Cascade Youth

He has done the exact same thing with the Bills, except for his one foray with Rex Ryan where he probably felt like he got swindled. That was it. Otherwise he's been completely addicted to rookie GMs and mostly addicted to rookie HCs. Nice man, terrible executive.

It’s over. They have failed. Terry has tried repeatedly and failed. Time to turn the franchise over to someone else. The fans just don’t deserve this.

SELL THE TEAM

They LOVE giving up. Anything to get out of working.

And that accountability needs to start at the top with ownership. It’s high time that winning actually became the number one organizational goal. Not just “sustained winning over many years” but actually winning NOW. Start winning now and then work towards sustaining it. This franchise punishes its fans.

I am increasingly of the view that the problem is at the top: the owner has no clue, still, how to hire folks and how to set standards that elevate the organization. The Sabres are someone’s poorly-run and neglected hobby.

Terry needs to sell.

Wouldn’t have been a good signing for the Sabres but it’s a bad look for Adams that he wasn’t able to convince Kane to join the team.

It’s time to instill accountability and raised expectations.

Signs of life Skinner is such a chaos agent. Tuch and Cozens brought their a-games. Kyle is all class.

What does this organization think that it’s selling to its fans?

Cozens needs to sit, not Levi. He’s been genuinely terrible this season.

HE STAYS

They are desperate to be challenged with the burden of high expectations.

The value of a Kane signing is the message it sends to the locker room and fans, and the fact that a notable FA believes in the direction of the franchise. Those things matter as much if not more than his actual on-ice contributions.

He has become a “glue guy” in the locker room and the best two-way player on the roster. He has worked his way through the system, had his highs and lows, and has fully bought into being a leader. They are going to reward him by making an example out of paying him. Zero chance this regime trades him.

Is Mitts now the best all-around player on the team?

Sorry, but picking a fight during the last two minutes of a loss is almost always a stupid decision. There was nothing to be gained at that point, he was just frustrated with himself for sucking this season and decided to get his face caved in. Which will end up costing his team with his absence. Cozens has been a disgrace so far this season, but he has lots of time to turn it around and now some time to think about it.

This team doesn’t need a trade it needs a heart transplant.

They want everything to be easy. Easy entries, easy shots. As soon as the other team makes them work they wilt. Has been that way Donny’s whole tenure. Philly has like zero stars but they work hard top to bottom and that’s enough to beat these Sabres. They are mentally soft.

They just don’t want to work hard.

The defining theme of Granato’s Sabres is the inability or abject refusal to play hard from period to period, let alone game to game. They just will not put in the work to be great.

Is UPL actually good? Mitts has gone from my least-favorite Sabre to perhaps my favorite. Cozens is just really off this season - something is up with him.

Remote work is here to stay.

That was actually the greatest empty netter I’ve ever seen.