Love you cast, Joe. I realize it's gotta be hard to keep putting out great content during miserable times like this, but we appreciate you helping us make sense of it all.
@@Mike34129 No, no one thing will. But it would be a ggod step, much better than those fans who are saying we should trade DC for a bag of beans. Fire GMKA. Replace him with Gorton (Mtl) Cambell (Fla) or somebody (Is Holland Edm too old?). I wasn't all that happy with the Lindy hire, wouldn't be upset to see him go too. Edit: @neilkennington2397 's GM ideas below are probably better than mine.
@@Mike34129 no, but wilford has coached these guys the last 3 or 4 years and they are not progressing...luke richardson would be an upgrade over wilford...
3 young players have been wasted because Buffalo Sabres owner is too cheap to hire a real General Manager. Kevyn Adams sucked as a player . Cousins, Peterka, Quinn have only learned how to lose not win and that is on Adams and Pegula both don't have a clue how to build a competitive hockey team. They have no respect for fans nor for the past. Is it any wonder that Mel Martin stopped posting about this trash? People why support this clown operation any longer ? I have watched the NHL since the mid 1960's and this is absolutely disgusting how these 2 bums run this team! This isn't on Lindy Ruff ... give the Harold Ballard loser award to Pegula and his little pet idiot Adams. By the way, I am not a Sabres fan I live in Western Canada I hope you guys can get a real owner soon and someone who is a real GM not Kevin Adams and a true owner who should be invested into the fanbase.
You fire Adams Joe, who do you replace him with ? Here are four experienced GMs looking for work now... 1.Jamoro Kakolanien 11 yrs GM in CBJ 2. Pierre Dorion 7yrs GM in Ottawa 3.Ken Holland ex Oilers and Dead things GM but probably too old and not interested. 4. And my pick Mike Futa- 13 years in LA from 2007 to 2020 , finished up as vice president who started out as a scout and worked his way up. He won 2 Cups with the Kings
Bills and Bandits have been kick ass. 2 out of 3 teams being good or great for several years is pretty dang good. And if that performance was "because of a Pegula visit", what does it say about the players? Aren't they paid enough to try? I have to try hard just to not wind up on the street. If these guys aren't playing for Lindy, what do we even have?
So here's how we fix the Sabres. 1. Paint the ice green. 2. Play 4, 15 minute quarters instead of 3, 20 minute periods. 3. Only play on weekends. 4. Sign a guy named Josh. Lol
It's sad, I feel sorry for the fans. NHL Network discussed this in length yesterday, as you know many retired players on there making comments, showing clips from the games, etc.... So in a nutshell, The team has no passion, not willing to take a hit to make a play, not willing to dig for pucks in the corners, not willing to block shots, not willing to battle in the oppositions crease, coaching seems to be lacking, and the GM failed to bring in free agents with plenty of cap space.....
Step #1 Fire Adams , Step #2 Pegula call Bowman ( he lives down the block ) is respected in league , and is no puppet . Step #3 Take Kim and your Daughter away on Yacht , heck go to London(UK) and play tennis , anything . Step #4 Let true hockey people run things while continually repeating step #3!
Its the Granato ICE DANCER effect. He wanted a non physical, high skill team and sadly, we have a mediocre skilled team of non physical players with minimal heart and perseverance. This team will only OPEN UP when you have a physical threat out there to keep other teams honest imo. Consider bringing in Mathieu Olivier, Kastelic, Duhaime, Jeannot or even Foligno. Somebody of that magnitude would go a long way imo. Just thinking out loud here. Our biggest net front presence in the smallest player on the team (Benson) because he is FEARLESS. The others just want to dance and look for that pretty play it seems. Pucks to the net, physical play, and team defense can turn this shit show around.
Everything is broken like I have never seen before. This kind of rot doesn’t just go away with a trade of someone getting fired. As long as Terry and Kim are involved it’s never ending half ass
It shouldn’t be used as an excuse, but with how “Fragile” the Spirit of this team is right now, that goal 18 seconds in that went off the Referees skate right to an open Canadien in front of the net took them out of the game IMMEDIATELY! This team needs to trade for an ANGRY and Mentally Strong player NOW!! Don’t care how good he is hockey wise at this point! They need someone to change the attitude in the dressing room and be a menace on the ice and show these soft players how to outwork teams!
