Pimlach

Is he really 5'10" and 170 lbs per Hockey dB? He looks 180 lbs this year and he could carry 190 once he becomes a man. He will be strong someday and he will play smart too. He gets the game. The score sheet is another story, he does not have a big shot and he is still 19. He gets his few goals driving to the net and hanging out in the slot area, something we need more of. He creates more plays than what is getting converted to goals so far this year. Some day I think he will get his share of goals/points, he has long way to go yet. I hope they don't screw this kid up. He made the team at 18 because Adams took that summer off and did not bring in any help. He has had two coaches in two years, and has not been part of a steady line either, but he soldiers on and gives a lot of effort.

We are missing him for sure. With Greenway we have a big forward that plays a strong defensives game, a strong PK, can chip in offensively, and has a physical presence.

We need him back for better balance.

They are better than last year. They have warts just like all of the other teams competing for a wild card.

Kim also reaffirmed the great job Boterill was doing, citing that fans don’t know the inner details of running a team. Take her with a grain of salt. Actually 1 thru 4 are all related. It’s all about a lack of trust and the need for control. 3 is about not having a network of proven NHL people to help him, even after many years in the league. So hire the wife, save money, and keep all of the control within the family. Was Kim really running the business side, or was Adams? Who got promoted from Business operations to hockey operations? Is that a normal path for NHL GMs?

Hiring Adams was about these things, and none of them have anything to do with Hockey Operations 1. Trust - Terry likes Adams and trusts him to do what says 2. Control - Terry feels he had to have a lot of it 3. Lack of a network in the NHL. Terry lacks this. He put his wife in charge of the team. 4. Money - Terry was very concerned about the family fortune in 2020 with Covid uncertainty and so many pieces of his business hurting. As I mentioned, Zito was out there.

Yes. There is a log jam of middling teams and the Sabres are in the mix. They have the goaltending finally - but pucks are not going in. Lindy is suddenly giving lots of minutes to the kids and sitting the vets and the result is bad. For a short while Thompson and Dahlin were carrying the load and leading. That has stopped.

And Florida’s GM Bill Zito could have been hired by Buffalo too. But Terry would have to known him and trust him, which limits the pool of candidates to Howdy Doody and anyone his friends from Pittsburgh talk to him about.

He is not even mediocre. His record is one of failure.

Metsa does not project to the NHL. Not even on the worst franchise in NHL history.

I disagree. This team just got shutout again, that’s 2 in 3 games. The top 6 is the biggest problem. They are weak at center and the top 6 is young, soft, and flawed. I’ve been saying this all off season. If Thompson is your 1C then they don’t have a 2C. Cozens and Quinn are not top 6 forwards - they might have 2nd line “ceilings” but they are not there yet. Quinn does not deserve any ice time right now, he simply does not contribute. I don’t get why Tuch gets so much grief either. Tuch is a great 3rd line player on a very strong team, a 2nd line player on a good team. He does more than most. I want more minutes for guys like Tuch, McLeod, Zucker, Greenway, and Benson. I’m tired of seeing Quinn and Cozens get tossed around like children.

Fine. One week ago McLeod was helping fill the void with Thompson out, Zucker was contributing in multiple ways, Malenstyn was hitting everything in sight. We win 3 on the road, come home and get Thompson back and poof. Everything changed. The shots stopped going in and they are folding.

These Sabres forwards are losing minutes lately - Malenstyn, McLeod, and Zucker. Does this seem odd to anyone else? They brought them in for Lindy to add toughness, speed, and NHL experience. I don’t get what’s going on with the constant line changes either.

They looked like 6th graders playing 8th graders.

Very poor performance. A team below us just advanced.

Very telling. Benson playing to the end. No one else though. Terrible.

Dunleavy sucks. Add that to the list of grievances.

I heard Imlach is tired of Mahovlich, give him a call.

Nice PK by McLeod who is somehow the 4C in minutes

Who says Adam's is even in trouble? Just us. Who will Terry get? Another disaster? We really need Adams to succeed so Terry does less.

Worst excuse for a power play right now. Terrible.

Ray said to “stick to the game plan that they haven’t been able to get to yet”.

Palmeiri retaliated but there is no call. It was only Benson, he probably deserved it.

Figures. We get the penalty. lackluster effort by Power on the PK.