Senators vs. Sabres Recap: Sabres Drop Decision In Overtime

Are Roy and Ennis not good enough? They’re two of the more creative players the team has.
Stafford with Connolly was a bit of a disaster too IIRC.

I find that on some nights the only line getting quality looking chances on offense is the line of Kaleta, Gaustad & Mcormick. They’re usually the only ones going into the corners to dig out the puck and driving hard to the net. Plus Kaleta plays a physical game which pumps up the crowd and his team-mates.

The entire team is off to a shaky start for a number of complex reasons, but all I want to see from our fanbase is some basic support and patience and optimism for this team (yes, the current incarnation of this team) before ripping them apart. Pegula came in and made a clean slate, so it is unfair to judge his success so hastily.

Um,

We have the same HC/GM we’ve had for the past THIRTEEN seasons.
Our “core” – the one described as “mentally soft”, above {Poms, Roy, Vanek, Miller, Goose, Staff} – has been here 5-8 seasons.

Not exactly what I’d call a “clean slate” . . .

Yes, some pieces have been added {Leino, Regher, Erhoff}, but numerous pieces have been added over the years {Zubrus, Corkum, Heinze, Bernier, Niedermeyer, Grier, Boyes, etc.}, with varying degrees of success for the Sabres {or not.}

And some pieces have been subtracted this year, including some that needed to go {Connolly, Lalime}, but numerous pieces have been subtracted over the years {Mair, Afinogenov, Drury, Briere, etc.} with varying degrees of failure for the Sabres {or not.}

It’s great for the owner to have the MINDSET that the team exists to win the Stanley Cup.
It’s fine for the fans to embrace that mindset.

But until you have FO management, coaching, and players that can/will make that a REALITY, that’s all it’s ever gonna be — a MINDSET.

It’s time to ask your/ourselves: in their 13 years, what have Darcy and Lindy gotten us? ONE finals appearance {loss} with a team they inherited from their predecessors, Muckler and Nolan . . . other than that, a couple of runs to the ECF, several non-playoff seasons, and two consecutive first round exits.

And what has the “core” gotten us in their time here? The two ECF runs, some non-playoff seasons, and the last two years, two first round exits.

What’s that definition of insanity? “Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.”

Where the Sabres are concerned, I think that definition can be be extended to include, “doing the same things with the same people over and over again, expecting a different result” . . .

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