Marvin

It is hard not to be negative, in part because last year showed so much promise. This year shows that sometimes, they can be very good. Unfortunately, it has shown that they can be very bad. And that makes their failures even more frustrating.

He does all the dirty jobs that no one likes doing. He works hard every second he is out there. Points are not the only measure of a hockey player. I will grant you that he seems to have fallen off a bit this year. In years past, I was confident when he was out there checking the other teams' top lines. Now, he seems more like an ordinary 4th liner. That may be part of the problem this year: we are not getting that 1 ultra-favourable match-up each game.

Unless you are Buffalo. In Housley's second season, the Sabres set the record for best winning percentage at Thanksgiving to miss the playoffs.

The OP is trying to send a message to play the game the right way by mistreating someone who has always played the game the right way. The Sabres' already bad reputation around the league would then take another hit. Brilliant!

One thing this team does not have enough of are NHL middle-agers with talent who can teach the younger players how to not get down when things go wrong. Two years ago, they had those guys without much talent. This year, there are too few of those guys with more team talent. This requires not getting to enamoured with the draft picks.

Skill trades make more than junior developers too.

The home record under Donnie Meatballs just baffles me. What do they do wrong in their home preparation? Welcome to the board!

I survived the big layoff, but I imagine just. Thank you all for your support.

So how do you do this if the Sabres don't win more than 2 in a row?

Ooh. Ahh. Sabres on the golf course.

I hope that this is what we get. I have the nasty suspicion that, at some point this season, it is going to get ugly.

To be honest, Tuch has always looked moody. Part of me thinks that he has internalised the fans' frustration.

I have to ask. I watched the Cow-lumbus game in question. How many fans were chanting for Donnie's firing? I don't remember hearing them on the broadcast. Contrast this with The Tank season when you could hear a substantial chunk of fans cheering for the opposition on the broadcast.

True. I don't think that there is a coaching panacea for this team.

At least they don't salute the fans they way that Al Smith saluted the Knoxes, Head Coach Marcel Pronovost, and General Manager Punch Imlach when Don Edwards was started over him after Gerry Desjardins got that eye injury.

Unquestionably. GMKA and HCDG have their work cut out for them just until the end of the season or this is going to get a lot uglier.

I think it was a "suggestion" from the league office after The Big Lockout.

I think the anger of the fans is somewhat misplaced, but if you are paying good money to see the team routinely fall behind up to 3-0 in the first period, where else are you going to vent your anger?

They are telling me that they love me. Yeah, that was random.

I love it when my dogs lick my face.

O.K. Now I get you. Thanks.

There goes that theory. It is the offence in general.

Why not try a new coach? If he works out, then he and Bales can survive a purge. Bringing him in does not preclude changing Donnie or even Kevin at the end of the season.

Zemgus needs to be out there. 😉

I had forgotten that they were kind of loud.