Palm Trees And Taxes

About the coaching: I would love a players perspective on this but its pretty clear the Granato is going to be an interim HC and the locker room has to know this so considering the long losing streak, missing some key players, and most of the players knowing A. A good amount of this team will be jettisoned out of Buffalo and B. Why give it all for a coach that may not be here long anyway? I think its hard to TRULY judge what the coaching change means at this point in time, until a true replacement is here that the Sabres intend on keeping around for a few years at least.

Thats true and its really hard to say what could have been, but I do remember the groans of the Sabre fan base back then about the Sabres 'just missing the playoffs' and being mediocre under Darcy: I say then when the Sabres lost Briere and Drury on that terrible day, it might of been better to nuke the entire team in a sense and start anew.

I actually think this take is dead on. It is time to press the nuke button on this,provided the Sabres have the right pieces in place in the front office to build this correctly, AKA Terry and Kim staying the hell out of the way and keep taking victory laps on the NFL Network.

And on top of that the Sabres would have been so bad without Vanek that their OWN 1st round picks could have been very high and produced better players.

UPL is 22. It is time to see what the kid can do! LETS GO UPL!!!

It is so bad now I truly believe the Buffalo Sabres are better off folding as a franchise and coming back as an expansion team to get ridiculous Vegas like benefits

Agree. Small steps at a time and getting Ullmark and Eichel back while this group of players that the Sabres might keep gel would be a welcome sight. As for the players that Adams will not keep, jettison them ASAP

The Sabres Banners guy on Twitter should make a banner for tonight At Least Cozens Scored - 3/22/2021

If you are at a bar its good

I still think if Sabres do a 50% retain on salary they can still fetch a low 1 from a contender

Old habits are hard to break

Might take 3 minimum to make a true difference with this bunch

I still say at the time Hall was a good roll of the dice for a year but now is the time to say saynora to Taylor.

Or about 12 cents per Sabres SOG

If the Sabres get a 5th round pick they should do an episode of Buffalo Sabres Embedded: 'How The Sabres Swindled A 5th Round Pick From The Avs'

I wonder if the COVID angle is really holding things up here, players need to be tested, do the Sabres need to quarantine again etc

For a 1st 2nd and an elite prospect? Oh wait Im playing NHL 21. Carry on

Kim and Terry, throw the $ at Kevin Weekes make him President,Czar whatever he wants. Weekes is exactly what this franchise needs.

The Field

I know coaching won't fix every issue that the Sabres have but there are quite a few examples over time where coaches come in and teams regress quickly and others are brought in (Berube in St. Louis, Trotz in NY) where a coaching change makes a MASSIVE difference. (Not saying this will have that same exact impact for the Sabres) To me this coaching change needs to fix a few things that are very important to the hopes that the Buffalo Sabres are brought back to relevance again and a playoff contender: 1. Rasmus Dahlin: Let's not forget he had 45 points as a rookie defenseman when he was 18. That skill does not just disappear into thin air. Put him in the best position for him to be the best defenseman he can be. Period. 2. Jeff Skinner: The contact is an albatross, but get this guy back to a 27-33 goal guy who is excellent 5X5 and is a Top 6 guy and we can 'live' with most of that salary. 3. Dylan Cozens: VERY important that the new coach puts DC in the right position to grow his game and take it to the next level like a lot of us expect. I know there are more but I feel these 3 really fall on the new coach that is brought in and are more important IMO. And you know what? It can't get any worse! Can it?

5-3 Sabres. Scoring from all lines, solid defense and sound goaltending... Oh wait I forgot was decade I was in....

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Agree. The captain is generally given to the best player nowadays but the key is there needs to be some sound veteran leadership along with that and the Sabres seem to be void of that

I would love to say you will be wrong but so much has changed at ESPN since they last aired the NHL. Let's see how this is handled and will not comment on that until we see what they do.

Over/Under on when the 'Sabres Are Better Without Eichel' thread is created? Ill set it at 14.5 hours.