Is the owner and GM to blame that they drafted and signed guys who now can’t score? Cozens had 31 goals looked great and now he is a bum after his monster 49 mill deal, is the owner to blame? The owner can’t get Jack Quinn to remember how to score goals again or Cozens. Liane has mental illness and was a major risk,
You have to be a real solider to keep putting out content about these guys. Bless your heart, sneaky Joe. The one thing about this that is nice is having a community of people also going through the same thing.
Joel Norman Quenneville this is who i believe Bowman would get in ear of and have him here in Buffalo , he and Ruff can coexist and they both know hockey !
Really? Terry Pegula is an embarrassment of an owner, giving a vote of confidence to the worst GM in NHL history. Adams should be back as Harbor Centers janitor.
Maybe adams messed up paying all these kids before they have even done anything. The only one deserving of his contract is dahlin and Thompson that's about it and tuck. Everyone else is drastically overpaid. Power isn't worth the money he is getting imo payed to early these kids are set. I don't even have to do anything and I can get a 8 year 8 mil deal.
Keep firing GMs and Coaches? How far has that helped till now...after 14 years is there an answer? Maybe it is time to sell the team and start over in 5 years...rescue Lindy so he can enjoy the rest of his life.
The team is laying down on them trying to force their hand. The only change they need is spending to the cap, and the team knows it. They’re not going to give a playoff performance at a bargain. The talent is there.
Mistakes were made. New kid will never get the deals they need to change the team enough to make a difference. So Adam’s needs to go. Good ol boy needs to come and save them. Hint. No more soft European players and no more players no matter how good below 6ft 200lbs.
Rags just got ex Sabres D man Will Borgen in a trade! He wouldve been the perfect D partner for Owen Power! Another player Adams missed out on! Sooo frustrating!
Nah. He’s a UFA at the end of the year and he only averages 16/17 minutes a night. He’s basically Clifton. I wouldn’t have minded Kakko on the cheap though. A new LW for Cozens.
The Swings in emotion Pegula must have about these teams. He gets a game ball from the bills / Mcdermott after they clinch the division with 5 weeks to play. And the Sabres are in the middle of... well this.
Why is it frickin Pegula does what he has to do to make the buffalo bills a winner but he can't hire a proper general manager to navigate the sabres into at least a competitve and respectable team that he himself can live with let alone the fans that pay good money to see the same old mediocre hockey team from year to year, over and over again. I am sick of seeing a .500 team of players. Sorry they slumped farther down than that, my mistake!
I believe Brian Burke is the commissioner of the PWHL right now. If he took the job though he would definitely make the Sabres a tougher team but probably not interested .
It would be good to keep cousins and power. It's just that adams gave them two big of a contract too early in their careers. Something Buffalo does is give bad contracts out
Seth Appert, Matt Ellis and Marty Wilford need to be fired after Christmas. They are not NHL assistant coaches. Do that then go get Luke Richardson and Jay McKee as coaches.
how do they fire granato and keep wilford and ellis? our d look horrible this year and yet they keep wilford on...they were bad last year as well...pathetic...
If you told me at the beginning of the season we’d be worse than the sharks and Blackhawks basically , I woulda told you , that you were full of shit . Amazing what can happen . We haven’t played bad , just have zero clue how to win
UPL has played very well. If anyone is just looking at the box scores, they wouldn't know. The Sabres D has SUCKED, especially with Dahlin Out. There have been so many holes in the D & odd man rushes, stupid penalties, horrible PK. Not UPL's fault at all.@@jacoblindsay5281
It’s entirely possible that the team embarrassed the owner on purpose.
I wondered about that too.
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Love you cast, Joe. I realize it's gotta be hard to keep putting out great content during miserable times like this, but we appreciate you helping us make sense of it all.
It’s no coincidence Terry flew to Montreal before his team played the worst team in the EC! He was banking on a win and to look like the hero 😂😂
Pegulas deserves to be embarrassed
We need new assistant coaches
D coach Marty Wilford is BRUTAL. go hire Luke Richardson ex Chicago head coach
That will make them magically win right?
