GDT: Sabres vs Islanders 7 PM ET TV:MSG Radio:WGR550 - Hockey Fights Cancer

[ValJamesDuex]

We need a strong vet partner for Power.

They have NTC's and do not want to come here. Not even Lindy could change that.

Kevin looses the Eichel trade by not getting D from Vegas in that deal(among other reasons), then taking a flyer on Byrum for Mitts.

 

[KiwiGriff]

I wonder if there is some other fun team I could watch instead. Over a decade of losing is draining.

 

[slip]

We need a strong vet partner for Power.

Kevyn: Best I can do is a failing bust kid struggling for playing time on a good team because he sucks.

Also Kevyn: And let me give up one of our best overall forwards whom we spent years developing for said player because we can't afford to pay him slightly better than Olofsson money.

 

[HOOats]

How is Roswell Park going to rid the world of cancer when the Sabres keep creating more of it?

Ehhhhhhh. Not sure about that one man.

 

[slip]

They have NTC's and do not want to come here. Not even Lindy could change that.

How long until NTB's -- Not To Buffalo -- become a thing?

 

[sabremike]

Three full days rest, home game, opponent can't score and isn't good and sent their best player back home before the game, and had to play the second half of the game with 4 defensemen, and the Sabres couldn't handle them and didn't look very competitive for the vast majority of the game.

Did you happen to see the Isles bottom 6 for this game? It was reminiscent of those you would see on pre Vegas expansion teams. I'm only half joking when I say I think if Rochester had shown up and thrown on Sabres uniforms tonight they probably win unless their sieve of a goalie stunk the joint out.

 

[Willgamesh]

I wonder if there is some other fun team I could watch instead. Over a decade of losing is draining.

The Bills or Bandits. It's such a stark contrast to this shit team.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

How long until NTB's -- Not To Buffalo -- become a thing?

I think it already is mate

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

This team is second to none in coming up short

 

[JLewyB]

No...

I missed the first but saw we had a 76% deserve to win on Moneypuck. Were we flat in the first??

Yes. The d-men were extra bad. At least 3-4 times horvat and others got behind the D including the goal.

I suppose the cycle was working better in the first and we had PP advantage but for the most part they were sloppy and disengaged as a team

 

[dasaybz]

I wonder if there is some other fun team I could watch instead. Over a decade of losing is draining.

Like what's the point now? Just sell the team or something.

 

[joshjull]

My first order of business would be to flip Joker and Samuelson and go from there. These parings have been wildly inconsistent all season, but Ruff seem dead set on sticking with this configuration. Maybe start working in Gilbert here and there for some accountability.

The bigger problem among the d-pairs is the worst one, Power/Byram

Worst of the 3 pairs at generating offensive chances for, by a wide margin.
Worst of the 3 pairs at preventing offensive chances against.

I wish I had a clever solution for this with the existing roster but I don’t.

 

[sabremike]

Yes. The d-men were extra bad. At least 3-4 times horvat and others got behind the D including the goal.

I suppose the cycle was working better in the first and we had PP advantage but for the most part they were sloppy and disengaged as a team

They literally brought back the entire staff save for replacing Ellis with Appert. Somehow I don't think the Chicago White Sox are going to keep virtually their entire coaching staff for next season.

 

[stealth1]

I think it already is mate

It's why I don't fully blame Adams for this team. He's doing the best he can when you consider majority of players don't want to play here.

 

[JLewyB]

its definitely time to give Bryson and Gilbert a look

 

[KiwiGriff]

Imagine if we could empty the team and then pretend we were an expansion and pick new players.

That'd be fun.

 

[sabremike]

It's why I don't fully blame Adams for this team. He's doing the best he can when you consider majority of players don't want to play here.

He traded a very good one who did for a guy who is as worthless as a screen door on a submarine.

 

[Dubi Doo]

What an ass performance. Taking a break again. So many careless turnovers. Too many dangles. They're still not committed to winning against teams that make them work for it.

 

[Tatanka]

They literally brought back the entire staff save for replacing Ellis with Appert. Somehow I don't think the Chicago White Sox are going to keep virtually their entire coaching staff for next season.

Uhm…you may need a different analogy. Just sayin

 

[SundherDome]

Who wants them ?

Historically, every team as they then begin to play at a higher level than they ever would have here. It shouldn't be hard to find a trade partner for every player on this team

 

[Dubi Doo]

Three full days rest, home game, opponent can't score and isn't good and sent their best player back home before the game, and had to play the second half of the game with 4 defensemen, and the Sabres couldn't handle them and didn't look very competitive for the vast majority of the game.

Yup. This one did me in. I can't believe i gave them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Gras]

Also Kevyn: And let me give up one of our best overall forwards whom we spent years developing for said player because we can't afford to pay him slightly better than Olofsson money.

How many more wins do we have this year rolling Greenway-Mitts-Zucker as our 3rd line instead of Greenway-McLeod-Zucker.

 

[Ehran]

I'll watch to the 20 game mark. Their record at that point will be more telling.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

I'll watch to the 20 game mark. Their record at that point will be more telling.

I predict no real change...........