I’m convinced this team and coach are protesting the terrible offseason

This team will continue to disappoint and confound. Sabres on track for a 75 pt season based on the 30 games played thus far. We have won 2 games in a row only once. I don’t see how anyone can think the playoffs are remotely possible. This team has regressed from day one of this season. This team is soft, plays timid, no pushback, passion, pride or urgency. The easiest team to play against in the NHL, by far. Opposing teams mark their calendars when Buffalo is on it because it’s a good game to pad stats and impose their will on a team who’s will was broken years ago. What a laughingstock organization. Insert Jim Mora clip talking about playoffs here😂
- Cory1

👏👏👏👏👏👏

So if we get to 82 points this year, it will be an improvement........

Do something, Kyevyyn

Skinner got lit up, hope he's alright
- Buff36

He died

They need a player who can finish and drop the Hammer at Forward and someone that can drop it at Defense. Sorry Clifton doesn't scare anyone. They play scared at points of the game, after the Skinner hit the Heat should have been turned up, instead they tucked there tails.

He died
- jochfr

Team did

The world is catching onto Adams:

"Johnson will be 36 in March. He needs 51 more games to reach the magical 1,000 mark, and Buffalo has 52 remaining."

https://theathletic.com/5...ailyemail&campaign=601983

They need a player who can finish and drop the Hammer at Forward and someone that can drop it at Defense. Sorry Clifton doesn't scare anyone. They play scared at points of the game, after the Skinner hit the Heat should have been turned up, instead they tucked there tails.
- Buff36

Skinner shoulda kept skating forward into the contact instead of stopping right on the Mactracks he got blasted.

They need a player who can finish and drop the Hammer at Forward and someone that can drop it at Defense. Sorry Clifton doesn't scare anyone. They play scared at points of the game, after the Skinner hit the Heat should have been turned up, instead they tucked there tails.
- Buff36

Soft team mentally and physically led by their soft captain and soft coach

I for the life of me don't understand why Ryan Johnson is not playing every night... because even time I watch him play he plays really well.... what the hell is this coaching stuff doing? can't be because he is a rookie...cause benson is playing every. night... WTH gives???

Embarrassed on a nationally televised game and called out by one of the most respected players in NHL history on the fact that it’s not working, talent is miss-managed, under performers are not benched like they should be, fans should be pissed, and meatball still keeps his job.
Only in Buffalo

I for the life of me don't understand why Ryan Johnson is not playing every night... because even time I watch him play he plays really well.... what the hell is this coaching stuff doing? can't be because he is a rookie...cause benson is playing every. night... WTH gives???
- gordong

Because he refuses to bench EJ and accept that Clifton was a terrible signing. Benching then and playing the kid who’s 100x better exposes Adams for the fraud he is

Soft team mentally and physically led by their soft captain and soft coach
- ieetbred

Buffalo Soft-serves
Buffalo twisty cones
Buffalo Floats

All should be considered

Skinner shoulda kept skating forward into the contact instead of stopping right on the Mactracks he got blasted.
- Ratsreign

He completely panicked. He could have easily avoided the hit by dishing sooner or skating

The league is starting to notice how awful Granato really is.

The league is starting to notice how awful Granato really is.
- sabresfan69

Good. Clearly fan pressure means nothing.

Every team the Sabres are chasing for a wild card spot have games in hand, except for Pitt, who has +4 points in the same amount of games.

They are 13th in the conference, 24th in the league, this is called the TCZ, the Terry Comfort Zone. When do we start talking about the draft?

What are the chances we get another Adams press conference to discuss the situation before new years?

For people who want Granato fired, do you actually have faith in Adams to find the solution?

No, nothing as of yet. They really thought they had Kane this time.
- SABRES 89

This is alarming news… to “really think” you have a guy who has basically said he will only play for O6 teams…

Among a hundred other things but it’s par for the course for this team.

Good. Clearly fan pressure means nothing.
- lulags

There's 31 teams and there is the Sabres, remember that. They don't care.

I’m convinced this team and coach are protesting the terrible offseason
- Shadman306

No, they are really this mentally weak and Granato really is this bad.

Only in Buffalo do coaches see a roster and go “yep I can make sure none of them play to their strengths because I believe in system hockey and by the way, can we only draft guys between 5’8-6’2” and less than 200lbs thanks” and then refuse to play guys to their strength and preach “team defense” on a roster full of speedy skill players.

/insert Charlie Brown gif

The league is starting to notice how awful Granato really is.
- sabresfan69

They went 5-10 in March last season when it mattered, he's been noticed.

2023 had 1 month of hockey games that mattered and they went 5-10....then ran it back next season.... ...we are witnessing pure incompetence over a time span never seen in the history of sports.

The expectations wore off by Thanksgiving, the anger will subside by Christmas, by mid January they will become irrelevant again. the TCZ is inescapable.

I for the life of me don't understand why Ryan Johnson is not playing every night... because even time I watch him play he plays really well.... what the hell is this coaching stuff doing? can't be because he is a rookie...cause benson is playing every. night... WTH gives???
- gordong

Maybe the team think Meatballs is a (frank)ing idiot so they don’t play hard when their young guys defenseman gets cut for obviously shiddy players?

No, they are really this mentally weak and Granato really is this bad.

Only in Buffalo do coaches see a roster and go “yep I can make sure none of them play to their strengths because I believe in system hockey and by the way, can we only draft guys between 5’8-6’2” and less than 200lbs thanks” and then refuse to play guys to their strength and preach “team defense” on a roster full of speedy skill players.

/insert Charlie Brown gif
- Jet Jaguar BD

This is all true.

Every team the Sabres are chasing for a wild card spot have games in hand, except for Pitt, who has +4 points in the same amount of games.

They are 13th in the conference, 24th in the league, this is called the TCZ, the Terry Comfort Zone. When do we start talking about the draft?

What are the chances we get another Adams press conference to discuss the situation before new years?

For people who want Granato fired, do you actually have faith in Adams to find the solution?
- washedup20

I want them both fired and MFE to be promoted to God because he is already MFE.

There's 31 teams and there is the Sabres, remember that. They don't care.
- SABRES 89

You mean the NHL has 31 teams and a farm team in Buffalo that develops players within the league so by the time they’re hitting their prime, they can be traded to a contender.