DudeWhereIsMakar
Bergevin sent me an offer sheet
Buffalo needs to give Joel Quenneville a shot and just let Lindy go.
There's no solving the Sabres at this point.
There's no solving the Sabres at this point.
Buffalo Sabres have lost 12 in a row.
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Dubi Doo
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This runs way deeper than coaching. It's and ownership/management issue. I dont foresee Buffalo being a playoff team anytime soon with Pegula in charge.
Anybody saying Ruff is the problem hasn't been paying attention. This core of players is rotten. No coach is going to save this team in its current state. Major roster changes need to happen.
I'm just trying to figure out who the core players are, other than Tuch, Thompson, and Dahlin. I would have thought that letting go of Skinner would have dramatically helped this team, but somehow they got worse. Was Okposo really the glue for this team?
HaNotsri
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Okposo was terrible and created a rift between the team and fans. If anything he created a culture of pure entitlement and no responsibilities.
Power and Cozens were supposed to anchor the second pair and second line respectively. Power has failed to play well in his own zone, and Cozens hasn't played well at all. Secondary pieces like Peterka, Quinn and Samuelsson have all regressed or stalled.
Also, letting Skinner go might have helped if they used the cap space that got freed up on something rather than sitting on it.
Beau Knows
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Dahlin, it’ll all be fine
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Ya, very weird one where I respect the dude, I can see why teammates love him- absolutely not the guy in Buffalo, tone deaf responses to fans all over while actually meaning well, not like Jack or some bullshit- but the dude you’re responding to has a point, one I haven’t really wanted to face- who’s the core?
Dahlin- Often hobbled, makes incredibly boneheaded mistakes still. Just little things, like getting his stick lifted for a turnover and goal against when you can see he’s trying to think 2 steps ahead.
Thompson- So want him to be the dude, he was for a bit, but then life hits and I just don’t think he’s a leader.
Tuch- Likes Buffalo, plays irresponsible hockey. I don’t say shit when it works, but I feel like this dude’s whole style just involves him constantly moving at 22 mph. If the puck comes with him, sweet, if not ah well, next shift!
I think losing Skinner for the reason they did- money- still hurts the dudes in the room. It was decorated as somethin else, but come on- they barely tried to replace him. Zucker has actually been fantastic, but I think it’s pretty clear this wasn’t some stylistic change, not when jettisoning Skinner means a spot for Peterka and Quinn.
So anywho- I mean, shit, ya. You wanna say Tuch, Thompson, and Dahlin are maybe the leaders, but one of these homies fought a dude in practice and the other two- they care, they work hard- they don’t seem willing to be the guy.
Maybe part of the problem is “the guy” needs to be honest, and honestly? f*** management, f*** coaching, especially f*** ownership- but a player can’t say that.
Mattilaus
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If they hire him I am done as a fan. Last thing I need is for my team to suck perpetually and also employ scumbags.
BB79
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Of course they lost, they're my team. Like the great falls, the bedrock of my fandom is eroding beneath me. ERODING!!
MessierII
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Living through edmontons run from 2006-2016 I genuinely never thought I’d see a worse run in my lifetime. Sabres are proving me wrong and I didn’t even have to wait that long.
As people who went through that shit, I got a lot of empathy for them right now.
Coffee
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I clicked on this thread because I saw 12 losses in a row plus a Coffey post.
Not gonna lie I thought you were going to totally burn them
Cloned
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Buffalo have lost 12 in a row and still have more points than Nashville.
MessierII
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JianYang
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Get #1 in 2015 instead of #2 and they never look back IMO
Nope! That's only for the villains.I clicked on this thread because I saw 12 losses in a row plus a Coffey post.
Not gonna lie I thought you were going to totally burn them
Sabres are an innocent franchise.
sabremike
SAVE OUR SABRES: PEGULA OUT!!!!!!!!
We are in the awful position the Hawks under Old Man Wirtz and the Sens under U-Gene were where there was no hope until they assumed room temperature. This is as low as any pro franchise has ever been.
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Divine
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A lot of pressure playing Buffalo these days, you don't want to be the team that losses to them when they're on such a bad streak.
Thought it was going to be the Leafs with 2 games this week and their history but the Leafs managed to win both. They don't play Buffalo again until the second last game of the regular season so I don't think they'll be the team to end the streak...I hope.
Thought it was going to be the Leafs with 2 games this week and their history but the Leafs managed to win both. They don't play Buffalo again until the second last game of the regular season so I don't think they'll be the team to end the streak...I hope.
SensFactor
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I would not have thought it would get past 7 games...now its 12 games...i predict it will go to 14
