HumanSlinky39

That's the rub with him, unfortunately. It seems like he's been hurt as much as healthy since we've acquired him which is frustrating because I always see good stuff from him when he does play.

Yeah. To me, Greenway is exactly the kind of guy this roster needs. Not as a focal point obviously, but as a 3rd/4th liner he's very valuable. His problem is staying healthy, unfortunately.

I've been a fan since the late-80's, so I'm not going anywhere, but holy hell it's hard to love this team. The last 15 years have been impossibly rough, but I've never been more frustrated as a fan than I have been this season. I foolishly let myself get sucked in late in the 2022/23 season when they had all of these young guys playing legitimately really good hockey as that season closed. I truly thought we were FINALLY on our way to being an actual contender again. Then 2023/24 happened, but honestly, it didn't bother me that much because young teams sometimes regress in the process. I thought we were a good coaching staff from getting back on track. Then, last spring, they didn't even do a real coaching search. They just went for the easy nostalgia hire. Now, I love me some Lindy. I loved many of the teams he coached here in his first go round and they provided my best memories as a Sabres fan. But, he's had very mixed results since leaving 14 years ago and I could not reconcile how bringing in the definition of a retread really moved this team forward. Then strapping him with a dollar store coaching staff really bothered me. BUT, I kept an open mind and thought (hoped?) Lindy could get the most out of those guys. As so often happens, optimism was abound as the season drew close and I bought into these guys putting it back together and returning to their spring-2023 form. It didn't take more than a couple of games to see that the same issues that plagued them in 2023/24 were still there and it was more than just having an "off season" last year. The problem is that this is a poorly constructed roster and most of these guys just do not know how to win. I'm done with Adams. He's in his 5th season as GM and is fully responsible for the mess. His roster strategy of loading up on "skilled" players with no regard for how these pieces fit together to form a cohesive unit has utterly failed. He has failed to add the type of veteran pieces that can elevate a roster because he doesn't want to "block" his guys. Has it increased the overall talent level? Absolutely. Are we anywhere close to being a team that is a legitimate playoff contender? No. No we are not. As constructed, this is a massively flawed team that lacks leadership, grit, hockey IQ, and the ability to roll out lineups that compliment each other. I also think Lindy needs to be a one and done. I know the turnover of coaches since TP has come on is absurd, but that's not a reason to stick with a coach who has failed to make the team better. Hell, they're worse than they were last year with much the same roster. How do we move forward? The easy answer is TP needs to move on from Adams and install a front office structure that eliminates him wholly from the decision making and that understands how to build a winning team/culture. No more nepotism hires. Go outside the organization and find somebody with fresh/uncompromised eyes to audit the organization from the top down. Focus on accountability and a merit-based approach. Hire an experienced GM that understands how to build a roster. Hire an experienced coach that knows how to win. I do not think we need a full tear-down rebuild, but reshape the roster in their vision. Do I think any of the above will happen? No I do not. I've seen nothing from TP's 15 years of ownership that indicates he has any clue how to hire the right people. If, and it's a big IF, he moves on from Adams/Lindy I expect another internal promotion in the front office and Seth Appert as the new HC. Which almost certainly leads to more of the same. Pessimistic? You bet. But this is where we are. An endless cycle of stops and starts, firings and hirings, and more wasted years.

Ralphie on 'The Sopranos' for me. I was bummed they killed off that character so soon.

I mean, that's pretty much him at this point, innit? Somebody bumps into him wrong and he's out for a few weeks.

This kind of hockey is what you get with players that don't know how to play and a Walmart discount bin coaching staff.

Because this is a dumb hockey team.

Tage does that baby giraffe and the Preds ice it. *Fart noise*

LOL Who was that that fell down?

Why does this team love the drop pass so damn much?

ROR 4 apples. Sabres helping him love hockey again.

Adams has assembler a team of "skilled" players that cannot pass.

We have to be the worst passing team in hockey.

offside. Of ***** course.

BENSON ***** YEAH!!!

And, you know, between the bars.

They got one, but seriously, fire Appert into the ***** sun.

COZENS (after a comedy of errors)

JFC. Do they even practice the power play???

Sabres power play extended

What a goat rope...

Sabres power play

We have to be the worst team in hockey in transition. Anytime we start a rush I just assume it'll either be a bad pass or if they get off a shot it'll just miss the net

All the bad habits bubbling back to the top tonight. And against a team that's lost seven straight and on the back end of consecutive games. Blech.