I’m trying to give Tage a chance even though i don’t particularly like him
Hopefully he proves me wrong
- jdfitz77

Me too, but the best thing he can do for that line is work the boards and go to the net and find open areas, leave the stick handling to Eichel or Hall.

https://twitter.com/puckb...50128960705867776/photo/1

Bill's not getting much love out there, like it that way.

So it’s just conjecture on your part then,
got it

Also,
Skinner had the 7th most icetime for our forwards
It not like he’s a typical 4th liner getting 8min a game. He’s seeing the ice
- jdfitz77

I'm just looking at the big picture - end game.

And the end game will be Jack Eichel insisting on a one way ticket out of here.
And then you can forget about Hall re-signing here, right?

Jack gone.
Hall gone.
Who's next to leave after that?
Where's a competitive team to ice every game then?

As I previously asked.
Am I overstating this?
Of course I could be.
Absolutely.

But then again, people that are living on borrowed time like myself, generally do that and always think end game/big picture.

I'd just like to see this team get its collective defecation together sometime soon.

It may be the selfish part of me that wishes that.
I'm sorry.

I don't know, my opinion is just like at work if a new person came in, I usually put my best builder with him to learn and build up his confidence. Why not put Cozens with Hall and Eichel and learn from are best.
- Buff36

You and I Sir, think a lot alike.

"Krueger pointing out if Staal can't go that they're putting Sheahan at center and not fast-tracking Cozens there. This coach/GM will not make the Casey Mittelstadt mistake, even though Cozens is clearly a far more polished player entering the NHL. #Sabres"


Second line Sheahan, beautiful. I assumed Eakin was the worst available choice but here we are
- jcragcrumple

Is there a “good” choice?
What would you do?
- jdfitz77

olofsson has a lot of chemistry with asplund


if staal can't go and they do not trust casey, it seems easier to insert asplund on the second line

- homiedclown

According to Dregs the Sabres have made calls on Barkov,Yandle and Dubois
- ImThatGuy

oh my

The Sabres also haven’t played in 10 months.

The caps Atleast had went to the bubble. So training, practicing, and playing games this summer.

That matters. That same team also won a cup together.
- Sabretooth9

Good post

But, how many years have we sucked?
It has nothing to do with the past teams.

I don't know, my opinion is just like at work if a new person came in, I usually put my best builder with him to learn and build up his confidence. Why not put Cozens with Hall and Eichel and learn from are best.
- Buff36

I completely agree 36

I still think krueger is "playing the veteran " old school coaching.

Tage is ahead of cozens in the pecking order
Guy doesnt conform to system, guy doesn't play
Old goalie is a vet, start him because....


Bill billicheat wouldnt care about any of the players feelings and would be rolling different lines.

Aiming to win not be popular

- jcragcrumple

you have 3 options in casey, cozens and asplund

2 of them have been with the franchise for years

one took his medicine and worked on his game in the ahl after being demoted, and responded in rochester


the other spent time developing in rochester and never received a shot yet with the sabres


they are going in insert a 10 year nhl bottom line journeyman over those two



mind blowing


esp when cozens looked fine the few shifts at the end as a center

Good post

But, how many years have we sucked?
It has nothing to do with the past teams.
- Boss34

it's the same d as last year


and the d looked worse

it's the same goalie as the last 2 years, and he looked worse

and ralph has not done dahlin or casey any favors in their development

Good post

But, how many years have we sucked?
It has nothing to do with the past teams.
- Boss34

Horrible drafting over the years killing us.

Reinhart isn’t even a top 5 forward from his draft at #2 overall.

Nylander bust
Mitts bust

Dahlin not even the best D in his draft at #1 overall

Cozens hopefully turns out. Guy picked right after in Zegras looks even better though.

Don’t have much hope in Quinn.

Horrible trades and contracts dished out


Eichel and hall will be gone this off-season. Add Risto and Reinhart and start over IMO.

"Krueger pointing out if Staal can't go that they're putting Sheahan at center and not fast-tracking Cozens there. This coach/GM will not make the Casey Mittelstadt mistake, even though Cozens is clearly a far more polished player entering the NHL. #Sabres"


Second line Sheahan, beautiful. I assumed Eakin was the worst available choice but here we are
- jcragcrumple

Bet you wish you had some bjustead now don’t ya...

you have 3 options in casey, cozens and asplund

2 of them have been with the franchise for years

one took his medicine and worked on his game in the ahl after being demoted, and responded in rochester


the other spent time developing in rochester and never received a shot yet with the sabres


they are going in insert a 10 year nhl bottom line journeyman over those two



mind blowing


esp when cozens looked fine the few shifts at the end as a center
- homiedclown

He had 3 points in 29 games last year. That was certainly a shot, and an unimpressive one.

There's nothing particularly mind blowing going on here.

Bet you wish you had some bjustead now don’t ya...
- Gr8daygo

Skinner-Eichel-Olofsson
Hall-Cozens-Reinhart

Or

Skinner-Eichel-Olofsson
Cozens-Hall-Reinhart

And yes, Hall has played some center. When RNH was out he did it a bit
- jcragcrumple

No, no ... Cozens absolutely should not play center, at all, not even one second.

Where is that (frank)ing stool?

No, no ... Cozens absolutely should not play center, at all, not even one second.

Where is that (frank)ing stool?
- IonSabres

It'll make an appearance during the game. I'm fairly confident of that

Or hard-nosed defensemen who have a clue in how to protect their net, give their goalie lanes of vision, and tie-up forwards in the slot. Hockey 101.
Sabres D needs a bit of that.
- IonSabres

Nah. It’s easier just to blame the goalie than actually watch how the defence gets beaten down in the dirty areas. Maybe a couple more McCabes might help.

Bill's not getting much love out there, like it that way.
- Buff36

Nope the national media has definitely gone against them.


But it makes sense. The bills can’t stop the run and the ravens are a good running team.

The only thing I will say about that is .... who the heck did the ravens beat the last few weeks?

Titans - okay, a good win.
Bengals - they suck
Giants- they suck
Jags - they suck
Browns - Lamar pooping game - win
Cowboys - they suck
Steelers - frauds

So I get that the ravens run game is good / great. But maybe a little inflated due to playing poor competition?

Is there a “good” choice?
What would you do?
- jdfitz77

Reinhart

Horrible drafting over the years killing us.

Reinhart isn’t even a top 5 forward from his draft at #2 overall.

Nylander bust
Mitts bust

Dahlin not even the best D in his draft at #1 overall

Cozens hopefully turns out. Guy picked right after in Zegras looks even better though.

Don’t have much hope in Quinn.

Horrible trades and contracts dished out


Eichel and hall will be gone this off-season. Add Risto and Reinhart and start over IMO.
- Fattony1187

I know I can be a debbie downer with this team but........Damn! This just sums up how lots feel about this team.....to the extreme

10-12 years of being one of the worst teams in the league will do this. But there are some bright spots on this team.

Hmmm maybe some coaching might help some of these young chaps 🤔

Nope the national media has definitely gone against them.


But it makes sense. The bills can’t stop the run and the ravens are a good running team.

The only thing I will say about that is .... who the heck did the ravens beat the last few weeks?

Titans - okay, a good win.
Bengals - they suck
Giants- they suck
Jags - they suck
Browns - Lamar pooping game - win
Cowboys - they suck
Steelers - frauds

So I get that the ravens run game is good / great. But maybe a little inflated due to playing poor competition?
- Sabretooth9

Ravens have run it for 150+ 40 games in a row.

It’s more than just the past 5 games

Did we trade for Barkov yet?