We’re one week removed from a 13 game losing streak and were the worst team in the NHL. Now we’re talking playoffs? Oh no. I’m not that far removed from the abuse to start talking marriage yet:
some reasonable framework to stay optimistic, this team/organizations got alot of work ahead to earn back the casual fans but cutting the wild card pt deficit by 1 each weeks seems doable even if its not likely.
The best team to look at if you want hope is the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues. They had 34 points in 37 games when the clock struck midnight, and were dead last in the league. They went on to finish with 99 points. Not saying it'll happen, but not saying it won't happen either.
The Sabres should never have protected Ullmark when the Kraken came to be. Letting Borgen go (who was above Sameulsson at the time) who was to be the next Dman to come to the Sabres from the Amerks. Yes he was the best goalie we had at the time but one that chose to leave and go to a rival ultimately to go to yet another rival. Could really use Borgen right now. Not saying he is the best in the world but certainly is solid.
A better player to protect at that time than Bryson. Borgan was one of the few D-men in the Sabres system then that would actually throw checks/hit opponents.
The Sabres gambled too heavily this season on Cozens returning to form , Quinn and Levi breaking out. It backfired. Its ok to just punt on this season and try again next year. I would much rather have the Sabres miss the playoffs and pick 5th and get a player who can make an impact immediately than miss by a few points and pick 15th
Uh...I know the answer to that question without having to hold a podcast to delineate it. Play at a .750+ win percentage through the end of the regular season? Well...that ain't gonna happen.
Loony Joe is the 2nd podcaster I've heard say not to get too excited over the current 3 game winning streak because the Sabres didn't play good teams. Like, I don't know...the Sabres are a good team? Of the 3 wins, only the Blackhawks had a worse winning percentage than the Sabres at the time. After their loss to Buffalo, St. Louis still had a .500 winning percentage and the Islanders winning percentage was also better than Buffalo's.
If you loose 13 in a row and are only 8 pts out of a play-off spot, thats just insane! That means if we had a loosing streak of 9 we were in a spot? So you can loose 9 in a row and make post season? The Atlantic is a swamp this year and i think there will be some big surprises to come! Lets go Buffalo!
I think Quinn was such an important piece that needed to break out. He gets going, Cozens feeds off him & you have two top lines. He’s more gifted than Cozens, so it had to be him.
Playoffs did you say playoffs....come on they'd need to win 32 of 45. My god they've won 3 str before then lost 3 or more afterwards. Adams waited to long to make a move and again Pegula will do nothing about it. About the only good thing about the rest of the season is it helps pass the winter away.
By enjoying a WNY winter skiing, ice skating, sledding/tobogganing, staying inside by a hot fire reading and drinking cocoa...not by passing the winter away watching Sabres games.
the Buffalo Sabres need to look seriously into player's like artemi panarin Chris krider guys like Jonathan Drouin it will take a Super human like Effort for the Buffalo Sabres Roster to get its act together along with playing shut out hockey from its goal tenders! " if ya cant beat the oppnet with defense the only way on hockey is to Out score the oppnet!" LINDY ruff should reference the Buffalo Sabres of 90s had micheal peca Miroslov Satan stu barnes chris drury the Buffalo Sabres were the total Team package they were Lethal on the power play and there penalty killers denied and Frustrated many teams in the NHL allowing Domnick hasek to gain confidence at net minder the likes Buffalo Sabres have not seen since ryan miller and Dominick Haskek "2025 the Buffalo Sabres will have no choice but to Elvate its game and go a 6 or 7 game winning Streak tare just to get back intl the playoff Race?" BUFFALO Sabres can get back into things it's going to require focus hard work in front of the opposing team goal tender?"
