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The Buffalo Sabres. The cure for winless streaks league wide.

I've wondered about this team's fitness level for a few years now. They never seem to be able to sustain effort for all 3 periods of any game. I've tended to attribute that to laziness and a simple lack of desire/effort, but maybe it's just lousy fitness for this level of athlete.

They were overtly mocking us on Sportsnet tonight. Especially mocked those failed 3 on 1's. Deservedly, but still. They usually just ignore us so mockery is a new low.

I think that's probably true. I think they believed, as we all hoped, that Hall would light it up, Skinner would get back to scoring at least 20, Staal would give us something (and some leadership), Dahlin would take a step forward not back and Ullmark would shine. Among other things.

He might get fired (eventually) but nobody's getting hired until the season is over. I am almost sure of that. This franchise is merely fulfilling their obligation to the league this year and will keep their costs at the bare minimum.

You can say poor Sam if you want to, but he wasn't exactly burning it up out there either.

Didn't he get cancelled 🙂

If this was a tank year I'd say they were intentionally trying to lose for the big pick. I mean who else but the Sabres can get 3 on 1's and come away with no shots on them. It's not just "weird" it's a disgrace. They should all be sued for breech of contract. idk what this is, but it's not professional hockey.

Biron: "It's getting weird" LMFAO

Wilson's still suspended so we can get physical 🙂

Well I'm old so it's hard to switch teams but maybe if they were moved to Quebec or wherever it would be a form of sweet release and I could get a new team with a clear conscience. I just don't know.

Doesn't this all go back to Reinhart though? Or maybe even the Girgensens Gregorinko draft. All supposed to be centers, and then on top of that we trade away ROR and don't get a real center back in return. My fear is this team is just hoping Cozens is our 2C next year, Samuelson is our new stay at home D man and they'll rush the goalies too. I have no issues with Curtis Lazar, but he should be fighting for a roster spot rather then being our best center (with Eichel injured).

So many options so hard to choose.............RK was too easy so I went with Skinner. Everything about him is just starting to bug me more and more.

Watching that game though the Bruins didn't look much better than us. Rangers totally outplayed them. Bruins have been shut out by Rangers, Islanders, and NJ. They have serious offensive issues. They'll probably beat us 1-0 but they're not the big bad Bruins right now for sure.

Damn I know you're trying to be a good fan and I guess that's admirable but I have to say I just do not care who comes back or who we lose in the expansion draft. It won't make a damn bit of difference if we don't make some major moves.

Well firing him this soon isn't going to happen, we all know that but the points are valid. Eakin wasn't worth picking up for sure. Staal was also a bad trade. Guy is burnt. Johanson might not have been all that, but Staal did not address the 2C issue adequately. Thompson contract is wishin' and hopin' dumb. Sheahan isn't horrible, but I'm not sure Adams had a whole lot to do with that as Sheahan tried out looking for work. No trades yet, no coach firing no nothing. He's "evaluating".......................

Ya, probably doesn't want to injury any neck muscles lifting.....................

Thompson was there, but what I'm really noticing about him is he's big, but he isn't strong. he gets muscled off the puck easily and, dare I say it, seems afraid to go into tougher closer contact areas. He will never be anything playing this way. So, a Sabre.

What an impressive display of physicality! 🙂 Ya know, this game was very reminiscent of post tank Bylsma hockey, which means we've basically not progressed at all from there just rearranged this or that and gone full circle. If I had something better to do in a non covid world I think I'd be doing it instead of watching this crap. Pittsburgh barely tried (likely already thinking ahead to their games with Boston) and we still lost, just a disgrace.

idk, I just know those guys aren't on this team right now. Cozens could become a leader, that's about it.

We're going to get physical. Hutton's going to race down the ice and get in a goalie fight. All problems solved.

I've said this before and will keep saying it. You should draft a goalie every single year. They are the key to any successful franchise and you simply cannot end up with too many good ones. If you do, you trade them like CBJ just did. Always in demand. and because of the long development you can hit big with late picks on goalies too. We have a dumbass organization.

I don't disagree that it should have been a penalty, just that it wasn't all that big, unique, or special. Definitely unnecessary, but they happen quite often.

I'm going to disagree. I love Cozens, but it wasn't that bad of a hit. It's unnecessary and cheap but nothing special. Happens all the time, you guys are just too used to watched hitless soft Sabres hockey. The Dahlin hit was worse imo. hit the knee. You hit a star (allegedly) player like that there should be responses up and down the ice. Nobody even pushed anybody on that one. We have zero leadership and zero team comradery. they're all just cashing pay cheques hoping to get out one day.

It's true. And really, they didn't actually do that much, it's just most of our games are so listless and hitless and just lacking in every aspect of the game that one push from behind and one knee on knee hit and that's all it takes. Bruins Caps or Islanders there's more hits in one period than a whole month of our games. We've just been lucky that we're so lousy those teams haven't felt the need to play physical with us yet. My guess is Pittsburgh felt pretty safe to try it out and Burke wants his truculence so why not try a little against the weakest link.