In Buffalo, it is time.

[Ratsreign]

You realize, if he sells the team, it is likely to an owner taking them to Houston or Kansas City or Atlanta right?

This isnt a simple reset, new owner, new building in Buffalo. The city wasted its money to keep a stadium in Orchard Park because the city of Buffalo is dead and does not have the amenities for a real stadium.

If (when) that team earns it’s fanbase back, the arena’s crowds will be overflowing.
The anger towards the team’s perpetual floundering has become apathy among so many of their fans. The Sabres are the new Panthers.
Palm trees and low taxes didn’t matter at all when the Panthers organization was a joke show. The lack of those perks is not what currently makes Buffalo a no-go for those with trade protection and UFAs. Wake up and do better, Pegula. Maybe bring someone in who can do the job and then get the hell out of their way.

 

[Faceboner]

Terry Pegula has got to go sabres will never be good as long as he remains the owner his presence cratered the once always respectable sabres as soon as he took over instant nose dive in terms of on ice product and lost its credibility before we weren't the best but we were always respected among the league with the rowdiest die hard fanbase now people look like they force themselves to go its sad.

 

[TheNumber4]

Yeah cause junior scoring is everything and the way a player scores in junior definitely translate 1:1 to the NHL

Called it a good trade for Buffalo on day one because savoie is extremely overrated and so far look who's right

Minten will end up with a far better and longer NHL career than savoie.

So on par for you to bring up the leafs in a Buffalo thread because someone said something not so nice about your new shiny toy you're being blinded by.

As for the Sabres. They really need to stop rushing guys to the NHL. All it is doing is instilling a losing culture and that has to be extremely bad on the mental. Benson should have stayed in the WHL this year and last year. Theyve done a terrible job insulating their youth over the years.

Never said nor implied that. Nice strawman though.

Dude said he was a bust. His D+1 producing 2pts/game only shows he’s taken positive steps. No forward from the 2022 draft would be called a bust if they showed that progress.

Funny, I called it a good trade for Buffalo too, cause Mcleod is underrated.

Minten was brought up as a point of reference for a Leaf’s fan whose prospect in the WHL didn’t produce near 2 pts/game to prove my point. Im
Not blinded by a shiny new toy, I have my thoughts about Savoie and it’s not near to over rating him. If you learned to read, you’d have picked up on what my point actually was.

 

[kingsholygrail]

We should aggressively pursue speed and skill then when that doesn't work right away, pivot to size and unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[benfranklin]

I remember how overjoyed Buffalo fans were when Pegula bought the Sabres.

Guess the honeymoon period is over.

They fell for every single trap.

Pegula
Murray
Nolan
Botterill
Bylsma
Housley
Krueger
Adams
Eichel is the problem
Granato
Ruff

Ive been told every single one is an improvement and the way forward all while bashing their players and defending a toxic culture.

Lafontaine on the way out said something along the lines of "This team will never go anywhere with Pegula leading" and everyone ignored him and said see ya bye. The Sabres fanbase doesnt deserve this but they blindly supported every move. Stop buying tickets! Stop watching games! This reminds me of the Rockies.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

They need a fresh start like a pseudo expansion team; new owner, new GM, new coach, a few big shakeup trades to give the team a new smell and the feeling that they turned over a new leaf. They’ve got some good pieces that can either get good players back or prospects with potential, preferably a little of each. They just need a reset soon

 

[57special]

I've watched the Sabres since the early 70's. I was born 2 months after the team played it's first ever game. I was 5, in the Aud, 2 rows up with my mom and dad at the Fog Game in the 75 finals. I've been a die Hard fan my entire life. No reason to list the calamities the organization has endured during my fan tenure, they're now legendary with any Sabres fan, well, at least those that are left.

The owner Terry Pegula, ya, sell the team, it's time.

To who? Name me a Buffalo based Billionaire who is interested in having a NHL franchise. There are definitely some people and groups of people who would be interested in buying a NHL franchise (though not as many as you'd think), but for most(all?) of them, moving the team from Buffalo would be their first decision.

I sympathize- have watched the Sabres from afar, and not so far since Tim Horton played for them.

 

[Raistlin]

Goes to show how luck determines franchises. in 2014 Buffalo did everything they could for Nolan to ice the most putrid team ever, icing teenagers and finishing like -100+ in goal differential. If the lottery went the other way, and McDavid went to Buffalo instead, the fortune of this franchise would be heaven and earth.

 

[Mattilaus]

They fell for every single trap.

Pegula
Murray
Nolan
Botterill
Bylsma
Housley
Krueger
Adams
Eichel is the problem
Granato
Ruff

Ive been told every single one is an improvement and the way forward all while bashing their players and defending a toxic culture.

Lafontaine on the way out said something along the lines of "This team will never go anywhere with Pegula leading" and everyone ignored him and said see ya bye. The Sabres fanbase doesnt deserve this but they blindly supported every move. Stop buying tickets! Stop watching games! This reminds me of the Rockies.