They're not getting back into the playoff race, and they'll never get close as long as Kevyn Adams is GM. He can't build a team to save his life and until his BFF Terry wakes up and does what's right for the franchise he apparently loves this team will go nowhere
The team is too young to be consistent. Certain players will get hot here and there. But the only consistent players, surprise surprise, are the older veterans, tuch dahlin zucker Tage
Simple. They can’t. They need multiple 4-5-6 game win streaks, and they can’t lose more than 2 games in a row, the rest of the season. This “team” just isn’t capable. 14 years and counting…
Keep winning and go get some much needed veteran help. Kreider, or Saad would be a nice fit. Also according to Elliotte Friedman, Sportsnet / HNIC , the Sabres and Murder City Dead things are talking trade, as Detroit apparently needs D , sooo is Jokiharju Detroit bound soon? Do you remember how St louis won their Stanley Cup in 2019, Binnington was red HOT during the second half of the season plus the playoffs ! Keep dreaming , USA has no chance against Canada!
Rebound control ? What game where you watching ? UPL still gives up rebounds galore if it wasn't for the defense boxing out and cleaning up the gobs of rebounds UPL gave up he wouldn't have been so lucky. And to be clear when we do make the playoffs his weakness will be glaringly obvious. And I want to win a championship. I'm sick of this love fest for UPL he is NOT a championship goalie period.
We’re one week removed from a 13 game losing streak and were the worst team in the NHL. Now we’re talking playoffs? Oh no. I’m not that far removed from the abuse to start talking marriage yet:
some reasonable framework to stay optimistic, this team/organizations got alot of work ahead to earn back the casual fans but cutting the wild card pt deficit by 1 each weeks seems doable even if its not likely.
The best team to look at if you want hope is the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues. They had 34 points in 37 games when the clock struck midnight, and were dead last in the league. They went on to finish with 99 points. Not saying it'll happen, but not saying it won't happen either.
The Sabres should never have protected Ullmark when the Kraken came to be. Letting Borgen go (who was above Sameulsson at the time) who was to be the next Dman to come to the Sabres from the Amerks. Yes he was the best goalie we had at the time but one that chose to leave and go to a rival ultimately to go to yet another rival. Could really use Borgen right now. Not saying he is the best in the world but certainly is solid.
A better player to protect at that time than Bryson. Borgan was one of the few D-men in the Sabres system then that would actually throw checks/hit opponents.
The Sabres gambled too heavily this season on Cozens returning to form , Quinn and Levi breaking out. It backfired. Its ok to just punt on this season and try again next year. I would much rather have the Sabres miss the playoffs and pick 5th and get a player who can make an impact immediately than miss by a few points and pick 15th
I agree totally - I hope right now they grab Jesse P off waivers, we could really use a little more size.
It maybe cliche, but all this team needs is to win the next game. Then win the next one and so on.
Uh...I know the answer to that question without having to hold a podcast to delineate it. Play at a .750+ win percentage through the end of the regular season? Well...that ain't gonna happen.
Lol just stop. There's no way they make the playoffs this year
Exactly... let's talk about something else
Bruh who cares its months out anyways no reason we cant talk about it
Loony Joe is the 2nd podcaster I've heard say not to get too excited over the current 3 game winning streak because the Sabres didn't play good teams. Like, I don't know...the Sabres are a good team? Of the 3 wins, only the Blackhawks had a worse winning percentage than the Sabres at the time. After their loss to Buffalo, St. Louis still had a .500 winning percentage and the Islanders winning percentage was also better than Buffalo's.
If you loose 13 in a row and are only 8 pts out of a play-off spot, thats just insane!
That means if we had a loosing streak of 9 we were in a spot? So you can loose 9 in a row and make post season?
The Atlantic is a swamp this year and i think there will be some big surprises to come!
Lets go Buffalo!
Just win baby
win like 10 games in a row
Won't Happen
I think Quinn was such an important piece that needed to break out. He gets going, Cozens feeds off him & you have two top lines. He’s more gifted than Cozens, so it had to be him.
Playoffs did you say playoffs....come on they'd need to win 32 of 45. My god they've won 3 str before then lost 3 or more afterwards. Adams waited to long to make a move and again Pegula will do nothing about it. About the only good thing about the rest of the season is it helps pass the winter away.
