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I’m not surprised by the outcome, who is at this point? However, when the game was still in doubt and we had a late PP, was anyone else hoping Ruff would throw caution to the wind and pull the goalie? If they score a shortie, who cares, but imho the odds of scoring 6 on 4 are significantly higher than 5 on 4 or 6 on 5 in the last 90 seconds. This team needs to try everything to succeed, why not pull the goalie?

I’m not really surprised Kesselring is struggling some in his new role. His partner most of last season was defense first seasoned vet Ian Cole. I also wrote that he was a third pairing guy worthy of 17 minutes a night and that the best part of his game was offense as evidenced by his 29 pts last year. I think he is good player and a solid D in general but we were trying to get a partner for Power who needs an Ian Cole not a Kesselring.

Wow, sorry, not sorry I missed it.

How about we trade Tuch, get some assets and then re-signing him in the offseason We then trade Power, the 1st we get for Tuch and get a good goalie and top 6 center and a good defensive D, but Adams needs to go first.

I sometimes find it hard to keep food down when watching this team.

So your saying that they are mostly dead. Honestly we are at the point where we need to look for loose change.

isn't the team already playoff dead?

Yes to the death spiral or yes they leave even if Terry relents on the surgery?

Ultimately is Eichel's injury and Terry's refusal to work with him to get the modern surgery what destroyed the rebuild and any chance of avoiding the current death spiral? Do Eichel, Reinhart, and Ullmark leave if Terry relents on the surgery?

Do we really want another player from Whitehorse, YT?

Which is why I wrote "as currently constructed." The only way we get "elite" goaltending the rest of the way is either Ellis or Levi take over the starting job and thrive. UPL is a 4+ Gaa guy each night; Lyon a 3+ a night. Unfortunately, we know that Adams isn't going to give the net over to the kids.

What is the nicest way to put this? The Sabres are toast as long as Adams remains as Pegula's yes man. As long as Terry has a say in the Sabres roster the team will never be good. Pegula already has his built in excuse for this season - injuries. Adams isn't going anywhere unless the team is one of the 3-4 worst teams in the NHL this season and maybe not even then. We have become the Florida Marlins of hockey, but without the two championships. So what about the OP question. There really isn't a question here, as this team cannot make the playoffs as currently constructed.

I hope Kulich recovers as quickly as possible and can resume his career. From a Sabres standpoint, time to play everyone and see what they have or don’t have. From an injury standpoint, the Sabres have already played 18 forwards, 9 defensemen (with a 10th if Jones plays) and 3 goalies. Currently, Dahlin, Benson, Norris, Kulich, Danforth and Zucker are on IR. Using last year’s stats, that’s 92goals and 144 assists out of the lineup. Hard to win this way. The Bills are just a bad. They have played 35 different players on defense, 3 punters and 65 players overall. They currently have 11 players on IR including 4 that never made it to the regular season, including starters like Rapp, Oliver and Hoecht and depth guys like Carter, Sanders, Strong and Hamlin. Hard to win this way.

Tank’in for Gavin?

He should have never been hired. It’s what I said then and nothing has changed. You mean besides JJP in 2020 and Poltapov and Kisakov in 2022. Plus he drafted 7 forwards in the 1st round. The real issue is how few of those picks are contributing. It doesn’t help that the idiot in charge traded away Peterka. Quinn looks a dud. Savoie was traded away. Kulich is injured. Östlund and Rosen still aren’t full time NHLers. Kisakov is a bust. Helenius is in the minors. Poltapov is in Russia and is unlikely to come over. Benson is the current NHLer who is a proven NHLer but he’s hurt. This litany of failure is just one of many reasons Howdy Doody should be fired.