Where do the Sabres rank in the NHL is actual cash spent on the NHL roster over the past 5 seasons?
I bet that they are well into the bottom 25% of the NHL in cash spent on the roster over that timeframe.
To act like there are not legit questions of whether or not there is an internal player salary budget since the Botterill firing for refusal to layoff massive amounts of front office employees is a choice.
"Over the past 5 seasons".
People weren't happy with Murray because he went too fast with the rebuild. They don't like Adams because he's going too slow.
Grantao is a genius for making Thompson a C and allowing Dahlin to play more free and not be afraid to make mistakes. Granato is a terrible coach that didn't hold his team accountable.
They need an experienced coach. Why did they hire a re-tread like Bylsma?
They should get a new coach. Housley was a terrible hire because he doesn't have any experience.
Krueger. Krueger was just dumb.
I hope we never make a terrible signing like Okposo again. Why didn't we spend on any of these expensive, aging free agents?
The Pegulas were desperate to make a splash and gave Leino a contract. Why are the Pegulas being so cheap and not desperately signing anyone?
The TEAM/Pegulas have tried every approach. Its terrible for them and us fans that none of them have lead to success. But, we as fans have been excited by many of these decisions ourselves only to have been wrong right along with them.
If they made mistakes like the ones I stated above in earlier seasons, why are we surprised that they might change their strategy "over the last 5 seasons"? There is just as much evidence that they are willing to spend as there are that they are being cheap.
Because I grew up believing that the Sabres could never compete with the likes of the Toronto Maple Leafs because we were a "small market team", please excuse me for being defensive of an ownership that has allowed us to make many moves that only the "large market teams" used to make. I get everyone' frustration with the losing, but I see nothing that this team has tried to do be rejected by the limitations of the owners. You might want to project that on them, but there is no evidence.