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Got to the game. Got two oven mitts. Wooo hooo ? hopefully that’s not the best part of the night ??

I think he has more time than some realize. I think at a minimum JB has the entire season. Most likely longer.

You’ve GOT to do better than Moulson, Ennis and Drew freakin Stanford. C’mon ...

Rather than make a separate thread for two silly videos, I’ll just pop these here ...

I’ll be at this barn burner with the wife. She really wants to get those oven mitts so I’ll be arriving a little earlier than my usual 6:50 ? 3-1 Sabres Montour, Bogo, or Larsson with a goal.

I think you are imagining a hard full on swing and a big kick that would hurt. It’s not. More like a tap with a little umph to it. It’s harmless thru all the padding. Attention getter. Nothing more.

And like I said I think it would be probably be contagious thru the locker room with a few who are already on the roster. So the one or two “gritty” new players, may in fact turn into 4, 5, 6 or more players playing that way as a team. So we agree it’s needed. Just not the size of the overhaul. Fair enough.

Haha. Imagine if some fans actually believed it was possible to Ice a team in 2019/20 how you described. ? too funny. What’s the most Organized barbaric Ice hockey league in the world now a days? If there even is one, It would be interesting to watch a few of those games to see how barbaric and “old school” it truly is. Since we’ll never see a return to 70’s/80’s hockey in the NHL. i miss Charlie Murphy RIP.

Worse. Much worse.

Correct. A mix. So the fans crying about a “complete” overhaul. Or crying about wanting another “tank” season to draft high end talent. Or crying about wanting another rebuild.... is that a good logical, well thought out and reasonable philosophy/goal to aim for? No. No it’s not. Like .. at all. This team doesn’t need fighters like the names I mentioned. That’s a dead position as you already know. Two maybe three character guys who score and play with grit are needed. Not a ZOMG overhaul the entire roster ahhhh! Some fans want to go load up a team full of “guys who will pound the lights” out of anyone who daaaaares cross us!!! Meanwhile, a well balanced team, A well mixed team will run circles around them. That’s why two maybe three guys in the vein of a Wilson or Tkachuk would propel this team with an injection of grit, character and just enough ”toughness” to be more formidable. That mindset, that personality will be contagious to some of the current roster. You don’t need half your roster full of em. Not in today’s NHL. I hope JB acquires one or two. But not at the expense of our core. That would be a sophomoric move.

I saw Deadpool. Sorry I guess I missed the reference/joke. I feel shame.

Welp. Not good enough. But better than a weak ash fine like i was kinda expecting

Well, if the 2019/20 or even the 20/21 Sabres are going to rely on one rookie NHLer, then that’s bad news. But, I agree that he can be a part of the solution. A part.

Of course he would. I think todays game has passed him by. He can’t relate to today’s NHLer. It is a different breed of player than 7+ years ago. I’m firmly in the “keep Ruff away from the Sabres” boat. Hell, I’ll be the captain. low hanging fruit snipes about “today’s NHLer” incoming ....? it still doesn’t make my point/opinion less valid.

Yes. But it’s also the world we live in. Well, it depends who you are and how forgiving certain people are. Some have “gotten away” with saying or doing much worse. And some have gotten fired or worse with doing much less. It’s a crap shoot ? IF it’s true, that really sucks and he’s an idiot. No room for that nonsense.

Oh there is no doubt, Risto sucks at fighting.... team doesn’t need fighters. It needs character and the threat of a fight if a team takes liberties against.

I think that’s a chronic problem with some fans. Bigger than Sabrespace message board. Fans want a solution, but have no clue how to go about it logically and realistically. So it just boils down to fans making white noise and venting from frustration.

So that’s the only way he’s a leader. So only one way to be a leader. Hmm interesting ... I’m so glad we don’t have direct knowledge of what goes on in a Sabres locker room. Speculation and assumptions are much more entertaining ?

I think JB (rightfully so) is considering (key word) 10-12 guys currently on the roster to move. Not just Scandella, Risto, Miller, ERod, and Olofsson. Not to mention a lot of the Amerks and prospects in lower leagues. But if you don’t have a trading partner, you need to keep trying until something is fair. So I know some fans like to fantasize about JB sitting on his hands and not doing “anything”, but I’m comfortable knowing that’s not the case at all. I’m firmly in the boat of “make a fair trade when it’s there and makes the Sabres or Amerks better, and not do a trade that makes the Sabres/Amerks worse, just because fans want it”. Mentioned as in “his name is out there” no other context.

Show me a team full of Barnaby’s, Rays, Mays, Kaletas, and Shoenfelds. And I’ll show you a team in 2019/20 that lose 95% of their games. But hey, at least we’ll see some fights every game! If the game was based on how many fights won, we would win the cup. Seriously, I get the desire for a “tougher” team. It’s character. Do we have enough character guys willing to battle and have each other’s back. But In today’s NHL, it must be a mix of not only character to battle hard and be a thorn to play against, but also talent to find the back of the net too. If fans just want a few meatheads to play 5-6 mins a night and go around looking for a check to deliver, that’s such a waste. And not today’s NHL. At all. JB and RK need to either find it on the roster, or infuse In one or two who have grit. Grit who score. Tom Wilson, Brady Tkachuk types. I hope Alplund develops into something In that vein.

Is Cernak a repeat offender/has been suspended in the past? if no, he’ll get 3 games or less. if yes, he’ll get 3-5 games. or the DOPS can be typical and unsurprising and just fine him a couple thousand bucks.

I see a lot of “living in the past” type comments. That’s not an insult. It’s something 2019 NHL and coaches just aren’t that way anymore. Maybe Tortarella. Maybe. Maybe Sullivan. Maybe. i would love the passion of younger Ruff or younger Shonny. But those types of ranting and raving super passionate borderline “intimidating” or “scary” type coaching or coaches, are getting rare, not increasing. granted, it would have been nice for RK to say something a little more passionate, yet not get fined or whatever. Agree to disagree on caring about the consequences of RK or any coach going off on the Refs or whatever.

Easy. I don’t. I miss the passion, not the coaching.

Meh. I’m upset with the loss, but I’m not ready to throw RK out after 7 weeks. I’ll leave that desire for the (IMO), knee jerk fans. Every fans different.