Ruff calls team's 2nd period performance "embarrassing" after Kraken loss.

[LGR4GM]

7 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Maybe they need better fans. 

I seem to recall the team playing a lot better when the arena was sold out nightly, and there was a waitlist to become a season ticket holder. 

Lol yes after the fans stood up and cheered wildly at the end of the 1st, the Sabres sucked the rest of the way because the fans. Lol what a crock of *****. 

[bob_sauve28]

Back in the 90's I use to play floor hockey on this Sunday morning team. We would show up all hung over and play. Fun. But we would take 2-0 leads and the guys would all start talking in the first period how this was an easy win, on our way to getting beat...badly. Same thing here.

 

It's like they just check out after playing some solid hockey. Does Lindy let them play with their phones in between periods?

 

 

[Cascade Youth]

7 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Maybe they need better fans. 

I seem to recall the team playing a lot better when the arena was sold out nightly, and there was a waitlist to become a season ticket holder. 

If this is serious, it may be the worst take in the history of recorded language.  Or a product of Stockholm Syndrome.  Or both.

[Stoner]

1 minute ago, Cascade Youth said:

If this is serious, it may be the worst take in the history of recorded language.  Or a product of Stockholm Syndrome.  Or both.

I don't have a lot of money but I would bet every penny of it that Terry thinks the fans and media are a part of the problem. Hell, he said it out loud about the media when he bought the team. Incoming Pegula Fan Boi Prove It alert.

[Night Train]

Losing 14 years in a row isn't an issue with fans. They show up when teams show hope.

See the Bandits and their sold out games in the same building. A great sports town. 

[bob_sauve28]

8 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Maybe they need better fans. 

I seem to recall the team playing a lot better when the arena was sold out nightly, and there was a waitlist to become a season ticket holder. 

Don't know about you, but I would of been kind of angry if I went out on a cold night to watch last nights game. Those last two periods were the worst hockey I think I've ever seen them play.

[Cascade Youth]

9 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Don't know about you, but I would have been kind of angry if I went out on a cold night to watch last nights game. Those last two periods were the worst hockey I think I've ever seen them play.

It was Kids’ Day!  He’s blaming the kids.  I just can’t.

[Pimlach]

13 hours ago, inkman said:

Glad it took Lindy 40+ games to figure it out.  This is how they play almost exclusively.  This isn’t a today problem. Or a new problem.  It’s a consistent problem.  Shame on KA for not recognizing it and addressing it.  Plenty of veteran players out there that could have been the difference. Instead they invented in spineless children.  This team will never succeed until they demonstrate they understand what winning professional hockey players look  like.  It’s ain’t most of these guys. 

The majority of this team has been together for several seasons now.  They play the Granato system, which isn’t a NHL system at all.  

Lindy has to coach the Granato system out of these players.  Some nights they get it, then they revert back. 
 

This game changed its complexion when Tanev went nuts over the Dahlin hit.  The Kracken took over at that point.  

[bob_sauve28]

5 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

 

This game changed its complexion when Tanev went nuts over the Dahlin hit.  The Kracken took over at that point.  

Yup. Talk about not responding well

 

No Heart

[Pimlach]

55 minutes ago, Stoner said:

I don't have a lot of money but I would bet every penny of it that Terry thinks the fans and media are a part of the problem. Hell, he said it out loud about the media when he bought the team. Incoming Pegula Fan Boi Prove It alert.

Kim also talked about the differences between Sabres fans and Bills fan.  You don’t know Buffalo if you think there is a big  difference.  

[inkman]

13 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The majority of this team has been together for several seasons now.  They play the Granato system, which isn’t a NHL system at all.  

Lindy has to coach the Granato system out of these players.  Some nights they get it, then they revert back. 
 

This game changed its complexion when Tanev went nuts over the Dahlin hit.  The Kracken took over at that point.  

 

7 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Yup. Talk about not responding well

 

No Heart

Is it noteworthy Dahlin was involved?

[Stoner]

12 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Kim also talked about the differences between Sabres fans and Bills fan.  You don’t know Buffalo if you think there is a big  difference.  

I might have missed that.

The state of the Sabres is so very perplexing. The answer might be something coocoo for cocoa puffs. Maybe he/they hate the fans and are trolling them.

I mean, you have to almost try to be this bad.

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, inkman said:

 

Is it noteworthy Dahlin was involved?

That entire episode was weird. There was the hit, which I thought Tanev turned and ducked, or did something unusual.  Then the scrum and all the roughing.  Then Ray was saying don’t let Dahlin fight, way to protect him.  I did not agree with that messaging btw.  
 

They had another powerless power play.  Then they stopped playing. 

[DarthEbriate]

20 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Kim also talked about the differences between Sabres fans and Bills fan.  You don’t know Buffalo if you think there is a big  difference.  

That is an interesting distinction. There is definitely a different vibe to a (non-playoff) football game of which there are 16/17 all season vs. a Tuesday-night hockey game.

But I think the main distinction between the Bills fan and the Sabres fan is one team's center spine/defensive structure/goaltending has Josh Allen and the other has Bills/Packers-era Vince Ferragamo.

[Pimlach]

2 minutes ago, Stoner said:

I might have missed that.

The state of the Sabres is so very perplexing. The answer might be something coocoo for cocoa puffs. Maybe he/they hate the fans and are trolling them.

I mean, you have to almost try to be this bad.

