Pimlach

Two years ago the Sabres were the team on the rise and CBJ was terrible. Today they are in the 8th spot and the Sabres are terrible. It would be interesting to compare the moves of the two teams.

Can this Meghan lady replace Duffer? We need diversity in the broadcast.

I just read that Muel is on IR, not a healthy scratch technically.

I thought he was an RFA and will be a UFA in 2027. I could be wrong. Either way, an RFA or UFA can be traded at the deadline, the risk is that the acquiring team might only get a rental.

Yes. We traded Mitts last year.

Byram making his case for a deadline trade.

The acne cleared and a beard is coming in.

Lots of them. John Scott for sure. DesLauriers. Carrier. But Gilbert did ok. Olivier is the best fighter in the league right now. He just destroyed Rempe.

Worse. Gilbert was sitting on the bench the entire 3rd period against the Devils. He could have “responded” and ended this torture. Oh yeah, they needed the 2points.

Reimer in net usually means the team stops scoring. No Tage but CBJ had injuries too. Lindy stages a fight. Busch league. 48 hours late Lindy, and for no reason. More fodder for the rest of the league to laugh at.

I watched the Spittin' Chicklets videos and a few others that came up in the related search. The whole league is trashing the Sabres.

I agree on Muel. He just does not play like someone who cares and he was like that before Lindy got here. I wonder who decided he gets an A? Coaches, Adams, Players? What a poor selection. Muel looked like he was in agony in the post game interview. So, it seems he was called out in the team meeting and he is now a healthy scratch. Watching the video, Noesen was under the control of an official. But Siegenthaler was there to keep anyone away and goading Samuelsson into engaging with him, he even shoved his stick at him, and Muel wanted no part. Very sad to see this as we thought he showed a lot of promise in those first 57 games. Zucker, he seemed to be parroting his coach during his interview, he focused on the 2 points. It is hard for me to understand were he is really coming from and if he really believes that.

I'm awake. It appears your terse response is telling me you blame the players? On the surface that is a pretty easy conclusion but looking at a macro level I disagree with it. Over the years the players are the only thing that has come out of the organization that is good. Look at all the good players in the league that came up as a Sabre. You can make an ALL Star team out of former Sabres. I believe there are still many good players on this roster. I blame Ownership and the Front Office above all else. If you ask me if I prefer to keep the players or the coaches, that is easy, I'll keep the players. The roster is not good enough but moving some of the current players and some of the prospects to add what they need is very doable for the right GM. A complete rebuild is not needed, the last rebuild has not been finished yet. This current coaching staff with Lindy and Granato's holdovers have done a very poor job by any measure. This season the team is worse than last. They were supposed to learn accountability under Lindy. The lesson - accountability is worth less than two points. There is the age old adage in sports that you can't fire all the players, so you fire the coach. Lindy didn't create the mess but he isn't showing he can fix it either. Is this a strong Sabres roster? No. Are there some good players on the current roster? Absolutely yes. I have no doubt at all that many of the players on this team can go somewhere else and have good or even great careers. Conversely I have serious doubts that Appert, Wilford, Ellis and whoever else they have will ever become a successful NHL HC.

Can you imagine if the Phantom Sign Makers were still around and allowed to make their signs?

I believe this. Who would have thought that Lindy makes a coaching decision that hurts building the team culture. At the start of the season I did not think it is true but Lindy is done. He needs to go.

My problem with this thought is that he had players that expressed to him that they wanted to go out there and respond and he stopped it. Instead of letting them do it, which might actually have helped the group take another step toward being a tighter team, he put out the PP and he told them to get a goal. His plan was to "get even later", but he thought they needed the goal first. He said it and it is just so flawed. I object more to Lindy's thought process and his interview, than to what actually went down on the ice.

Kind of like not letting Benson play for Team Canada. Those 18-21 year old 180 lb forwards are valuable to the Sabres.

Gilbert? So it appears that Olivier can do what ever he wants.

And he told the media (which is like telling the league) that Tage was Ok way too soon. A concussion can come and go and have effects that last more than one day. The league already ruled no further punishment to Noesen.

I do agree with your bolded comment when the big hit is a clean hit. But the big hit was dirty, late, unnecessary, on purpose, caused injury, and was made by a player that was head hunting all game. Our coach had the last change and he had Gilbert on the bench. So he could have address Noesen after his late and vicious cross check hit on Zucker. Lindy knew about it and saw it. The response on the ice for the Thompson hit was a bunch of “I didn’t see it” comments. Additionally, there was no response once they did see it, which is viewed around the league in a negative way. The worst part of this situation is not the fan reaction, not the media reaction, it was the response of the Sabres coach afterwards. Lindy’s own words - he wanted a power play goal first, then he would send guys out to “ get even”, and to do it you “just grab a player, any player”. None of that worked out for Lindy although his goalie bailed them out and he got his critical points. Every player in the locker room was rocked by the event. It sure didn’t sound like a win in the post game interviews. The team has some talent but they are in last place because they are weak. Mentally weak, physically weak, and poorly coached (tactically weak). This team’s lack of response goes far beyond fighting.

The last 30 games looks like an anomaly. No pressure. Roster maybe absorbed a few more rookies. Whatever. For next season the GM will make a few minor moves. The players will be overconfident while making cute promotional videos in the off season. A few more players will regress and the team will start poorly, then fade completely, and be out of the race by Christmas.

While I agree, the conversation is Deja Vu. Only the Sabres were a mostly different group of players before that, and before that …

Which press? Buffalo News.? Hockey News had a neutral story this morning.

Greenway probably helps if he is on the ice at the time, but its likely he is not. If Lindy sticks with his openly stated plan which was, "get a goal on the PP and then get even", then Greenway would have done nothing. I hate that Lindy said that and I think that is a bush league response. My opinion is that you address it first and then you move on. Clifton would have been much more likely to go after Noesen, in my opinion. Clifton is only a middle weight but he is a better fighter than Greenway and probably Gilbert too. You expect a heavy focus on getting bigger and stronger in the off season. Maybe so. It is obvious they need it. But why does Adams get to learn his job on the fly? His issues with roster construction are criminal and he has does nothing to warrant a 6th year.