Buffalo Sabres have lost 10 in a row.

[kerrabria]

I don’t understand why people are surprised. What is supposed to happen? They just hired Ruff. They just named Dahlin captain. Thompson is the only piece who could be traded for good value. You can’t possibly expect a big trade acquisition because every good veteran has trade protection, and I guarantee that Buffalo is on at least 90% of all NHL no-trade lists.

The only two things that could feasibly change are firing Adams (which won’t have a short-term impact) or hiring a POHO, which doesn’t make sense in-season.

It makes perfect sense for Pegula to have this meeting because if no move is coming, then players shouldn’t be distracted waiting for a size 24 shoe to drop.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Nah....if you go back to 67, as you did......the leafs are.

Again. Only because Buffalo wasn’t in the league.

 

[PaulD]

Again. Only because Buffalo wasn’t in the league.

True.

Since 2000 - Play of rounds won

Leafs 6
Sabres 5

 

[DitchMarner]

On a b2b is what I said, sorry to insult your precious shitty hockey team.

BUF played the previous day as well.

 

[Mattilaus]

I am confused as to why there is so much leaf talk. I will take first round exits till the cows come home if it means I get to enjoy a season of hockey. The failure of the two aren't comparable. Nobody is comparable to the Sabres currently. They are quite literally setting a new comparable for any bad teams which come after them.

 

[PaulD]

Being an oilers fan has nothing to do with it.

Buffalo is a joke of franchise that has never won anything and hasn’t been relevant since 1999. Has a league leading 13 year playoff drought, soon to be 14. There is nowhere else for them to fall.

I am not saying trade the good pieces, you trade the passengers, the players that dont give 100% every night. You trade the chaff to show that losing is unacceptable. Buffalo has a losers mentality from the owner on down and his comments today show that. They will never flip that switch keeping the status quo.

Pretty well. But "since 1999"....nah. Tad harsh.
Sabres went to conference finals in 2010 and 2011. That's "relevant" wouldn't you say.

I am confused as to why there is so much leaf talk. I will take first round exits till the cows come home if it means I get to enjoy a season for hockey. The failure of the two aren't comparable. Nobody is comparable to the Sabre currently. They are quite literally setting a new comparable for any bad teams which come after them.

For sure. Every team looks good compared to the Sabres. Some more so than others.

 

[Habby4Life]

They are playing the habs tomorrow night so there is a good chance that streak comes to an end.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

True.

Since 2000 - Play of rounds won

Leafs 6
Sabres 5

 

[PaulD]

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top 5 best leaf fan analogies.

 

[Barrie22]

Don't worry, there aren't many left who will read it. Our GDT had 6 pages.

That was the sharks GDT last season. Now we get 6 before the drop of the puck.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

I don’t understand why people are surprised. What is supposed to happen? They just hired Ruff. They just named Dahlin captain. Thompson is the only piece who could be traded for good value. You can’t possibly expect a big trade acquisition because every good veteran has trade protection, and I guarantee that Buffalo is on at least 90% of all NHL no-trade lists.

The only two things that could feasibly change are firing Adams (which won’t have a short-term impact) or hiring a POHO, which doesn’t make sense in-season.

It makes perfect sense for Pegula to have this meeting because if no move is coming, then players shouldn’t be distracted waiting for a size 24 shoe to drop.

Agree. The Sabres are obviously not making the playoffs anyway, so no need to make a risky trade unless something really amazing comes up at the TDL ("All of our draft picks from 2025 to 2035 for Tage Thompson.").

But at the same time, it seems that the real root cause of the Sabres' fans angst is that Pegula seems to be indicating a stay-the-course attitude, even though that course basically guarantees that they will wash up on the same reef again and again and again.

Pegula could, for example, at very little cost bring in consultants to start looking at the program and developing a successful vision for the program, and also be ready to step in for management and coaching deadweights that will need to be replaced at the end of the season, e.g., have a shadow GM and shadow coaching staff ready to hit the ground running the minute after the season ends. This would at least signal a much desired course change.

 

[Yatzhee]

Sure, every team looks good in the games they play well in. The Sabres are 21st in the league in goals scored per game. There's absolutely nothing about them that says "scoring machine".

