LabattBlue

Like I said just my opinion. Kind of hard for you to criticize it when you say you weren't even "aware" of the Sabres around that time.

IMO...yes it did. I'm not sure if you were around in the mid 70's but the town was in a frenzy over the team.

I know many of you weren't around for it, but 74-75 was the peak of the franchise. It was also a great time to be a Buffalo sports fan in general with OJ, Perreault and McAdoo all in Buffalo at the same time.

Are you implying that Jack has say in to who his linemates are, or that RK's line combos get a thumbs up from him?

Article appears to be from mid-January before camp started.

No Pekar?

Any idea how many players are in training camp for them?

That entire list is disgusting except for the Dahlin pick(he was far and away the unanimous choice for 1 OA), and the Quinn pick(going to have to give it a few years, but hoping we didn't repeat history of taking the solid 2 way player, Seiling, over the gifted offensive player, Bossy). I just can't believe the blunders. You really need to do a 10 year look back and include the purchase of the team by the Pegulas. It started there, and every time you think they have hit rock bottom, up pops another gem(hiring the head of the hockey academy to be your GM because you are familiar with him). Don't forget the dismal hirings of Rolston & Housley... ...and terrible results in Rochester ...and the hideous selection of goal song.

This thread appears to be dying a slow death. Let me give it a boost... What is wrong with aggressive drivers? I am talking about the ones who have the pedal to the metal when a light turns green, drivers who have to constantly change lanes and pass cars even if the other cars are doing the speed limit, people who blow their horn if you don't go the second a light turns green, ones who blow through red lights, and most important, idiots who can't be bothered to stop at stop signs. I'm not talking about rolling stops, I am talking about people going through a stop sign at 15-20mph(or even more). What's your freaking hurry? 😡

I know two people who work for different healthcare organizations, but are office staff(one is HR and one is payroll) and not even located in the healthcare facility. Both have been vaccinated. It’s a big joke and I can only imagine how often shenanigans like this are happening. Yet here I sit in my early 60’s wondering when I will get my opportunity.

Watched parts of the Bos vs Phi game including the end. Boston doesn’t seem to be missing Krug or Chara, and their 30-somethings still playing at a high level.

...and then Hortons lost their love for good quality products and customer service. 🙂

If Covid starts reaking havoc on the number of games a team has cancelled, I really think the NHL will have no choice but to go to point percentage instead of total points. There just isn't a lot of wiggle room for a team to make up games short of them ending up with crazy 4 games in 5 night stints down the road.

I'd like to be angry about this whole thing, but instead I give it a big "who cares". Maybe the players can sneak out of town for a quick trip to the Caribbean. I only have one word to describe the franchise right now...INSIGNIFICANT!

I agree with ALL of this except the comparison to the Bills. In the NFL, before this year, 12 out of 32 teams made the playoffs every year(~38%). In the NHL, 16 out of 31 make the playoffs every year(~52%), and despite this the Sabres have missed 9 years in a row. One other note on the Bills, without Allen, Beane and McD may still have had the Bills treading water. In a game of QB roulette, they lucked into Allen, and he appears to be on the road to making them SB contenders for the next decade. On RK, no one can convince me otherwise that the Pegula's went with RK aka motivational man because they viewed him in the same light as McD. Swing and a miss!

Wasn't Botts quoted as saying he was against long term/big money deals? If so, did he want to pass on Skinner and let him walk, and the Pegula's overruled him?

...at least there is a game on NBCSN and another on ESPN+. Probably won't watch the entire games, just flip on for 3rd period/OT. Many will laugh at me, but I am looking forward to baseball...and now that may be delayed a month.

Posters have a right to be upset/negative, just as you(and others) have a right to be overly optimistic/positive. Each side gets more frustrated as the games go by because of the other sides stance. Your choice, but no need to go...just let it go in one ear and out the other.

Is any team taking a cap hit of $15 mil and getting so little production out of their duo, like the Sabres are with Skinner and Okposo?

I disagree. Even if playing at last years level, NO team is paying KO $6mil over two years(post 7/1/21), let alone giving up something for him in a trade.

I understand that, but I’d bury him, and hope he retires instead of going to the AHL. In his place, give Smith, Thompson or Mitts an extended look, instead of yo-yo them between the lineup, press box or Rochester.

If there is a compliance buyout this off-season, they shouldn’t have to take more than 5 seconds to decide that Skinner is the player to buy-out. Then turn around and bury Okposo in Rochester and hope that he retires.

This is likely the case, but still makes me sad. 😞

I’m not even sure these guys like each other.

How is it that Josh Allen feels like one of us, yet Eichel doesn’t seem to have that same connection with the community. If the Sabres miss the playoffs again, and it is certainly trending that way, if Eichel doesn’t tap out, then maybe the Sabres need to be the ones to initiate the move.