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Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Mar 19 @ 7:26 PM ET


lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Mar 19 @ 7:35 PM ET
Best blog you've written, Hank. Agreed on all counts. I buy my tickets game by game next year. It won't be hard to buy a seat for any game, as Bruin, Leaf, and Ranger fans well know.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 19 @ 7:40 PM ET
OH MY
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 19 @ 7:41 PM ET
Fantastic job Hank!! About time someone had the Coconuts to say it.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 19 @ 7:43 PM ET
The rangers had 6 goals on 7 shots…..

That’s something.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 19 @ 7:43 PM ET

Or, at least, it would be unacceptable for most any other franchise that actually cares whether their team makes the playoffs. Is there any indication that management or ownership actually cares if this team makes the playoffs ever again? Even the most casual observer knew before the season that the goaltending and defense on this team was woefully thin, and management was seemingly content to allow their young, talented forwards to run headlong into a woodchipper every night.”

Amen.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 19 @ 7:47 PM ET

Or, at least, it would be unacceptable for most any other franchise that actually cares whether their team makes the playoffs. Is there any indication that management or ownership actually cares if this team makes the playoffs ever again? Even the most casual observer knew before the season that the goaltending and defense on this team was woefully thin, and management was seemingly content to allow their young, talented forwards to run headlong into a woodchipper every night.”

Amen.

- sbroads24

Waits for the KA supporters to come defending “would would you have wanted him to do”

“This team sucked two years ago, how fast do you want to go”

“Tim Murray”
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 19 @ 7:48 PM ET
Well Theilen signed with the Panthers
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 19 @ 7:49 PM ET
Kasperi Kapanen and Jakub Vrana giving the Blues a nice head start on their re-tool/rebuild.

Top 9 forwards who are scoring and cost them a combined 7th rounder and an AHL player.

Who wants to bet the Blues win a playoff series again before the pathetic Sabres?
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

Mar 19 @ 7:55 PM ET
This team is a microcosm of its leadership. Completely disappears when it matters. They've made a career of it.
Turnitaround
Joined: 07.03.2011

Mar 19 @ 7:57 PM ET
This time last year I posted that the Sens and Wings were ahead of the Sabres in their rebuild and would finish higher in the standings in 2023. I was met with much vitriol. So far I have not been proven right…but there are still 13 (14 for Detroit) games to go so let’s see
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Mar 19 @ 7:57 PM ET
TittySprinkles
joshs
Buffalo Sabres
Location: cheektowaga, NY
Joined: 07.07.2012

Mar 19 @ 8:00 PM ET
This time last year I posted that the Sens and Wings were ahead of the Sabres in their rebuild and would finish higher in the standings in 2023. I was met with much vitriol. So far I have not been proven right…but there are still 13 (14 for Detroit) games to go so let’s see
- Turnitaround


Kinda a moot point. They will all not make the playoffs
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Mar 19 @ 8:15 PM ET
Blog is spot on.

Comrie was a cheap stab at a #1 goalie wildcard and failed miserably. UPL sucked in EHL, sucked in the AHL so why would he be good in the NHL?

KA could have given the roster a mental boost by trading for a meaningful player. Greenway and Stillman are below replacement level players and are honestly just a waste of a 2nd, 5th and 6th round pick. Status quo was not acceptable....KA chose status quo.

The organization seems stacked with forward prospects, but trading for a solid dman and/or a goalie would have literally blocked nobody in the next few years. The organization is devoid of defenseman and goalies. Levi I pray is the real deal, but he's 2 years + away - think of how long it took Miller to make it to the Sabres.

At least the Sabres aren't raising ticket prices next year at the dump called Keybank Arena or whatever they call it.....oh wait.....
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Mar 19 @ 8:17 PM ET
Replace Olofsson with a bonafide middle 6 forward.

Obtain a top 4 d-man

Trade for a #1 goalie.

It’s playoff or bust next year.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Mar 19 @ 8:22 PM ET
Replace Olofsson with a bonafide middle 6 forward.

Obtain a top 4 d-man

Trade for a #1 goalie.

It’s playoff or bust next year.

- Swedish_Jesus


Here's what we'll get from your wish list:

1.) Kulich

2.) Johnson

3.) UPL

4.) Probably not
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Mar 19 @ 8:24 PM ET
This time last year I posted that the Sens and Wings were ahead of the Sabres in their rebuild and would finish higher in the standings in 2023. I was met with much vitriol. So far I have not been proven right…but there are still 13 (14 for Detroit) games to go so let’s see
- Turnitaround


Detroit and Ottawa pushed their chips into the middle of the table this offseason while the Sabres folded waiting for a better hand.

With the progression of the young talent on this team, the Sabres are going into this offseason with a much better hand. We’re about to find out how good of a poker player Adams is.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 19 @ 8:25 PM ET
Fun watching Timo stand in front of the net and battle for pucks in the corner that lead to goals.
pwasil7
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.16.2006

Mar 19 @ 8:27 PM ET
I really want to be optimistic but these last couple of weeks have sucked the positive vibes I had about the Sabs out of me.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 19 @ 8:27 PM ET
Detroit and Ottawa pushed their chips into the middle of the table this offseason while the Sabres folded waiting for a better hand.

With the progression of the young talent on this team, the Sabres are going into this offseason with a much better hand. We’re about to find out how good of a poker player Adams is.

- Swedish_Jesus

Just because it didn't work for those teams right now doesn't mean they haven't helped there future. Detroit dealt with a lot of injuries this year.
joshs
Buffalo Sabres
Location: cheektowaga, NY
Joined: 07.07.2012

Mar 19 @ 8:27 PM ET
Replace Olofsson with a bonafide middle 6 forward.

Obtain a top 4 d-man

Trade for a #1 goalie.

It’s playoff or bust next year.

- Swedish_Jesus


That sounds good to me
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Mar 19 @ 8:28 PM ET
Replace Olofsson with a bonafide middle 6 forward.

Obtain a top 4 d-man

Trade for a #1 goalie.

It’s playoff or bust next year.

- Swedish_Jesus


If the Sabres did the same thing this offseason that they did last offseason, which is nibble around the edges trying to buy from the clearance section, wouldn't next season still be playoffs or bust?
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Mar 19 @ 8:32 PM ET
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Mar 19 @ 8:34 PM ET
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Mar 19 @ 8:34 PM ET
Here's what we'll get from your wish list:

1.) Kulich

2.) Johnson

3.) UPL

4.) Probably not

- Hank Balling


I wouldn’t be surprised if one of Kulich/Savoie made the team next year. Most likely Savoie due to draft pedigree and inability to play in the AHL.

I could see a Johnson-Lybushkin third pair faring well as soon as next year, but I’m hoping they hedge that.

UPL should be used as a trade chip to acquire a 1A while Levi gets acclimated.

Playoffs were attainable this year with the youngest roster in the league, don’t see why they can’t be next year if management pushes some of their chips to the table.

The future is now.
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