Kraken: Sabres West

[PromoTheRobot]

 

I guess being part of the last ten years of Sabres futility doesn't hurt your chances at future employment.

 

 

 

[dudacek]

Assistant coach, Charlotte Checkers?

I guess Disco Dan is finding his level.

[darksabre]

4 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Assistant coach, Charlotte Checkers?

I guess Disco Dan is finding his level.

I was gonna say. The difference between Buffalo and Seattle is placement lol 

[Gabrielor]

Nothing like teaching your dmen that the stretch passing is the only zone exit possibility in the AHL first.

[Andrew Amerk]

If Kim and Kanye have another kid, Sabres West would be a great name option. 

[Zamboni]

Oh how the mighty now serves nachos at the carnival 

Edited August 11, 2021 by Zamboni

[Claude Balls]

1 hour ago, Andrew Amerk said:

If Kim and Kanye have another kid, Sabres West would be a great name option. 

Unfortunately, in other very shocking news....Kim and Kanye West have split up. I'm so shocked this happened. Who's next on that skanks list??? 

[Andrew Amerk]

Just now, Claude Balls said:

Unfortunately, in other very shocking news....Kim and Kanye West have split up. I'm so shocked this happened. Who's next on that skanks list??? 

Meh. They could still get back together and have a Sabres West. 

[Claude Balls]

3 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Meh. They could still get back together and have a Sabres West. 

Always possible with that gaggle of, you know.....how do I say this without getting banned?.......horse

[Andrew Amerk]

1 minute ago, Claude Balls said:

Always possible with that gaggle of, you know.....how do I say this without getting banned?.......horse

Clydesdales have always been pretty impressive. 

[pi2000]

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

[Curt]

5 hours ago, pi2000 said:

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

It wasn’t a great team by any stretch, but you didn’t list many of the best or most featured players from that team.  ROR, Kane, good Okposo, Reinhart, Gionta, Ristolainen, Bogosian.

[Thorner]

6 hours ago, pi2000 said:

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

It's because 81 points seemed so bad at the time, still. Expectations were higher.

We're merely frogs in boiling water and have been that way for a while

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

7 hours ago, pi2000 said:

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

 

1 hour ago, Curt said:

It wasn’t a great team by any stretch, but you didn’t list many of the best or most featured players from that team.  ROR, Kane, good Okposo, Reinhart, Gionta, Ristolainen, Bogosian.

This was also Pysyk's breakout year so there is that too 😁

[jsb]

2 hours ago, Curt said:

It wasn’t a great team by any stretch, but you didn’t list many of the best or most featured players from that team.  ROR, Kane, good Okposo, Reinhart, Gionta, Ristolainen, Bogosian.

Wow, talk about revisionist history on this site. Kane, Okposo, Reinhart, Risto and Bogo were good???

[pi2000]

4 hours ago, Curt said:

It wasn’t a great team by any stretch, but you didn’t list many of the best or most featured players from that team.  ROR, Kane, good Okposo, Reinhart, Gionta, Ristolainen, Bogosian.

Okposo wasn't on that team.    Kane missed 20 games.    Risto and Bogo were a combined -32.  Gionta had a whopping 12 goals.

[DarthEbriate]

11 hours ago, pi2000 said:

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

It could also be argued that season was the last time we had a viable center spine where each player was a) an NHL-caliber center at the time, and b) playing in the right place for their development. 1-ROR, 2-Eichel, 3-Larsson, 4-Legwand. XHCDDB also put an end to the charade of Girgs at center over Angry Larry -- who would turn into a capable 4C the next few seasons when his wrist wasn't mangled.

[Mustache of God]

If I had to choose a coach from our recent carousel of Rolston, Nolan, Bylsma, Housely and Krueger I'd probably take....Bylsma? Actually no, I'd take Nolan. 

What a string of misses. Here's hoping our next first time head coach pans out, or can at least put up .500 win %.

[apuszczalowski]

From coaching Crosby, Malkin, and Fleury to Stanley cup championships to AHL ASSISSTANT Coach (where he is basically there to coach about 1/2 a team that belongs to the NHLs newest expansion team......

[Andrew Amerk]

20 hours ago, pi2000 said:

Bylsma lead a post tank team led by Chad Johnson, Josh Gorges, Cody Franson and rookie Jack Eichel to 81 points, the most points by a Sabres team in the last 10 years.

But yeah, let's throw him under the bus because whatever.

Lead and led in the same sentence, impressive!

[PromoTheRobot]

The pipeline keeps flowin'

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

The pipeline keeps flowin'

 

and just think, they'll be better then we are.  

[PromoTheRobot]

4 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

and just think, they'll be better then we are.  

I don't accept that.

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I don't accept that.

I could see the Sabres finishing ahead too, I think the Kraken will be much closer to the standard expansion team than the Knights. 

Gord Miller on TSN Overdrive yesterday said he didn't think the Sabres would get to 50 points, and that their target was firmly set on Wright 

He said he "felt utterly sick" for the people of Buffalo lol

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

The pipeline keeps flowin'

 

Would not have minded having him back.  Good 13th F to have as, on most rosters, he can slot anywhere in the bottom 6 to fill in, & on this roster he can slot in anywhere in the bottom 9 if necessary.