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Missed the game. They were due to lose one. I did notice the top line finished -4, and former Selke winner ROR had 4 assists.

Hello Teammates. I’m here in Buffalo and I can’t watch the game. Just got back from a lovely dinner. I’m staying at a place with a smart TV, but no cable, and my ESPN+ App blacks out this game in this region. This is our world today where easy is hard, and hard is easy. There is always GR55.

Without the use of fancy stats I will go out on a limb to say it helps your goalie, especially when the opponent has him moving from side to side. After that it comes down to who gets to the loose puck, that seems to be critical because the goalie can hold it and stop play. Winning puck battles and gaining possession is what we need to be better at.

Hard earned and well deserved recognition for Allen. The Super Bowl Lombardi team trophy is his still his goal.

On your desk? There is an encrypted email with a hyperlink to a PDF that is the report which is stored on the classified server that you don’t have access to without the correct password and security clearance. You can callI the IT Help Desk, which isn’t a desk either.

True, and that Ottawa game had several scrums and a lot of tension.

He cannot be blameless, how much of the underachieving falls on him will come out. Buffalo is a small and a leaky town.

I am trending to your thought in bold, especially since confirming that the hiring of Lindy was orchestrated before the "exhaustive coach search". I was not thrilled with him this season, even before of the Tage incident, and I was warned about what he was inheriting. I do like him and appreciate his work for the Sabres in past years.

It appears that he got hurt after the failure to respond. As far as a season ending injury, I don't know what to believe on that. To be fair, during the third period Alamo he may have got hurt blocking a shot. He is credited with 7 blocked shots and 3 hits that game. So he could have got hurt late in the game.

Where are you going? I was talking about the big contracts given to young players, such as Muel, Power, and Cozens, and all of it happened before Lindy. You keep asking about Lindy. My full evaluation of Lindy comes after the season. I have commented on him in other threads, this thread is not the correct one to delve deeper into Lindy. Bringing Lindy into this thread topic - At this point, with 29 games remaining I don't see that the coaching change did much to improve the play, or the confidence, of either Muel or Cozens. I heard Hamilton say this morning that Adams gave out the C and the A's. I have no idea if Lindy had input but to me four A's was excessive.

Translate RD and OOT please?

Normally a good thing to do, but this is the Sabres. The danger is he flashes in a few games and then Adams thinks they have someone who is ready. Adams goes into his "no blockers" mode and they don't add what the really need in the off season, and inevitably when he gets extended work they find he is not ready yet. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Everything I talked about regarding those contracts happened pre-Lindy, so of course its not his fault, he had no part in it.

Nah. In hindsight yes, but the thought was Cozens would return to the 30'ish goal Cozens, plus the size, etc. Mitts coming back does not do anything to change the culture in Buffalo, which needs changing. Adding an old buddy is a lost opportunity to bring in a vet player with a better work ethic that might show them how to be an NHL professionals. We got the better player in Bryam over Mitts, yet we did not improve the team. The team needs a true 1C/2C type of player - Bryam and/or Cozens can help us get that in a trade package. Mitts is not cutting it as a 2C on a Cup contending team. I say move on. Mitts is a backwards move.

I don't blame the kid for the Sabres bad decisions. Muel gets a big contract after 57 games, Power gets a big contract after 88 games, Cozens same thing - all of it is turning out to be too much too soon. This falls on the GM. I am in Buffalo for a few weeks. Was listening to WGR 550 this morning and Paul Hamilton commented on the negative reactions around the league to the Tage no response. A lot of this falls Muel who wears the "A". He said he does not see the A being removed this season, but he also does not see this kid recovering from this in Buffalo and will probably will be moved at some point. It is just more disfunction that reflects poorly on the franchise and makes it harder to rebuild.

Can you review the changes the team tried to make and fill us in on the results.

Lindy also said the two points against the Devils were important.

I have seen gambling issues ruin people and destroy families. I despise all the gambling ads and promotion. Would like to some more controls in place.

The Power deal is a bad one in principal. Eyes were raised around the league. A classic example of GM falling in love with his draft pick and jumping the gun. The contract was offered when he played only 88 NHL games. There was no need to give him that much term and that many dollars when he did not earn it. He made a very young player way too rich and way too comfortable at 21 years old. Could it look good in 3-4 more years? 50-50 chance.

Cozens did nothing to deserve his A being stripped and taking it away during the season would be wrong and would be another bad look. I don't think he should have got the A to begin, but that is on Lindy or Adams or both. Muel, another guy that did not deserve the A, should have his removed in the off season. That may not be necessary as I do not think he will be back.

Yes. Something like it would have happened if they had a contending team over the years. The younger generation is creative like that. There have been several times in Buffalo Sports history when the Sabres were more popular than the Bills.

Cold and in the middle of nowhere and Wives. add Montour, Ullmark, and many more ... Doubt it. This is the media age and players know what's going on in Buffalo. Hard sell to Europeans, Russians and North Americans. The shame is that a competitive and hard working team would be revered in Buffalo. They wasted a generation of Sabres Mafia and that has consequences.

Pass. No vote. It's the same coaching staff basically, even Seth Appert is part of the old Granato mindset. Same clown of a GM running the team - he thought he "fixed" the bottom 6. Yeah right, unfortunately he needed to fix the top 6 and move some of his former top 6 down to the second and third lines. Cant blame Lindy for everything. It is February and his best center is a 20 year old rookie winger from Rochester. Not one on the new 4th liners will fight for this team. Malenstyn will skate fast and check hard, and we need that, but his gloves stay on. Lafferty can't beat out Krebs or Kozak. Abe Kubal is in the minors. Great job Kevyn! Ruff is trying to teach the kids things they should already know about playing in the NHL. Several of them regressed by over-thinking and stress.

Indeed. It is a dry cold.