#freejame

I’d take numbers down before I added another number up.

Extra jelly beans

Three of Byfield and Turcotte/Bjornfot/Kaliyev and a first.

Imagine such an invaluable member of the Sabres organization taking such a drastic pay-cut because s/he wanted to be here. Wouldn’t that be the day?

I have nothing to add or say other than I agree with all of this.

He’s the only “experienced” coach the Sabres have hired during the drought and the only one to get us to 80 points. Everyone here thought he was incredibly flawed, and everyone here will tell you the roster was incredibly flawed. But maybe that tells you something that an experienced coach can get you more points than some who relatively lacks experience. If there is a decision to hire say Gallant or Granato, hiring Granato is likely going to be the wrong choice.

Beyond anything else I appreciate the way you carry yourself and willingness to acknowledge when you’ve been wrong. I don’t always agree with you, but I find it very easy to have a discussion about those things with you which isn’t always the case. There would be far more vitriol without you here. You also take stands for posters against the mods when you thinks it’s necessary and I appreciate that.

@WildCard and @Eleven are my favorite posters from a “the board resonates with me in a weird way that will make me never not care about the Sabres” kind of way. @Brawndo is, in my opinion, our most valuable poster and I still have no idea how he does the things he does. I appreciate the work and effort that @LGR4GM does probably more than any other poster, but I also find myself butting heads with him more than any other poster. Part of me believes this is by design. Historically speaking, if @Wyldnwoody44 were still active, he would likely take my vote. Anyway, thank you to all of the minority (even @MODO Hockey) who make this an enjoyable place to be apart of 365 days of the year. Without this board I honestly don’t know if I would still be a Sabres fan. I genuinely hope that at some point I can have the influence on someone’s Sabres fanhood that those who carry this board have had on mine. It took me almost 8 years to join, but I remember the good old days and this place is going to be unrecognizable to most posters once things inevitably take off and I can’t wait to actually participate this go-around. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, #FREE @jame, my Spacey poster of the year nominee.

Our captain having a presser on locker clean-out day should be a surprise to nobody. It is one of the few captainly ways Eichel has acted.

Aka the only coach to get us to 80+ points in ten years

Let Me Clear My Throat and MW posts both need to go

This has me thinking—is the average age of an NHL rookie higher on better teams? It would seem to make sense. I think a lot of Sabres fans have a skewed development timeline because we are so eager to be competitive.

Took me forever to get this. I don’t appreciate all the work...

I don’t think there is much of a chance of it happening, but as they say in Rudy— “having dreams is what makes life tolerable.”

55 point pace. Would be our 6th worst ever. A loss on Saturday can give us a tie for bottom five. A 37 point increase is the greatest season over season increase in Sabres history. 92 points was good for 16th in the league in 2018-2019, but would have missed the playoffs in the east by 6 points. 21 more wins and 1 more OTL should be the goal for next season. Why the hell not?

Is there any chance Beniers has a development similar to Sasha Barkov or is he not that gifted offensively?

I mean, isn’t this him regressing right now? If someone told me Taylor Hall had 8 goals and 30 points in 50 games I would say that sounds about right considering where he was at last season.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bills-gm-brandon-beane-says-consider-cutting-unvaccinated-players.amp

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bills-gm-brandon-beane-says-consider-cutting-unvaccinated-players.amp

I understand that, but I also think those three have accomplishments that speak for themselves which in turn gives them more leeway.

As if anywhere has any ammo to give away

I’m counting everyone who has played hockey ever. You’ve got ten skaters better than Sakic and Yzerman?

We know three are in the HHoF and two of them are among the greatest ten skaters to ever play hockey.

Well we have fifteen threads full of posters who want to take this same roster, add a backup to Ullmark and think we make the playoffs. In those same threads, we have posters who think 6-10 players need to be changed. The overwhelming majority of the board is pretty much in two distinct groups: we are fine with our progression and need goaltending OR we have too many glaring holes that cannot be fixed in a single off-season. Many of those questions don’t need to be answered. Give me to Linus Ullmark’s in net and this is still a team maxing out at 80 points. Give me Gerald Gallant behind the bench and this is still a team maxing out at 80 points. Reunite the LOG line and keep ATM together in the bottom-6 and this is still a team maxing out at 80 points. We are playing at 56 point pace over 82 games. 80 points is typically around 25th in the league. Is anyone here complaining if we improve by 12 wins next season?