JP51

I want to be wrong...have Idemo and 7=6=13 and whomever comeback and I told you so all of us to death...

I agree on Quinn, just have a feeling... if there was improvement its fringe... you feel like you may have reshaped the roster to a more complete roster and that may help. To me the bottom line is improvement will come from within... Power takes a step, plays more physical and better d, Quinn last year was an aberation and he takes the Peterka role, Kulick proves he belongs as a top 6, UPL gains consistency, Levi challenges, etc....

I will take your insane and raise you an oblivion... this level of ineptitude and plummet in overall P% hasnt occured with sparks of success in between... this is 14 years and running... 23 year old players were 9 the last time the Sabres made the playoffs... they were 3 the last time there was success... the only narrative they have on the Sabres is perennial loser... always... no hope... dysfunction.... they don't remember the French Connection or Lafontaine and Mogilny and their entire careers have been filled with the we are fleeing hockey hell from other players... to them the Sabres are incompetent like water is wet... that is a brutal narrative to change... especially as we head into a 15th year of dysfunction... literally how can we not be a top 2 bottom destination...

Indeed.... its my brain with the issue LOL

Create a perennial contender and they absolutely will... the taxes and palm trees excuse is horrific. Players who want to win as part of their DNA want to go to winners.... the ones that want a country club or just to get paid I don't want. Look at the Bills... people are taking pay cuts to stay here... win, create a winning culture and attract players that find this valuable... and this narrative goes away. Continue to let the Eichel's and the Reinhardts of the world walk or the Dahlin's and the Tuch's and Thompsons into the future and you get what you always got... this isnt about geography, its about culture and opportunity.

This may be unpopular... I absolutely think we need a better combination of youth with vet leadership... but to me taking on a big contract of a 34 yr old player that might get you into rd 1 of the playoffs at the expense of a promising player isnt where I am at... now maybe thats because I am concerned we are too far gone to "re-tool" or maybe because the playoffs arent my goal... a cup is... or maybe because I dont have faith that Adams has the accumen to make a trade like this and make us better in the long term... That said, I do know that getting into the playoffs for our existing roster like Tuch, Dahlin, Thompson etc... is pretty much paramount... how can anyone expect them to go thru 3 more years of not ever even being in the playoffs and actually not force their way out... In the end even if we do make the playoffs and are a 4-1 first round exit in a beat down... not sure that prevents those players from wanting out... I think I think we are too far gone... that Adams will eventually be fired and some other GM may want to tear it down again... I don't know... I would probably be excited if we did do a deal, but my gut tells me when you are dealing from a position of extreme desperation and weakness that bad things happen... I'll hang up and listen LOL...

I guess if we lament and cry wolf everything KA breathes it really loses its proper meaning when he really does behave insanely. That said I would have preferred if we were trading for a player and giving up an extra 2 for them that we would have had an agreement in place. Bottom line i wait and see how this plays out. Maybe KA feels like arbitration will be a better financial deal... who knows... I reserve my KA is a clown show comment for IF he goes thru arbitration AND we dont sign him... then gloves off... until then let's see

A wonderful tribute to our GM for sure

Ima give him this year he seems like he is trying to get Ruff like players he doesn't improve the team this year I am in your corner and ready to pull the trigger

Not sure if you mean Nick or Marcus, but Marcus Foligno I could see as a vet 4th liner maybe occasional 3rd I hated losing him in the idiotic trade that sent him to Minn. He was the type of player we should have put value on. Could be the nostalgia but I would love to see him come back...

Thats a big percentage... lol... yeah, I like to have hope even when its fleeting... but bottom line I expect a guy that may get called up from time to time but ultimately plays in Roch until we don't want to offer him another contract... and he plays in the AHL for some other team or goes to Europe.. thats my guess... but who knows.

Websters has officially removed the definition of incompetence from its book and replaced it with this picture.

This^ and this^

I agree here... not sold on Rosen, hoping Quinn figures it out... and very hopeful for Helenius... but he needs to bake a bit more in the AHL... I could see him getting a cup of coffee with the big team at somepoint this season just for his own reference.

Exactly, 100% people need to stop being annointed and start earning... I think Doan has real potential to develop into a guy that may not be overly flashy and get a point a game but one of those 20 goal scoring 50-60 pt guys that plays good defense, solid with contested pucks, and brings physicality.. but what I think means about zero... he needs to lace em up and go play... I think he gets every chance... but if he doesnt succeed it will be on him.

Oh I dont think so either if they were gonna they would have done it already

right thats what I got out of the press conference... we are not going to sign players and reduce payroll to keep our cap space down so we can yank around with Bo in case we want to resign him... sounds like a plan... I do not see a bridge deal getting done unless its a huge overpay.

That would be a Sabres gonna Sabre... move lol

OK while we are all waiting for our next step in FA... Interested in your thoughts on ultimately how does the BB situation resolve itself... I am thinking trade for mostly picks and a fringe player... but would not be surprised if we let him get offer sheeted.... Wanna know what you think and if you do think there is a trade for players... who might those be. And just to be clear on the offer sheeted... that could mean depending on the offer we take the pics OR we match and trade.

and if you ask me why I'll say... that Carson Meyer has a way with R-O-C-H-E-S-T-E-R

Yeah, I really feel Adams loved this piece of the trade. The only way Doan isnt inked into the lineup is if he was a big swing and a miss and plays poorly, other than that... he has a spot and a shot. And quite honestly, If he plays well enough I could see him getting even top 6 time. But I do think they have him penciled in 3/4 line.

and we retain our player... I was half thinking he would get sheeted.

I am thinking the same thing, the offers for Byram are not equaling the value of an offer sheet... and Adams is like go ahead and offer sheet him we will take the picks unless its a way low offer then we match and trade down the line...

Feeling like I am gonna want to see and Amerks Sabres exhibition game... lopsided result I am sure.. but fun watching the Amerks beat the hell out of the Sabres LOL... yes for those sarcastically impaired I am joking... well.. Kind of... 🙂

I agree, I think Doan will determine where Doan goes, I think they want him badly to develop into the type of 2 way physical guy that can contribute... I think they give him every chance.