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thatsapickle
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dallas, TX
Joined: 03.08.2012

Nov 24 @ 1:06 PM ET
Slap it on Pomminville

He is gone in a year and a half

I think you're right though, they are holding off naming one because they want him to be the guy but keeping it away from people is not helping either

- Stripes77



I wouldn't be shocked if they brought Gionta back.

I have a weird feeling that he could show up at some point this season.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:06 PM ET
Slap it on Pomminville

He is gone in a year and a half

I think you're right though, they are holding off naming one because they want him to be the guy but keeping it away from people is not helping either

- Stripes77

Pominville was "the core" and remains "the core"...he's done nothing for me since his hot start...goal-less in his last 10, one assist in his last eight and looked like he was ready to cry after the MIN game
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Nov 24 @ 1:07 PM ET
I wouldn't be shocked if they brought Gionta back.

I have a weird feeling that he could show up at some point this season.

- thatsapickle



Wouldn't be until after the Olympics then
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Nov 24 @ 1:07 PM ET


BTW, the guy on the left is Ben Keith, Neil's long time guitar tech

- BernardShakey

Neil must have loved that man, he lived on Neil's ranch
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Nov 24 @ 1:07 PM ET
call me crazy but this team suffers from a lack of talent not a lack of accountability
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Nov 24 @ 1:08 PM ET
I wouldn't be shocked if they brought Gionta back.

I have a weird feeling that he could show up at some point this season.

- thatsapickle

should have been on this team day 1 if they thought they had any realistic chance to make the playoffs


clearly now, they are already out of it
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:09 PM ET
he is my favorite musician though



others for top 5, still alive

winwood
gilmour
plant-page
fogerty


we lost too many over the years



side note, if anyone is a bowie fan, check out the bowie japan concert on youtube

not a bad song in the 2 hour concert

- homiedclown


He deserved a one day self ban after this one.

Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Nov 24 @ 1:09 PM ET
Pominville was "the core" and remains "the core"...he's done nothing for me since his hot start...goal-less in his last 10, one assist in his last eight and looked like he was ready to cry after the MIN game
- Michael Pachla



Emotions? What are those?

Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:10 PM ET
call me crazy but this team suffers from a lack of talent not a lack of accountability
- robz228


Youre crazy Rob.

There's not enough talent, but there is more than we have seen this season.

They can't get out of their own way for some reason.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:11 PM ET
Emotions? What are those?
- Stripes77

true...wouldn't be the emotion i'd look for after a loss like that, but I guess you're right, he did show emotion
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Nov 24 @ 1:11 PM ET
Save for a few players, this is a completely heartless team, and it starts with the floater that people were going to commit suicide over if we weren't able to draft him.

#15's body language says it all, just like his buddy Rhino.

I know a lot on here have already written off Reinhart, but If those two don't start leading this team immediately, this organization is in a heap of trouble going forward.
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Nov 24 @ 1:13 PM ET
Youre crazy Rob.

There's not enough talent, but there is more than we have seen this season.

They can't get out of their own way for some reason.

- Der Kaiser


i would tend to disagree, the defense they were putting out some days was so insanely bad.

lately they have had a few good games. washington and minnesota especially. i'd be willing to bet they have a good game tonight too.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Nov 24 @ 1:14 PM ET
He deserved a one day self ban after this one.


- Der Kaiser

that was a big f you to geffen records


Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:14 PM ET
Save for a few players, this is a completely heartless team, and it starts with the floater that people were going to commit suicide over if we weren't able to draft him.

#15's body language says it all, just like his buddy Rhino.

I know a lot on here have already written off Reinhart, but If those two don't start leading this team immediately, this organization is in a heap of trouble going forward.

