HumanSlinky39

I feel this. I'm not a native of the city (NE Ohio boy here), but the early '90's LaFontaine/Mogilny teams called to me because I hate Pittsburgh & Detroit. My hockey fandom came of age with the Dominator (still my favorite player ever) and I lived and breathed Sabres. I never would have thought at any point that we'd be staring at a decade and a half with no playoffs. Even through all the misery, I've tried to remain optimistic and find bright spots. I've remained engaged and invested. But now, over the last couple weeks something broke. I kinda feel hopeless about the team. I've felt apathy creeping in. I no longer watch games start to finish every single game. I find myself flipping to other games or playing on my phone. I flat out didn't watch 2 games last week and that's unheard of for me. Even my nine year old daughter noticed and asked why I'm not watching the Sabres. My only answer was "eh, they're just not very good." I don't really wear Sabres gear much anymore. That's apathy and that's the last thing you want settling into your fan base. We have such a passionate fanbase that is desperate to embrace this team again, but they keep ***** it up. It's a damn shame.

Adams keeps preaching "process, process, process." We keep hearing we're the youngest team in the league. Sorry, but the youth excuse expires when guys are entering their 4th, 5th, 6th season in the NHL. This current core has been together several years now: Cozens - 5th NHL season Tage - 7th NHL season Power - 3rd NHL season Dahlin - 7th NHL season Krebs - 4th NHL season Tuch - 8th NHL season Peterka - 3rd NHL season Quinn - 3rd NHL season Byram - 5th NFL season This ain't a bunch of rookies and second year players. These guys have played together for 3-5 years. If you peg 2020-21 as the jump off point of this "current" rebuild (one of how many now since 2011?), this is year 5. Half of this frickin' league makes the playoffs any given season. Right now, we appear nowhere near being a playoff team. So my question of Adams would be - "how many years is this expected to take?" This current core has been playing together for a few years now, how are they not better than this? And I'll admit, that while they have been playing for years together, development has been stunted by the front office's utter failure to pepper the lineup with good veteran hockey players. Yeah, they've brought in a guy here and there, but most of these players they've been trying to develop have done it together vice with good, experienced hockey players. There's potential throughout this group, but Adams and company have bungled it severely.

Suck to blow, a Sabres specialty.

Seider and Beniers would be ineffectual loafers here. The culture stinks and it affects nearly everyone that puts on that sweater. Nothing is changing until things get straightened out at the top.

I could very well be wrong. I remember seeing his name at the top at some point, but admittedly haven't paid a lot of attention lately.

It's "Absolutely Curtains" for this bunch. We'd hoped they'd let slip the "Dogs of War", we had "High Hopes", instead it's been "Goodbye Blue Sky." Somehow, they "Keep Talking" yet we fans are "Lost for Words." It seems like success and this current team are "Poles Apart." Tonight may have been "The Final Cut." I guess all that's left is to "Have a Cigar." Sorry, I'm something of a Pink Floyd nut.

Porter Martone is the current projected #1. It sounds like he's good, but not generational or anything like that. Doesn't matter; these chodes will bungle just enough wins to hurt their draft position.

Honestly indifferent. The playoffs are now a pipe dream, I kind of just want them to fall apart so maybe Adams gets shown the door soonish. Also, I love Lindy, but he isn't the right coach for the situation this franchise is in. That was another tactical blunder by Adams.

If there isn't some kind of move made tomorrow, this isn't a serious hockey organization. (We know it isn't)

Boo them loud, boo them hard. Gutless performance once again.

Wow. That was the flu shits, Tage.

Just have to hope their fresh outta the showroom goalie lets in one more.

That was some disorganized, grab-asstic *****.

WTF was that???

Damn, clank!

Total garbage.

Overtime, it's the Yzerplan vs the Adams Conundrum. Which rebuild sucks harder?

JJP fans on another one timer

Here comes the boos.

At his age, coaching a bunch of spineless jelly fish like these seems like a waste of time.

That was some soft serve BS, Reimer...

Garbage team.

At least they're not chanting? Yet.