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

Feb 19 @ 8:35 AM ET
I contend that you can win with Ullmark. His Sv% is 24th in the league. He's right around, and above guys in playoff positions:

Grubauer, Samsonov, Koskinen, Binnington, Rittich, Hart and Fleury.

- TheSabresTaco

bury hutton and play ullmark with either 6 k or johansson next season

F this season
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:35 AM ET
I contend that you can win with Ullmark. His Sv% is 24th in the league. He's right around, and above guys in playoff positions:

Grubauer, Samsonov, Koskinen, Binnington, Rittich, Hart and Fleury.

- TheSabresTaco


I agree! But you can’t run him into the ground like they were doing. They need a competent backup. I don’t know what happened to Hutton but good lord has he been AWFUL!

Keep Ullmark. Upgrade Hutton...
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 19 @ 8:36 AM ET
that's a hell of a motivator we have behind our bench
- homiedclown



They were motivated the prior 3 games.

Let's not let the players off the hook here.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:36 AM ET
I agree! But you can’t run him into the ground like they were doing. They need a competent backup. I don’t know what happened to Hutton but good lord has he been AWFUL!

Keep Ullmark. Upgrade Hutton...

- Gr8daygo

I miss the lock out
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:38 AM ET
bury hutton and play ullmark with either 6 k or johansson next season

F this season

- homiedclown


I guess I rather see Johansson over Hutton. Can’t fill every spot with free agents and trades...

How many points would you say Hutton cost the team? Lol. Man he fell off a cliff!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:38 AM ET
They were motivated the prior 3 games.

Let's not let the players off the hook here.

- Powerslave

never would I ever give the players a pass


I just don't see this combo, ralph/jason being anything special and as a small market team

you need an above average gm and a special guy behind the bench to close the gap on the better run franchises

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

Feb 19 @ 8:39 AM ET
I guess I rather see Johansson over Hutton. Can’t fill every spot with free agents and trades...

How many points would you say Hutton cost the team? Lol. Man he fell off a cliff!

- Gr8daygo

maybe 8 points


a team as inconsistent as the sabres, there is no guarantee they would have won any of those games hutton laid an egg, even if we had dom in his prime between the pipes

hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Feb 19 @ 8:41 AM ET
that's a hell of a motivator we have behind our bench
- homiedclown


Uh what oh sorry coach i was sleepin
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:41 AM ET
that's a hell of a motivator we have behind our bench
- homiedclown


He's a (frank)ing joke. Another great hire by the GM.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:41 AM ET
I miss the lock out
- homiedclown


I miss the season after the lockout. Darcy had that team primed. It also helped that the nhl actually called the obstruction and interference after that lockout. That team could flat out fly and had no quit in them...
hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Feb 19 @ 8:42 AM ET
bury hutton and play ullmark with either 6 k or johansson next season

F this season

- homiedclown


Hammond someone F Hutton blows we all know that
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:42 AM ET
Check out Ben Mathewson's twitter. There are some great vids of Botts up in the PB last night.

@Ben_Mathewson
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:43 AM ET
What is the issue between Ralph and Skinner? Unbelievable.
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:45 AM ET
4 goals in 3 and a half minutes last night?

Swiss cheese Hutton.

I would waive him right now to terminate his contract.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:46 AM ET
never would I ever give the players a pass


I just don't see this combo, ralph/jason being anything special and as a small market team

you need an above average gm and a special guy behind the bench to close the gap on the better run franchises

- homiedclown


I hate the structure of this front office. Especially with all the other endeavors the pegula’s are in. Add into that an inexperienced coach/ gm combo, as you mentioned and these are the results.

The worse part, it ain’t gonna change this offseason. So it’s at least one more year of this and then rinse repeat. Another inexperienced gm hire. Another coach. And so it goes....
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 19 @ 8:46 AM ET
How about:
1 - Resign, just plain resign. With dignity or not, just freakin resign.

- IonSabres



It's a brand new day. Plenty of opportunity for JB to embarrass himself in new and exciting ways
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:50 AM ET
What is the issue between Ralph and Skinner? Unbelievable.
- mhp


I’d really like to know wtf is going on there. It’s inexcusable on Ralph’s part. He’s supposed to put his players in a position to succeed. I have no idea what his issue with skinner is! Have you even heard anyone from the media inquire about it?
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Feb 19 @ 8:55 AM ET
I’d really like to know wtf is going on there. It’s inexcusable on Ralph’s part. He’s supposed to put his players in a position to succeed. I have no idea what his issue with skinner is! Have you even heard anyone from the media inquire about it?
- Gr8daygo


I haven't heard the question asked yet but you have to think it's coming. Skinner is a top 5 on 5 scorer and he's used like he's Linus Omark. Awful.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Feb 19 @ 8:59 AM ET
I haven't heard the question asked yet but you have to think it's coming. Skinner is a top 5 on 5 scorer and he's used like he's Linus Omark. Awful.
- mhp


I can’t believe it hasn’t been asked. I can’t believe mojo stayed on the top pp when skinner came back and no one pressed the coach. I think mojo whiffed on 3-4 one timers in one pp with skinner back and mojo still stayed on pp1. It’s comical at this point
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Feb 19 @ 9:00 AM ET
Can they just waive Hutton and then roll with Johansson/Hammond until Ullmark comes back, if he does? It can't get much worse, even considering he had won his last 4 before this.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Feb 19 @ 9:05 AM ET
he's still banging Monica Seles
- homiedclown



More like watching the gardener bang Monica Seles through a privacy mirror.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 19 @ 9:06 AM ET
More like watching the gardener bang Monica Seles through a privacy mirror.
- dadeadhead



Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Gardening is an honest living.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 19 @ 9:09 AM ET
I agree! But you can’t run him into the ground like they were doing. They need a competent backup. I don’t know what happened to Hutton but good lord has he been AWFUL!

Keep Ullmark. Upgrade Hutton...

- Gr8daygo


There you go.
Spot on.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Feb 19 @ 9:10 AM ET
Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Gardening is an honest living.

- Powerslave



He lives in Florida, the gardener is without papers. The dishwasher down the street makes more hourly but hey, $20 bucks is $20 bucks......
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 19 @ 9:12 AM ET
He lives in Florida, the gardener is without papers. The dishwasher down the street makes more hourly but hey, $20 bucks is $20 bucks......
- dadeadhead

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