PASabreFan

Not secretly. Openly. I pray for it and I never pray. It would be a means to an end, and Terry taught us the value of that. Hell, based off yesterday's presser, we are STILL accepting and justifying losing as a pre-req to future success. Now I'm just like you, Ter.

You got it. The players not only suffer from KA's fecklessness (you can't tell me the kids don't hate the youth excuse as much as we do; they are pros now, they want to win... this is the NHL!), it drains down and infects them. Any player listening today heard excuse after excuse for why KA can't build even a 16th best roster. Destination, salary cap, taxes, palm trees, non linear development, youth, even a hint at the end that the refs screwed us. Why should the players think any differently? Intriguing question. Woulda been a great question for KA. You are taking forever just to get a team into the playoffs. How much rope will you need to win one two three four series? What gives you confidence in yourself to win the US Open after taking x years just to get to a qualifying round somewhere?

Feeding at the trough of the vicious circle. That's how a rink manager keeps his job as NHL GM of a perennial loser.

Go Sabres.

Terry talks to me everyday... he wants to be part of the solution with me. Why don't I feel better after hearing that?

Oh Lance! Tell me how TP is supportive.

Assistant coaches on tryouts? That's a winning stance.

So many excuses... Punch are you spinning in your grave?

Can't use the cap money now to save the future.

"We're not a destination" for UFAs. Wonder why, jackass. KA is defiant about the need to be young.

KA did not answer Mike's question about changing the composition of the team. The process. Bingo! Hold your cards.

Lance tees up the youth excuse. Kevyn to Lance: you answered your own question.

You know this as well as I do... pressers like this are all we have. Let us have it. Granted it's only a warmup to the biggie more than likely to come after the season. But still...

Narrator: The Sabres are bottom feeders.

Mike H. said he requested it on Wed. I'm guessing after practice was canceled and media access closed off. A power play by Mike. So it did kind of come out of nowhere. Lance goes to great lengths to defend the organization. Just listen today and compare to Mike. Lance will surely cherry pick some positives from this season and ask Kevyn about them. Book it.

Will the networks break into regular programming to carry this live?

You would.

And so? No title? Just GDT: Game 17 ? GDT?

TARO SEZ: TP NOT VERY CHARMIN'

Some version of: Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres, December 4, 2024, 7 p.m. An argument could be made for semicolons. I am not sure TV/radio info. is even needed given the various ways people can tune in. I would make an exception for games exclusive to one network. Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres, December 4, 2024, 7 p.m. (TNT exclusive) Something akin to a headline (objective and never snarky) could be useful to set the stage (and would be interesting to read months or years later). Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres, December 4, 2024, 7 p.m., Sabres look to recover from collapse, avoid five-game losing streak

3. Being serious. Is it too much to ask to have a standard format? I know the mods are super duper busy (their work never ends), but they are the ones who should clean 'em up. Someone should question Punch's motivation for saying the GDT doesn't need to make it clear where the game is. Dodo must be up his ass about caulking the bathtub.

Correct. The Sabres never suck defensively with Dahlin in the lineup.

For one, there is no agreed upon format (the one I approve).

The Theory of Shrader's Cat applies here. No NHL player is that stupid. Maybe Matt Barnaby on AOL in 1997. Maybe.

Hot take: Until this board gets its GDT title act together, the franchise will continue to founder. Not picking on Caveman... everyone sucks at it.