@LenInTheBuff until our "star players" demand a trade off this train wreck
By enjoying a WNY winter skiing, ice skating, sledding/tobogganing, staying inside by a hot fire reading and drinking cocoa...not by passing the winter away watching Sabres games.
Good grief, Joe.
They need in this order 1 new owner and 2 experienced GM and 3 players with a degree of fire in their bellies. It's obvious we must dump good players.
the Buffalo Sabres need to look seriously into player's like artemi panarin Chris krider guys like Jonathan Drouin it will take a Super human like Effort for the Buffalo Sabres Roster to get its act together along with playing shut out hockey from its goal tenders! " if ya cant beat the oppnet with defense the only way on hockey is to Out score the oppnet!" LINDY ruff should reference the Buffalo Sabres of 90s had micheal peca Miroslov Satan stu barnes chris drury the Buffalo Sabres were the total Team package they were Lethal on the power play and there penalty killers denied and Frustrated many teams in the NHL allowing Domnick hasek to gain confidence at net minder the likes Buffalo Sabres have not seen since ryan miller and Dominick Haskek "2025 the Buffalo Sabres will have no choice but to Elvate its game and go a 6 or 7 game winning Streak tare just to get back intl the playoff Race?" BUFFALO Sabres can get back into things it's going to require focus hard work in front of the opposing team goal tender?"
One game at a time. Back in the race ? Idk about that. Completely out of it ? Maybe not
They're not getting back into the playoff race, and they'll never get close as long as Kevyn Adams is GM. He can't build a team to save his life and until his BFF Terry wakes up and does what's right for the franchise he apparently loves this team will go nowhere
I think they need to keep winning...that would probably get them in the playoffs. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I like the way you think. I'm thinking a 40-game win streak should just about do the trick. And just think...there's only 37 more straight wins to go!
Won’t win a game of these 3 games. So back to a losing streak
They would need to win something like 30 of the 45 games left. Let that sink in...
Not even going to bother watching, that title is a joke! The season is over, this isn't the 2019 St. Louis team.
Bye
The team is too young to be consistent. Certain players will get hot here and there. But the only consistent players, surprise surprise, are the older veterans, tuch dahlin zucker Tage
Simple. They can’t. They need multiple 4-5-6 game win streaks, and they can’t lose more than 2 games in a row, the rest of the season. This “team” just isn’t capable. 14 years and counting…
They actually need a 13 game win streak to be quite honest 😂
Keep winning and go get some much needed veteran help. Kreider, or Saad would be a nice fit. Also according to Elliotte Friedman, Sportsnet / HNIC , the Sabres and Murder City Dead things are talking trade, as Detroit apparently needs D , sooo is Jokiharju Detroit bound soon?
Do you remember how St louis won their Stanley Cup in 2019, Binnington was red HOT during the second half of the season plus the
playoffs ! Keep dreaming , USA has no chance against Canada!
Canadian teams have no chance of winning a Stanley cup, so what’s your point lol
@robert-cd4nd 4 best players in the world right now are Canadian..Mcjesus, Mackinnon, Makar and Crosby
Friedman is a punk, who listens to that idiot. He's just looking for attention
If Buffalo gets Kane I’m very unhappy this season is non playoff and develop
Kane would never lower himself to play for this dumpster fire of a team. Especially as long as Adams is GM and Terry owns them.
@ thought he was friends with Adams but obviously not. You can have him
We dont need an old Smurf. We have enough young ones already
Rebound control ? What game where you watching ? UPL still gives up rebounds galore if it wasn't for the defense boxing out and cleaning up the gobs of rebounds UPL gave up he wouldn't have been so lucky. And to be clear when we do make the playoffs his weakness will be glaringly obvious. And I want to win a championship. I'm sick of this love fest for UPL he is NOT a championship goalie period.
Playoffs??