The fact is that the Sabres are farther behind most of the Atlantic division than they were 48 hours ago. Seems like Adams is banking on Tage, Tuch, and Cozens having career years again and is therefore content to futz with the fourth line rather than trying to find a difference-maker. Maybe he's right, maybe goals will come in abundance like they did two years ago, and maybe Lindy will be able to get this team to play a 60-minute game more often than not. Or, more likely, Adams will be fired at the end of the year and Terry will hire the assistant Zamboni driver as the new GM.

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@TippiGordon Nope. Sabres overnight redid their bottom 6. Added about 500 hits. Next season teams will be looking over their shoulders when they decide to mess with Tage, Cozens, Peterka, Quinn, Tuch & Benson. Buffalo added some serious meaness to their roster.

@steveb1962

5 күн бұрын

Basically Lindy is showing Adams how to build a hockey club the proper way - from the bottom up. Adams had no clue before and was trying to build it from the top down with no grit strength/foundation. Lindy is really saving Adams job.

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@steveb1962 Darcy & Ruff were a good combo for awhile. GMKA is loyal with certain players to a fault (Okposo, Grigs, VO & possibly Skinner).

@steveb1962

5 күн бұрын

@@jasoncrandall73 Maybe I should cut Adams some slack it being his first GM job but happy with Lindy and his experience here now Adams is learning how to build a hockey club the proper way - from the bottom up.

They should sign Tarasenko!!!

@HoweyJR_

5 күн бұрын

Definitely should

@mrbond3655

4 күн бұрын

@@HoweyJR_too late Red Wings got him 💀

@HoweyJR_

4 күн бұрын

@@mrbond3655 we gonna be trash again

I have no issues at all with the 4th line additions but if we seriously expect Krebs to succeed as the 3C, and make zero effort to replace Skinner’s top 6 production, this is going to be a long, depressing season

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@@brendanf8845 Zucker is a more willing 2 way forward that has scored 20 goals 5xs in his career so far. Tage & Cozens will have better seasons & Benson should tally more goals going forward.

Yeah everyone needs to stop thinking ruff is gonna be the magical savior of the franchise, it’s not fair to him.

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@Cheezymcdeezy In Dallas & NJ Ruff gets the most out of a young roster.

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@@Cheezymcdeezy Look at how the Devils played under Ruff 2 seasons ago. That is what you should be expecting of the Sabres going forward.

@Cheezymcdeezy

5 күн бұрын

@@jasoncrandall73 all I’m saying what if it doesn’t work out like that. It shouldnt be ruff’s fault

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@Cheezymcdeezy Chance you take as a NHL HC. Ruff is a better HC than Granato. In NJ Fitzgerald failed to address the goaltending but blamed Ruff by firing him because of the bad goaltending. GMKA, in early end of season interview, admitted he saw issues with the team during training camp (ongoing lack of physical play?) last year.

As someone who isn’t a Buffalo fan, I’m stunned by how mad Buffalo fans are at the Sabers.

Yes heavier and tougher additions with players who don't mind getting there noses dirty and battle for the puck. Now let's hope that style rubs off on the top end but am sure Lindy will protect the fragile younger players with responses from the bottom if need be. Was tired of watching our younger players taking cheap shots under Granato and he had no response and stood there frozen clueless.

We Need To Take That Step This Year...but I'm not going to make the moves to do it

Profoundly underwhelming. Is this just what this franchise *IS*, Futile potential frittered away under the status quo. "We want to be" has been the tag line for 13 years, and we're still standing here wondering what the hell is going on.

it is basically just patching holes....it will be a looooong season.

@jasoncrandall73

5 күн бұрын

@@nietzschescodes Naw. Watch the Sabres play like the Devils 2 seasons ago. That is what the Sabres will play like under Ruff.

