They went 5-10 in March last season when it mattered, he's been noticed.

2023 had 1 month of hockey games that mattered and they went 5-10....then ran it back next season.... ...we are witnessing pure incompetence over a time span never seen in the history of sports.

The expectations wore off by HALLOWEEN, the anger will subside by Christmas, by mid January they will become irrelevant again. the TCZ is inescapable.
- washedup20

Fixed

You mean the NHL has 31 teams and a farm team in Buffalo that develops players within the league so by the time they’re hitting their prime, they can be traded to a contender.
- Jet Jaguar BD

No, just means they will do it there way and they don't care what other teams do or how they run there organizations. Speed, speed, speed can't be your whole game, this team is not physical at all. No net front presence at all just to name a few.

Fixed
- Jet Jaguar BD

touche

Blues fire their coach while having the same point total as Buffalo with 2 less games played.

For people who want the sabres to become a contending playoff team, do you actually have faith in Adams to find the solution?
- washedup20

No

Blues fire their coach while having the same point total as Buffalo with 2 less games played.
- Buffalo--Sabres

Isn't it something?

There are no expectations this year otherwise the seat would be too (frank)ing hot to sit on ffs

Isn't it something?

There are no expectations this year otherwise the seat would be too (frank)ing hot to sit on ffs
- ieetbred

Being a Sabres fan is like being a UB fan for me. I know they're not the best but I'm invested. I can play make believe when they play a team like Akron(substitute for scrub NHL franchise), but when they play Ohio State(Vegas for example) I know they're going to get smoked. It's sad really because this isnt college. There's a limited amount of teams and a whole set of rules to make sure everyone(with a brain) can compete. The Sabres just aren't reallty in it. They're schedule filler.

Being a Sabres fan is like being a UB fan for me. I know they're not the best but I'm invested. I can play make believe when they play a team like Akron(substitute for scrub NHL franchise), but when they play Ohio State(Vegas for example) I know they're going to get smoked. It's sad really because this isnt college. There's a limited amount of teams and a whole set of rules to make sure everyone(with a brain) can compete. The Sabres just aren't reallty in it. They're schedule filler.
- Buffalo--Sabres

Another analogy: The Sabres are like the kid who's on an elite hockey team because he parents are rich, not because he's good.

A broken, lost little man:

https://youtu.be/6EQNM1JhdQw?si=REspX3mPvfRVhExB

Another analogy: The Sabres are like the kid who's on an elite hockey team because he parents are rich, not because he's good.
- Buffalo--Sabres

I actually believe they have alot of pieces here to be a contending team

The makeup of the roster is an issue, coaching is an issue, depth is an issue. Goaltending might be good enough but it is still a question mark

The sheer lack of nhl experience on our coaching staff speaks volumes about the sincerity of putting a winning product on the ice

90% of these issues lie with the GM

The tone of his voice has dramatically changed since being traded here...sounds defeated:

https://youtu.be/Z2DIKAM7Yv4?si=5W60rAnE0X4QJKmS

This guy is locked into the mindset...51 games to go:

https://youtu.be/XPiqg7EAtHI?si=_hpePdRfE0gGKHdB

A broken, lost little man:

https://youtu.be/6EQNM1JhdQw?si=REspX3mPvfRVhExB
- washedup20

Looks like he wants to cry

I just don't get why people pretend this effort issue is only 30 games old. It literally plagued them all season last year but they had a dynamite PP for alot of the season and 5 players had career years

Looks like he wants to cry

I just don't get why people pretend this effort issue is only 30 games old. It literally plagued them all season last year but they had a dynamite PP for alot of the season and 5 players had career years
- ieetbred

He speaks as a defeated man with no plan. The NHL will continue to chew up and spit out this pathetic weak group of losers posing as a hockey team.

Looks like he wants to cry

I just don't get why people pretend this effort issue is only 30 games old. It literally plagued them all season last year but they had a dynamite PP for alot of the season and 5 players had career years
- ieetbred

This team peaked between March and April 2021, which is pathetic. And they've been "running it back" since. Makes you wonder if the Bills falter in these final weeks how bad could it get? Are the Pegula's equally as poopty Bills owners and they're just getting lucky?

Maybe the team think Meatballs is a (frank)ing idiot so they don’t play hard when their young guys defenseman gets cut for obviously shiddy players?
- Da_Cashman

I think it's this. Has to be frustrating, seeing RyJo get replaced by EJ or Clifton. If the team isn't going to try their best to ice most competitive roster, why should they work hard to be competitive either?

Sabres brass want to take a year off, so do they it seems.

