Pimlach

Detroit is on the same rebuild timeline as Buffalo. They are choosing a different path to get there. With Tage,Tuch, Quinn, Greenway and Girgs out this isn’t a real valid comparison showdown. But Detroit was been ahead all season, even when we had a healthier roster. Sure, Buffalo has more “pure physical talent” but we are learning that talented prospects alone is not enough. This will be a very interesting match. I expect Detroit fans will be present in large masses.

They can be likable, fun and good again. Maybe they can turn it around yet. I just don’t see enough investment by the players and by the FO. That’s what is so bad about it.

That’s just sounds too easy.

Talk to young people in WNY, age 10 to 25, unless they play or have played Ice hockey, they don't even know the Sabres in the least bit.

Why would they trade Duclair for a 3rd rounder? Seems to easy to be true.

I think you are correct. It has to come from Tage, Tuch, Dahlin, Cozens and Mitts. Its their team. I want to replace the lesser vets (KO, Z, Jost, VO) with NHL ready players that fill needs that balance the team. Balance mean add some solid 2 way players that are ready now.

You missing the point, you're way deep in the weeds, pull up a bit. Cozens was essentially a rookie in 2021 because his real rookie season was the Covid year, but Ok, I stand corrected. Samuelsson was, Krebs was. 2022 we had Power, Quinn, Peterka, UPL . UPL struggled the other 3 were fine. Power is not fine right now though, is he. 2023 the fact that Benson is top 6 speak volumes for the problems we have at forward. Injuries aside, Benson in the top 9, ok we found a unicorn, maybe. I personally would have sent him back to Jrs right after camp, AKA, the the long extended day care of Kevyn Adams pet prospects. R Johnson at 22 had as little time in Rochester as possible. Lets see how he holds up, but the last week or so he is showing signs of stress and has been targeted by opposing forwards. It will get harder for him, just like it is for Power, and it was for Dahlin. Levi - how did that work, give him the #1 after 7 games. Nothing caught up to us this year? Everything caught up to us this year. 1. Age - We are younger than last season and that was young enough. So we bring in 3 more rookies and then are forced to bring in more rookies due to injuries. The games are Men vs Boys every night. I was fearful that Benson, Rosen, and Johnson were going to get destroyed against the Canes and the Preds. 2. Style - We still play the same game as last season, the notion that they are "installing defense" into the system is garbage. Whatever they gained from that they lost more of on the scoring side, you see that in the GF and GA stats. The players watch the game, they are thinking, and they are taking a pounding. Every coach in the league knows exactly what to do to slow us down, stop our PP, and wear us down. We fall behind and we lose because they cannot beat a neutral zone trap. We get a lead and we can't finish it because we don't back check and break out cleanly. We play a heavy team and we get slowed down and we get limited. Yes - in every aspect of the game the teams in the league have caught up to us. 3 - Injuries are forcing us replace solid players with even more rookies 4 - Finally, six guys coming off of career seasons and are not on any kind of pace to duplicate it back to back (Tage, Tuch, Skinner, Dahlin, Cozens, Mitts). Everything caught up to us. No one is looking past us. This season has 3 bright spots in terms of players performing. Benson, Peterka, and so far UPL. Benson being there only magnifies how weak we really are. My main point was that we cannot keep absorbing rookies next season so I am at least happy to hear you agree with that. Other than Cozens, everyone I listed is correct. In three seasons we have added 8 rookies, not counting Levi or the temporary call ups.

It sure seems like bringing in 2-3 rookies a year is going to eventually catch up with us, and it probably has this season. Recent Rookie Consumption: 21-22 -- Cozens, Samuelsson, Krebs 22-23 -- Power, Quinn, Peterka, UPL 23-24 -- Benson, R Johnson, (Attempted Levi ) 24-25 -- Possible Levi, Kulich, Rosen, Savoie

A nice vine ripened tomato is great, and rare unless you grow your own.

Take your pick on any given gameday - Okposo, Krebs, Jost, Olofsson, Rosen, Biro ... None of these guys would crack the lineup of a Cup contender. Krebs and Rosen should be in Rochester, they actually have NHL potential. Krebs might be ready for the NHL right now if he was developed better, like on a normal team that didn't rush him into playing roles he is not yet suited for. He should be in the AHL developing his offensive game, which is holding him back in the NHL. Rosen is not really very close IMO. So far he looks too timid to shoot or to hit anybody. Kyle is done and will retire soon. Jost is a JAG spare forward. VO is nothing. Biro is an AHL player. Add Bryson to the list while your at it. That is 7 right there would not smell the locker room of a contending Cup team right now.

I think I read that he (TP) pays for stadium cost overruns, is this true? If it is true then yes, DG’s $2m/yr could be used to cover fuel for the yacht. Uh, pleas pass me the smoked salmon canapé , some of that beluga caviar, and of course, the Dom Perignon, would you my good man?

Many here stated all of this before the season started. Hockey is a business. KO is here for sentimental reasons. A bad move given the way they handled (1) thru (3). The offseason was the time to improve the roster for TODAY. Adams is still thinking about the long term, still worried about the players relationships, still playing the den mother. The Leadership has to come from within. I still feel they handled the preseason like one big tryout for prospects with no chance of making it. The real team was unprepared to go to work from the very start of the season and how many of these nagging injuries (Tuch, Comrie, Greenway, and Cozens) are because of that? These four have had availability problems all season.

Why do people think we have to trade 3 pieces for 1? Jenner is on the wrong side of 30 right now. He is a good player but if Columbus is rebuilding then Östlund and a second should be enough. It is probably best to wait until the season ends and then build from there. Besides, he probably has a NMC and says no to Buffalo.

Yup. Probably right. He would probably take less money to stay in Raleigh than move to Buffalo. There was a time when Buffalo was an attractive place for hockey players to bring their families, but that was long ago.

^ The Sabres in the Pegula Era.

Someone sent me a picture from inside the 300's at the concessions. It was a ghost town. I never thought I would see this happen to my team.

No. I’m so disappointed right now. Three losses with the same mistakes every game. Goals off of face-offs. Goals within seconds of each other. Getting pushed around and intimidated. Overpassing. No traffic in front of their net. No power play. Every game is the same. Every team plays the same game. There is nothing to cheer for.

Well, that is three losses in a row. This one to a slower and less talented team that pushed us around all night. The home crowd was sparse last night. Tage, Greenway, and Tuch are out. Playoffs are on life support.before Christmas as everyone has games in hand. Granato and Adams have been freshly extended. Hell is hot.

Killing my dream huh? What’s left?

They were but they handed it with sheltering. Rosen and Kulich are not as ready, they are younger.

It’s not crazy. It’s my hope and dream that Adam's can get him. They were teammates, and Cup winners, It will take a lot of Pegula Bucks.

Peterka and UPL have improved.

Three straight games: (1) Goals off d-zone faceoffs; (2) goals immediately following another. This is incredible and weak. It’s happening every game. They wasted a fine effort by UPL.

He looks like an old friend of mine