R_Dudley

Ground hog day waking up to "I got you babe" is my vote. I only wish we could get that ground hog to drive the bus with Kevin in it.....

Yeah even a blind squirrel can find a nut but does he know what to do with it ?

Hard not to think he would be as frustrated by the way this team has been run, constructed and deconstructed over his time here. Pegula what the HE double hockey sticks are you doing to your supposed beloved Sabres... get this team right or GTFO by now.

Didn't attend Bisons games but started watching Sabre's from their first season forward. Followed and attended games regularly till I moved away in 92. Used to do half of 1 of a 4 way split on season tics after 75 with my brother in law in the reds which got me 5 games a season minimally and sometimes one or 2 more when one of the other parties couldn't make a game. We always let the group have first dibs on games one of the party couldn't make, loved how we did it, drew cards for picking order 1-4 and then went round robin picking single games with the group until all games where taken. I would always take a November game for one of the Canadian teams(Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, other), regularly went for the New Years pucks and Tux game, and one in Feb, March and finish in April to psych up for the playoffs. Was hard to follow from 92-2002 but i did the best I could long distance and always still came back to Buffalo for a game or two a season with family I still have there. Went to the last Rangers-Sabres game there on 2/22 with Brother, nephew and was pleasantly surprised with how well they played for one game but what a false hope and mirage that was and is for what this team is now. Hard to fathom what has happened with the last 14 years of hell vs heaven Pegula has given us fans. I guess I was spoiled having a well run hockey organization and team for that long. Terry please sell the team or finally hire and create an experienced functional organization structure before you totally destroy this once proud franchise.

What team? They don't regularly play like the team I used to know and love, disappointment and disgust now replace that.

Waiting for Samuelsson to come back from his?😉

I voted No. In my best DarthEbriate imitation I will say " These are not the players for playoffs you are looking for!" Professional athletes to reach this level are supposed to want to and know how to compete. This has turned into the island of misfit players if they do not have enough pride in what they do to show up at a time like this. Sad with all the great draft positions over 13 plus years that the team, is this pile of dung. I have stopped caring since they don't either. Bu-bye Sabre slugs from hell.

I cannot ever recall seeing him, a 6"6" 220 lbs defensemen clear the crease. I see Sabre forwards always being knocked down in front of the opposing net/goalies, no penalty. That net front is one area the officials usually allow some leeway to clear the view and they do not provide any consistent support for their goalies there. Sad dysfunctional drafting from what was supposed to be one area of strength based on our drafts of defensemen. Defensemen that don't play defense and a host of forwards that can't play physical offense. Great recipe for amateur hockey but not professional.

I absolutely hope you are right and agree with this. I would also add that those said players need a conditioning assignment to Rochester (sorry for that ruining your Amerks experience) or less ice time replaced with the players who are playing the right way even if the result may still be a loss. Reward more the efforts not just the potential results.

That was a lot of nothing really when you digest it all and look at the yearly results. Deck chairs on the titanic as LTS said. All is well that ends well and this has not and appears headed that way again.

The tale of whether the current streak continues, losers lament, or we start another winning streak, fans be cautious. Honestly, I just wish they would play consistent gritty tenacious hockey as defined by many posters in the other thread. Physical, relentless puck pursuit and finishing more of the body checks they have available but shy away from with the adolescent stick checking only attempts. Thats not the hockey I grew up with hockey. Better use of my time in a meetup at the gym with my daughter to start a box and burn class and will check the scores later to see which way this team played. Come to think of it, over half the team could use a fit for boxing regimen to make them more confident in the close quarter situations they regularly play in on the ice. But that's just my opinion man.

From a 3-win series to another potential 3 loss one. Still going with the previous ground hog day season potential again, a tease like that Meatloaf High school cheerleader, get you to rounding 3rd base and get the "Stop right there!". Lets stop the losing right here as Lindy preaches, along with this Manic Weirdness.

This above, and the Deluca .500 holds me back from voting yes. After being fooled in at least 8-9 of those 13 lost years says don't get fooled again. Maybe even eggsbenedict will come back if they make it.

I'm sorry for the 13-years of not making it when they have had some good in season spurts of hockey has me waiting to the last day of this poll before I will vote. I need to see them continue to play solid hockey back home against the Wild and Canuck's.

Well here we go for another chance at a 3-game win streak. No lineup changes is the Lindy Ruff coach I expected until someone else earns it or someone else doesn't play up to the standard, which is as it should be. LFG go Buffalo, keep the home fires burning and win the fans back.