GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ les Canadiens de Montréal 12/17/24 - 7:00 PM EST - TSN2, RDS, MSG-B, WGR550

[SabresBillsFan]

1 minute ago, TRIP65 said:

Be fair to trade him to a good team. Would be worth a few older decent players. Sabres are 2-3 years from a Playoff Team.

 

Have to start over on the Top 6 except Tage as 2nd line Center. Not reliable enough scorer and two way guy to be #1 Center!

Tuch isn’t a first line player, second or third at best. He’s has the tools but no finish.

[TRIP65]

5 hours ago, jad1 said:

Bills will hold the VOID till February then we can yell TANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SabresBillsFan]

1 minute ago, TRIP65 said:

Bills will hold the VOID till February then we can yell TANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bills need to draft a stud linebacker like a Ray Lewis type of player not an over the hill Von Miller. I don’t see them winning it all until they shore up that defense and get another stud wide receiver.

Edited December 18 by SabresBillsFan

[TRIP65]

5 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

I like UPL.  He played great at the end of last year.  A lot of these goals aren't all on him, but on the team in front of him. I expect a goalie to not be perfect.

But, with all that said...he's having move average-to-bad games than he has good games.

Team long term plays better for Levi except the first 10 games. What Levi is doing 2 years in Amerks should tell you who has the better tools to steal games. UPL has to move perfect and if he goes to far, he can't get back!

[TRIP65]

5 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Power wont even fight back when he's getting punched in the face.

He is 22, Get a Suicide watch. Then again, he has $8mil/yr

5 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

I am a person that does not think this is on Lindy.  But, for the sake of argument, lets say he is let go. Who would actually WANT to take the job coaching this team?  Take the job coaching the Sabres under Pegula and it sets your career back years.

they got the next coach on the Bench and it is part his Fault, they are his players too he taught!

 

Appert

[TRIP65]

5 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

He shouldn't be killing penalties.    That's on Adams for having 4 dmen playing tonight that shouldn't be in the league 

No really stay at home D

[SabresBillsFan]

1 minute ago, TRIP65 said:

He is 22, Get a Suicide watch. Then again, he has $8mil/yr

He should have never been given a contract that high. Should have had a bridge deal until he has shown something. He’s a huge part of the problem this team has. No heart for a guy that size.

[TRIP65]

1 minute ago, SabresBillsFan said:

He should have never been given a contract that high. Should have had a bridge deal until he has shown something. He’s a huge part of the problem this team has. No heart for a guy that size.

Not Powers fault, Adams. Should have developed him at Amerks. Ryan Johnson would be failing too. Dahlin did 4 years and still has issues.

 

The Organization trying to Develop at the Sabres. That is STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 minutes ago, SabresBillsFan said:

Bills need to draft a stud linebacker like a Ray Lewis type of player not an over the hill Von Miller. I don’t see them winning it all until they shore up that defense and get another stud wide receiver.

DE you mean. Don't win it all could still be February. You should know Bills are good at losing SB's  LMAO

[TRIP65]

15 minutes ago, SabresBillsFan said:

Tuch isn’t a first line player, second or third at best. He’s has the tools but no finish.

More the guys around him. He looks disgusted out the. Obvious he is trying to hide his face

5 hours ago, Thorner said:

 

 

 

Adams is a Triple A GM

[SabresBillsFan]

3 minutes ago, TRIP65 said:

Not Powers fault, Adams. Should have developed him at Amerks. Ryan Johnson would be failing too. Dahlin did 4 years and still has issues.

 

The Organization trying to Develop at the Sabres. That is STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DE you mean. Don't win it all could still be February. You should know Bills are good at losing SB's  LMAO

Bills are good at losing big games! I just don’t think they have enough to beat the tough teams in the playoffs. They still need a legit wide receiver and some better defensive players. 

2 minutes ago, TRIP65 said:

More the guys around him. He looks disgusted out the. Obvious he is trying to hide his face

He played with many different players when he was in Vegas. He’s not a first line player.

[TRIP65]

8 hours ago, Carmel Corn said:

GMKA will probably forget to screw the cap on first.

GMKA looks like a Closet fizzer

 

8 hours ago, jad1 said:

Got some real active defensemen on this team.

Turn Powers and Dahlin to Centers

So

Tuch  Dahlin Zucker

Benson Tage Greenway

Cozens  McLeod  Peterka

Malenstein Powers Aube Kubel

Quinn  Krebs

 

Byrum Johnson

Samuelsson Clifton

Gilbert Joki

Bryson

 

 

3 hours ago, SabresBillsFan said:

Bills are good at losing big games! I just don’t think they have enough to beat the tough teams in the playoffs. They still need a legit wide receiver and some better defensive players. 

He played with many different players when he was in Vegas. He’s not a first line player.

Losing so I can't really argue more than I did!

 

Bills just beat a 11-1 Team with 48 pts 500 yards and we didn't use Cooper or Samuel much. Think we are fine offensively!!!!!!!!!!!

8 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:

He's not... But he's still not a good #1.

Sabres plan with Powers and Dahlin were flawed. Defenseman take time and should both have done this at the Amerks at least 2-3 years!

 

8 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

When your owner treats you like a poverty franchise , this is want you get

Terry is worth $12 Billion, the 200th wealthiest man in the world and he nickel and dimes the Sabres  

 

 

Paying for Skinner another 4 years. His Problem is his GM is paying for guys that are all Players for the Bottom 2 Lines. Who really belongs in the Top 6 besides Tage and Tuch, both probably better 2nd line players.

8 hours ago, Carmel Corn said:

What are the chances that Lindy simply resigns tonight and HC in waiting Appert takes over….just a season or so earlier than TP planned?

