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Kind of surprised they didn't

#1 star of the game has to go to Hertl now its a way for the Sabres to troll the Knights now.............

Vegas trying to troll Buffalo this game Trying to give Eichel the empty net winner, then Olofson and Eichel the 1st 2 shooters in the shootout

Nice job Hertl "I can put the game away by just tapping the puck into the empty net..........OR I can stick it to the fans in their building by trying to get the puck passed a defender to Eichel so he can score the goal against his former team booing him" Congrats on wanting to be a better 'team player' Hertl!

Before coming here, with a stacked roster that almost any coach could have won with

Ruff is back for the same reason as Nolan was brought back. Feel Good nastalgia for the ticket buying fans to buy them more time. Bring back a guy who fans loved and was one of teh most successful at his job during his time here to give the fans hope that maybe things will change while they try and figure out how to fix things. Making Ruff bring back the assisstants was to save money and only sets him up for failure. Making no big moves to try and improve the team in the offseason also only sets him up for Failure. Might as well start another rebuild because this isn't going to be a 'Quick fix' offseason where they can make a few moves or sign a few players and they are in the playoffs. This isn't a FA destination anymore and the pipeline/prospects aren't as good that bringing them up is going to change this team for the better

To be fair, its not like their coaching hires have gone on to light up the league or do any better anywhere else in the league....... So maybe the strength is their ability to find the worst coaching and front office personel? And their weakness is then hiring those guys.....

During the Pandemic Years, the price of building materials went through the roof around here and of course earlier in the year I planned on building an addition to my deck which i went ahead with that summer. I would place an online order for Lumber and deck boards one night only to get an email the next morning canceling my order. This year is definetly worse in Canada, Our Postal Workers went on strike in mid/late November and were just forced to go back to work this week where they said the backlog of mail could take into the middle of January to clear up.... I did learn a lesson with one store here in Canada (Canadian Tire), if they tell you at the customer service desk, or you see online it says they have 1 available, it actually means they have none available.........

Can't disagree with you there because I would one up that and have the team walk behind the bus for the entire trip home. Would it help them get out of the slup? Probably not, but I would feel good about watching it! Better yet, If I was Lindy, before letting any of the players leave the bench after this game, I throw all the equipment, and have the equipment staff take all their stuff out of the dresing rooms and either throw it on the ice or in the parking lot and teel them they don't deserve a lockerroom to get changed in.... Being forced to get changed on the ice or in the streets would be less embarrassing then their play....

I think this is the problem with this franchises 'rebuild plan' over the last 13+ years. They believe the only way to build the team is through drafting and developing prospects who will all some day just click and become an NHL Dynasty that will win together for years. They seem to hate the idea of bringing in good/great players (whether it be through FA or trade) because it might mean blocking a young prospect who may need to spend some extra time in the minors and really earn their spot on the team. Or also realising that Good/Great players and prospects can also be used as trade chips to obtain other good/great players or prospects at other positions of need. Instead they force prospects up to early hurting their development, and bring in only washed up Vets or guys looking for a one year deal to rebuild their image so they can move on after. This franchise needs to stop looking long term, and look to rebuild short term to rebuild its image and get back to being atleast a playoff team that can work on becoming a Cup contender. Fans were spoiled in the Dary/ruff era that they seemed to get to the point where they thought regularly winning and being in the playoffs isn't a good thing and that it was necessary to throw everything away and start from scratch to get a Cup team

Sure, but how many times can they keep doing that until they need to try something else? I don't think players/kids these days respond to 'Bag Skates' and tougher practices these days as the players of the older days did. Sometimes just being able to get a day to unwind and get away from the game can help them mentally get back. I think Bag skates work better when players are intentionally not giving their top effort, same with intentionally embarrassing them by making them healthy scratches or benching them for their effort.

When has an organisation ever fired a GM (or even coach) and made full replacements during the season? Almost always they will make the move to fire the current one, bring in an internal interum replacement and then change everything in the offseason. Right now the only choices available will be guys sitting on their couches out of the league since NHL teams won't let other teams poch from their staff mid season, and most in the minors don't want to abandon their current organisations and potentially burn bridges or get a reputation for abandoning the team during the year. Best bet is adams is fired, an internal replacement is named to finish the season, then they work on a new front office in the offseason

Or he was given a ton of Money/incentives to come back to help them save face with the fanbase to sell tickets for this season while the front office continues to believe that one day, all of these young players/prospects will just click and become an NHL Dynasty.....

I don't think I can blame Ruff for giving them a day off before the game. Sometimes that can be what struggling teams need instead of grinding them through another practice. For a lot of teams and players, long losing streaks or personal slumps can be fixed by just taking ti easy and relaxing because you start putting too much pressure on yourself/selves to break out. Unfortunately in hindsight, this was not looking good for them because it didn't help a single bit. I'm sure the media getting wind of the Owner making his way to the arena to speak to the team, and then everyone finsing out it was to 'give them participation trouphies and pat them on the back for trying their best' didn't help either. But this should have been expected when Adams continued to be employed by coming out to the media during a losing streak and basically becoming even more of a laughing stock by just telling everyone "they tried to improve but its hard because 'Taxes and no palm Trees' in Buffalo". But a competent Owner would have also told the media in attendance at that point to hold on 5 minutes after the PC so he could make the announcement that Adams was being let go immediately and 'They do not wish him well in his future endeavours'

BTW, southern Ontario Sabres fans were given an early Christmas Gift by TSN This game is balcked out in the southern ontario Area so they saved us from having the option of watching it.