We need a team full of Bensons that kids hustle and drive is unreal! He is the only one with GUTS!!! Give me six, 6 foot Benson’s, I absolutely love that kid!
How many points does Benson have though? You aren't winning with what production he's given you so far. I know he's got heart, and I know he plays his ass off but that isn't translating into points.
@ i’m just taking about his play if we can get our talented players to play like that then we would be fine.. and he is 19 year old rook yeah he played last year but his production will come he will be rewarded, he is ahead of most NHL players when it comes to his hockey IQ
@dxrknus He shouldn't even be in a top 6 role in the NHL where a team is trying to make the playoffs after missing them for 13 years. It's only because he can't play in Rochester and after jumping the gun last year keeping him here they won't send him back to the WHL which is where he'd have to go. This is a team, the youngest in the league yet again that's rolling out Benson and Kulich in key roles. This isn't a developmental league here, it's the NHL. You've got Quinn who is a wasted roster spot at this point, and Cozens who isn't far behind him and their line mate is 19 year old Zach Benson. Like come on man that's just not going to cut it here.
@ buddy I know all this dude your preaching to the choir all I’m saying is we need players or our players currently to start hustling like Benson does and will produce hard work does that brother
@dxrknus What we currently have needs to perform, I don't see any player coming in here and somehow actually making a difference. I always joke McDavid couldn't carry this team to the playoffs.
Hitting has been a huge problem. I liked what I saw the first Kings game, and since then I’ve been wondering why we don’t play like that. Not doing enough to make it painful for others players to touch the puck. And then teams realize they can just push us. Glad you noticed it too.
@@michaelandrew8493 Josh would will this team. He's a different breed for sure. I wish we had Josh earlier in the Brady era when we had the likes of Fred Jackson,along with others. I feel Brady and belichick would've had fits with the bills as they couldn't stop him. he's so much fun to watch lead our bills,it's gonna be a very sad day when he hangs it up.
Believe it or not, I'm a VGK fan but also a Bills fan (since the Jim Kelly days). Love Josh but my new fave is Kincaid. He's a Vegas native who is also a big VGK fan. I'm sure Buffalo fans are torn on this. LOL
Ive been saying to trade him while you can still fleece a team for him foe two years now. And everyone on here called me an idiot. You could get so much for him still this year but that isn’t going to last long.
Wayne I like the vibe you're keeping. I would like to bring up a point I have not seen anywhere in the Sabers media. I don't like the looser mentality this team has, but they need to either overcome it or we do need to change something. A major change is needed if we choose change. But no one has mentioned that the biggest issue any GM would have in Buffalo (Adams of any other person in that position) cannot and will not get free agents here because there is currently nothing to offer in Buffalo. The Nacas ordeal this summer is verification of it. We need to create and have an identity to build and we don't have that. I do hope it changes, but I'm not sure there is a dedicated to that theory.
Turned it off at 4-4. I've seen enough Hockey to know what would happen. I'm 55 and been a fan since I was a kid. A big back office shake up needs to happen. I didn't renew my season tickets because I don't trust the management of this organization. I trust Lindy but I dont trust mangement or the owner to make right decisions. They have to prove it on the ice. Until they do I'm not putting my heart into this franchise anymore. I'll watch but not getting emotionally attached. Sad but true. Adams will not move anyone. Cozens, Quinn, Tuck or even Dahlin. A big move to rattle this team. Never seen such a stubborn bunch of players.
After seeing the post-game interviews from Tuch and Cozens, they know what to do. Like you said in the intro, Wayne, they were afraid and backed down. They have to be confident in themselves and stay in the moment. Not start panicking and thinking "Oh, no they're closing in on us, they're about to come back". I feel like they aren't angry enough, could use a fight next game, to fire the team up.
They are too soft in front of the crease on both sides of the ice. They can’t box anyone out. That’s why it was so easy for Colorado to come back. I wasn’t even surprised honestly. If you can’t box guys out or cut off shot/passing lanes you are asking your goalie to become superhuman. We see FLASHES of good defense and good offense, like with Tage’s first goal, but then it becomes optional for them.
