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Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Feb 19 @ 7:23 PM ET
I understand the frustration... hell I want ownerships head after 6 years of no Dance...

But there is simply no way the Sabres will ever not be in Buffalo... None.

- dozerD10



Never say never on anything. The team is likely being sold. I’ve heard the rumors. It’s no coincidence that the “One Buffalo” business model was dismantled right before the start of the season. And the league have 2 press releases talking about new markets? Yikes. I just don’t know how many more rich people are left out there that view Buffalo as a hot hockey market anymore. From the outside looking in we just lose money and never win. Buffalo is synonymous with its football fans.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 19 @ 7:27 PM ET
Sure but his employer is losing tens of millions a year due to incompetence. The Sabres are likely to be sold and the nhl is looking to put teams in new markets. We’re at a point where this could really happen and the egoistical, rich owner could easily blame it on “The economic conditions” of Buffalo. If this really goes down will Rob just be happy he had his hand in the cookie jar like everyone else?
- Buffalo--Sabres


I don’t understand how the same Terry Pegula who cried while talking about the French Connection at his first press conference has - 13 years later - let this apathetic cancer metastasize to catastrophic levels.

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 7:39 PM ET
I don’t understand how the same Terry Pegula who cried while talking about the French Connection at his first press conference has - 13 years later - let this apathetic cancer metastasize to catastrophic levels.
- Hank Balling


He got lucky hiring McDermott. He's been a mess on everything else.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 7:39 PM ET
I don’t understand how the same Terry Pegula who cried while talking about the French Connection at his first press conference has - 13 years later - let this apathetic cancer metastasize to catastrophic levels.
- Hank Balling


Went from hero to villain.

Went from fan to skin in the game and now he’s afraid of his own shadow.

Reason why you don’t mix business with pleasure
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Feb 19 @ 7:52 PM ET
They are cooked because they went 2-4 to start this month.

Had they gone 4-2 we’d be singing a much different tune

- Swedish_Jesus

Had they won all the games they lost we’d be singing a different tune.

I blame the Buffalo Bills
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Feb 19 @ 8:02 PM ET
Went from hero to villain.

Went from fan to skin in the game and now he’s afraid of his own shadow.

Reason why you don’t mix business with pleasure

- Swedish_Jesus


More than that though, he is the single-largest stakeholder of this festering abomination and he's doing nothing to change it. And he used to care. (frank)in, sad, man. (frank)in sad.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 8:07 PM ET
Had they won all the games they lost we’d be singing a different tune.

I blame the Buffalo Bills

- ImThatGuy


I’m sorry but to say the season was cooked in December was premature.

Somebody forgot to tell Edmonton and St.Louis that.

Heck even Minny is making a push now.
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Feb 19 @ 8:19 PM ET
I don’t understand how the same Terry Pegula who cried while talking about the French Connection at his first press conference has - 13 years later - let this apathetic cancer metastasize to catastrophic levels.
- Hank Balling



I think rich people are used to having their egos stroked all the time. The people of Buffalo nor anyone in the national hockey league is stroking his ego at this point so he’s lost interest and appears to be distancing himself from the embarrassment. Something none of us could imagine doing because we have actual passion for the Sabres.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 8:25 PM ET
I think rich people are used to having their egos stroked all the time. The people of Buffalo nor anyone in the national hockey league is stroking his ego at this point so he’s lost interest and appears to be distancing himself from the embarrassment. Something none of us could imagine doing because we have actual passion for the Sabres.
- Buffalo--Sabres


Couldn’t agree more
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

Feb 19 @ 8:28 PM ET
Sure but his employer is losing tens of millions a year due to incompetence. The Sabres are likely to be sold and the nhl is looking to put teams in new markets. We’re at a point where this could really happen and the egoistical, rich owner could easily blame it on “The economic conditions” of Buffalo. If this really goes down will Rob just be happy he had his hand in the cookie jar like everyone else?
- Buffalo--Sabres


Probably.

When and if Arizona moves, then, maybe, it will be time to sweat.
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

Feb 19 @ 8:31 PM ET
I think rich people are used to having their egos stroked all the time. The people of Buffalo nor anyone in the national hockey league is stroking his ego at this point so he’s lost interest and appears to be distancing himself from the embarrassment. Something none of us could imagine doing because we have actual passion for the Sabres.
- Buffalo--Sabres


The Sabres were always the stepping stone to the Bills.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 8:33 PM ET
I’m sorry but to say the season was cooked in December was premature.

Somebody forgot to tell Edmonton and St.Louis that.

Heck even Minny is making a push now.

- Swedish_Jesus


If you want to hang on until they are mathematically eliminated, that's fine. There's always a chance until then. They still haven't put together 3 straight this season, so I have no idea where this kind of run is coming from.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Feb 19 @ 8:34 PM ET
Had they won all the games they lost we’d be singing a different tune.

