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I agree. I think the most telling line was when Mcdermott said “if this is the level he feels he needs to be at…” Having torn my acl (and MCL + meniscus) I get it. It took me a long time to feel comfortable with my knee again. I’m sure he’s thinking about his career, not just this season.

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Same here. The last 3 weeks of Bills + Sabres play has me totally burned out on Buffalo sports.

mid season slump is continuing so far today. they better pulls their heads out of their asses quick or they miss the playoffs altogether. I feel like today is damn near must-win territory. They’re already 6th in the division with a # of teams nipping at their heels.

Yeah. Connor Bedard. Probably easily the best 1st overall since McDavid. https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/article/looking-at-16-year-old-whl-phenom-connor-bedards-historic-season/ but as bad as this 8 game losing streak has been I think the Sabres will likely finish outside the bottom 3. I don’t think they’ll truly be in the race for Bedard. Buffalo luck, they’d finish last and lose the lottery anyway😂. I can’t do another mcdavid draft heart break.

I started watching the first period. Turned it off when the leafs scored their 3rd goal. Just flipped the game back on to see the leafs score their 5th goal. 5-1 Toronto. Immediately changed the channel. 😂 looks like this will be loss #8 in a row. 🤢🤮 🤬**** this team.

He has played well in his NHL appearances. Only 9 games, so obviously small sample size but in those 9 games he’s a .917 sv%. iirc

Really like this move!

Actually kind of excited to see UPL. Maybe he can be the spark they need. He’s played well in his NHL opportunities.

The lack of effort form some guys is alarming. Where’s the desire to end this losing streak?

7th regulation loss in row. 🤢🤮😡🤬

I think the hopes for the 1 seed disappeared with this 2 game losing streak. With all the injuries and struggles I’ll be happy if the Bills just win their division at this point.

I guess people don’t remember how Allen was playing in 2021 before the 2nd half of that Tampa bay game. It wasn’t until the 2nd half of that game where he put everything together and went on a tear to finish the season. He started out the 2021 season struggling. I think he’s actually played better during the early portion of this season vs last season.

When other teams go on 3, 4, 5 game losing streaks you hear about the GM meeting with the team and ripping them a new @$$****. Telling them how this is totally unacceptable. You hear about players-only meetings to figure out wtf is going wrong. With the Sabres? Nothing. I feel like this franchise has just accepted losing. Adams has no one to blame but himself. We had these same issues last season too. And What did he do? Bring back the same damn team almost unchanged. Sick of this f’n loser organization.

6th loss in a row in regulation. Not a single point in 6 straight games. totally unacceptable. I am very quickly losing interest in the Sabres again. I have no patience left for the losing.

I feel your frustration man. I feel the same way. They need to take a step forward this year. I have no patience left for losing Sabres hockey. They finish bottom 8 again this year and they will piss away any of the goodwill they’ve earned back from fans. I do think they’ve been playing better hockey but I’m kind of over moral victories… When I say I don’t think playoffs are the goal I’m just being realistic. They did very little this offseason. 2 free agents, that’s it. A 4/5 defenseman and a backup goalie who they hoped could start. It just seems like it is still another development year. I’m not happy about that, but it is what it is. At the same time, I get it. If they’re ever going to turn into contenders it’ll be because the kids developed. So I get wanting to give guys like Quinn and Peterka spots in the lineup to start their NHL development. To be fair - Adams is entering his 3rd season but his first season was with the old core (Eichel, Reinhart, Ullmark, Risto, etc). So this is only the start of year 2 of the (latest) rebuild (4.0). I’m trying to keep that in mind. And at least they have tons of cap space. When Murray and Botterill were losing, they had cap ceiling rosters. Adams is at the cap floor. Not saying that’s necessarily a good thing either… I don’t think Adams has been aggressive enough. He seems very intent on a draft + develop model and saving spots for kids that may be years away, which kind of frustrates me. I still think stability was the right choice. I think Adams and Granato should get the chance to build their team. I believe the extensions were pretty modest. 3 years iirc. Adams was due for a new deal so you had to either sign him or move on. And Granato had a year left but Adams wanted granato’s contract to match his in length and Pegula obliged. I think they’re in this together now, for better or worse. At least for the next 2-3 years. Im ok with that. I think the Sabres need stability. You can’t keep changing coaches and GMs every couple years. I don’t expect playoffs this year but I want to see them at least stay in the wildcard race. I want to see them finish outside the bottom 10. I don’t see how you can sell another bottom 10 finish as progress. Another area I really want to see a step forward in is an end to these long losing streaks. To take the next step forward that has to stop. They can’t keep going stretches with 3,4,5 losses like this. They we’re actually doing ok at that in October. They didn’t lose more than 2 in a row. But now they’ve gone 5 games without even picking up a single loser point. You can’t do that. Good teams don’t do that.

They have to get back in the win column against Vancouver tomorrow. Gotta stop this losing streak at 5 games. 5 in a row is bad enough! Especially considering they have all been regulation losses. They haven’t even picked up any loser points, which is unusual during losing streaks. Most teams at least have some OT losses. I wouldn’t say it was terrible. The Sabres played really well all game. I thought they even looked like the better team for a good portion of the game, and Boston is currently the best team in the entire NHL (by record). But a loss is a loss. They needed to at least get the game to OT when it was tied with 7 minutes remaining in the 3rd period.

this only applies to published articles and interviews that go through the editor’s desk. https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/telling-the-story/anonymous-sources edit - btw, I do agree that the AP is a trustworthy news source.

Players wanting to be better compensated is an issue every team has. Name one team that hasn’t had that issue. Is Andy Reid not a good coach because Tyreek Hill and Kelce wanted to get paid? Is Sean Payton not a good coach because drew Brees and Kamara wanted a raise? Is bill Belichick not a good coach because lots of players wanted raises over the years? Is Kyle Shanahan not a good coach because Deebo wanted a raise, and even asked for a trade? There we’re no reports that Diggs was unhappy here. Just the opposite. He said he wants to finish his career here, even before he signed his current deal. Him getting that raise was just as much about Beane getting out in front of the WR market as it was about Diggs wanting a raise. Beane said from day 1 of the trade that he knew he’d have to address Diggs contract. Poyer hasn’t said he’s unhappy either. He also said he wants to retire here. He just wants to be paid top of the market safety money. He’s been underpaid up until his last deal. I think his wife (or gf?) is pushing him hard to get as much money as he can too, at least going by what she’s posted on social media.

oh great. Another “game of the year” we lost that we now get to hear about for the next year+.

The mid season slump is officially an annual tradition. Every season they have a stretch of games mid season where the defense can’t stop anything and Allen + the offense struggle. Its going to cost them the #1 seed again, and maybe even the division this time.

Can the defense make a stop? Sure hope so.

Crap

Gotta win the coin toss. I don’t trust the D to get a stop.

This is not a super bowl team. Right now they are not even the best team in their own division.