Mike in Horseheads Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) On 1/22/2025 at 12:30 PM, That's No Moon said: I look forward to him losing his love of the game shortly after receiving the Dylan Cozens special. Was just thinking , How long until he gets poisoned by the culture and is just another bust Edited January 23 by Mike in Horseheads Quote
BillsFan4 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 I tried to watch a bit of the game last night and i doubt I’ll be doing tha5 again any time soon... lol. I turned it on during the 2nd period and they actually looked pretty good. Then Calgary tied the game to end the 2nd and went ahead by a goal to start the 3rd. As soon as that happened i turned the game off and i was glad i did when i checked the score this morning. Sabres lost 5-2. I knew the game was over as soon as Calgary went up by a goal to start the 3rd. this is a quote from Brad Marchand talking about the bruins organization. Reading it just made me sad. Quote “To be part of an organization like this that has those standards and strives for excellence every day — whenever you come in, they’re just constantly trying to improve, get better and build something special — it makes coming to work every day so incredible,” Marchand said at the Boston Bruins Foundation’s gala on Jan. 15. “It makes you so proud to be part of this organization.” Buffalo doesn’t have anything even remotely resembling those types of standards. If anything, they embrace a standard of losing. There is no winning standard that’s for sure. And continuing to lose brings no consequences or changes. They just allow that losing standard to deeply embed itself in the organization year after year. This year is a perfect example. Lots of big talk from Adams in the offseason about how it’s a “win now” season and the standards are raised. More accountability etc etc. Then they proceed to lose game after game after game and not one single move is made. Not even an assistant coach fired. Nothing. In fact, just the opposite. They go on a long losing streak and the owner+GM tell the team “dont worry, nobody’s getting traded!” and even give the team a “clean slate” after what, a whole 25 games under Ruff? So much for that accountability stuff, eh? Meanwhile, every other team that’s struggling has made some type of move. Whether it’s firing someone, making a trade, or even waiver claims. They all did something. But don’t worry Buffalo fans! winning will magically come in the future after this new “core” goes through enough losing together (or so say Adams/Pegula). The most important thing to remember is that Terry Pegula feels heard by Kevyn Adams. After all, Pegula told us that was the biggest problem with the Sabres before Adams was hired (for a job he was completely unqualified to even interview for). Quote
BillsPride12 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Congratulations to Rob Ray going into Sabres Hall of Fame tonight 2 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Hard to get excited about a rising cap when the Sabres leave so much cap space open every year. I feel like this is just going to hurt Buffalo and widen the competitive gap between the Sabres and top teams. Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Great night at HSBC, a win and Rob Ray Sabres HOF.... 3 Quote
Pete Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Nice win Sabres! I always wanted a Rob Ray jersey! Rob Ray is a classic Sabre, who played on some classic Sabres teams! 1 Quote
BillsPride12 Posted February 1 Posted February 1 (edited) I've started to check out on the Sabres this year but I had to tune in for Rob Ray night. Thought they did a good job with the presentation, brought back lots of awesome memories. Glad the boys got it done and came out with a W for Rayzor Edited February 1 by BillsPride12 2 Quote
QCity Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Fantastic article by Lysowski: Rob Ray's legacy isn't limited to hockey. This is the story of the Sabres icon's impact in Buffalo Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted February 1 Posted February 1 (edited) On 1/19/2025 at 1:17 PM, Mike in Horseheads said: Devon Levi called up, UPL arms are sore from whiffing at so many shots On 1/19/2025 at 2:26 PM, Doc said: It's not his fault... No matter who the goalie is, the Sabres stand around and watch other players skate around them. Dominic Hasek would suck with these guys playing in front of him. On 1/31/2025 at 4:29 PM, BillsFan4 said: Hard to get excited about a rising cap when the Sabres leave so much cap space open every year. I feel like this is just going to hurt Buffalo and widen the competitive gap between the Sabres and top teams. This is a red herring. First, "so much cap space" was $7MM this year. There are teams that have even more space available. Second, it's not like Adams didn't try to sign some expensive players. Ehlers and Necas are two this offseason. Both said no. So is the idea to just spend that cap on anybody? Find some $4MM guy and pay him $10MM just to make a point? Edited February 2 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 19 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: This is a red herring. First, "so much cap space" was $7MM this year. There are teams that have even more space available. Second, it's not like Adams didn't try to sign some expensive players. Ehlers and Necas are two this offseason. Both said no. So is the idea to just spend that cap on anybody? Find some $4MM guy and pay him $10MM just to make a point? yes, there are a very small handful of teams that have more cap space than Buffalo, but none that are considered “win now” teams like Buffalo supposedly is. It’s not just this year (again, a supposed “win now” year where not a single move has been made, not a single waiver claim. Nothing). Pegula has stopped spending money on the Sabres ever since he gave his “efficient and economic” press conference in 2020 when he made Kevyn Adams fire their entire hockey ops. and sorry, I’m not giving credit for “almost” spending money… also, Necas did not say no to buffalo. He addressed this directly to the press. He said was only willing to sign a 2 year deal with any team. The Sabres clearly didn’t feel confident in their ability to sign him after that 2 years was up. Ehlers was not a free agent. He's under contract and becomes a free agent after this season. Adams was unable to come to a deal with Winnipeg to trade