@@Mike34129 No, no one thing will. But it would be a ggod step, much better than those fans who are saying we should trade DC for a bag of beans. Fire GMKA. Replace him with Gorton (Mtl) Cambell (Fla) or somebody (Is Holland Edm too old?). I wasn't all that happy with the Lindy hire, wouldn't be upset to see him go too.
Edit: @neilkennington2397 's GM ideas below are probably better than mine.
@@Mike34129 no, but wilford has coached these guys the last 3 or 4 years and they are not progressing...luke richardson would be an upgrade over wilford...
3 young players have been wasted because Buffalo Sabres owner is too cheap to hire a real General Manager. Kevyn Adams sucked as a player . Cousins, Peterka, Quinn have only learned how to lose not win and that is on Adams and Pegula both don't have a clue how to build a competitive hockey team. They have no respect for fans nor for the past. Is it any wonder that Mel Martin stopped posting about this trash? People why support this clown operation any longer ? I have watched the NHL since the mid 1960's and this is absolutely disgusting how these 2 bums run this team! This isn't on Lindy Ruff ... give the Harold Ballard loser award to Pegula and his little pet idiot Adams. By the way, I am not a Sabres fan I live in Western Canada I hope you guys can get a real owner soon and someone who is a real GM not Kevin Adams and a true owner who should be invested into the fanbase.
This team looked like a team on a ten game losing streak with 7 mil in cap space who just had the owner fly out and tell them “no help is coming”
Getting tired of waiting for my team to be good! Starting to think to hell with Hockey all together!
You fire Adams Joe, who do you replace him with ? Here are four experienced GMs looking for work now...
1.Jamoro Kakolanien 11 yrs GM in CBJ
2. Pierre Dorion 7yrs GM in Ottawa
3.Ken Holland ex Oilers and Dead things GM but probably too old and not interested.
4. And my pick Mike Futa- 13 years in LA from 2007 to 2020 , finished up as vice president who started out as a scout and worked his way up. He won 2 Cups with the Kings
😂😂😂😂The Dead Things lol
Bills and Bandits have been kick ass. 2 out of 3 teams being good or great for several years is pretty dang good. And if that performance was "because of a Pegula visit", what does it say about the players? Aren't they paid enough to try? I have to try hard just to not wind up on the street. If these guys aren't playing for Lindy, what do we even have?
So here's how we fix the Sabres.
1. Paint the ice green.
2. Play 4, 15 minute quarters instead of 3, 20 minute periods.
3. Only play on weekends.
4. Sign a guy named Josh.
Lol
@@TheBmb2jn But they already only play on weekends - And we're lucky if they even do that! ;)
It's sad, I feel sorry for the fans. NHL Network discussed this in length yesterday, as you know many retired players on there making comments, showing clips from the games, etc.... So in a nutshell, The team has no passion, not willing to take a hit to make a play, not willing to dig for pucks in the corners, not willing to block shots, not willing to battle in the oppositions crease, coaching seems to be lacking, and the GM failed to bring in free agents with plenty of cap space.....
Step #1 Fire Adams , Step #2 Pegula call Bowman ( he lives down the block ) is respected in league , and is no puppet . Step #3 Take Kim and your Daughter away on Yacht , heck go to London(UK) and play tennis , anything . Step #4 Let true hockey people run things while continually repeating step #3!
He should by a tennis tournament of something else than this team.
At this point, this is the bare minimum required to move forward.
Its the Granato ICE DANCER effect. He wanted a non physical, high skill team and sadly, we have a mediocre skilled team of non physical players with minimal heart and perseverance. This team will only OPEN UP when you have a physical threat out there to keep other teams honest imo. Consider bringing in Mathieu Olivier, Kastelic, Duhaime, Jeannot or even Foligno. Somebody of that magnitude would go a long way imo. Just thinking out loud here. Our biggest net front presence in the smallest player on the team (Benson) because he is FEARLESS. The others just want to dance and look for that pretty play it seems. Pucks to the net, physical play, and team defense can turn this shit show around.