Much better off-season so far compared to last. To all the fans screaming gRiT aNd ToUgHnEsS the past several years, we have a legit checking line and a coach who will absolutely not stand for guys not sticking up for each other and working hard every shift. Anyone who thought we were going to be able to sign a star top 6 forward yesterday is delusional. You just like complaining. Get real. We do have talent, they need to stay healthy. And a stable in Rochester clawing their way here. We don't have to replace 30 goals from Jeff if we are more defensively sound overall. I love Jeff but dude is a defensive albatross. Am I upset over the last 13 years? Of course I am. And fans of course have legit reason to voice it. But a wise man once said "is only game, why you heff be mad?" LETS GO BUFFALO

@nfa80

6 күн бұрын

Yep. Forwards who can play defensively and regularly forecheck but don't score 30+ goals per season may not be eye candy, but are often necessary for creating those scoring opportunities in the first place. I remember all that stuff that Mike Robitaille preached back in the day, and all of that is still correct. We have guys who can score goals already. They just need more support and a coach that will emphasize improving their ability to play both ends of the ice. Jeff Skinner could score goals, but was a defensive liability, and it's much harder to get a 30+ player in age to start playing a new way when he hasn't done that much before in his career. Thankfully he is a better fit for another team that already has those other things better established.

@MrChewy63

6 күн бұрын

0-14 enough said

@Free2b56

5 күн бұрын

Ya know I'm really sick of people saying "it's only a game". First off who are you to tell us how to feel about hockey? Second NO ONE TELLS players it's only a game when they sign ridiculous contracts. NO ONE SAYS it's only a game when owners want to use tax payer money to build arenas. BUT when a fan who spends tons of money on this stuff...on tickets, merchandise, cable to watch and more....we get told "it's just a game" when we get ticked off at the CONSTANT losing. And Adams has not done one logical thing to improve this team. We couldn't SCORE last year. We sucked at scoring. And we sign no one that can score. We are still screwed by the absolutely worst organization in the NHL.

@chrismdb5686

5 күн бұрын

​@@Free2b56The scoring issues were coaching issues. We went from one of the best offenses and power plays to one of the worst because coaching drew up schemes and kept them in place for 2 years with no adjustments. You'd think they thought every other team was staffed with blind idiots or something. Whole new coaching staff will change things (obviously), and should bring out the offense our players are known for again.

@Free2b56

5 күн бұрын

@@chrismdb5686 I admire your optimism but I don't share it. Cozens was a fluke. Thompson can't stay healthy. Other than those two who can we rely on? Quinn? Peterka? They are third liners at best. And if you think ruff can help this team score you are clearly not aware of his 40 years as HC here the last time.

Well they have gotten tougher, if the kids can step up right off the bat then you never know, very unimpressive free agency

@mdloops

5 күн бұрын

I agree, but unfortunately we’ve expected the young talent to step up for the past 3 years. You can’t create talent where it doesn’t exist.

@dirtbagliberalsnake5729

5 күн бұрын

@@mdloops yea I know, if it doesn't happen this year then it's time to start thinking about moving some pieces

"I like his package". Ooh kevyn!!!!

It doesn't matter what you do with the bottom 6 if your top 6 and defense is the issue.

adams and pegula need to hit the road

Sab’s have a lot of quaility defensemen, send Power to Toronto for Mattews and improve demand here from S. Ontario who will route for the Sabres, like the old days.

You mean another step backwards

Dahlin ❤

make a trade

Only NHL team in town. I like world class hockey even if we only win half the time. Never know when they pull it together

This year ?

You better believe they need to take a step this year. His GM career is over if they don't...

Even if their top 9 have career years (which is improbable) they probably still miss the playoffs. The hope of the postseason heavily rests on defense, goaltending and a lot of grind em out low scoring games.

@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot

6 күн бұрын

And OP is 8.3 million of dead weight

@JD-gh5op

6 күн бұрын

@@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot Tyler Meyers 2.0 Big wuss. Wonder when his contract will be bought out.