Lindy is NOT a quitter

 

8 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

Wouldn't you want to pair him with a legit dman before you discard him? 
still 2nd in points 5v5 by a dman.  So it's not like it's all bad.   
it's completely on Adams for not insulting him with an actual NHL level D core. 
he should not be killing penalties at this time. 

Shouldn't be the Primary D man either

[Kristian]

1 hour ago, TRIP65 said:

More the guys around him. He looks disgusted out the. Obvious he is trying to hide his face

Adams is a Triple A GM

Triple A** GM?

That explains why he looks like Butthead from Beavis and Butthead, at least.

[sabresouth]

The players didn't buy what TP was selling. They haven't  been buying what ka is selling either. They see that ka isn't helping the team. KA always leaves me feeling wanting more. He never does enough. EVER. And what he does do is mediocre at best. This team is going  nowhere with ka as gm. Fire the whole front office. Get a competent gm. Lead from the top down 

 

[gilbert11]

4 hours ago, TRIP65 said:

Age and size could help and he needs a stay at home RH defenseman that is 27-32 years old and a good teacher.

 

These guys are all young, Power 22. If you want to trade fine, better get back what a 1st overall player is worth.

 

I have no BLAME on Power. This Team would have destroyed Gretsky. One of the Top scoring defenseman out there. We do NOT need 4-5 of these though.

 

Who is the stay at home guy for our defense, Gilbert?

Yeah, since Gretzky is small in stature and really didn’t have a big shot, they probably would’ve put him on the checking line.

[OverPowerYou]

Do you think lindy ruff yells at these guys like he did in practice back 15-20 years ago? He sure needs to. Soft team 

[LGR4GM]

Rasmus Dahlin is this teams best player. Can't wait for him to get traded, this place to celebrate it, and then watch him drop a 100pt Stanley Cup winning season on a real team. 

[inkman]

6 hours ago, TRIP65 said:

Be fair to trade him to a good team. Would be worth a few older decent players. Sabres are 2-3 years from a Playoff Team.

 

Have to start over on the Top 6 except Tage as 2nd line Center. Not reliable enough scorer and two way guy to be #1 Center!

Lose the Lottery

Except Tuch and Tage. Tage though is only good enough as 2nd line Center

Nope those guys are at the top of the list.   Not complete hockey players.  Tage is among the largest reason this team stinks.  

[Gatorman0519]

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Bottom of the east is bad enough. 

A few weeks ago it was all about how close everything was and we were just a point or two behind Boston. Now we're 11 points behind them just like that. 

Just a few points from being worst in the league. 

[PromoTheRobot]

That stupid first goal off the refs skate sent them spiraling. This team is as mentally fragile as Christmas ornaments.

[nucci]

I know many of us have checked out but if not this game should do it. 

[JohnC]

20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

That stupid first goal off the refs skate sent them spiraling. This team is as mentally fragile as Christmas ornaments.

I'm not disagreeing that this team is fragile. However, if that fluke play wouldn't have happened, the Sabres would still have gotten pummeled. The play was disorganized throughout the game. Individually, our players are not bad. If you put them on a pro functioning team, they would thrive. But from a team composition standpoint, this team is disjointed. 

It just seems to me that both the coaching staff and the players can't get on the same page and react as a team. Everyone is scrambling around, and the concept of team play has been lost. Sandlot hockey might work in midget hockey but it certainly doesn't work in the NHL. 

Players have lost their confidence. They expect bad things to happen leading to an onslaught. It's so sad that things have gotten to such a low point. The diminishing fan base deserve better. This franchise has become the laughingstock of the league. What more can be said that already has been said. Simply pathetic!

[PromoTheRobot]

1 minute ago, JohnC said:

I'm not disagreeing that this team is fragile. However, if that fluke play wouldn't have happened, the Sabres would still have gotten pummeled. The play was disorganized throughout the game. Individually, our players are not bad. If you put them on a pro functioning team, they would thrive. But from a team composition standpoint, this team is disjointed. 

It just seems to me that both the coaching staff and the players can't get on the same page and react as a team. Everyone is scrambling around, and the concept of team play has been lost. Sandlot hockey might work in midget hockey but it certainly doesn't work in the NHL. 

Players have lost their confidence. They expect bad things to happen leading to an onslaught. It's so sad that things have gotten to such a low point. The diminishing fan base deserve better. This franchise has become the laughingstock of the league. What more can be said that already has been said. Simply pathetic!

I'd love to know how Power got through playing college being such a softee. 

[DarthEbriate]

12 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

Adams’s dithering is going to ruin some of these kids. 

Like Eichel, Reinhart, ROR, hell, even older kids like Okposo, etc. The fun thing is that if you like them as players, they can be unruined in short order by other franchises.

[JohnC]

5 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I'd love to know how Power got through playing college being such a softee. 

I'm in the minority in my positive view of Power. He's not a banger and never will be. He's more of a skater and finesse style of player. I'm confident that as he gets older, he will get stronger and will play a tougher game. If this dumb organization put him on the market, there would be a lot of teams salivating to get this young player with a lot more potential to tap into. The shame of it is that he is stuck here to wallow in this garbage pile of franchise.  

[ska-T Palmtown]

6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I'd love to know how Power got through playing college being such a softee. 

lol - he was not playing against NHL-level talent? It is the same with lots of "top" players from the NCAA or any of the junior leagues. They get by on their temporarily superior physical skills. Those guys did not know how to get around his stick check. NHL players have far better dangles and will dump and chase if they don't think they can get by him. What he really lacks is that Dahlin hip-check.