Kruppstahl

"Everything That Could Go Wrong For The Buffalo Sabres Has Gone Wrong Like, seriously, everything." The author of this piece, Neil Paine, is going to be a guest TOMORROW with Schopp and Bulldog. I'll post the audio file for that interview when it is available. I'm looking forward to their discussion. https://fivethirtyeight.com/sports/

If we actually have a clearly stated negotiation platform for Eichel, they are a lot further into the process of moving him than I thought they were. That's not a good sign.

Game's on TV for a change, at least for me. Will start watching around 9:30pm. Looking ahead, we could easily lose the next 8 before having a shot at winning against New Jersey on April 6th. That would bring the streak to 22, would it not? Every team in our division now knows the name of the game from here on out is to get WINS out of ALL of your games with Buffalo. No one can afford to lose to us! The streak continues tonight!

Yeah, but he's not ready. His numbers in Rochester aren't very encouraging.

Looks like at least some type of minor changes are coming to the scouting department this week. 22. It sounds like the Sabres are making some scouting changes. At the very least a shuffling, and then we see about external additions. Could be news on the assistant-GM front (Jason Karmanos very much a contender) this week.

That was a strange game. The Sabres looked like 4 or 5 different teams at different points in the game. There was some good stuff going on in that game, too. Nice to see us come back to tie a game with a 2 point deficit, for example. But as a rule, it's a mess everywhere and my God we have a long way to go. I thought Tokarski did a great job all things being equal.

Rangers are playing good hockey as of late; they have some momentum going right now. I think it will be more of the same from the Sabres, but we'll find out soon enough. No Eakin and Okposo is a huge boost.

It is not really known right now if being fully vaccinated is the same thing as not being able to transfer COVID. This is a bad idea, and another reason for people to stay home.

A 6th round pick in the NHL is basically nothing, almost always. But as you say, there are exceptions. It's basically currency to be bundled with other forms of currency, so in that sense, it can have some value.

It's not a big loss. JJ is a career AHLer.

Let's just hope this doesn't result in another missed fortnight of hockey. I would like to see us play that game on Monday against the Rangers.

MODO: there is an enormous amount of work to be done around here, including completely rebuilding and re-imagining an entire organization on multiple levels! It will take years to get it all turned around, assuming they make all the right choices and go about their work in the correct manner! For now, we have to hope that Adams isn't completely overwhelmed by his job duties. He should be overwhelmed. He doesn't have anywhere near the right amount of experience to weather this storm, especially alone! It sounds like they are going to get an assistant GM in here to help him. That's a really good start, but again, it has to be a GOOD HIRE. Second, they need to hire the RIGHT HC, not the wrong one. This group doesn't need an up and coming question mark from the college ranks. We need a PROVEN NHL HC with experience and a record of WINNING. Will they get that decision right? We'll find out. Lastly, they need to get the upcoming trade deadline RIGHT. There should be a lot of movement off the team, while retaining the right players as well. None of the really big names should go just now. That's a TON on their plate. Let's see how it goes. In the meantime, try to enjoy the games. It's all about the games. This is a hockey team after all!

So his concussion symptoms have finally subsided long enough to get back on the ice. That was a while! Need to keep an eye on him going forward with head trauma.

Looks like they are getting ready to move one of our goalies. Probably JJ, as incredible as it is to suggest someone would want him. There's been talk that Colorado is interested in him.

The weird thing is the shot was just sort of a wrist shot dump in attempt, and didn't look all that bad. Shot around the red line and hit the player near the blue line. I guess he died in intensive care at the hospital. A real tragedy. 😢

My complaint is the Sabres "goal song" which I thought was dead but then they played it when we scored tonight. Can we please get rid of that garbage? Do we have to listen to it forever? How about a new one? How about none at all?

Just watched the replay of the Reinhart miss 3 times and I'm pretty sure no one's stick touched the puck. The puck was bouncing/rolling and I think he caught it on end just as he shot it, while also trying to roof it at the same time.

Sabres have one (1) goal for in Hutton's last three combined starts! Are goals important?

Watched the NESN coverage of the game tonight. Jack Edwards: "The Sabres are now on their fourth 5-year plan in the last 6 years". He was merciless on Skinner in terms of near zero production in exchange for $9 million. Hell, they were pretty hard on Eichel, even if he didn't play and is a Bostonian! We have some enormous negative inertia to overcome around here.

It never felt like the team quit on Krueger to me, simply b/c all the players were very supportive of him in their interviews and no one wanted to go near suggesting the coach was the issue. And yet their play always *did* suggest they were quitting on the HC! This team is not nearly as good as Sabres fans think it is "on paper". It is also dinged up right now too.

I found it really strange and depressing how utterly silent the crowd was tonight. There was a bit of cheering when we scored our goal. Otherwise, the crowd was just silent. Hopefully it is much more vocal on Saturday.

Let it go! We're done with that guy now, and you aren't going to see him anywhere near an NHL bench ever again. Enjoy the moment!