@Sam-pu6kj

6 күн бұрын

@@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot And OP is 8.3 million of dead weight ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@JD-gh5op

6 күн бұрын

@@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot Tyler Meyers 2.0… but even softer

@Sam-pu6kj

6 күн бұрын

​@@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot Hang on there pal ! Don't you know owen no power is still learning ?

Here is a trade Adams should do or try to Sabres get Crosby and Malkin 50% retain Pittsburgh gets two first rounders two second rounders 4 A prospect 3 B prospect in return

@ZeusWango

4 күн бұрын

Make them say no to that sooner or later they will have to rebuild their team it’s not far off now Adam’s shoot for the stars we want the playoffs We want the cup! Time is now to be bold!!!!

Ditch Krebs, get a real 3C.

The team is worse than last season. Mittelstadt and Skinner haven’t been replaced and KA believes our young players will score more than them? That is a gamble that could go wrong really fast. One long-term injury to JJ or TT and the seasons over. KA added zero scoring and lost a ton of it.

Going to miss Skinner, if he could stay healthy he was a points guy imo but then again how many games lost to injury last year for the Sabres, anyone have that stat at hand? I'm tired of not seeing these guys in the playoffs. Coaching change, no playoffs next year and maybe a GM change is due also. I've seen the Celtics, Red Sox, Eagles win it all, I want to see Buffalo win it before I frigging die LOL. Yes, hate the Bruins, I'm from Vermont so we have no home teams so I get free reign.

This gm is hallucinating. He needs to go deep into the playoffs to save his job. Get your act together.

@jackb8598

5 күн бұрын

Completely agree.

This guy is absolutely clueless…

@bjarczyk

6 күн бұрын

It’s our fans that are clueless and don’t see the bigger picture. Everyone will come around.

@MrChewy63

6 күн бұрын

@@bjarczyk 0-14

I can’t believe Adams has a job. Brandon Beane adds more talent to the Bills roster in 1 year than Adams has added to the Sabres in his entire tenure. He liked where the group was last year too, and they were TERRIBLE

@bjarczyk

5 күн бұрын

That’s because football rebuilds are fundamentally different than hockey. Adams actually works very closely with Beane.

@Cheezymcdeezy

5 күн бұрын

@@bjarczykthere is a ton of luck involved too. Imagine the bills w/o JA.

Our fans need to embrace everything Adams is saying here. This is a long term project that everyone will see will be worth it within the next few years. The only way the Sabres will probably ever win a cup is growing a young team exactly how Adams is now. We are only one day into free agency and these signings significantly improved our team. Our fans need to also stop looking at stats and offense one dimensionally. Keeping pucks out of our net alone will make up for the loss of Skinner. We also won’t win a cup scoring so many goals on the rush. Florida realized this and even Lindy himself said we have to change how we play offense. Our fans have a very unhealthy negativity bias and don’t see the positive groundwork that has been laid.

@willprapestis2764

5 күн бұрын

Kevyn, is that you???

@chadcousins2563

5 күн бұрын

What happened to Adams recent comments how it's "Win now mode"???

@davidquesnel4685

5 күн бұрын

Been watching the ground work for 13 years, how long you need?

@jamisonmcintyre2460

5 күн бұрын

Our roster is largely made up of players who haven't even reached their primes yet. Give the talent pool a chance to grow.

@chrismdb5686

5 күн бұрын

​@@davidquesnel4685If you were you'd know that the ground was torn up three times by three different GMs in that span...

I really don’t like our moves this offseason. Only one trade to make the roster better but we’re actually worse since we haven’t replaced Skinner or Mittlestadt. Fourth-line additions won’t score enough for us to get better. Adams is gambling on our young forwards to take huge steps forward. Last season many of our best players took a step back…

@anordman9659

6 күн бұрын

What offseason moves have you liked in the past? The constant neglecting of a solid goalie over 4 years? Underperforming players with huge contracts? I absolutely agree with Skinner and Mittelstadt and I am worried. My only hope is that Coach Ruff will straighten them out.

This guy is clueless not worried about offense. Well you damn well should be worried about offense. We don't have any.