Bills 17 year playoff drought… Sabres, HOLD MY BEER!
What hurts so much is the level of talent we have and can't win.
Everything is broken like I have never seen before. This kind of rot doesn’t just go away with a trade of someone getting fired. As long as Terry and Kim are involved it’s never ending half ass
It shouldn’t be used as an excuse, but with how “Fragile” the Spirit of this team is right now, that goal 18 seconds in that went off the Referees skate right to an open Canadien in front of the net took them out of the game IMMEDIATELY!
This team needs to trade for an ANGRY and Mentally Strong player NOW!! Don’t care how good he is hockey wise at this point! They need someone to change the attitude in the dressing room and be a menace on the ice and show these soft players how to outwork teams!
Two months ago I officially checked out. I can't believe they lost me, a lifetime hockey fan.
Is the owner and GM to blame that they drafted and signed guys who now can’t score? Cozens had 31 goals looked great and now he is a bum after his monster 49 mill deal, is the owner to blame? The owner can’t get Jack Quinn to remember how to score goals again or Cozens. Liane has mental illness and was a major risk,
Unfathomable a move wasn’t made today. This is ok with the organization.
The fans / people just got to stop going to games, if they do Don't buy anything, bring your own popcorn etc.
You have to be a real solider to keep putting out content about these guys. Bless your heart, sneaky Joe.
The one thing about this that is nice is having a community of people also going through the same thing.
Terry Pegula IS the embarassment.
Joel Norman Quenneville this is who i believe Bowman would get in ear of and have him here in Buffalo , he and Ruff can coexist and they both know hockey !
Bench power he is not worth 700 k nor 7 million..a friggin soft pansie
@@aacoop1969 lol they said the same thing about Dahlin when he was 21 too
And Chara@@TheDarthmalstrom
Really? Terry Pegula is an embarrassment of an owner, giving a vote of confidence to the worst GM in NHL history. Adams should be back as Harbor Centers janitor.
Maybe adams messed up paying all these kids before they have even done anything. The only one deserving of his contract is dahlin and Thompson that's about it and tuck. Everyone else is drastically overpaid. Power isn't worth the money he is getting imo payed to early these kids are set. I don't even have to do anything and I can get a 8 year 8 mil deal.
@senkofam bingo
For the fast five years the Sabres have no passion, no grit. Like the Sabres of the past..
It’s not even dark it’s just laughable at this point
Keep firing GMs and Coaches? How far has that helped till now...after 14 years is there an answer? Maybe it is time to sell the team and start over in 5 years...rescue Lindy so he can enjoy the rest of his life.
I don't want them to make a desperate trade only to regret it later Down the road
Terry didn't need that loss to be embarrassed, keeping Adams around does that perfectly good
I would like to see the Sabres all traded team, hey Joe can you look into that and put it together
The Sabres were demoralized when Terry told them there would not be any big trades. Every one of them had their heart set on being traded ANYWHERE.
Usually they tank starting in January. This is just typical for this soft team. No physical game period. We are playing hockey right ?
The team is laying down on them trying to force their hand. The only change they need is spending to the cap, and the team knows it. They’re not going to give a playoff performance at a bargain. The talent is there.
Should the Sabres claim Dylan Coghlan? He's a RHD which is a position of need, nothing ventured nothing gained imo
Nah Kevyn Adams is afraid he'll be laughed at.
FIRE PEGULA!!!
Why would anything Pegula would say inspire anyone.
Thompson is soft. Best players are upl byram malenstine and benson. The rest are junk
Imagine if Thompson played with Benson’s heart?
Trade everyone except Dahlin, Benson and UPL
Dudley aint leaving my neighborhood here in Florida men
Mistakes were made. New kid will never get the deals they need to change the team enough to make a difference. So Adam’s needs to go. Good ol boy needs to come and save them. Hint. No more soft European players and no more players no matter how good below 6ft 200lbs.
Not one player has been drafted or traded for that has Grit, Spunk, or is very aggressive since Darcy Regier
the sabres are also 31 in points out of 32 teams in the entire league!!!
