PromoTheRobot

I just finished watching on delay. First two periods, the most mistake-free I've seen them play. After that 1st Canes goal they flirted with throwing it up, but they gutted it out.

He coaches them, doesn't he? What's he waiting for?

Is 5-2-1 a good start? They're doing what you want.

They looked pretty listless.

What do you want them to do then?

Okay, but just so it's known, the Sabres are 4-2-1 since ending the streak.

I just spelled out how to go .642 by going 4-2-1 every 7.

Naw. Just maintain .650 the rest of the way and you have a shot. It'll be an 8-team shmozzle for the 2 wild cards and maybe 3rd

Consider this. If the Sabres did this: W-L-W-OTL-W-L-W every 7 games, that's .642 and with 41 games left, would get you to 87.

If we keep Ottawa off the board this period, I'll boldly predict that they might just win.

We all want the Sabres to be good. But having the Bills is what puts Buffalo on the map, so to speak.

Heck of an anthem singer tonight.

😂😂 Whatever. I'm going to be watching my BUFFALO Bills in the playoffs this weekend. What are you doing?

Yup. That's what I said.

Like I've said several times, he saved the Bills from moving to Toronto. He gets a lifetime's worth of indulgences from me for that. I also think his heart is in the right place. He got lucky with the McDermott hire, maybe he'll get lucky with the Sabres eventually. But at least both teams play in Buffalo!

Seriously? That's what you get from that statement? Wow.

Who is arguing this point?

Some good answers here. Sorry it's behind a paywall. https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nhl/sabres/buffalo-sabres-mailbag-terry-pegula-nhl/article_28eefbc0-cb88-11ef-b98f-d7318a693e0f.html

You are the GM of a team that most people won't join. What do you do? What are your options? Build a team mostly through the draft? That takes a long time but it's probably your only real option. That is what you are seeing here. Sorry it's not going faster but Connor McDavid isn't coming through that door.

In the meetings listening or telling people what to do? Which one? Don't guess.

Hey, stop injecting facts into a good rant.

I am in no way wishing anything away. You are avoiding my challenge by throwing platitudes at me. "The record is the record." Bill Parcells might have said that but it's totally meaningless beyond being a record. It came about from hundreds if not thousands of smaller factors. You are more interested in assigning blame than pinpointing a cause. You want the owner to own this but you can't point to anything he's done to bring this about beyond hiring the wrong people. And that would be enough. After all he's responsible for his hires. But people here also accuse him of meddling in team affairs. And I have yet to see anyone point to an instance of that happening. We certainly try to weave evidence. "$7 million of unspent cap is surely proof!!" But it really isn't.

Everything you said in the first paragraph is opinion. Is it impossible to be out of the playoffs for 13 years? Well, it's harder to make the playoffs in a 32-team league than a 21-team league. League designed for parity? How? Because the worst team gets a better pick? That helps but it guarantees nothing. Buffalo is caught in a death spiral where every year it gets harder to reverse your fortunes because it gets harder to add talent. The NHL used to be a mainly northeastern league filled with 90% Canadian players. It's now a continent-wide league with franchises in very sexy places.

Then name one. Like you said, it can't be hard. Conjecture. See a result and apply a reason of your choosing. It was reported that Adams was trying to sign a top 6 forward but couldn't get anyone to waive their NMC. The fact that Adams didn't turn around and spend that cap for cap's sake doesn't prove that he wasn't allowed to spend it. Again, we're talking about just under $7MM, not $25MM.

We're definitely a hard luck organization. But saying "Micky Mouse" over and over isn't proof. I mean at least with the NY Jets there are news reports of owner Woody Johnson making personnel decisions based on Madden scores.