if Darcy drafts the at least some of the following:

2006: Nick Foligno over Dennis Persson
2007: PK Subban over TJ Brennan
2008: John Carlson over Tyler Ennis
2009: Chris Kreider over Zach Kassian
2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov over Mrak Prysk
2011: Anyone
2012: Tom Wilson, Tomas Hertl, Vasilevsky over Girglesons
2013: Josh Morrissey, Bo Horvat over Risto

not even including the barren wastes of the later rounds prior to 2012..

you pick a few more star players, you've got a competitive team straight through the 2010's. But no. Their scouting failed. You either need to build through free agency in a small market, middling franchise (nope) or you're just going to bottom out. And look what happened.
- TheSabresTaco

Kuzy would’ve wasted his career in Encore coke den basement, don’t you dare attempt to diminish the pick that was the piss face:




Imagine having to watch that garbage he pulls in the shootout, piss face was fantastic.

You can take this discussion into ten different directions. Let's look at it like this. What if Darcy drafts the at least some of the following:

2006: Nick Foligno over Dennis Persson
2007: PK Subban over TJ Brennan
2008: John Carlson over Tyler Ennis
2009: Chris Kreider over Zach Kassian
2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov over Mrak Prysk
2011: Anyone
2012: Tom Wilson, Tomas Hertl, Vasilevsky over Girglesons
2013: Josh Morrissey, Bo Horvat over Risto

not even including the barren wastes of the later rounds prior to 2012..

you pick a few more star players, you've got a competitive team straight through the 2010's. But no. Their scouting failed. You either need to build through free agency in a small market, middling franchise (nope) or you're just going to bottom out. And look what happened.
- TheSabresTaco

2021: Poltapov over Zellweger, Rosen over Jesper Wallstedt
2022: Topias Leinonen over any of Seamus Casey, Christian Kyrou, or Tristan Luneau

https://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/amerks-hall-of-fame-before-starring-role-in-buffalo-sabres-couldve-lost-jason-pominville-on-waivers/




Kris Baker
@SabresProspects
As the story goes, when Jason Pominville was waived to start 2005-06, the Florida Panthers wanted to claim him but didn’t as a favor to the Sabres as they were in the first year together of a dual affiliation in Rochester. The rest is history. Congrats to #29 on game #1,000.
7:17 PM · Nov 1, 2018
- homiedclown

Claiming Fitz was payback.

Samson Reinhart is elite, that is all.
- RhinoFan

👀 maybe not the OT gwg level, but what a dish to Lundell to get the game two comeback started, very skunky!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUWJ5as5ZCI


side note anyone notice why the puck became kind of up for grabs behind the net for Rhino to jump on


#somehitsmatter ?

terry speeding up the timeline didn't help
- homiedclown

Like I said, I don't think Botts himself did the worst job in the world, but the man had a shoddy scouting staff, had a big ego and did not rely on his staff for team building. Christ he employed Seth Griffith, Scott Wilson, Danny O'Regan, Benoit Pouliot and Hudson Fasching. Christ sakes.

Impulse hiring a PoHo was peak Terry. Glad he's pulled back a bit.
- Lunaion

lafontaine was the weirdest story line ever.

Sure, but they had a competitive team thru 2010. Darcy definitely made mistakes, but he handed over a treasure of Assets to help the rebuild and well here we are.
- Buff36

Living off the backs of the early 2000's. Once those players moved on they had ziltch

lafontaine was the weirdest story line ever.
- TheSabresTaco

Lotta NDAs signed that day.

Like I said, I don't think Botts himself did the worst job in the world, but the man had a shoddy scouting staff, had a big ego and did not rely on his staff for team building. Christ he employed Seth Griffith, Scott Wilson, Danny O'Regan, Benoit Pouliot and Hudson Fasching. Christ sakes.
- TheSabresTaco

Does he bring in those guys if Compher or Armia are still here.

👀 maybe not the OT gwg level, but what a dish to Lundell to get the game two comeback started, very skunky!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUWJ5as5ZCI


side note anyone notice why the puck became kind of up for grabs behind the net for Rhino to jump on


#somehitsmatter ?
- Ratsreign

Skunkerific, if you will. The silent killer you never see coming.

https://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/amerks-hall-of-fame-before-starring-role-in-buffalo-sabres-couldve-lost-jason-pominville-on-waivers/




Kris Baker
@SabresProspects
As the story goes, when Jason Pominville was waived to start 2005-06, the Florida Panthers wanted to claim him but didn’t as a favor to the Sabres as they were in the first year together of a dual affiliation in Rochester. The rest is history. Congrats to #29 on game #1,000.
7:17 PM · Nov 1, 2018
- homiedclown

I had no idea. We can call it even after Fitz and flipping Montour, but I like FLA more now.

Does he bring in those guys if Compher or Armia are still here.
- Buff36

even guys like Flynn and Deslauriers, the lengths they went to tank were extreme

your parents would probably take a different son instead of the one that left them stranded w/o power during the blizzard





you are an a$$hole on here and in life


congrats for being the champion of who is more pathetic on hockeybuzz though
- homiedclown

This is so completely uncalled for and very disrespectful.

Beyond kidding around.

Thanks for ruining all the hard work Brad put it on this finely written blog.

Where do ya'll watch the Amerks game tonight?

Botts was not the worst GM ever. But when you look at his entire body of work, it was severely underwhelming.
- TheSabresTaco

Plenty of gmtm's crew "we're/are" still playing hockey in the playoffs and former cup winners like bogo.

Sam
Eichel
Ror
Ek9

Probably a few more.

This is so completely uncalled for and very disrespectful.

Beyond kidding around.

Thanks for ruining all the hard work Brad put it on this finely written blog.
- Boss34

Completely called for. You deserve all the disrespect.

Where do ya'll watch the Amerks game tonight?
- DirtyDan

Your mom's house

even guys like Flynn and Deslauriers, the lengths they went to tank were extreme
- Lunaion

Exactly

Your mom's house
- Hatboro_Swords