Rags just got ex Sabres D man Will Borgen in a trade! He wouldve been the perfect D partner for Owen Power! Another player Adams missed out on! Sooo frustrating!
Kaako for Borgen a 3rd and a 6th
Borgen is ass what
Nah. He’s a UFA at the end of the year and he only averages 16/17 minutes a night. He’s basically Clifton. I wouldn’t have minded Kakko on the cheap though. A new LW for Cozens.
Why would Dudley or Burke jump into the Sabres dumpster fire? Zero chance Joe
The Swings in emotion Pegula must have about these teams. He gets a game ball from the bills / Mcdermott after they clinch the division with 5 weeks to play. And the Sabres are in the middle of... well this.
Why is it frickin Pegula does what he has to do to make the buffalo bills a winner but he can't hire a proper general manager to navigate the sabres into at least a competitve and respectable team that he himself can live with let alone the fans that pay good money to see the same old mediocre hockey team from year to year, over and over again. I am sick of seeing a .500 team of players. Sorry they slumped farther down than that, my mistake!
This team is going to have to overpay for a top 6 player. They actually need two top 6 players. A playmaker and a goal scorer😅
brian burke makes the most sense...
My pipe dream: The Jacobs family sells the Bruins and then buys the Sabres from Terry Pegula.
I believe Brian Burke is the commissioner of the PWHL right now. If he took the job though he would definitely make the Sabres a tougher team but probably not interested .
Burke is just as bad as his buddy "Punch Imlach "
Least in the east let's go western conference basement dwellers top pick?
maybe it’s time for another tank 🤔 oh wait they’re already doing that 😆 they’re gearing up to ruin another high draft pick
How long Will the good players be willing to stay before they want to get traded
I think Buffalo should make a trade with Vancouver 4 Hoglander and Desarnais
why didn't they go after kakko? he would be an upgrade over quinn, krebs, peterka and benson...pathetic
Into the abyss let’s go Terry!!!!
Players Sabres could have and should have brought in; Patrick Laine, Patrick Kane, Mikhail Sergachev, Timo Meier ….
Should have kept Casey, kept Skinner….everything we do is like the opposite of what we should have done.
It would be good to keep cousins and power. It's just that adams gave them two big of a contract too early in their careers. Something Buffalo does is give bad contracts out
@@elmo6620 Power SUCKS
Seth Appert, Matt Ellis and Marty Wilford need to be fired after Christmas. They are not NHL assistant coaches. Do that then go get Luke Richardson and Jay McKee as coaches.
how do they fire granato and keep wilford and ellis? our d look horrible this year and yet they keep wilford on...they were bad last year as well...pathetic...
If you told me at the beginning of the season we’d be worse than the sharks and Blackhawks basically , I woulda told you , that you were full of shit . Amazing what can happen . We haven’t played bad , just have zero clue how to win
is it just me or does UPL tend to play worse after Levi is put in net?
UPL has been great at times. 90% of these goals aren't his fault. Horrible D and stupid penalties and constantly icing the puck
@@robertlehning3691 UPL has been solid. Obviously, you don't watch the games and just look at boxscores
TERRY FAILS AS AN OWNER SELL THE TEAM!!!
Get Scotty back as hockey operations guy.
Tank for Hagens
I am sorry but Bowman never was a gm until Buffalo he only coached
Technically it’s an 0-8-3 streak in the NHL standings. Just saying. It’s still awful.
That’s 11 losses (whether in regulation or OT, it’s still a loss)
3 points out of a possible 22.
Sell the team to Houston.
They’ll make the playoffs within 2 years in the western conference.
Mike Peca?
Kind of like your parents or in-laws coming in for a marriage counseling intervention. Makes it worse, present company excluded of course.
Please get Devon Levi in the Net,I have a feeling he'll Win!
BS. UPL is our #1.
UPL is not the issue, he’s given them chances to win on a lot of these 11 games
UPL has played very well. If anyone is just looking at the box scores, they wouldn't know. The Sabres D has SUCKED, especially with Dahlin Out. There have been so many holes in the D & odd man rushes, stupid penalties, horrible PK. Not UPL's fault at all.@@jacoblindsay5281