All the negative talk is ridiculous ! If any of u know anything about hockey u need player's that are physical & we addressd that although big name trade would be nice! Welcome home Lindy!!!

@jamisonmcintyre2460

5 күн бұрын

These are the same people who were trying to get rid of UPL and Joki last summer. 😅

Adams has botched yet another off season. He is totally USELESS and I guarantee with what he has done the sabres won't make the playoffs this year either. He needs to go. Like far far away.

@bjarczyk

5 күн бұрын

No, our fans just need to see the bigger picture and get with the program. These signings helped our team by a lot.

"We need to take that step this year". Yeah, sure. You buy out Skinner with no replacement or plan. Cozens is a defensive liability bigger than Skinner. Why fix the bottom 6 when the top 6 was the problem last year. The only light in the dark was Middelstadt...who was traded. Fun fact: The hated Rasmus Asplund just won a Stanley Cup with Florida. There is poetic justice after all.

@Sam-pu6kj

6 күн бұрын

Watch skinner win a cup with Edmonton

@anordman9659

5 күн бұрын

@@Sam-pu6kj I watched O'Reilly win with St Louis, Eichel with Vegas, Bogosian with Tampa, and Reinhart with Florida. Maybe, just maybe the Sabres management is the problem. Not the players...almost forgot: Montour with Florida...

@anordman9659

5 күн бұрын

@@Sam-pu6kj almost forgot: Kyle Okposo with Florida. It is time to discuss Terry Pegula and Kevyn Adams.

everyone in buffalo should boycott the sabres until shown otherwise

@jeffreygrundtisch2014

6 күн бұрын

I intend to boycott them for the next 3 months.

@CoupleDrinks

6 күн бұрын

You will lose the team completely

@Donny_Double_Dip

6 күн бұрын

They survive because we have dumb fans that are too loyal to bad products.

@liamneaverth7185

6 күн бұрын

@@CoupleDrinks is that any different than right now?

@jasoncrandall73

6 күн бұрын

😮 Oh sure let's pay 33/34+ year olds 4 to 6 year deals for $6mil to $8mil per. Those deals will be bought out within 2 years. Youngest team in hockey. They added almost 500 hits to this roster (on 3 players) for the bottom 6. Buffalo has 3 defensemen who can score at least 40 goals (or more) combined next season. They added a winger who has scored 20+ goals 5xs & 2 other times got 14+ goals. Tage, Cozens, Peterka, Quinn & Tuch next season (if healthy) can score at least 150 goals combined. Ruff is a much better NHL HC than Granato. This team next season should be right in the thick of the playoff chase all season. That still leaves Benson, Greenway, Krebs, Rosen & Kulich (Savoie?) unaccounted for.

Great. We can hit. Our offense is worse than last year. Defense is the same. Goaltending the same. So we aren’t going to score more goals… and we’ll give up just as many… This is a recipe for success in which alternate universe?

@Donny_Double_Dip

5 күн бұрын

We actually will probably let up fewer goals with ruff and a good fourth line but buying out Skinner with no one to replace him is going to hurt our scoring. We will probably just be a more boring lottery team compared to last year. Yippie!

@mdloops

5 күн бұрын

100%

@bjarczyk

5 күн бұрын

Our defense just improved significantly, not just by a little bit. The way the new players forecheck will also likely lead to good offense. Attacking the slot and the net, the way we need to start playing. Not passing on the perimeter all night.

@xbreachedthetosx7591

5 күн бұрын

@@bjarczyk our defense did not improve at all… it’s the same defenseman running it back… I don’t pay forwards to play defense, I pay forwards to score. I pay defenseman to play defense.

@chrismdb5686

5 күн бұрын

​@@xbreachedthetosx7591The whole team plays defense, it's one of many reasons why Skinner was bought out - because he refused to.

KA = slug. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet splashes this year... all he does is lie

Pinhead Larry lookin ah

Really added the pieces we needed 🥱😐