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Not surprising much, coming from them.

The Pegulas really really shouldn’t have agreed to do this zoom news conference. It feels rushed, uncomfortable and woefully ill prepared on top of the unprofessional overall look.

Per the usual

Adams looks like someone who just found an unexpected $20 in his pockets.

Yep Paul ‘give me 10 Ham sandwiches’ Hamilton. No one should ever believe one thing that fat f’er ever says.

Well his last social media posting has him on a beach somewhere. Most likely far from Buffalo. Probably didn’t want a beach as his backdrop to a video call. He gave almost the exact same answer to the same question last end of season clean out as well.

Physical toughness and intimidation on the ice creates offensive opportunities that wouldn’t normally be there other than outstanding offensive play. It’s another way to create opportunities/tilt the ice as us old timers like to say. It’s been something lacking for SOO long with Sabres teams that the average fan here in Buffalo doesn’t even recognize its importance anymore. Except when maybe watching the Stanley cup playoffs and seeing the good teams employing it.

I think Botterill is a terrible GM. But I don’t believe even he is a big enough idiot to come up with the idea to trade O’Reilly all by himself. NO chance. This directive came from above, almost assuredly for the exact reasons you listed. He made mistakes embarrassing to the organization and then the locker room statement. That is ALL it takes to cross the team president and earn a one way ticket out of town. To hasten it before July 1st and save on the bonus? That is 100% an ownership decision.

Jack deserves SO much better than the Sabres organization. I don’t know if he will ever be free of here. But if/when he gets his freedom from Buffalo, not one single Sabres fan should think badly of him. NONE of this mess is his fault. He deserves a real organization. I hope he gets it someday soon. Whether it’s through drastic change here or somewhere else.

You’re not wrong

1000% Agreed. I don’t know if we know any of the same people/Sabres employees or not, but I know for a FACT that Murray wasn’t fired because of any moves he made or didn’t make or progression or lack thereof with the team. He was fired because of his extreme and very common use of cursing while discussing organizational matters with the 2 owners, who were appalled and embarrassed by it. One owner more than the other.

Condescending and patronizing. Not surprised. Yeah if the Pegulas have proven anything the past nine years it’s that they know how to build a successful hockey club. ? I think we thought that a couple years ago. And maybe a couple before that. Oh, and a couple before that as well. You give them long enough I’m sure we will at least make the playoffs once in a generation.

He was flashy and exciting, but 95% of his rushes ended in giveaways or missed opportunities. He had tons of potential and very very little finish.

You’re right about everything you said, except it isn’t Terry who thinks this way, it’s Kim.

Won’t surprise me at all. Interns running the ship at PSE

What really sticks out in these games is that the Sabres of 2005-06 ALL went to the net. Sometimes 2 or 3 players at one time converge on the net. They scored a lot of goals that way. They also had amazing passing. The current team could learn TONS from these games.

Sabres fans deserve a REAL team like the 2005-06 and 2006-07 teams were. So much talent. More importantly so much heart. Current teams severely lack both. That Sabres team won the presidents trophy that year and led the league in scoring. Adding anyone to our current team wouldn’t be close to the 2006-07 team. Be real.

Yes. This team started the streak we are on now of missing the playoffs 14 of the last 18 seasons. Let that sink in. 14 of 18 seasons of suck since Hasek left.

I’m sure it’s the same people who produced all the lousy alumni events this season as well. Interns running the ship at PSE

Shocker they didn’t show the closing ceremonies. That was the best part of the night.

Just imagine the offensive numbers that would have been put up in the 80s-90s if that didn’t exist back then?? Gretzky, Lemieux and others would have been putting up 100+ goals a year easily.

Listen to the crowd. That’s what I miss most about old time Sabres hockey. It used to be exciting and the crowds were amazing, especially in the Aud. The current state of the franchise is just that much more depressing when hearing and seeing how good it used to be. Great memories.

Yeah certainly better than Gurtler, but definitely wish this was RJ calling the game. It would be a whole different level of excitement.

It’s amazing that those Sabres teams with Hawerchuk and LaFontaine never did anything in the playoffs. Two major superstars and we didn’t take advantage.

It’s non stop every shift. I do remember the big time stars hating the amount of hooking.