bunomatic Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 You'll be back tomorrow right? We can all drink MORE tomorrow, and it will be more festive. I promise. They play tomorrow ? I'm out of the loop. If so I'll be here. Quote
Robviously Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Nrw coach, yes. New GM, no ROR, Okposo, resinging Larry and Risto. Good Lord, you're giving him credit for re-signing RFAs? That's considered a big win now? Seriously, take away the ROR trade and his trade record is basically a mess. The team sucks. Our GM is more personality than results. Quote
WildCard Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Good Lord, you're giving him credit for re-signing RFAs? That's considered a big win now? Seriously, take away the ROR trade and his trade record is basically a mess. The team sucks. Our GM is more personality than results. And the Okposo signing? And PU? The draft picks he's made other than the obvious 2? The Kane and Lehner trade and now GMTM sucks. I don't see it Quote
3putt Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 GMTM is safe for now. More good than bad. Too many dead contracts on this team. Had to sign Risto so the cap was an issue this year. But Grant and Dlo have me scratching my head. Quote
dudacek Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) This game was supposed to help round out the end of the push against teams around us .... <snip> Flagg, thanks for continuing to carry the torch for intelligent hockey talk. For me, your post boils down to this: the GM has built a team that is not suited to the way the coach chooses to play. Dan will be gone sooner or later. I'm fine with sooner. Edited December 23, 2016 by dudacek Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I’ve posted this a lot but I’ll do it again because I think it’s having a new effect on our players. We just don’t play hockey between the blue lines like good teams. We’re a decade behind right now. We spend so much time chasing loose pucks and not creating and manipulating space. We intentionally give it up after finally getting it back, hoping that our two LA-style wingers, Kane and Foligno, can get it back. Agree on the entire post, which I shall not quote for the sake of eyes. But what I bolded here? And it may just be negative vibes from a terrible game talking...but my gravest worry is that Murray is on board with Bylsma's style of play and wants to be LA-East...but has failed in colossal fashion in acquiring the right pieces (whether it's because he couldn't, or worse, he thinks the collected pieces fit the style...). Quote
Robviously Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 And the Okposo signing? And PU? The draft picks he's made other than the obvious 2? The Kane and Lehner trade and now GMTM sucks. I don't see it Okposo signing was good, but signings like Moulson and Franson have been disastrous. What other draft picks are we celebrating? The jury is basically out on everyone. The team was loaddd with assets when he got here. He's traded away a ton and all we have to show for it is a slow team with a weak defense. Without Eichel, we're still a bottom 5 team. It's been 2 years. He's a t-shirt, not a genius GM. Quote
dudacek Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 If they are going to heat up, perhaps we should move the Bylsma and Murray discussions to a more relevant thread? As far as tonight goes, the first period was about as bad as I've seen our defence play. Franson is just an adequate defenceman, but I haven't seen him make the kind of errors we saw from Risto, Bogo and Kuli tonight. Ouch. The second was spent killing penalties and the third was fine. Why we don't play all game with the puck pressure we see in the third, I'm not sure. I don't think they're lazy. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I want GM TM to be asked that directly: Do you favour pr envision a style of play and if so what is it? And if not what do you think of Hot Daniel's dump, chase, board rattling? The Sabres are not on a forward path. Quote
dudacek Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I want GM TM to be asked that directly: Do you favour pr envision a style of play and if so what is it? And if not what do you think of Hot Daniel's dump, chase, board rattling? The Sabres are not on a forward path. I started a thread: http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/24580-murray-and-bylmsa-how-long-will-they-stay-together/ Quote
Samson's Flow Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 From the sounds of it I'm kind of glad I had volleyball league tonight and missed the game. Sounds like the board is circling the wagons for Bylsmas demise. I can't say that it's wing given the blatant unwillingness to play possession hockey despite one of the best possession and zone entry players in Eichel Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 From the sounds of it I'm kind of glad I had volleyball league tonight and missed the game. Sounds like the board is circling the wagons for Bylsmas demise. I can't say that it's wing given the blatant unwillingness to play possession hockey despite one of the best possession and zone entry players in Eichel I missed game too because of Christmas party and they have Dish Network so I couldn't watch. Boo! I don't know why they are not a better team. It's a tough question. Were they playing better with Falk and Fedun in line up? Quote
Doohicksie Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Falk played tonight. Franson was out with an injury of some sort. Quote
pi2000 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I don't blame Lehner, Bylsma or defensemen turning pucks over. The more I watch this team, the more I notice there are group of players on this team that seem to be OK with losing. I don't know if it's just psychological damage from the tank years or what... but evidently it's a culture problem. The only way to fix this is to move on from those players, and I think we all know who they are. Quote
Huckleberry Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 just seen the Larsson goal, just love it when Samson starts feeding pucks from there. And it was a beautifully timed pass. Quote
Jacque Richard Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Their all comfortable over there. Including Murray Quote
Mustache of God Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 This will be the only home game I attend this year. All I really want for Christmas is a Sabres win and please god no shootout loss. I also want to see Jack play mad and have a doozy of a game. I'm also taking my wife, who has never been to a game in Buffalo. I have a parking pass for the garage that says it's worth $20. If anyone wants it PM me and it looks like I can email it through the Sabres ticket app service thingy. GO SABRES! Well christmas has officially been ruined. That was a horrible game. Quote
inkman Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 I don't blame Lehner, Bylsma or defensemen turning pucks over. The more I watch this team, the more I notice there are group of players on this team that seem to be OK with losing. I don't know if it's just psychological damage from the tank years or what... but evidently it's a culture problem. The only way to fix this is to move on from those players, and I think we all know who they are. Moulson, Gionta, Girgensons? The players most tenured and endured the tank? Quote
GoPre Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Well christmas has officially been ruined. That was a horrible game. Sabres play the Islanders tonight. A win could change that for ya. Buffalo has been bad for so long I've adjusted. Don't even think of them on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 Well christmas has officially been ruined. That was a horrible game. NFW I allow any sports team to hold that much sway over my life. Quote
Stoner Posted December 23, 2016 Report Posted December 23, 2016 NFW I allow any sports team to hold that much sway over my life. :unsure: Quote
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