JP51

I agree... its more about the shots that are not blocked than the ones that are... although those shots often turn into turnovers the other way... but getting into the shooting lane to take away the shot.. is pretty critical... forcing the pass or taking the risk the shot is blocked.. I am not sure the old Jim Schoenfeld sliding to block a shot trick is needed, but definitely clogging the shooting lanes is a big deal... akin to a DL getting their hands up to block a pass and taking away the passing lanes...

Yeah I dont disagree.. I also dont think when you are at his stage of a career, you grow a set miraculously... I think it is who he is and clearly a leading indicator of all that is wrong with this team... dont tell me Adams wants to get tougher and harder to play against when he throws letters on 2 of our biggest players physically and smallest players grit wise... thats who he picked to lead... they lead... we are here... time to go for some of them...

I agree... Winnipeg winter is in a way different catagory than Buffalo winter... less snow way more frigid life threatening pipes freezing temps.... I can see not wanting to deal with that winter if the team isnt a contender... I dont see them as a contender nor near a hockey hub... think travel from Buffalo to Boston, NY Long Island, Montreal, Philly, Toronto, even Ottawa and DC.... these are 1 hour flights... or 90 minutes drives... Travel from Winnipeg has got to be a bit more difficult... not saying that gives us palm trees... but travel is easier...

Easily 2 years ago... but most likely never have been hired...

and God I hope so... they had their A's taken away... Then direct them to the press box.

Power and Muel... you have to have it to be stripped of it.. more of "a lack of manhood and little boy exposure on display"... 6'5 230lbs gutless cowards.

or signing.. he is utterly incompetent... I love looking at his trades in a microcosm... Mitts/Bo ok great... may look good on paper but did you actually improve your team... did you exchange assets because you acknowledged a need and acquire a player that addressed a need like a tough crunching RHD or a 2C? I have an idea, lets go get another puck moving soft LHD.. we dont have enough of those... so yes, on paper I get it... but in the end.. the team is worse than last year... Sorry I get the point but not buying it... the assembly and drafting and over all complexion and identity of this team is soft, uninspired, shallow, 1 dimensional, weak, fragile minded, cesspool of figure skaters... he has not shown the inclination to aggressively address this... at this point I want him addressing nothing... or we are gonna go give a huge contract to someone like Powers or Cozens or Muel.. oh wait... just praying his team doesnt ruin Benson or Kulich..

Right! LOL

Breaking NEWS!!!! Samuelsson is injured and will miss some time... how about we assume he is on the injured list and you put out an availability list for him instead...

One of those cases that happen all too often for this team.

I would take out Buffalo Sports and just leave it history... he is an epic failure... why he is still here is amazing in and of its self. as for Samuelsson... what an absolute waste of a roster space for that money.. I agree....

To me it is 1 and 3.... but I chose 3 because I think that is the most important.. now we are going after your stars... game on.

Wonder if TP is gonna have to buy commercial time to have his games aired.

I agree I think the cap increase hurts the Sabres... supply goes down cause teams can sign more players to higher contracts. We I believe self impose a cap that may or may not go up if the leagues does... may help us sign our players long term or some.. but with our recent record I am not sure if that is good thing.

Bandits is about all I got. To young for 64/65 dont care about anyone else like Bills and Sabres...

Seriously, kinda scary thats literally the best we got...you can throw in Krebs and Benson... but seriously what are they gonna do... so basically thats it... I mean maybe Dahlin has a little bit of a forced edge to him... but do you really want him in the box? That would encourage teams LOL... Malynstein if he is actually playing... might be a guy.. Gilbert ok... but they really dont want those guys on the ice for major minutes...

I get that it could be coaching... or part of it.. it may be.. but I tend to agree with you... like, I watched Lindy Ruff play... Lindy understands the need to respond... I remember him taking an epic whoopin from Cam Neely in a response.. he didnt need to be told.... I think he understands the fragility of the team and is protecting it.. he had the luxury of not having to respond to our lack of response and a loss... which was possible... if the Devils got a 4th and won in OT, I suspect his response would be different... he had the luxury of pointing to the scoreboard... from my perspective hollow consolation... Bottom line, if you have to force a grown man to watch one of their best players and team mate get cheap shotted and do SOMETHING.... then you have a problem with roster construction not coaching necessarily... this is an immediate defense response that you have or you don't... you do not think about getting your @ss kicked you react to the attack and question your judgement later... (Lindy doesnt control that.. .he didnt tell the team prior... now boys.. if TT gets whacked with a cheap shot... back off)... it happened and we didnt have the instinct to react... total roster construction.... Now, the necessary continuation of aggression through out the game that really deters these hits... that I would look more to the coach to say, I want their best player taken out of the play cleanly and hard every time... that also did not happen... so I see it as a combination... but I see it not as Ruff doesnt know more like he understands we are simply not capable... and fears that the escalation of aggression does not work in our favor over all. Back to team construction... back to the guys people are looking to get from us like Greenway, Cozens, Zucker etc... are the only ones that may have that in them... and it is valued... we seem to find a player or two like that, identify it, and immediately get rid of them... See Marcus Foligno... et all...

Finland is really digging here... lol

The longer Adams stays around, the more concerned I am going to be that there will be no changes... and if there are no changes... optimism is not a word I would use... more like despair... IF they do make changes and those changes are to move Adams and shuffle internally... again despair... If they gut and bring in personnel that insist on Hockey control with a vision and are competent and Terry moves to this model... then yes I have some optimism... however, in this scenario I am thinking there is a possibility that a new Regime would want to at minimum significantly re tool if not tear down and rebuild... so my optimism would not be for next year... In the end, with regards to optimism for next year, I feel like we are f$%k3ed....

Ok so like the last person I ever would think about as a Rob Ray look alike... and I am not gonna lie you kinda pulled that off... a little.. LOL

BTW thank you for that... I will admit to not being versed in the AHL/NHL call up and eligibility rules as well and the ones that apply to Junior as well... so I always learn a bit from these exchanges.

agreed this is just a consistent symptom and illustration of everything wrong with this team... this attitude of weak softness translates in to the corners, in front of the next, back check, taking a hit to make the proper play... and all of the difficult things that go into playing hockey that will show results in the playoffs.. to me its like... well of course they didnt... have you seen them play in the corner and in front of the net... try to hold on to a lead when the other team is breathing fire? Its obvious they arent willing to do those things that winning teams do.. at least consistently...

More importantly, look at what a real nhl team does when Dahlin stick their player. And that was nothing like what they did to Thompson... people can say what they want.. the relentless pursuit of the individual all game long from a team perspective is the deterrent... fighting them at the time is just fine and appropriate... but it cant stop there... it needs to be escalated through out the game in a clean but highly aggressive way... wont stop it... cheap shots gonna cheap shot... but it will deter folks when you start getting your stars targeted...

Exactly

I am sure it was Gilbert and Benson... after that... we go no body that cares.