Buffalo Sabres and NHL 2023-2024

[QCity]

When the Levi breaks.

[jayg]

Just checked the score.  What a joke. I didn't think they'd win the cup this year but this is pathetic.

[Simon]

1 hour ago, QCity said:

When the Levi breaks.

 

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' wont do you no good....

 

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

 

Yep.  Watched the first period but I'm not pissing away the rest of my night watching this type of game yet again.  After scrolling through here a little I am putting on Christmas shows the rest of the night.

Made the right move

[May Day 10]

The GM with zero nhl executive experience, predictably, has failed.  The coach with no nhl head coaching experience has failed.  The team again finds themselves at the depths of the drought.  

[QCity]

As Sabres’ play hits crisis levels, they need to take accountability. They’re not.

 

"Honor and accountability are revered sentiments in hockey more than any other sport. Yet when the dressing room door opened to reporters after the game, six players — none a defenseman — were at their stalls. One of those still there, Alex Tuch, was willing to talk but couldn’t, having taken a puck to the mouth. Two-thirds of his teammates had ducked out."

 

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Hopping in here to ask how that pipeline is looking 

[Gregg]

Isles fan here so I don't follow the Sabres to closely. Last year 42-33-7 for 91 points. What the hell happened here. I thought the Sabres were going to be like the Devils of last year and have an outstanding regular season with a trip to the playoffs.

[BillsFan4]

Getting smoked by a bottom 5 team in the NHL… 🤮
 

although the Sabres aren’t that far from the bottom 5 themselves. They currently sit 8th last. So, pretty much same as always.
 

This season clearly wasn’t “all about winning”. They added nothing meaningful to the roster in the offseason and banked on “internal growth” even though pretty much every player on the roster had career years last season. What were the chances of not only repeating that, but bettering it?

 

Eventually Adams is going to have to do something meaningful. His only meaningful trade was Eichel and Reinhart, but both of those he was forced to make.
 

and if these players truly love Granato as much as they say, they better start showing it because their play is going to get him fired.

[Gregg]

 

[Jauronimo]

If they fire Granato who is interim HC?  I don't think they can possibly promote from within. Is Ted Nolan available to come back for 6 months and then get fired again?

 

Power had an absolutely brutal night.  As did Tage, Tuch, and fourth line.  That was one of the worst performances I have witnessed in this era of futility.

Edited December 20, 2023 by Jauronimo

[Fleezoid]

1 hour ago, Gregg said:

 

 

When asked, "did this team quit?", Okposo says, "I don't think we quit." Wait, I don't think we quit??  If you didn't quit, you say 'We didn't quit'! He's sounds defeated, which is almost as bad.

 

This team has regressed to 2-3 years ago. They had a spark at the end of last year, but that's been quickly squashed! Back to garbage time again. Infuriating! 

 

[May Day 10]

54 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

If they fire Granato who is interim HC?  I don't think they can possibly promote from within. Is Ted Nolan available to come back for 6 months and then get fired again?

 

Power had an absolutely brutal night.  As did Tage, Tuch, and fourth line.  That was one of the worst performances I have witnessed in this era of futility.

 

I would bet it will be from within.  Maybe Appert from Rochester or Ellis as the interim.  They will pound their chests at a 14-14-5 finish and remove the interim tag 4th of July week without any real signs of a coaching search

[Bray Wyatt]

1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

If they fire Granato who is interim HC?  I don't think they can possibly promote from within. Is Ted Nolan available to come back for 6 months and then get fired again?

 

Power had an absolutely brutal night.  As did Tage, Tuch, and fourth line.  That was one of the worst performances I have witnessed in this era of futility.

 

What about Berube who got fired from STL? He at least has won a cup

[Fleezoid]

1 hour ago, Bray Wyatt said:

 

What about Berube who got fired from STL? He at least has won a cup

 

And he did it as an interim HC at mid-season. 

[billsfanmiamioh]

8 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

 

When asked, "did this team quit?", Okposo says, "I don't think we quit." Wait, I don't think we quit??  If you didn't quit, you say 'We didn't quit'! He's sounds defeated, which is almost as bad.

 

This team has regressed to 2-3 years ago. They had a spark at the end of last year, but that's been quickly squashed! Back to garbage time again. Infuriating! 

 

Didn’t like his comments at all. Guy shouldn’t even be playing let alone wearing the C. Time to nuke it 

[Pete]

Dylan called out Sabres for being soft, and paid for it with a broken jaw.  Kevin Adams didn't like Dylan's truth.  Bulldog says he is calling out Adams today when he interviews him.  Sabres are soft.  FU Adams

[4merper4mer]

10 hours ago, billsfanmiamioh said:

Didn’t like his comments at all. Guy shouldn’t even be playing let alone wearing the C. Time to nuke it 

The team is not playing well but Okposo handled the interview well and even if his skills are dwindling, he is every bit a captain.

[PromoTheRobot]

How does a team with this much talent underachieve this way?

[billsfanmiamioh]

3 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

The team is not playing well but Okposo handled the interview well and even if his skills are dwindling, he is every bit a captain.

Calling out the fans, passing off the blame and not admitting they quit was “handling it well?”. They got absolutely smoked at home by a horrible team. The defensive effort was worse than my men’s league team. He’s a Chris Kelsay. Nice guy but a career loser who’s made a lot of money but hasn’t really done anything to justify it. 

4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

How does a team with this much talent underachieve this way?

I think in the true Buffalo fashion, we overvalue some of our talent. Sure they have some young, offensive firepower but that’s it. Too many of them show flashes but have no consistency. 

 

Nobody knows how to play defense and we have no capable goaltending night in and night out. Many nights they simply have no effort or urgency. Points to bad coaching and poor roster construction. They teased us with last year but they are still fundamentally broken. Time to make big changes but I don’t see it happening.