This is probably the dumbest thing I have read. Did we celebrate Pegula buying the team? Of course because before him the team was constantly on the verge of bankruptcy or moving. Every single fan on the planet would have felt the same. You can't know how bad an owner is until he has owned a team for a while.

Blindly support? Give me a break. We have been screeching about how bad Pegs is for years.

 

[57special]

Byram/Dahlin/Power is a very good defensive trio, just young. Don't do anything silly and trade one or let them walk.

Florida didn't win a Playoff series from the 1996-97 season through the 2020-21 season. They missed the Playoffs 10 straight seasons, which occurred over 11 years, and after a single postseason appearance missed again 3 straight seasons, then one playoff appearance followed by 3 more straight misses.

See... thinking like that is part of the problem.

 

[WarriorofTime]

See... thinking like that is part of the problem.

Dahlin and Power will be great 2-way defensemen in their prime.

 

[Panthaz89]

Not to worry, Sabres fans, you get to play the Rangers tomorrow night, losers of 8 of the last 10, who just lost at home to the worst team in the league. They'll make Buffalo look like an all-star team at this rate, thus kicking off the Sabres' rise from the dead!

I already see the script coming the Sabres put up 4 on Shesty. Rangers put in their backup and win it because the Sabres don't know how to hold onto a lead.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

LOL...it's time.

He rescued the team from bankruptcy and probably relocation.

EDIT: It was it was the previous owner, Tom Golisano.

 

[Vukotal Recall]

I respect your passion. The Sabres fascinate me. Admittedly, I am not a fan of the team and thus don't know/don't care like a diehard, but it's still a mystery. I totally get, obviously, why Pegula is/is perceived to be a horrific owner, but all those great players the Sabres gave away over the years? They were traded for/drafted/played to begin with. That means there were a lot of good decisions along the way. The team has had -- and still has! -- amazing players over the past 15 years or so. And if I'm being honest, hires like Krueger I thought were innovative ways to break out of the old boys' coaching carousel. So, so, so many of the other teams in the league, like my Habs, have/continue to have atrocious management and ownership, often even more penny-pinching. Why exactly are the Sabres worse? It really is quite weird.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Even the Botteril Sabres were better than the Kevin Adams Sabres

 

[MOGlLNY]

He has kidnapped Sabres fans love for their team, raped their wallets and murdered their hope for the future, does that count?

yes

I respect your passion. The Sabres fascinate me. Admittedly, I am not a fan of the team and thus don't know/don't care like a diehard, but it's still a mystery. I totally get, obviously, why Pegula is/is perceived to be a horrific owner, but all those great players the Sabres gave away over the years? They were traded for/drafted/played to begin with. That means there were a lot of good decisions along the way. The team has had -- and still has! -- amazing players over the past 15 years or so. And if I'm being honest, hires like Krueger I thought were innovative ways to break out of the old boys' coaching carousel. So, so, so many of the other teams in the league, like my Habs, have/continue to have atrocious management and ownership, often even more penny-pinching. Why exactly are the Sabres worse? It really is quite weird.

theres 1 and only 1 common denominator

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

LOL...it's time.

He rescued the team from bankruptcy and probably relocation.

Yeah, we heard that about Daryl Katz.

Still doesn't make him any less of an asshole.

 

[Fjordy]

See... thinking like that is part of the problem.

Well without Dahlin the team can't win a game, even with his bad back he was our best defenseman/player. Byram only thrived with Dahlin, Jokiharju only looked decent with Dahlin. Now Power, Byram, Bryson and Jokiharju in our top 4 look like soft clowns on defense. Our defense is built wrong and trading for Byram made little sense. Instead, idiot Adams should have found two top 4 defensive-minded RDs. But here we are.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Unfortunately, billionaires with ties to Buffalo and a burning desire to own the hometown NHL team are rare, afaik. Pegula is pretty much a unicorn.

Otoh, the Green Bay Packers is a storied franchise, with a long winning tradition. It is publicly owned. No billionaires required.

Just saying.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Should have hired a better coach.
Not try Ruff for the ***3rd? time.

*Second time. Thought he was there on 2 different occasions

 

[Yatzhee]

LOL...it's time.

He rescued the team from bankruptcy and probably relocation.

He rescued nothing. He purchased the team then proceeded to run it in to the ground. Facts matter.

 

[sabremike]

LOL...it's time.

He rescued the team from bankruptcy and probably relocation.

No, that was Tom Golisano.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

He rescued nothing. He purchased the team then proceeded to run it in to the ground. Facts matter.

Yep...it was the previous owner, Tom Golisano. My bad.

 

[BlueAzN]

Sabres will always be irrelevant. The only time they’re even talked about is when the Leafs come to town to spank them for being bad.

 

[leafsfan5]

Can you describe your team-building philosophy?

I'll be a man of the people

Which means dealing the entire team if we have a bad game