The assistant coach debacle absolutely confounds me. They pay someone to ”coach” this power play? Really? More than minimum wage? Unf***ing believable..
GDT: Well, it's game day... again... Nashville at Buffalo, 7:00 pm; Dec 3rd.
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KeyserSoze81
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Ahh Sabres hockey…just into December and we’re trying to figure out where the current idiots rank relative to the idiots that preceded them. I’ll just say this - don’t try to twist yourself into a pretzel talking up Botterill.
Soooo....the game was bad then? Didn't watch but I can take a hint....
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exactly. Unfortunately it seems like Donnie MAY have hit his ceiling with this roster (we talked about this earlier today - it certainly seems from Granato’s demeanor that he expected more roster moves this offseason and not more young players.) Adams did him no favors asking him to take this team to the next level while basically giving him nothing to do it with.
Asking and expecting a 3rd straight season of strictly internal growth while sitting on your prospect treasure trove is insane. Adams has done 0 favors to Granato and hasn’t given him anywhere close to the personnel he needs to battle back against what teams are throwing at them this year.
Actually it wasn't bad if they had been not losing all the time.
Score was close but the stat sheet doesn't always tell the story. Was curious. Not gonna lie I haven't watched the last handful of games. The football games were/are more entertaining. I dont think I've caught a game since tage got hurt honestly. Outside of watching peterka's growth there isn't much to look forward to...
Agreed. My mistake. I've caught bits and pieces of games but haven't just sat and watched the full thing in awhile so im relying on input from others on how the game collectively went.
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Benson had a real good game too. The kid is rearless.
I haven’t watched a game in a longer time than you, but people’s responses here about Benson are a single ray of hope.
Hope he has a good belt then...
I watched every game of the bad years religiously. Id host friends at my house and buy food and beer etc just to watch it go to waste lol. Now I nap or spend time with my family. When they turn a corner or make moves that show any semblance of intelligence ill tune right back in.
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Tis true. Kid has no ass. Fills out a pair of jeans like an anorexic fashion model. Somebody get him sandwich. lol.
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Murray had the nearly impossible task of rebuilding the main roster core and the prospect pool. His best assets he had were Hodgson and Ennis. He felt it was more important to get important roles filled with vets (see top 6 forwards, starting goaltending) via using assets he had to utilize and then use the other seasons to build up assets and the pipeline. It was the opposite approach that Adams took. Murray quickly slowed down with his asset overload once he achieved the change which needed to be done. Kulikov, too 4 acquisition was his last spurge which unfortunately sucked because of the bench door.
Where Murray failed was the coaching hires in the AHL and the NHL.
Murray was fired not because of the team results and standings, but because Pegula didn’t like not being involved in day to day actions and felt Murray was difficult to work with.
id take Murray back in a heartbeat. He at least attempted to fill holes.
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When we're done with him, people will be wondering what the hell he's gonna do with all that junk inside his trunk.
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And that's the rub. This team is always playing from behind--and way too often, they fall behind in the first couple minutes. It's exhausting and it shows. And with this team, often snowballs into larger deficits.
Mattilaus
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"Hanks wifeeeee"
Sorry such an underrated show.
Looking like chris Evans and shit...thats America's ass
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Murray failed by trading for disturbed personalities like ROR, Lehner, Kane and Bogosian, guys who made sure their innate talent was more than offset by their toxic personalities and lifestyles. Sprinkle in the groundwork he laid for Eichel's insufferable sense of entitlement, and well you just set up a franchise for failure.
But yes, I did enjoy his contempt for the Pegulas opinions on hockey matters, and he's been the only exec in the organization (save for Lafontaine's cameo) to tell these billionaire goobers to piss off and go play on their yacht while the adults take care of hockey business. Granted they were so offended by his brazen disregard for their meaningless ideas about building a hockey team that they doubled down after his ouster by seeking out executives who bow meekly before the House of Pegula and do their master's bidding to the detriment of the greater Buffalo metropolitan area.
He scarred them beyond repair, a metaphorical slappin of the Pegulas pee pees if you will,
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Zman5778
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He wasn't truly available. Trotz said as much over and over and over and over.
EichHart
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I hope someday we have a goalie like that. We have a chance if Levi is developed properly.
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K8fool
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Sabres need to stop playing exciting skill hockey and goon it up by trading all skill players except thompson and dahlin who care for William carrier types play nj trap and might sneak into playoffs w current tech
