What if the Sabres Rebuild Has no End?
We have watched nearly 15 years of Buffalo being mediocre to bad. It just feels like it won’t ever end at this point.
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Would you trade petterson for Thompson?
The baffling thing is that the other Buffalo sports team the Pegulas own, the Bills, are typically perennial NFL playoff contenders. How is it possible that the same owners can run one team like a dream and the other like an absolute clown show?
How do you fire an owner?
They were insane for a few years there back in the early 2000s, won presidents trophy and went on a long win streaks all the time. Drury and briere and a bunch of ther dudes in their prime.
We need palm trees.
You need to ask this question, how well were the Bills doing during all those years.. It definitely would add to the story and attendance..
2 years ago all we had to do was trade a little bit of scoring for a goalie and we would have made the playoffs.
The gm is just asleep at the wheel.
Sabres fan here. Organization is a mess from the owner down. Terry Pegula hasn't spoken to the media in over 5 years. Zero accountability for his mess of ownership since he took over. Kevyn Adams is a mess of a GM, assembled the most mentally fragile team ever assembled and gave a bunch on contracts to a bunch of kids who didn't earn them and now we're essentially stuck with. Cozens is a mess and hasn't been the same since he got his face caved in by Hathaway. Owen Power is great as long as you don't need him to play defense…which probably isn't great thing for an $8 million a year D-man. Jack Quinn hasn't scored a goal on a goalie this year. Peterka is inconsistant. Adams once again banked on internal growth for scoring and its blown up in his face again. Only bright spot is UPL in goal and Zucker is going to get us a first round pick at the deadline for how well he's playing. Levi looks great when he gets to play every night in Rochester. How Adams hasn't been fired yet after 5 years of failure just shows what a mess we are. The person I feel sorry for the most in all of this Lindy Ruff, he doesn't deserve this mess, hate it for him. But hey Kevyn said it best. "We don't have palm trees here just taxes." -Post note, Sabres management has banned palm trees from the arena. Ushers have told to instruct fans if they bring them they have to deflate them etc. or be removed. As Craig Rivet said, "10 ply soft organization"
Rebuilding is difficult and not a guarantee of future success. Study case: Edmonton. Year after year of number one draft picks and rebuilding until they drafted the second coming of Gretzky. They still have no Cup to show for it.
Sabres need a 2nd line winger who’s young and can score. Those guys don’t get moved. Benson to me is the X-Factor. We need him to develop but man I think this team has punted on this year
Owner is the issue
Sabres are on a league wide list of places players won’t go to.
I feel like every team that go on a full rebuild suffer for it and the way to go is to keep a few vets but still trade assets for draft picks and younger players you just need a balance and to be careful to me it's not that bad if you miss playoffs 3-4 years of you're competitive just mean higher quality draft picks however a full rebuild yeah can be very detrimental.
Great breakdown, shared this on X
Should’ve mentioned the owner change
At least they're taking time to rebuild unlike the Rangers who abandoned it after only three years all because of Tom Wilson
Pegula wanted the Bills from the start and it shows. He needs to sell the Sabres and give it to someone who actually cares about it more than a tax write off. His comment when he took over has not aged well either. "The sole purpose of the Buffalo Sabres will be to win the Stanley Cup."
That is a Fantastic looking jersey!
As a Sharks fan, currently super grateful for Mike Grier
I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND, I WATCH EVERY GAME. I AM A SABRES FAN. WHAT IS THIS GARBAGE I HAVE TO WATCH. THIS IS NEGLIGENCE. WHATEVER IS GOING ON IS NOT FAIR TO THE FANS, AND THE PEOPLE OF BUFFALO.
Ahh the annual THG video on my Sabres. This team just pains me so much man, year after year since I was 12 years old. I’m turning 26 soon and there is no end to the drought in sight. It’s baffling a team can suck this long. A lot of it has to do with the Pegulas, it takes a lot to take hockey enthusiasm out of our city and they’ve somehow managed to do it.
The Bruins are probably the potential contender that needs Cozens the most, but they are already hugging the Cap ceiling so not likely to happen.
As a Mariners fan, 14 years really isn’t that bad
Are the Sabres still paying Christian Ehrhoff?
I always get annoyed at fans of any team not named the Buffalo Sabres when they claim to understand what us Sabres fans are going through.
I raise you 2 questions and if you answer yes to either, you have NO room to talk, including Shannon.
1. Has your team made the playoffs within the past 13 years?
2. Has your team won a Stanley Cup since 1970?
Nobody understands what this misery is like, NOBODY (unless you're a Sabres fan).
The NHL is NOT in a good spot and hasn't been for a LONG time. The Sabres being as bad as they have for as long as they have makes the league virtually irrelevant.
Sabres are a soft team and Kevyn Adams off season moves to address this issue hasn't materialized. They missed out on making a move for Trouba revealing that the Sabres owner is cheap and doesn't care!
Best jersey of all time! Goat head!!