Blues fire their coach while having the same point total as Buffalo with 2 less games played.
- Buffalo--Sabres

AND brought in a consultant for the Power Play…

Donnie was scared of Peca and Ellis is still running the PP for Buffalo.

Hate to say it, but we should sign a Ryan Reaves.

What happened to Skinner has been happening over and over to us for years. No joke, I would like it, the next time that a hit like that happens to our player, we dog pile whoever it is. I don't care about suspensions or ejections, bury the guy, make sure he needs to get stitched up. I'm tired of seeing everyone from Miller and Drury to Peterka and Skinner get absolutely lambasted without recourse. If EJ and Clifton don't want to hit, send them both down to the minors, EJ can go whimper to Appert.

Lastly, Eric Johnson obviously loves Colorado and is emotionally fragile without being there. Cut him so he can go home. The guy is trash. Bryson would be an upgrade. I don't care what 3 game sample size you want to show me, he is absolutely useless.

Sucking wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have to be physically dominated throughout as well. Sign 3 goons, play them as a 4th line and go Mair Mode at every justifiable opportunity.

Rant over.

Hate to say it, but we should sign a Ryan Reaves.

What happened to Skinner has been happening over and over to us for years. No joke, I would like it, the next time that a hit like that happens to our player, we dog pile whoever it is. I don't care about suspensions or ejections, bury the guy, make sure he needs to get stitched up. I'm tired of seeing everyone from Miller and Drury to Peterka and Skinner get absolutely lambasted without recourse. If EJ and Clifton don't want to hit, send them both down to the minors, EJ can go whimper to Appert.

Lastly, Eric Johnson obviously loves Colorado and is emotionally fragile without being there. Cut him so he can go home. The guy is trash. Bryson would be an upgrade. I don't care what 3 game sample size you want to show me, he is absolutely useless.

Sucking wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have to be physically dominated throughout as well. Sign 3 goons, play them as a 4th line and go Mair Mode at every justifiable opportunity.

Rant over.
- QuinnFan

Hate to say it, but we should sign a Ryan Reaves.

What happened to Skinner has been happening over and over to us for years. No joke, I would like it, the next time that a hit like that happens to our player, we dog pile whoever it is. I don't care about suspensions or ejections, bury the guy, make sure he needs to get stitched up. I'm tired of seeing everyone from Miller and Drury to Peterka and Skinner get absolutely lambasted without recourse. If EJ and Clifton don't want to hit, send them both down to the minors, EJ can go whimper to Appert.

Lastly, Eric Johnson obviously loves Colorado and is emotionally fragile without being there. Cut him so he can go home. The guy is trash. Bryson would be an upgrade. I don't care what 3 game sample size you want to show me, he is absolutely useless.

Sucking wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have to be physically dominated throughout as well. Sign 3 goons, play them as a 4th line and go Mair Mode at every justifiable opportunity.

Rant over.
- QuinnFan

Also, very well said. Team needs Patches.

My sauce sent me a picture of the shirts Okposo makes the guys wear, he makes them all sit around in them before he turns the bubbles on.

Also, very well said. Team needs Patches.
- washedup20

I really think it's a large part of the issue. No one will fight or protect their teammates so Cozens does it and gets his lights punched out. Stillman is brought in to be a tough guy, gets KO'ed by Jeannot. Greenway is about as terrifying as a puppy.

Trade for Tom Wilson or Arber Xhekaj, no matter how many picks it takes.

I really think it's a large part of the issue. No one will fight or protect their teammates so Cozens does it and gets his lights punched out. Stillman is brought in to be a tough guy, gets KO'ed by Jeannot. Greenway is about as terrifying as a puppy.

Trade for Tom Wilson or Arber Xhekaj, no matter how many picks it takes.
- QuinnFan

Botts and Adams both ignore this part of the game, both of their respective teams are dog pooopy.

Botts and Adams both ignore this part of the game, both of their respective teams are dog pooopy
- washedup20

IMO so does Granato. He's slowly tried to nurse Greenway along into a finesse forward too. Every big body we have slowly stops hitting people. It's tiresome.

Go back to the Zenon Konopka days, at least then we fought for our lowly finishes. Now we're coasting into mediocrity.

Pain.

IMO so does Granato. He's slowly tried to nurse Greenway along into a finesse forward too. Every big body we have slowly stops hitting people. It's tiresome.

Go back to the Zenon Konopka days, at least then we fought for our lowly finishes. Now we're coasting into mediocrity.

Pain.
- QuinnFan

Granato wold be kicked out of any self-respecting locker room. Their play is obvious that no one listens to him. It stopped being his fault awhile ago as he has become irrelevant. TCZ is all encompassing.