Hey Terry, Do Us A Favor and SELL

[Dubi Doo]

Lucky hire of the HC that lead them to Beane, lucked into Allen being as good as he is.

Everything they have done with the Sabres has been the wrong move almost without fail. It is amazing really.

I will say, they didn't luck into Allen. Beane and co. Specifically targeted him, and made some savvy trades to get the assets needed to draft him. They then did damn near everything right to develop him. They traded for a top tier WR which helped him breakout, they fire OCs or coaches who weren't helping him, and now theyve built him one of the best OLs in football. Beane is just a damn good GM.

I agree with the sentiment, though. Seems like dumb luck at this point.

This is why it's going to be a while before they make the playoffs. Pegula just isnt fully invested in this team. I can't believe he called this hockey heaven at one point. It's a hockey wasteland, and he's made it this way.

 

[Chainshot]

I will say, they didn't luck into Allen. Beane and co. Specifically targeted him, and made some savvy trades to get the assets needed to draft him. They then did damn near everything right to develop him. They traded for a top tier WR which helped him breakout, they fire OCs or coaches who weren't helping him, and now theyve built him one of the best OLs in football. Beane is just a damn good GM.

I agree with the sentiment, though. Seems like dumb luck at this point.


This is why it's going to be a while before they make the playoffs. Pegula just isnt fully invested in this team. I can't believe he called this hockey heaven at one point. It's a hockey wasteland, and he's made it this way.

I posted it the time and I will stand by it buying the football team would be a distraction and he wouldn’t be as involved with making sure they actually win on the hockey side. And here we are.

 

[ckg927]

The nasty part of me says "Let the Sabres KEEP losing. Make it so putrid that Pegs has no choice but to SELL the team. That's the only way it'll make it clear to Pegula that he's totally ****ed up this team."

 

[May Day 10]

I'm firmly rooting for losses at this point. There is no redeeming quality with this organization at this point, other than nostalgia... but pegula has also managed to kill that too

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

If this man still thinks he's capable of turning this organization into "hockey heaven" he is quite literally insane

 

[ckg927]

I'm firmly rooting for losses at this point. There is no redeeming quality with this organization at this point, other than nostalgia... but pegula has also managed to kill that too

And apparently, this malaise is extending to the PWHL game coming here in late February; ticket sales are STILL sluggish. Granted, the fact that we got Boston v New York is likely part of the reason, but right now hockey in this market is mud.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

This is why I have little hope of anything changing

https://www.audacy.com/espnrochester/articles/wgr-am-article/pegulas-familiarity-was-a-big-factor-in-the-hiring-of-adams-as-general

 

[Sabre Dance]

Has there been a season since they drafted Jack Eichel that you went into thinking the team has no shot to make the playoffs? Probably only the year after they traded Eichel.

That’s the amazing thing about the drought. I don’t think they should’ve been this bad. So why are they this bad?

 

[TehDoak]

I posted it the time and I will stand by it buying the football team would be a distraction and he wouldn’t be as involved with making sure they actually win on the hockey side. And here we are.

I don't doubt that the Bills have taken away attention from the Sabres...but part of the issue is how the Pegulas have chose to run the teams.

Most "rich guys" who buy sports teams don't attempt to manage them. For the Pegulas, that has been part of the 'fun'. While I think the level of his involvement can be debated, whatever the level of involvement of the day to day is, it needs to be reduced to 0.

Go find someone competent to run the team and stay away until its fun again and you can do interviews around your teams turnaround.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Has there been a season since they drafted Jack Eichel that you went into thinking the team has no shot to make the playoffs? Probably only the year after they traded Eichel.

That’s the amazing thing about the drought. I don’t think they should’ve been this bad. So why are they this bad?

Nobody outside of Buffalo thinks this every year. Nobody thought they would make the playoffs this year.

 

[Fjordy]

Has there been a season since they drafted Jack Eichel that you went into thinking the team has no shot to make the playoffs? Probably only the year after they traded Eichel.

That’s the amazing thing about the drought. I don’t think they should’ve been this bad. So why are they this bad?

Because you're wrong, they should be that bad given our roster.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

If this man still thinks he's capable of turning this organization into "hockey heaven" he is quite literally insane

I'm beginning to wonder what the mental state of the owner is. There is no denying what ours is.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Nobody outside of Buffalo thinks this every year. Nobody thought they would make the playoffs this year.

Nobody outside of Buffalo pays any attention to the Sabres.

And I’m talking about people who cover the team and follow the team. Pretty much everyone has been excited about the Sabres every single season since they drafted Eichel.

Why have all these teams failed? Worse rosters have made the playoffs.