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Ruff needs to go, he sucks. I didn’t like the re-hire when they did it and i hate it even more now. The UPL era needs to end here. Not all his fault but look at all the 2nd and 3rd periods this season he’s frittered away. Adam’s should go too. blow it all up. But most of all Terry is about 3 years late in selling the team.

A real vezina goalie who is having a bad game says nope in the 3rd period. shut us down. of course UPL and our D had to give one up

I would take trade calls about UPL. see if someone will overpay. Levi and whatever joe blow goalie off the streets would give just as good an effort. Plenty of Teams need a goalie and he probably could use a change of scenery,

This is more rock bottom than previous seasons. We were sold that the kids have grown up, in their prime years… goaltending was improved, they sprinkled in some gritty vets for the 4th line, brought Lindy back, etc. Im not sure how Pegs, Adams, Ruff, the players,, sleep at night? I know i couldn’t. Knowing that the franchise is a source of embarrassment and humiliation for the City of Buffalo and the good fans here. It’s really astounding. They won 11 games, and suddenly just forgot how to play to win. It’s not bad luck, they are just bad. A lot of us who have been fans for 45+ years cannot even watch the games anymore.

Maybe in these 1 goal deficits play 5 on 5 right to the end. these guys don’t have success doing the 6 on 5 thing and it’s just a gift goal for the opponents all the time.

How many years is the playoff drought? that’s exactly how many losses they will rack up in a row. Some type of symbolism from the hockey gods.

I wrote this on a different thread but it belongs here. Any other franchise would’ve fired the coach by now. It’s like benching the goalie when you’re down 4-0 in the first. It may not be entirely the goalies fault, but you pull him anyway in the hopes of changing momentum. That’s what the Sabres need to do with coach.

I didn’t love the Lindy re-hire but was definitely ready to give him a chance. It feels over though. He’s clearly not doing a good job getting these under-achievers prepared to play and he’s not making the right in game strategic changes. Maybe the guys are just tuning him out by now. I don’t know. Feels like the team should make a coaching change. it’s not working.

back when i was in my teen years mid-70’s to mid-80’s the Sabres were #1 in this town. They were everything. The Bills were great fun too but the NFL wasn’t the industry worth billions back then. The NHL fanbase has eroded with years and years of losing. Feels like there’s no way out. But i would think at some point soon Terry explores selling the team to someone who will keep it here.

Starting to miss the good ol days of Donnie meatballs.

I blame the players mostly, but if Ruff cannot stop the streak and at least play .500 hockey, I'm going to point to him and his coaching style here as not meshing. There is individual talent on the team that would probably do well in other cities. It's Ruff's job to get them to play as a team and employ a style that works.

Apparently things are terrible for the Rangers lately.. oh, except for one game in Buffalo.

Those words set a curse in motion. There’s no other explanation for what’s happened to this organization.

The players can’t possibly be frustrated with the fans. I mean which NHL fanbase would put up with this long of year after year futility? it’s astounding. Boston boos their team after 2 losses. Try 14 years! lol

Yeah i would if i were him. He didn’t sign up for this. He came back to get them over the final hump, and they are completely going the other way.

I saw Buffalo trending on X and it’s not the Bills. The guns are pointed their way.

I think Lindy will be one and done. He didn’t come back to oversee some long rebuild. He came here to push a playoff ready team over the mountain top in year 1. and they failed miserably. So i can’t see him wanting to stick around.

and i said the exact same thing the other night lol

we were getting pressure 5v5 wish they wait longer to pull the goalie

Tuch used to do that "whooo!" thing after wins. That's been muted of course. Just slowly sapping the love of the game from Tuch. He loved it here but even he has no answers or solutions.

Unfortunately, the guys they've drafted and developed just aren't that good. The organization overestimated how good they would be by now. There's a few obviously like UPL that have gotten better but some others, nope. Also, as we all know Buffalo would be on everyone's no trade clause list so it's not an easy fix. At this point, in the short term I might work in some of the hungry Rochester guys. Maybe they won't be panic stricken in 3rd periods like the current group. For the long term after the season, that's going to be a major project. Maybe they can do some trades by then.

I don’t like pulling the goalie that early. they’re getting pressure 5 on 5 and then you give them a free gift goal. I thought they could’ve scored at even or pulled the goalie with 35 seconds or whatever. that’s just me.

As a player for an opposing team I would never allow myself to be traded to the Sabres. It’s like a toxic wasteland for careers. The GM Adams has his work cut out for him, if he survives the skid.

Getting out hit pretty badly. Can the Sabres get physical at all?

I’ve said for many years that Buffalo teams exist for the sole purpose of providing happiness to opposing fan bases. But that’s really exclusively for the Sabres in recent years.