Buffalo Sabres and NHL 2024-2025

[Mike in Horseheads]

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 Thursday at 09:41 PM by Mike in Horseheads

[BillsFan4]

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. 

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“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).