Yeah, Botts should just trade for Fasching

Serious question...
besides Jack & Sam, which were pretty much obvious choices...

Who that GMTM brought in/drafted will still be here in 3 years?
- jdfitz77

He did. His name is Tage Thompson. He’s going to be awesome.

If you get one draft pick a year to pan out, you’re doing good. Guhle, Goalofsson and Asplund come to mind immediately. More than met the quota. Don’t try to defy the 3ER. I already got GMTM acquitted on this board.

He also didn't win the Vanek for Seguin trade
- jcragcrumple

Vanek and Marcus Foligno for Seguin. Darcy was probably nervous of having a Peter McNab for Andre Savard deal again.

The Sabres were out of the playoffs when Pegula took over
- jcragcrumple

Other than buy the team he had nothing to do with the success of the team that year.

Roy goes out with a torn quad. Team faulters.

Sh!tty backup goalie goes 0-5 and doesn’t play after Jan21st.

Enroth get called up Feb 15th goes 8-0-1 (17 our 18 pts). Starting the final 6 games with an injured Miller notching 11 of 12 points to get them in.

Not a Pegula team, the next 7 of failure is though.

He did. His name is Tage Thompson. He’s going to be awesome.

If you get one draft pick a year to pan out, you’re doing good. Guhle, Goalofsson and Asplund come to mind immediately. More than met the quota. Don’t try to defy the 3ER. I already got GMTM acquitted on this board.
- Hatboro_Swords

That’s laughable
There’s like 3 ppl who don’t say that he sucked

And the other 2 are hardly in love with him like you are

Lots of people said boyes was the second coming when we made that trade lol
- gerbe75pts

No one did.

Thought it was a bad trade then and still think it was a bad trade.

That’s laughable
There’s like 3 ppl who don’t say that he sucked

And the other 2 are hardly in love with him like you are
- jdfitz77

Silent majority.

No one did.

Thought it was a bad trade then and still think it was a bad trade.
- dadeadhead

There were plenty of ppl who were psyched (or at least hopeful), based on him previously scoring 30 goals a couple times
Didn’t he even have a 40 goal season?

Silent majority.
- Hatboro_Swords

Your dreamworld is nuttier than Gerbe’s

There were plenty of ppl who were psyched (or at least hopeful), based on him previously scoring 30 goals a couple times
Didn’t he even have a 40 goal season?
- jdfitz77

Why don’t you tell us? I’m sure you looked it up before insisting on posing the question anyways.

The Sabres were out of the playoffs when Pegula took over
- jcragcrumple

and enroth went 9-2-2 down the stretch to get them in

Other than buy the team he had nothing to do with the success of the team that year.

Roy goes out with a torn quad. Team faulters.

Sh!tty backup goalie goes 0-5 and doesn’t play after Jan21st.

Enroth get called up Feb 15th goes 8-0-1 (17 our 18 pts). Starting the final 6 games with an injured Miller notching 11 of 12 points to get them in.

Not a Pegula team, the next 7 of failure is though.
- dadeadhead

You're trying to have it both ways.

He deserves no credit for that year

He deserves blame for the next years

You're trying to have it both ways.

He deserves no credit for that year

He deserves blame for the next years
- jcragcrumple

Not really.

He took over with what maybe 25 games left over? Maybe two weeks before the trade deadline. Any and all failures or successes are still on the other guy. I doubt he was making any player personal input at the time.

Starting in 11/12 any and all successes and (mostly) failures are on him and him alone.

Why don’t you tell us? I’m sure you looked it up before insisting on posing the question anyways.
- Hatboro_Swords

I didn’t have to look up how GMTM brought in Bogosian, Kulikov, Franson & Gorges

And traded McNabb, Myers & Pysyk


Yeah, thanks GMTM

and enroth went 9-2-2 down the stretch to get them in
- homiedclown

Yeah, Lalime sucked.

I'm not gonna wade into this debate too deeply. His major flaw was trusting people too much. He did it with Darcy and Brandon. He also gave everyone under him every tool possible to succeed. He's marketed Buffalo in a great way. Built the harborcenter, brought the combine and the draft here. No one in the hockey department wants for anything. The results have not been there. It sucks. The plan under Darcy was (frank)ed up by GMTM by frittering away assets. If Darcy had remained GM, and they brought GMTM in as AGM to run the draft and to push Darcy to occasionally take a risk, maybe we'd be better.

I don't blame Pegula. He has brought every resource possible to this team. What those under him did with those resources is the biggest problem imo.

I don't blame Pegula. He has brought every resource possible to this team. What those under him did with those resources is the biggest problem imo.
- jcragcrumple

he did hire murray and had the lafontaine debacle


big time set backs

and enroth went 9-2-2 down the stretch to get them in
- homiedclown

he did hire murray and had the lafontaine debacle


big time set backs
- homiedclown

Yeah, he did that. Murray was seen as an up-and-comer at the time though. The failures of those under him are theirs alone though, imo. Pegula has given them the resources they need to sink or swim.

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Yeah, he did that. Murray was seen as an up-and-comer at the time though. The failures of those under him are theirs alone though, imo. Pegula has given them the resources they need to sink or swim.
- jcragcrumple

The debacle was firing Murray not hiring him.

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- GilPerreault11

The Jets are playing with fire not giving him a long term deal

Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up asking for a trade again

The debacle was firing Murray not hiring him.
- Hatboro_Swords

Our absolutely sh!tty defense disagrees

But at least he brought in Lehner to save the day

Oh, wait....

Our absolutely sh!tty defense disagrees

But at least he brought in Lehner to save the day

Oh, wait....
- jdfitz77

Defense doesn’t matter in the NHL. My takes are 3 years in the future.

and enroth went 9-2-2 down the stretch to get them in
- homiedclown

Sabres were in 8th place 3 points ahead of Carolina 79-76 (with 10 games to go)

Sabres go 8-1-1 (Enroth was 5-0-1) to pick up 17 points out of 20 (96 pts) to jump ahead of the Rangers for 7th place (93 pts).

Carolina finished out 7-2-1 (15 of 20 pts) to finish 9th place 2 points out (91 pts).

Miller goes down with an Injury and is diagnosed with an upper body injury which sidelines him for the remaining 6 games of the regular season.

Without Enroth's play in net, the team finishes out of the Playoffs.

Yeah, Lalime sucked.

I'm not gonna wade into this debate too deeply. His major flaw was trusting people too much. He did it with Darcy and Brandon. He also gave everyone under him every tool possible to succeed. He's marketed Buffalo in a great way. Built the harborcenter, brought the combine and the draft here. No one in the hockey department wants for anything. The results have not been there. It sucks. The plan under Darcy was (frank)ed up by GMTM by frittering away assets. If Darcy had remained GM, and they brought GMTM in as AGM to run the draft and to push Darcy to occasionally take a risk, maybe we'd be better.

I don't blame Pegula. He has brought every resource possible to this team. What those under him did with those resources is the biggest problem imo.
- jcragcrumple

Leadership starts at the top.

If those below the leader aren't using the resources available correctly, the blame falls on the leader.

O’Reilly
Lehner
Kane
Nylander.


What a job by Murray