Pimlach

You do realize when you talk about the “this organization” you are referring to numerous different organizations that have quickly come and gone under the current ownership. No one is around from Pegula’s first crew, or second crew. In fact the GM has changed 3 times since he got here and so have all the key FO positions, including the scouts. We are on the 6th coach (Ruff, Rolston, Nolan, Housley, Kruger, and Granato) of the Pegula era. After Ruff, what team would have hired any of these guys as HC? None but Ruff are even in the NHL today. Contrast that with the Sabres first 50 years (pre-Pegula). In those years we had the fourth highest winning percentage in the league. Stability - We had 6 GMs, which was really 5, as one of them was a known 1 year stop gap in between Punch and Scotty. If we actually did acquire a “generational player“ it would be Dahlin, not Eichel, and we still have him.

Is Mrs. Doohickie holding you to a schedule?

Well .... I think we all learned not to mess with @Spoonman last night. Whew!

My biggest fear regarding this team is that Adams stays with the build from within approach, even in the off-season. Meaning UPL and Comrie in net next season. No real significant adds to the defense, and only bring in our own rookies (Savioe, Kulich, etc) at forward. Then I think, he was interested in Chyckrun, so he must know we need to get better and deeper on defense. I am just leery that the organization is satisfied with "being in the race", rather than actually ending this historic playoff drought. They were surprised by the team success this year, and even that is a bit troubling. Do Adams and Granato have what it takes to move the needle this off-season, like Tom Fitzgerald and Lindy Ruff did in New Jersey?

Youth and lack of depth for sure. We are still the youngest team. I just read something scary, might have been in BN. It was quoting Adams, he essentially wants this team to be comprised of players the same age, so picking up a 26 year old Greenway was ok for him. I hope I misinterpreted that. I really want him to bring in an experience veteran defenseman for the 4 slot with Power. A true veteran leader with playoff pedigree.

Frazier was not the HC. Take a closer look at McDermotts game day coaching, use of timeout, the 13 seconds, the Cinci debacle …

McNab wanted no part of Jeannot

Yup. Youth sports, especially competitive travel teams, are often ruined by parents. I’ve have seen some bad behavior too.

Not liking this this post game commentary at all.

I’ve never seen a 10 score game with one goalie in for the whole game. 10 minutes, 7 minutes, what is the difference, the guy was shell shocked and had no confidence. The time to pull him was the fourth goal. To wake the dam team up hopefully.

Trotz could not play his system with this team.

Yes. At a minimum he should talk to Comrie privately, but Granato needs to own something for what happened. He killed the confidence of this kid.

Sad. Not hilarious at all

Home should be whites. I hated when the NHL switched to white road.

The apology should be from the coach. Never seen that before, have you. Leave a guy in for 10 goals.

He is honest. Lack of depth, and three rookies, and several sophomores that never played this much hockey ever, and it is at the NHL level. They looked exhausted tonight from the start Owen Power has been incredible considering his revolving door of partners and the huge minutes he plays.

You will still make stress though as you root hard for a lottery pick.

There should be one, along with an apology to Comrie. Has an NHL coach ever let his starting goalie play for 10 goals? Why?

We hope they know that.

Nobody will be replaced for this one game

Wow. 10. I remember the Sabres used to do that to teams in the Aud. It’s hard to score 10. But Comrie should have been pulled on the 4th goal if Granato was serious about pulling this out. I feel bad for him having to sit in there. His confidence is destroyed.

All of them. The only player that showed me anything tonight was Peterka and Stillman.

VO with a meaningful goal.