The 2024-2025 Roster Thread

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Vancouver stole our entire game plan. And by "our" I mean every Sabres fan with a real brain, our actual front office doesnt have one
 
If we're looking at the roster for players willing to do jobs and such, why is Jack Quinn still here? In terms of on-ice disappointments, he's only second to my dislike of the player Owen Power continues to display himself as. There was a time when I thought he had hints of Kucherov's half-wall game in him, plus his ability to mask his release from near the top of the slot. But now? He gets less shit thrown his way for being one of the biggest disappointments of the season... again. Yes, last year was injury. But this year? A year in which he looks like he did absolutely no physical preparation to supposedly be a key to their 2nd line AGAIN?

f*** this guy.

YES! This gets almost no attention. In fact he's a clear cut #1 in my order of Sabre disappointments:
  1. Quinn (x100)
  2. Power
  3. Cozens
  4. Jokiharju
  5. UPL
  6. "New & Improved 4th Line"
  7. Coaching
  8. Samuelsson
I'm hesitant about being too harsh because I never want to advocate giving up on a guy after one bad year, especially a young kid. But this kid is actively tanking them on the ice. The power play should be his greatest strength, but despite numerous opportunities, he's done f***all with it. At even strength he's invisible on his good nights.

I'm so disappointed in what looks like his preparation for this year being sub-standard. He looked better ending last year after coming back from his sprained ankle and torn achilles than he has at any point this season. I guess I'm tired of him not being part of the reasons why this team sucks, when he was looked upon to be a contributor again and is on pace for a 30-ish point season.

He looks like a kid that did zero off ice work to prepare for the season. For a kid that had to continually rehab coming off of major injuries, you'd think the off-ice preparation would be priority number 1. If the kid doesn't grow up and learn to become a pro off the ice (and quickly), I'm shipping him out this offseason.
 

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