None of this has anything to do with fans.  Any talk of differences in fan bases in a small place like Buffalo is off base.  The Sabres problem is 100% bad ownership.   

Fans are going to vent.  I also post on the Bills TSW.  The Bills are very successful right now, yet you can count more fans over there hating on McDermott than there are regulars posting on this site.  

The Sabres have lost a significant portion of their fan base.  Thats the fruit of 14 years of losing and disfunction. 

[bob_sauve28]

24 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

That is an interesting distinction. There is definitely a different vibe to a (non-playoff) football game of which there are 16/17 all season vs. a Tuesday-night hockey game.

But I think the main distinction between the Bills fan and the Sabres fan is one team's center spine/defensive structure/goaltending has Josh Allen and the other has Bills/Packers-era Vince Ferragamo.

You are only as good as your star power will take you. 

 

Josh Allen really, really wants to win. Who on the Sabres has that drive to win? I can't think of anyone, maybe Benson 

[bob_sauve28]

I am copy and pasting this from over at TSW

Quote

 This description from a Seattle kraken fan blog site sums it up perfectly…

https://www.davyjoneslockerroom.com/kraken-sabres-recap-seattle-fights-back-to-win-6-2/
(Davey jone’s locker is the kraken equivalent to the “die by the blade” Sabres site)

  Quote An excellent effort through the final 40 minutes of the game given where the opening frame had them.It was helped along a bit by the Sabres themselves, who also played a very typical game for them; great first period where they clogged lanes and made the Kraken forecheck effectively non-existent, and then just stopped doing any of that after the 2nd period. They completely backed off once Burakovsky scored his goal and the ice seemingly opened up after Jacob Bryson accidentally knocked the puck into his own net. Even with Seattle’s many struggles, I really cannot fathom how it must be to be a Sabres fan right now; Die By The Blade must be an ongoing group therapy session.

 

 

Edited January 12 by bob_sauve28

[KC Scouts]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Kim also talked about the differences between Sabres fans and Bills fan.  You don’t know Buffalo if you think there is a big  difference.  

Couldn’t agree more. 
 

And for those of us who remember 2-12 Bills teams (Yes, we had a 14 game seasons for the young folks). The fans were brutal on the Bills. And by the way it would not be unusual to see a late December home game at was then called Rich Stadium with 20,000 fans. Incidentally, those were the years where the Sabres were the pride of the Buffalo sports faithful. Ralph Wilson’s name was mud in this town until the four super bowls run. The fans are one and the same. We just don’t appreciate sh** from our teams 

One more thing… the Bills will suck again, someday…. Be prepared….

Edited January 12 by KC Scouts

[MDFan]

This team seems incapable of being embarrassed.  I am sure Lindy is.  The players just don’t care.

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Back in the 90's I use to play floor hockey on this Sunday morning team. We would show up all hung over and play. Fun. But we would take 2-0 leads and the guys would all start talking in the first period how this was an easy win, on our way to getting beat...badly. Same thing here.

 

It's like they just check out after playing some solid hockey. Does Lindy let them play with their phones in between periods?

 

 

The opponent does not give up and pushes back.  Which happened yesterday.  The Kracken have a lot of vets that are not used to losing to the Sabres over their careers.   They made that known again.  

[MDFan]

14 minutes ago, KC Scouts said:

Couldn’t agree more. 
 

And for those of us who remember 2-12 Bills teams (Yes, we had a 14 game seasons for the young folks). The fans were brutal on the Bills. And by the way it would not be unusual to see a late December home game at was then called Rich Stadium with 20,000 fans. Incidentally, those were the years where the Sabres were the pride of the Buffalo sports faithful. Ralph Wilson’s name was mud in this town until the four super bowls run. The fans are one and the same. We just don’t appreciate sh** from our teams 

One more thing… the Bills will suck again, someday…. Be prepared….

“Go Bills - and take the Sabres with you” was a very popular sentiment at one time expressed in signs, bumper stickers, shirts, etc.

[Flashsabre]

Yes the answer is it’s the fans fault. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.

I insist everyone in this board log off and go pop in your “Best of the Sabres  Playoff Highlights over the past 14 Years” video and take some time to reflect.😝

[mjd1001]

2 hours ago, KC Scouts said:

Couldn’t agree more. 
 

And for those of us who remember 2-12 Bills teams (Yes, we had a 14 game seasons for the young folks). The fans were brutal on the Bills. And by the way it would not be unusual to see a late December home game at was then called Rich Stadium with 20,000 fans. Incidentally, those were the years where the Sabres were the pride of the Buffalo sports faithful. Ralph Wilson’s name was mud in this town until the four super bowls run. The fans are one and the same. We just don’t appreciate sh** from our teams 

One more thing… the Bills will suck again, someday…. Be prepared….

I was a little kid in the early 80s with my father got season tickets for the Bills.  I THINK our sideline seats were something like $12.50 per game, but in those years I remember games where there were only 15,000 - 20,000 people in the seats for some games.

By contrast, it is perplexing that the Sabres actually draw as much as they do at times.

[Kristian]

12 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Maybe they need better fans. 

I seem to recall the team playing a lot better when the arena was sold out nightly, and there was a waitlist to become a season ticket holder. 

Yeah, cause missing they playoffs for a decade+, really should put butts in the seats, right? 🙄

[LabattBlue]

I wonder if these losers got the day off so they could gather for a grand old time at the Bills game?  If I was Lindy, I would have announced a practice when the game ended, for 1PM today…3 hour practice and film/meeting session.