Pimlach

Yup. Glad I watched the Masters. Reimer magic is over. Run for the bus ..

Hello Teammates, really enjoyed watching The Masters. Ehh, Go Sabres, I guess.

Last road game of the season. Then two more home games and another wretched hockey season is in the books. They are giving away Alex Tuch bobble heads at the Philly game.

I tend to agree with this given todays situation, but once upon a time there were many Sabres fans coming down from Canada. Even in the early days, when the Canadian fans were about 13% of the STHs, the majority of them were Sabres fans. Just like the fans in WNY, the fans in Southern Ontario are not going to blindly follow a terribly run team that shows no signs of even trying. So when these younger fans come to games they tend to cheer for star players, or players from nearby towns, or players that may have played Juniors nearby. The Pegula Sabres did this to themselves. It only stands to reason that the lost generation of Sabres fans affects both sides of the boarder.

Adams is not adequate at anything accept maybe listening to his boss. He took no ACTION during the losing streak. Instead he held the most embarrassing press conference of any GM in team history, and the negative media attention actually made the team even less of a destination and reinforced the negativity that surrounds the team. Then he let his boss give the boys a pep talk and a day off, only to get whacked by the Canadians that evening. We lost 7 points to Montreal this season. Yeah, that worked out great. Another season that was essentially over by New Years Eve. Finally, he trades Cozens at the deadline and gets a guy with an $8M cap hit for the next 6 years who you cannot count on to be in the line up. But why would I worry about the cap hit? They don't spend to the cap anyway. I am really hoping Adams gets fired in the next week.

It just a really good thing that Gadjovich did not hit him in his gloves. That would be a serious penalty.

I will be.

Throw in a 4th line heavyweight, unless we have to have Dahlin, Tuch, and Thompson fighting. It is amazing that with all the draft picks and prospects that we still need the same things the past 2 years. It wasn't long ago we were ahead of Montreal and Ottawa in the standings and we had the "better" prospect pool. Yet, they are in and we are 11 points out.

Not sure what the future is with the city taking control and responsibility for the Arena. It’s not a great place as it is, needs a remodel. I doubt the City has the resources to do a better job with it. I just never warmed to that building either.

Tage should be shooting first.

Shut out, in the shoot out. No Tage? No Dahlin?

Wow. Lots of end to end action. I thought Kulich would bury that one.

Got one point, let’s get two. Tage shoot da puck

I thought a saw the Sabres team golf tournament brackets on his white board.

JJP ties it

Gadjovich going after Thompson, that should be the first penalty.

Hello Teammates. Punch just checking in. Looks like a rough game in the making.

Playing Florida tonight, huh, I wonder why they have a team in ... never mind.

Sad news.

True. I wasn’t matching the top and bottom exactly one to one. Just listing needs and assets available to acquire. I think this team can get to the playoffs next year with a few good moves. Coaching the special teams is another issue to address. Seems like the performance of PP and PK is not commensurate with the talent on the ice.

They is Terry Pegula. He saw a guy that he trusts, that will listen to him and follow him. Experience in Hockey Operations was not a consideration.

From a top level we need (in order) : 1 - goaltending 2 - Defensively steady RHD (NHL vet in prime), maybe two if we can move two current players (like Byram/Power and Mule) 3 - At least on more two-way forward (NHL vet in prime) 4 - A true fourth line beast/protector that can play regularly What do we have to give up? 1 - our first round pick, our second round pick 2 - Either Byram or Power - I am talking a big hockey trade boys 3 - from the roster (in order) - Quinn, Samuelsson, Krebs, Norris, UPL, and possibly Greenway. 4 - From the farm - just about any of them (prefer to protect Östlund, Helenius, and Levi)

What kind of god would allow us to suffer for 14 years? Must be the god of palm trees!