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Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 2 @ 10:47 PM ET
They built around their stars.

No different than Jim Benning screwing up the wet dream handed to him by his amateur scouting department.

- Pegullaville


I think we agree on this one peg'sville.

I feel like we have a decent supporting cast
Tage
Mitts
Olo
Cozens
2021 okposo
Dahlin's upside
Bryson
Joker sometimes

Plus the other 5 nhl locks for next season.
Samuelson, krebs, quinn, petrrka, power

Were an eichel type center away 🤔
Camel
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Sudbury, ON
Joined: 04.25.2009

Dec 2 @ 10:47 PM ET
They're a playoff team if they had both of those
- Stripes77


If I was a betting man and I am I’d say you are wrong.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 2 @ 10:47 PM ET
Sell at the deadline. Take advantage of the flat'ish cap in the offseason. Plenty of opportunity, if they're smart.
- Lunaion

Hope they sell to, but there's a few teams that will probably have to make cap moves around TDL time to bring players back from LTIR. I would like to take advantage of that to.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 2 @ 10:48 PM ET
Like I said I’ve never heard him go off like that.

Even Brian Koziol didn’t know what to do.

- ImThatGuy


Hamilton probably had dell and the under.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Dec 2 @ 10:48 PM ET
Didn't you just recently report that hamilton said skinner would never score 20 goals again?

I like paul Hamilton, I disagree with him often though☝️

- Boss34


He did say that and I saw where he was coming from.

He was different tonight. He was angry.
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Dec 2 @ 10:52 PM ET
Damn, was hoping Josh Bloom was going to get an invite to WJC camp.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 2 @ 10:58 PM ET
Hamilton probably had dell and the under.
- Boss34


post-game audio is up, i want to hear this rant for myself
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Dec 2 @ 10:59 PM ET
Damn, was hoping Josh Bloom was going to get an invite to WJC camp.
- sabresfan69


Yeah a little surprising was Irritated that Savoie Didn't get the invite he deserved
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 2 @ 11:00 PM ET
So if the Bills lose in the wild card round you don’t care ?

With a better team comes higher expectations.

I’d rather get an elite forward prospect than lie to myself for another 4 months thinking the Sabres are anything special and getting their teeth kicked in by the Panthers in the first round of the playoffs

- Pegullaville


No, I'd be pissed, but it doesn't counterfeit the entertaining regular season.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 2 @ 11:02 PM ET
post-game audio is up, i want to hear this rant for myself
- Lunaion


🙂

What % are you blaming donnie?

I'm kinda absolving him completely. He has coaching DNA. He's doing a remarkable job of taping the center position together.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 2 @ 11:08 PM ET
🙂

What % are you blaming donnie?

I'm kinda absolving him completely. He has coaching DNA. He's doing a remarkable job of taping the center position together.

- Boss34


I have no strong feelings on Don either way yet.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 2 @ 11:18 PM ET
His decisions, his not using timeouts.
His team constantly giving away games in a 3 minute span

Said whatever he is doing "Is not working" Need to back and listen to that part closely tomorrow to know exactly what it was. Mentioned Thompson and Mitts.

- ImThatGuy


The Sabres made it 4-1, the Panthers made it 4-3 in four and a half minutes after Mitts scored.

Then there was the end of the period. Where exactly did he want him to take a timeout? 1 minute and 7 seconds into the 3rd when the Panthers tied it?

Hamilton is wrong here
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 2 @ 11:21 PM ET
The Sabres made it 4-1, the Panthers made it 4-3 in four and a half minutes after Mitts scored.

Then there was the end of the period. Where exactly did he want him to take a timeout? 1 minute and 7 seconds into the 3rd when the Panthers tied it?

Hamilton is wrong here

- Stripes77


Koziol brought up timeouts. That wasn't part of Paul's rant.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
post-game audio is up, i want to hear this rant for myself
- Lunaion

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

Dec 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
Koziol brought up timeouts. That wasn't part of Paul's rant.
- Lunaion


I need to listen to this
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 2 @ 11:24 PM ET
The Sabres made it 4-1, the Panthers made it 4-3 in four and a half minutes after Mitts scored.

Then there was the end of the period. Where exactly did he want him to take a timeout? 1 minute and 7 seconds into the 3rd when the Panthers tied it?

Hamilton is wrong here

- Stripes77


Hamilton is almost always wrong
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Dec 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
Koziol brought up timeouts. That wasn't part of Paul's rant.
- Lunaion

I didn’t mind Koziol’s point. If you sense you’re about to have one of the recurring multi goal meltdowns, call timeout to regroup.

Edit: Now that I think about it, Granato did try to stall after Girgs flubbed it and Panthers went down and scored. Don’t remember what the score was at that point
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 2 @ 11:28 PM ET
I need to listen to this
- Stripes77


struck me as Ralph-like criticism: soft on his team, tied to his system, no answer when things start going bad
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 2 @ 11:30 PM ET
Where at?
- jochfr


https://www.audacy.com/wg...casts/sabres-hockey-20263

about the 27 minute mark
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Dec 3 @ 2:35 AM ET
cowboys played Tysom Hill this week
- homiedclown

fixed
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Dec 3 @ 2:36 AM ET
Skinner scoring on a break away and Girgensons hitting an empty net is the difference between a Sabres win and a 3 assist night for Dahlin, and us moaning right now.
- Pegullaville

I'd like to think that after scoring 4 goals, Dell letting in 5 goals was the difference tonight but what do I know, they should have run and stopped the run.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Dec 3 @ 3:37 AM ET
Okay NHL you can stop now.

IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Dec 3 @ 6:32 AM ET
He will be gone within 18 months.

I’d bet money on it.

It’s what the Sabres do

- sbroads24



I said that too about 3 weeks ago...but to be President of the Sabres, not "gone gone", just gone from GM.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 3 @ 6:33 AM ET
tank game results last night

sens won
hawks won
islanders got a loser point
habs lost
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 3 @ 6:38 AM ET
Fun stuff last night. Give Florida credit that team can skate.
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