GDT: Sabres @ Red Wings 11/2/24 7:00 PM EDT; MSG/FDSNDET, ESPN+

[RETURNTOGLORY]

This team has NO scoring prowess! They also play lazy and with no sense of urgency. Name on player on the team that hits the ice at 100% and does not stop until he gets back to the bench.

[Carmel Corn]

3 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

Didn't watch the game.  Went to a lesbian wedding.

I’ll bet the wedding was more physical and aggressive than the Sabres

[RETURNTOGLORY]

16 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said:

It’s like the scene in European Vacation when Clark Griswold can’t get out of the rotary and keeps driving around it—

“Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament!”

More like the movie " Groundhog day"!

[Slack_in_MA]

6 minutes ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:

More like the movie " Groundhog day"!

Only if we end up with the girl, living happily ever after.

[Pimlach]

25 minutes ago, Idemo Buffalo said:

I think the terrible PP is killing this team. Tage and Tuch have no goals on the power play. It is ridiculous.

… and the PK?  

[Goldseatsaud]

Why doesn’t the owner speak to the press 

[zow2]

It’s so frustrating going back over the past few years how many times Buffalo trails by a goal the entire 3rd period and cannot even get a losers point.  They just stack regulation losses.  Find a way to tie these games up

[Believer]

22 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

That is my point exactly.....firing Adams may make some people feel better. After watching the start of this season...its very frustrating. 

But who is Pegula going to PICK to come here, that will be WILLING to come here, that is going to make a difference?  

If Adams stays as GM under the current situation, nothing changes.  If a new GM comes in that Pegula picks nothing changes.  The only thing that changes things if its A new gm, OR ADAMS staying, and Pegula stops being Pegula.

Adams leaving does nothing by itself. Zero.

Think NHL Commissioner Bettman needs to have a ComeToJesus meeting with the Pegula family and his top brass.

Spend. Fix. or Sell.

[Gatorman0519]

We need an experienced GM and all fresh eyes running the team. No more good ole boys. That’s the common denominator . When Florida did that they never looked back once they put real hockey minds in charge. 

[LGR4GM]

lol, fire everyone. 

 

[Pimlach]

4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

lol, fire everyone. 

 

I would have not guessed this.  We are so used to sucking.  

[Indabuff]

What a kick in the nads it will be if Lindy's association with this team will be marred because of this circus.   

[DarthEbriate]

Went bowling and then to drinks/dinner with some friends tonight. Had lots of fun. I checked the score twice during the dinner portion, once when up 1-0, once when down 2-1.

I should do more activities during Sabres games; maybe I'll even hide my phone. Thanks, Darth Pegulas the Wise!

9 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

What a kick in the nads it will be if Lindy's association with this team will be marred because of this circus.   

He did allow himself to be convinced to take the job.

Just think who we'd have as coach if the extensive search had gotten past Ruff. Probably it'd just be Appert. Maybe Matt Ellis.

[Second Line Center]

1 hour ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:

This team has NO scoring prowess! They also play lazy and with no sense of urgency. Name on player on the team that hits the ice at 100% and does not stop until he gets back to the bench.

 

See now I don’t think they played lazy tonight 

They just aren’t good enough.  

See my previous post.  

Patrick Kane’s existence on that team immediately makes them better than us.  Players like him do all the little things right that make a different bc he’s a Hall of Famer.  
 

Our best winger is Alex Tuch.  
 

That’s all you need to know.  We’re a perennial 85 point team until real legit hall of fame management, scouting, and most importantly players come here or get developed here.  
 

The Caps turned it around so quick bc not just the culture - but because of a culture that was built by OV all they need to do his watch real greatness prepare and play everyday.  
 

We just aren’t and never will be at every playoff contender’s level bc we have ZERO players that make everyone around them better.  We have ZERO players that all are elite.  None.  Not Dahlin.  Not Thompson.  Not anyone.  They’re just very good.  And that’s 2 guys.  Power ain’t that dude yet and it might take a few more YEARS.   

Edited November 3 by Second Line Center

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Doohicksie said:

Didn't watch the game.  Went to a lesbian wedding.