There's one common denominator in all of this. Terry Pegula. I brought my friend to his first ever game and he had to sit there and suffer through that. Worst home loss in franchise history and they should be embarrassed
It was such a shock that they lost this game. I agree with you as this is what they needed. I could here it pissed players off which is q good sign.honestly uki had a bad game as well. But anyways thanks for the videos you continue to make as its very therapeutic, especially when its a gut punch like this or any loss. I will always love the sabres no matter what. I was also hoping tage would get a hat trick.
@@BillMorganChannelI listened to the post game show and the players are angry and fed up. It should be there all the time but it's not. So I feel they will show more grit like you said and hopefully turn it around. We're all couch potatoes unless we're playing in the game. And I played hockey when I was younger too.i would have such a bad temper out there,I'd probably get suspended bc I'd get that mad. So when I say maybe that's what we needed,is bc this is the kind of game that gets you mad and fed up to the point where it makes players hold other players more accountable and will hopefully become closer and fight for each other. But I get what you're saying with more grit and passion. I'm shocked like anyone else that they let a 4 goal lead slip away, especially at home. As a buffalo sports fan,were used to our teams giving hope and letting us down. But hopefully before we all die,they both can win a championship. The only real team that wins is the bandits. Maybe dahlin shouldn't be captain. Maybe tuch,tage or cozens. I'd like to see cozens show more grit. He plays good in world cup and he used to fight. I'm not sure what has happened with him. I'm hoping ruff can get him back to that point. Also roam is very knowledgeable and said the same thing about it being a wakeup call.
@@Darebear-hw9pw hello dear Bair. I’m so glad you didn’t take offense to what I said, but I never understood how a kick in the balls can be lol I’m laughing as I say this. I just think we’re too soft in our defense, we need to make the front of our net a horrible place to be instead of a comfortable safe place. These guys stand there with their stick on the ice and poke and rebounds and Berrum and Bryson and Darlene and Paul just get a real good view of a goal. I’m very very old, and in the days of Cora and Schonfeld, I would feel sorry for other team because they would get broken back with cross checks if they stood in the crease. The seals had a player named Joey Johnston, who is very good and loved the crease, Sean felt must’ve given him a tremendously hard cross checks in his backI felt like he was gonna break the guys back. But it starts with Adams, I’ve said earlier we need a meathead Russian defenseman who just nails people instead of all these pretty boys. I will always love the savers, but I am convinced that I’m gonna die long before these guys go deep in the playoffs.
@@BillMorganChannelalso as a former athlete,I'm sure you can imagine how extra mad this kind of game gets you.i mean look how mad us fans are bc of the outcome. Now you being a former athlete as well,knows you as the athlete feels it more, especially the desire to win. Most athletes are sore losers,but when something like today happens,it's a different level. I hope I'm right and have a good night everybody.
@ dare hear: what is your best guess? My best guess is this is gonna be bad, very bad lots of doubt, lots of swagger. One thing I love about my bills, cause they think there’s God‘s gift to greatness, which I love, they expect the dominate and expect to win,I’m afraid my Sabres, or should we call them the butter knifes now, are going to be timid and hope to win, instead of knowing they can win
As a non-Sabres fan, I really don’t know why a team that is “trying to make the playoffs” refuses to trade any 1st round picks. Other teams in the division like Tampa, Toronto, Boston, Florida; give them out like candy on Halloween. Why not go out and get a big fish? If anything; the Sabres .500 record would improve the trade value of said pick… Unless virtually every player with a no-trade clause has Buffalo on the list; it seems very unusual, surely the GM should be able to find someone of some significance to add.
Adam's is too afraid to trade a 1st round pick. Gotta use it to draft an undersized "skilled" forward we won't see for 4-5 years for them to just disappoint like the 20 others before them.
ughh, I am still sick over last years loss to KC..I detest Shanahan, the guy is a born loser..as for the Sabres? they will need to win the next 4 games to get the trust back with the fans again, what a mess :(
This is on Adams for putting this roster together. Sorry but I thought not replacing Skinner and Mittelstadt with a veteran forward was a huge mistake. He relied too much on youth making huge steps this season and as of right now its biting him in the you know where. We dont have second line at all and the powerplay is a joke.
@bjarczyk I'm not saying we should of kept Skinner. All I'm getting at is we didn't replace any of the goal scoring he brings. Him and Mittelstadt were our two biggest producers on offense last year in a season where most of our players had trouble scoring. To just assume all the young players were going to step up was incredibly arrogant by our GM.
