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.