- Powerslave

reinhart, imo, has picked up his game lately
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Nov 24 @ 1:16 PM ET
reinhart, imo, has picked up his game lately
- Michael Pachla


Great. It hasn't rubbed off on his buddy.
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Nov 24 @ 1:19 PM ET
call me crazy but this team suffers from a lack of talent not a lack of accountability
- robz228


Talent issue yes, but we also aren't getting production out of players compared to last season.

Only 7 players are on pace to surpass 20pts this year. Last year we had 3 more of those. 2 of our 7 now weren't here last season (Pommer/Pouliot) and only 2 of 10 (Foligno/Gio) left, so it isn't as though the lineup got worse. Still not one goal from the blue line, our possession numbers are worse somehow, save % is worse and even Jack is behind last year's pace. We were bad in a lot of areas last year, but we are even worse this time around. There's more than a talent issue IMO.
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Nov 24 @ 1:21 PM ET
Talent issue yes, but we also aren't getting production out of players compared to last season.

Only 7 players are on pace to surpass 20pts this year. Last year we had 3 more of those. 2 of our 7 now weren't here last season (Pommer/Pouliot) and only 2 of 10 (Foligno/Gio) left, so it isn't as though the lineup got worse. Still not one goal from the blue line, our possession numbers are worse somehow, save % is worse and even Jack is behind last year's pace. We were bad in a lot of areas last year, but we are even worse this time around. There's more than a talent issue IMO.

- RhinoFan


some players are clearly underperforming, but blaming it on heart or leadership is just because its easier than trying to come up with a real explanation for it.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:22 PM ET
i would tend to disagree, the defense they were putting out some days was so insanely bad.

lately they have had a few good games. washington and minnesota especially. i'd be willing to bet they have a good game tonight too.

- robz228



The D has been AHL quality and should be when half the guys on every pair are AHL guys.
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Nov 24 @ 1:23 PM ET
i just refuse to believe that, say, mccabe (world jr captain!! omg leader!!) for example is under performing because eichel whines when something doesnt go his way

its a lazy argument thats easy to make because theres no way to prove or disprove it
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:23 PM ET
Great. It hasn't rubbed off on his buddy.
- Powerslave


although it is true that he needs to step up his game, even playing at a mostly average level for him overall, Eichel is second on the team in scoring, tops 5v5

just sayin
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Nov 24 @ 1:28 PM ET
look at the bright side

we still have to play the better teams in the nhl this season


Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Nov 24 @ 1:30 PM ET
although it is true that he needs to step up his game, even playing at a mostly average level for him overall, Eichel is second on the team in scoring, tops 5v5

just sayin

- Michael Pachla


He should be CARRYING this team on his BACK! I'm not giving him a pass just because he's second on the team in scoring. There's no leading by example with him, that's for sure. All this talk of giving him the 'C', he's going to light it up this season, the face of the franchise, yadda, yadda, barf, puke, etc...well, he's certainly the face of a heartless, gutless team right now, isn't he?

He needs to make up his mind if he's going to be the man. He played harder on half an ankle last year.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Nov 24 @ 1:31 PM ET
i just refuse to believe that, say, mccabe (world jr captain!! omg leader!!) for example is under performing because eichel whines when something doesnt go his way

its a lazy argument thats easy to make because theres no way to prove or disprove it

- robz228

This
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Nov 24 @ 1:33 PM ET
He should be CARRYING this team on his BACK! I'm not giving him a pass just because he's second on the team in scoring. There's no leading by example with him, that's for sure. All this talk of giving him the 'C', he's going to light it up this season, the face of the franchise, yadda, yadda, barf, puke, etc...well, he's certainly the face of a heartless, gutless team right now, isn't he?

He needs to make up his mind if he's going to be the man. He played harder on half an ankle last year.

- Powerslave

it's the third line killing this team, not jack or ror


Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Nov 24 @ 1:33 PM ET
I have never seen the Maury Povitch Show before today.

There are people in this country the likes of which I have never encountered.

We don’t need a wall to keep the foreigners out. We need to build a wall and kick the Maury Pivitch Show out.
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