I blame the Buffalo Bills

- ImThatGuy

If you take out all the losses the Sabres are undefeated. Little known fact
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 8:35 PM ET
If you want to hang on until they are mathematically eliminated, that's fine. There's always a chance until then. They still haven't put together 3 straight this season, so I have no idea where this kind of run is coming from.
- Lunaion


The run is likely not coming, I have thrown in the towel.

They have played good hockey from January 1st on but have left too many points on the table.

I’ll just never understand the people who react to October and November hockey like there aren’t teams that start slow and make a push.

We see it every year
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Feb 19 @ 8:36 PM ET
I’m sorry but to say the season was cooked in December was premature.

Somebody forgot to tell Edmonton and St.Louis that.

Heck even Minny is making a push now.

- Swedish_Jesus

Edmonton and St. Louis have better organizations that are willing to fire coaches or have GM’s willing to do more than trade for Eric Robinson as their seasons fall apart.

The FO failed this fan base this summer and this season is the result of it.
FireRuff
Joined: 02.06.2013

Feb 19 @ 8:39 PM ET
ENOUGH...now the team cannot even beat the worst teams either on the road or at home. Pistol whip these f'ers, fire the coach and all his staff of idiots. GD this is utter BS!!!
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 8:53 PM ET
The run is likely not coming, I have thrown in the towel.

They have played good hockey from January 1st on but have left too many points on the table.

I’ll just never understand the people who react to October and November hockey like there aren’t teams that start slow and make a push.

We see it every year

- Swedish_Jesus


End of December is pretty much the halfway mark. They are 9-8 since, and still haven't put together a run.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 9:06 PM ET
End of December is pretty much the halfway mark. They are 9-8 since, and still haven't put together a run.
- Lunaion


Going 7-4 in January was fine. The team being allergic to a couple loser points is annoying but all in all was a good month.

They needed to replicate that this month, and started 2-4.

I don’t have any faith of them winning all 5 remaining games this month.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 9:19 PM ET
Going 7-4 in January was fine. The team being allergic to a couple loser points is annoying but all in all was a good month.

They needed to replicate that this month, and started 2-4.

I don’t have any faith of them winning all 5 remaining games this month.

- Swedish_Jesus


If they replicated that pace for rest of the season, it still wasn't enough. It would have put them in position to need to play even better.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 9:35 PM ET
Krebs gets bumped up into the top 9 and has 55 xgf% and 85 xgf% in back to back games.

Amazing.

Maybe should have done that the moment Quinn went down again instead of having Okposo skate with Tage and Skinner.

Good work Donnie.
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 9:37 PM ET
If they replicated that pace for rest of the season, it still wasn't enough. It would have put them in position to need to play even better.
- Lunaion


You’re right. I recall it was 16 of a possible 22 points to be on pace at the beginning of the month.

So they needed to go 7-2-2 or 8-3.

We are sitting here at 2-4 and managed to not gain a single point in games where they hung 48 shots on Jake Oettinger or held a 24-5 shot advantage and a 2-1 lead on the Anaheim Ducks.

Epitome of the season right there
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 19 @ 9:48 PM ET


Meanwhile the 4th line has been caved in the two games Krebs has moved up.

Good underlyings lead to points.

- Swedish_Jesus

that 4th line has looked like crap since krebs got a bump
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Feb 19 @ 9:50 PM ET
Krebs gets bumped up into the top 9 and has 55 xgf% and 85 xgf% in back to back games.

Amazing.

Maybe should have done that the moment Quinn went down again instead of having Okposo skate with Tage and Skinner.

Good work Donnie.

- Swedish_Jesus


As a follow-up:

Dahlin-Joker have now played parts of 43 games together and have a 59.3 xGF% as a pair.

Way to keep force feeding the Dahlin-Samuelsson pairing on us you franking twat.


Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 9:50 PM ET
You’re right. I recall it was 16 of a possible 22 points to be on pace at the beginning of the month.

So they needed to go 7-2-2 or 8-3.

We are sitting here at 2-4 and managed to not gain a single point in games where they hung 48 shots on Jake Oettinger or held a 24-5 shot advantage and a 2-1 lead on the Anaheim Ducks.

Epitome of the season right there

- Swedish_Jesus


That's a pace better than the best team in the NHL. While it's not impossible, it's just not realistic for this team over an extended period. They aren't that good.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 19 @ 9:51 PM ET
As a follow-up:

Dahlin-Joker have now played parts of 43 games together and have a 59.3 xGF% as a pair.

Way to keep force feeding the Dahlin-Samuelsson pairing on us you franking twat.

- Swedish_Jesus


Donnie's lineups and game management suck. Pretty sure we agree on that one!
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