Believer

So many facets need attention… The 100 foot two line pass to the point at the wall exit strategy… needs rethinking, as one example… Usually leads to a turnover.

KO… Boom… Keep shooting.

Read the BN Online article written by Harrington and published midafternoon today… KA gave full-throated support for DG and staff.

This is not a criticism… (Said I would stop commenting on bad play and plays)… This is an observation… The Quit on this team is palpable…

Hmm… One goal too late. Wow… That was fast… 18 seconds… UPL hardly got settled…

True and understandable … Unlike the homers Harrington and Lysowski who are paid by BN… We used to call that “Friends of the Firm.”

Fear you may be right unless something changes…

Found the midafternoon article by Harrington in the BN today an exercise in Press Propaganda… Our BN sports writers are homers, unfortunately… Put no pressure on management… Buy whatever KA tells them, imo.

Dahlin interview… Sounds like a familiar refrain from a Sabres player… Time to change the script.

Not the start I expected… Been in this situation so often after 1st periods… How will the team respond?…

Trick shot…

Come on PK…

Damn.

Agree… Think Pegula was frustrated with his past GMs… and was charmed by KA… No hockey operations experience made for a bad decision… KA put all his chips on youth and speed at the expense of experience and grit… Publicly promoted the playoffs this season without the roster to deliver… Failed to package top pieces to attract blockbuster trading partners… Went the cheap route with tier two additions… So many rookie GM mistakes like his rookie coaches and rookie players made and continue to make… Franchise needs an identity reset only possible with proven Cup-hungry coaches… and several proven Cup-hungry veterans added to the roster… Will they come to Buffalo?… Money solves most problems… except when your unproven GM makes multi millionaires of unproven kids. Will be astonished if either Pegula or KA step up to change course.

After the latest Drowsy Effort, what’s left to say, really?… The Sabres quit on us… from KA… through DG and his staff… to the players… And, we’re only 32 games into the season… Lots of reasons this season went sideways right from the start… Every reason has been identified and discussed in depth on Sabrespace. At best we will get another dozen games or so like the wins over LV, BOS, NYR et al and at least be entertained… before we get to watch other teams compete for the Cup in the playoffs again. Brutal. Done bitchin’ about the Quit, the Postgame Mea Culpas, the Mismanaged Contracts, and the La De Dah attitudes… Going to accept the Given Reality… and focus on Good Plays, Good Effort, Good Results. Rant over.

He did… Replay it on the Sabre App… Speaks volumes about the Coaching and Leadership messaging…

Thompson… “It sucks… We outplayed ‘em… Gotta be happy with that”… Nope… Wrong, son… You outplayed them at times but you lost… You cannot ever be happy with that.

That’s the problem, Mitts… You and your teammates too often play “unconcerned” when you fall behind a goal or two… You boys think you will score easily with time… You all are lackadaisical… It is unprofessional.

Instead of returning home triumphant… we limp home defeated… Took all the value out of the LV win…

Momentum shifted after goal on UPL’s bonehead turnover… Team never recovered… Just awful shooting… Amateur hour…

Extra man… Shooting from the perimeters… No one at the net… Unbelievable

Thompson shooting from the wall above the circle…

Where’s Tuch?

Thompson misses the net… Laughable

Drive the net Victor… Don’t shoot from the top of the key