The Sins Of The Buffalo Sabres In The Last 15 Years, List Them...(One Per Post Please)

[ValJamesDuex]

Meant to have a little fun but also be somewhat serious

One Sin Per Post (to allow everyone to participate), multiple sins per users OK, Outside fans welcome. I will start..

SIN:
Pat Lafontaine Firing

 

[Ace]

They made a video about replacing their own leaking roof in between year 13 and 14 of the drought entitled “This is how we win”.

 

[CowbellConray]

I think this was a confirmed rumor, but Tim Murray not listening to the scouts banging the table for McAvoy and instead drafting Nylander

 

[TheWook]

Trading Reinhart

 

[OkimLom]

Misspelling Alumni players’ last names at an event to celebrate their time here…It’s that eye of detail and level of care that sums up the Terry Era.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Not signing the Viking Lawyer von Barnekow-Lofberg

 

[TnaBuffalo]

Signing Jeff Skinner to $9 a year and then playing him on the 4th line

 

[hizzoner]

Waiting until this year to hire a coach who knows how to teach and enforce structure on the team. Too many skilled players used to doing things their way because it used to work for them and thus had trouble fitting into a structured 2 way 200 foot game.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Trading Reinhart

Not giving Sam an eight year deal. When they traded Sam, he was an irreversible year from UFA.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Misspelling Alumni players’ last names at an event to celebrate their time here…It’s that eye of detail and level of care that sums up the Terry Era.

Rob Neidermeyer has entered the chat.

 

[Gabrielor]

Kane/Bogosian trade

 

[sabremike]

 

[HOOats]

Unceremoniously kicking Doug Allen to the curb (part of the larger trend of letting game presentation and arena atmosphere go to hell).

 

[drew5580]

Firing Ted Black. The last person who seemed to give a shit about the fans.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Ville Leino

 

[Fezzy126]

Losing out on Babcock and settling for Bylsma set off a chain of events that had a catastrophic impact on our branch of the multiverse.

 

[Perry Tegula]

Hagel

 

[TehDoak]

Losing out on Babcock and settling for Bylsma set off a chain of events that had a catastrophic impact on our branch of the multiverse.

That was a product of us losing the lottery. If McDavid was coming, I almost guarantee Babcock would have came too.

To continue to theme:

Pegula coming in and promosing the world to fans. Everything you could hope for from an owner, he promised it. Unlimited resources on and off the ice. Has more money than time, I'll drill another well, etc.

Terry set the bar far too high and then continued to let us down, a bit more every year...for 15 years.

It's almost impressive.

 

[Butt Ox]

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Losing out on Babcock and settling for Bylsma set off a chain of events that had a catastrophic impact on our branch of the multiverse.

Disco Dan was the best coach since and before Lindy. Sad as that is... Garden Gloves, Phyllis, Nightmare, Snowballs...

 

[Chainshot]

Hiring LaFontaine when he had no experience based on a dinner with Terry.

 

[pigpen65]

Listening to the fans, which started with firing Regier.

 

[Gras]

Burning Grigs ELC

 

[SundherDome]

Hiring Botterill

 

[Duddy]

Not helping the kids out. Just letting them get killed out there over and over and over and over again.