I went to one once.  The wife and daughters friend.  Didn’t like it. 

No scotch or bourbon served. No substantial food served. 

[Sidc3000]

3 hours ago, Believer said:

Think NHL Commissioner Bettman needs to have a ComeToJesus meeting with the Pegula family and his top brass.

Spend. Fix. or Sell.

You honestly think Bettman gives a ***** if the Sabres win or not? The league made money off the team this whole time. It shows how gullible the Sabres fan base is. We’re going to give you the worse possible team for over a decade and you will still pay to watch them. 

[nucci]

6 hours ago, Idemo Buffalo said:

The Sabres have a Power Play problem. Not a team problem. They would be 7-4-1 instead of 4-7-1 if they had a decent PP.  It is something that can be fixed. They just lost back to back games by 1 goal. The sky is not falling.  

your optimism is not based on reality

[SabreFinn]

6 hours ago, Goldseatsaud said:

Why doesn’t the owner speak to the press 

NHL does not work that way. Maybe he could answer some questions if they are kind, like what he thinks about his daughters success on the tennis court?

When the global series came to Finland this weekend, NHL gave journalists a list of questions they were not allowed to ask. For example no questions to the players about the leagues rules when checking to the head. Maybe NHL never visit Finland again if a local media would do their job properly?

I like the high tempo hockey the NHL plays, and I like the Sabres, but the team owners, who also thereby own the league, and Bettman and the others who represent the league are full of *****.

[Believer]

4 hours ago, Sidc3000 said:

You honestly think Bettman gives a ***** if the Sabres win or not? The league made money off the team this whole time. It shows how gullible the Sabres fan base is. We’re going to give you the worse possible team for over a decade and you will still pay to watch them. 

Yes, I do. The league can make more money with expansion into a stronger market with an ownership committed to winning a Cup.

Quebec City, Houston, Atlanta are just three candidates.

We are kidding ourselves if we think Pegula will pump real money into a laughing stock franchise to attract HOF level talent without some real pressure from the league.

Bettman won’t protect Buffalo forever, imo.

[#freejame]

The league doesn’t want relocation. For all intents and purposes, the NHL doesn’t factor Canada into into a media markets. The way Bettman see it, there’s 25 teams in the NHL and room for 30. Relocation eliminates expansion fees, which is what the league and owners want. Once the league gets to 36 teams, then you can worry about shuffling of cities. That’s at least 10 years away. Sell the team and enjoy a decade. 

[Believer]

5 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Relocation eliminates expansion fees, which is what the league and owners want.

Learned something, thanks.

Current expansion fees are estimated at $1.7B-$2.5B, way up from the $500M Las Vegas paid. 

[#freejame]

20 minutes ago, Believer said:

Learned something, thanks.

Current expansion fees are estimated at $1.7B-$2.5B, way up from the $500M Las Vegas paid. 

The league made Utah pay a relocation fee, but it was significantly less. New owners want to come in with immediate success under rules as close to the Vegas structure as possible. They don’t want zero prestige dumpster fires like the Sabres. 

[Marty]

I take full responsibility for that loss last night.  The other 50 games we’ll lose this year are on you guys…

[WhenWillItEnd66]

4 hours ago, nucci said:

your optimism is not based on reality

They also have A defensive problem,  goalie problem,  pk problem,  forechecking problem,  back checking problem,  non physical defenseman problem.... ohhhhh And never ever wins important faceoffs

[LTS]

20 hours ago, Idemo Buffalo said:

 

They could be in a playoff spot in 8 hours from now.  I am not too concerned.

Could be... but as we now know.. still not. Keep up your hope, but failure to recognize that this team sucks right now is still a failure.

Another horrible game with no meaningful puck control. The team has terrible breakouts and appears to be 18 skaters each playing a different game.

That's on the coaching staff. They have had so many days off that it should have been fixed. Remember when we were excited because Ruff would stop practice for offsides?  Where's the attention to detail now?

This team is broken and it needs to get unbroke really fast. Time to do what it takes to make the playoffs a reality, or sell the team.