So we tank out the rest of this year??

[WhenWillItEnd66]

We have zero chance at playoffs. Our offense is joke. We are lhd central. How many spots can we realistically drop??

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, WhenWillItEnd66 said:

We have zero chance at playoffs. Our offense is joke. We are lhd central. How many spots can we realistically drop??

8 looks like a sweet spot, looking at the teams around us. We aren’t tanking, but no there’s not much to watch for. I don’t think success here really would mean anything as far as next season goes (as we saw last)

Still, I expect them to keep fighting and would expect nothing less. You don’t back down from the expectation to win once it’s installed 

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[John Tucker]

I don't foresee any of the teams below us catching us at this point, and don't see us passing anyone above us.  Pick #8 it is unless we miraculously win the lottery.  Not gonna matter much with how we draft.  Incoming will be another severely undersized forward that will need 6 years of seasoning at the NHL level, and by then will be shipped off to another club.  Rinse, repeat.  

[buffaloboy]

As always whether we “try” to tank or not the end result will be the same. We’ll be drafting 8-9th overall. 

[Carmel Corn]

8 minutes ago, Thorny said:

8 looks like a sweet spot, looking at the teams around us. We aren’t tanking, but no there’s not much to watch for. I don’t think success here really would mean anything as far as next season goes (as we saw last)

Still, I expect them to keep fighting and would expect nothing less. You don’t back down from the expectation to win once it’s installed 

8 seems to be perpetually our number.  To me it's ironic because it is the shape of a demolition derby track, which is exactly what Buffalo is, a continual wrecking mess.

[Doohicksie]

So we'll be drafting another Casey Mittelstadt.

[SABRES 0311]

Tank insinuates on purpose. Either way, it’s counterproductive to developing a very young team. 

The rest of the year is developing young guys and displaying the expendables for summer trades. 

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

8 seems to be perpetually our number.  To me it's ironic because it is the shape of a demolition derby track, which is exactly what Buffalo is, a continual wrecking mess.

Well done 

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[DarthEbriate]

What have they been doing since October?

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

So we'll be drafting another Casey Mittelstadt.

Or another Jack Quinn aka Mark Stone 

Just now, DarthEbriate said:

What have they been doing since October?

Tanking is a point of view, Antipin 

Edited March 8, 2024 by Thorny

[Marvin]

HCDG as Pinky: What will we do for the rest of the season, Brain?

GMKA as Brain: What we try to do at the end of every season -- draft 8th.

Edited March 8, 2024 by Marvin

[Radar]

Was hoping for the big sell off as in franchise. Now that's something I could have got on board with.

[mjd1001]

Since 2013, they drafted 8th 4 different times. This would be the 5th time in 12 years.

They drafted 7th once, 9th once, they average to 8th..do they count for something?

[Mustache of God]

We are 5 & 8 points ahead of the next two teams behind us. It'd take a hell of a lot of losing for those team to make up that kind of ground on us, so there's no point in "tanking".

On the flip side, only 4 points separate us and 7 other teams. A meaningless late season surge could bump us from 8 down a few numbers and since we've suffered so much this season I'd rather have a top 10 pick.

That being said, I hope that pick is traded for some immediate help. I am so sick of waiting for draft picks to develop and save this franchise. 

[Billznut]

22 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

What have they been doing since October?

Or since 2011 for that matter 

[GoPuckYourself]

 

 

[Buffalonill]

I mean s*** jack couldn't save us  maybe  Celebrini can 

[PerreaultForever]

We aren't tanking but I imagine the mood on the team will be down and they will just be playing out the season with minimal efforts. RFAs will probably give a damn playing for contracts. The losing culture gets deeper entrenched. Vacation plans are probably already in the making. 

I personally don't care about the draft one iota. 

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, WhenWillItEnd66 said:

We have zero chance at playoffs. Our offense is joke. We are lhd central. How many spots can we realistically drop??

No.  You play to win if you want to establish a winning culture.    Sending professional athletes out to purposely lose is part of why we are in this mess. 

[Doohicksie]

Kevyn just released the soundtrack for the rest of the season (go ahead, it's not a rickroll):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNWWqq-cmiM&t=1093s

[Demoted]

I cannot wait to see who we draft so we can coach them up and ship them off to a playoff contender.

Edited March 8, 2024 by Demoted

[mjd1001]

34 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

We aren't tanking but I imagine the mood on the team will be down and they will just be playing out the season with minimal efforts. RFAs will probably give a damn playing for contracts. The losing culture gets deeper entrenched. Vacation plans are probably already in the making. 

I personally don't care about the draft one iota. 

I always used to care about the draft. If you knew you weren't going to make the playoffs, they why NOT lose a couple more games to get a higher pick, right?

I'm not there anymore though, They draft 4th, 7th, 9th?  This year it just doesn't really matter much to me and I don't care.