"When the Sabres play A FULL 60"

Simply ignoring context may be the vogue thing for the young, but I don't play that game.

 

[ForsbergMoDo21]

Being an oilers fan has nothing to do with it.

Buffalo is a joke of franchise that has never won anything and hasn’t been relevant since 1999. Has a league leading 13 year playoff drought, soon to be 14. There is nowhere else for them to fall.

I am not saying trade the good pieces, you trade the passengers, the players that dont give 100% every night. You trade the chaff to show that losing is unacceptable. Buffalo has a losers mentality from the owner on down and his comments today show that. They will never flip that switch keeping the status quo.

They were relevant literally at the same time the Oilers sans McDavid last were: 2005-2007. Won a President's Trophy, even.

He had to have binged something to make that statement. Not sure if Ted Lasso was it.

It might have been. Where else would he have this idea that he, who knows perhaps less about hockey than Ted Lasso knew about soccer, could run this team the way he does?

They have an entire new coaching staff and just replaced their GM last season...

Not really. They didn't let Ruff hire new assistants. More cheaping out from the f***ing billionaire.

 

[BlueSeal]

Buffalo needs a blueline. Not a 1D, not depth, not top four but ALL of that; they need the entire blueline. Start there and watch the team become infinitely better.

The real build up starts when those holes get plugged.

 

[Spargon]

top 5 best leaf fan analogies.

Dude you need help, this is a thread about the Sabres and your last 5 posts have been taking shots at the Leafs, try and focus on something else for once lol. Habs and Buffalo are fighting for the league basement and Leafs are leading the division, self awareness.

As a Leaf fan I know the compulsion to stay by your team despite the futility (see Harold Ballard era) but it's time for Sabres fans to vote with your wallets. Nothing short of an empty stadium and backlogs of merch will get the message across. Pegula has shown as long as you eat the slop he will keep serving it. It's such a shame to, I remember the fanfare when he bought the team and he era of "spending and success" he was supposed to bring.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Remember after the McEichel draft their fans claimed they "We're years ahead of Toronto in their rebuild and Babcock made a mistake when he chose the Leafs over the Sabres"

toronto has won one playoff round since that draft.

 

[kerrabria]

But at the same time, it seems that the real root cause of the Sabres' fans angst is that Pegula seems to be indicating a stay-the-course attitude, even though that course basically guarantees that they will wash up on the same reef again and again and again.

It would be a lot more understandable if this angst was present four months ago. Nobody questioned Dahlin being named captain, nobody was concerned about how awful of a Top 4 that Dahlin, Power, Byram, and Sammuelsson would be. IIRC there was concern about having too many great young forwards crowding each other out for Top 9 action.

Pegula could, for example, at very little cost bring in consultants to start looking at the program and developing a successful vision for the program, and also be ready to step in for management and coaching deadweights that will need to be replaced at the end of the season, e.g., have a shadow GM and shadow coaching staff ready to hit the ground running the minute after the season ends. This would at least signal a much desired course change.

I don't think that'd be a good idea with 50 games left in the season. Imagine what morale would be like at your workplace if the owner brought in consultants for four months, so they could study how much you suck before getting fired.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Not suggesting that Sabres fans of today deserve the years of suffering, but I do remember back at the 2015 tdl tim murray trading one or two already bad goalies for worse goalies and it was applauded because it "helped the tank"

They traded away Jhonas Enroth for Anders Lindback and a conditional 3rd in Feb and then traded away Michael Neuvirth for Chad Johnson and a 3rd in. March.
And then Lindback played lights out for them lol.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Not suggesting that Sabres fans of today deserve the years of suffering, but I do remember back at the 2015 tdl tim murray trading one or two already bad goalies for worse goalies and it was applauded because it "helped the tank"

Or when they'd cheer loses and boo wins? f*** them for that forever.

 

[LeafsNet]

Pegula meeting wuth Sabres players

 

[TheFinalWord]

True.

Since 2000 - Play of rounds won

Leafs 6
Sabres 5

Is there a banner for that? Get off the stool at the Cactus and sober up.

 

[PaulD]

Is there a banner for that? Get off the stool at the Cactus and sober up.

Doubt it , but their are rings for the 93 Norris Division winners .....so ya never know.