for him. Buffalo is the only team in the entire NHL to enter the season with $8M or more in cap space the last 5 years in a row. No other team did that, including the rebuilding teams and teams with cheap owners (like Ottawa was under melnyk, but even he out-spent the Sabres). The Sabres are consistently among the bottom teams in actual cash spent over the last 5 years. Buffalo is among the lowest spending teams on their front office, scouting staff, development staff and coaching staff. They have the smallest scouting staff in the entire NHL. They don’t even have scouts for some overseas leagues. Their pro scouting staff is also tiny. Do you think it’s a coincidence that they bought out skinner to save just under $8M in cash, then added free agents equaling about the same exact amount of money as they saved with the skinner buyout? During the rebuild years from 2021-current, when did they ever leverage their cap space as an asset like other rebuilding teams? Not once. They never took on a bad contract for assets when the NHL was in a flat cap and cap space was a huge asset. They never helped facilitate a trade by retaining $, on their own players or other team’s players. They instead found unique ways to hit the salary cap floor without spending real cash. Considering that Buffalo has only spent to within $3M of the salary cap 3 total times in Pegula’s entire tenure (and all 3 of those times were before 2020), do you think a rising salary cap is going to help or hurt the Sabres? 1 1 1 Quote
Dr. Who Posted February 2 Posted February 2 6 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: yes, there are a very small handful of teams that have more cap space than Buffalo, but none that are considered “win now” teams like Buffalo supposedly is. It’s not just this year (again, a supposed “win now” year where not a single move has been made, not a single waiver claim. Nothing). Pegula has stopped spending money on the Sabres ever since he gave his “efficient and economic” press conference in 2020 when he made Kevyn Adams fire their entire hockey ops. and sorry, I’m not giving credit for “almost” spending money… also, Necas did not say no to buffalo. He addressed this directly to the press. He said was only willing to sign a 2 year deal with any team. The Sabres clearly didn’t feel confident in their ability to sign him after that 2 years was up. Ehlers was not a free agent. He's under contract and becomes a free agent after this season. Adams was unable to come to a deal with Winnipeg to trade for him. Buffalo is the only team in the entire NHL to enter the season with $8M or more in cap space the last 5 years in a row. No other team did that, including the rebuilding teams and teams with cheap owners (like Ottawa was under melnyk, but even he out-spent the Sabres). The Sabres are consistently among the bottom teams in actual cash spent over the last 5 years. Buffalo is among the lowest spending teams on their front office, scouting staff, development staff and coaching staff. They have the smallest scouting staff in the entire NHL. They don’t even have scouts for some overseas leagues. Their pro scouting staff is also tiny. Do you think it’s a coincidence that they bought out skinner to save just under $8M in cash, then added free agents equaling about the same exact amount of money as they saved with the skinner buyout? During the rebuild years from 2021-current, when did they ever leverage their cap space as an asset like other rebuilding teams? Not once. They never took on a bad contract for assets when the NHL was in a flat cap and cap space was a huge asset. They never helped facilitate a trade by retaining $, on their own players or other team’s players. They instead found unique ways to hit the salary cap floor without spending real cash. Considering that Buffalo has only spent to within $3M of the salary cap 3 total times in Pegula’s entire tenure (and all 3 of those times were before 2020), do you think a rising salary cap is going to help or hurt the Sabres? As a hockey owner, Terry Pegula is a disgrace. As a football owner, he and the city are fortunate he stumbled upon Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. Whatever their shortcomings, they are competent and have built a winning program. 1 1 Quote
Beast Posted February 3 Posted February 3 (edited) 7 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Three wins in a row I think she was on the ice wearing a Sabres uniform when Thompson was cheap shotted and nobody did a thing about it. Wait, that was Owen Power. My bad. Edited February 3 by Beast 1 Quote
UConn James Posted February 5 Posted February 5 Don’t look now, but tonight makes 4 — count ‘em FOUR!!! — wins in a row! 3 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 5 Posted February 5 4 hours ago, UConn James said: Don’t look now, but tonight makes 4 — count ‘em FOUR!!! — wins in a row! Lets get 5 Saturday in Nashville! Then they are off for two weeks and will forget how to win when they come back 1 Quote
Pete Posted February 5 Posted February 5 10 hours ago, UConn James said: Don’t look now, but tonight makes 4 — count ‘em FOUR!!! — wins in a row! Sabres win 4 in a row for first time since Jan. 19-26, 2023. Ohh! Ahh! Sabres on the warpath! Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted February 5 Posted February 5 7 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Lets get 5 Saturday in Nashville! Then they are off for two weeks and will forget how to win when they come back They keep saying Jordan Greenway is about to come back. I'm still waiting. He'd make a big difference. Quote
May Day 10 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 meaningless wins that serve nothing but convincing the rube owner that everything is working fine. 5 Quote
Rockpile233 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 (edited) 2 hours ago, May Day 10 said: meaningless wins that serve nothing but convincing the rube owner that everything is working fine. I would give McD a lifetime contract. Not because I don’t have concerns about him getting passed Reid in the playoffs, but because I’d be terrified of Terry going back on the coaching search. Edited February 5 by Rockpile233 1 Quote
BillsPride12 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 8 hours ago, May Day 10 said: meaningless wins that serve nothing but convincing the rube owner that everything is working fine. Quote
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