The Sabres fear losing more than they hate losing. Until they hate losing more than fear losing, this will continue. Not to sure their probability of beating Winnipeg at home is to high. I would start Reimer and save UPL for Utah. NYR is going to come in next week with revenge on their minds, start Reimer. Save UPL for DET. I just want the Sabres to start beating the teams they should, this is what needs fixed first.
The last time the Sabres blew a 4-0 lead was way back on March 12, 1988 when they eventually lost to the Calgary Flames 10-4. This is the second time in franchise history it's happened.
Cannot blame UPL. Shots were 43 - 30. Robbed multiple players including Mittlestadt. 23 shots in the third? Clifton's horrible giveaway, more of Power soft net front play. They thought they had the win after the first 10 minutes.
Does this team need a psychologist? I’ve been concerned about the psyche of this team for a couple years. I think this is an aspect of great teams that isn’t talked about enough-mental toughness, elevating compete when it gets “uncomfortable” (a Lindy term I like). I think the collective mental toughness of key players determines that. Any thoughts Wayne? I always appreciate your perspective.
I dont want to be negative on your channel, but I was at this game tonight and i have never been so distraught after a loss. This is a tipping point for me. I just cant be loyal to this team anymore. They have to earn me back.
This team is still too soft, our defense specifically is too offensively focused. They don’t hit brother, they don’t want to battle, taking direct routes to the opponent, no confidence in exiting the zone, the mental on this team is abysmal. These boys need to get out of their head and simply believe in themselves to make a play and not make a mistake. You make a mistake make up for it. Defense needs to play D foremost. Offense needs to believe they can actually be the best.
Quinn, Benson and Cozens need to be in the AHL. They are ready to be in the league they just aren’t good enough. Being the youngest team means you will be a losing team until you get more mature. I knew this year would be a big step back but this is getting back to the Botterill days. Winning the lottery draft won’t even help them the last thing they need is another 18 year old.
I just don't get it. the Sabres have the players. the goalies, the scorers, the defense, the players are all there. but somehow, they put on these uniforms, and just forget how to play. being a fan of both Buffalo and Philly teams, I'm so used to seeing it in every sport, but this was just disheartening to see. I've been thinking for a long time that the flyers need to return to the era of the broad street bullies. as much as it must suck to hear the Sabres compared to the team and era that kept them from a Stanley Cup, it's what they need to do too. this team just does not get very physical, and it's really hurting them. I know this team can be good, and I know one day I'll see it happen again. if the leafs can be good, then certainly the Sabres can manage it. and I will show them the same fanatical devotion I show all my teams, which ofc means booing them the louder than any rival team when they deserve it. I just cannot wait for them to stop deserving it quite so much
How can home ice be a disadvantage ? Keep sitting on your hands Pegula and be Okay with how things are. Adams has to do something now or Let him Go. Lindy isn’t going anywhere so it has to be Adams. Let Karmanos take over until the end of the season 🤷♂️
Pathetic & Embarassing! Positive side at least this loss wasnt to the habs or leafs! 😊😊. Sabres gave way too much respect and space to Makar and Mackinnon! Take the freaking body! Adams has failed to find a new D coach and a veteran stay at home D partner for Power for 2 years now . UFAs Pesce, Tanev Gudas and Severson all signed elsewhere! The D zone coverage is SOFT ! Too many Gaps and too many fancy passes trying to get the puck out ! Terrible move in not letting Ruff bring in his own assistant coaches this summer ! Marty Wilford needs to go asap! Rags are slumping as well , lets go Adams make a trade , shake it up! Or go get David Savard from Montreal as he would be a massive up grade over Jokiharju or Bryson ! Those two should have never been resigned this sumner! Winnipeg just lost at home to St louis tonight soooo good luck beating them on Thursday! Thank you Wayne for not using the youngest team in the league excuse! Oh by the way , what happened to "accountability" ?
They need to break up the core. Make a trade. This hasnt happened in franchise history. We've never blown a four goal lead to lose at home before. Last time we blew a four goal lead was in 1988 in calgary. Lost ten to four hahah
Unfortunately, it is time. Packed up all my Sabres t-shirts, sweatshirts, and jerseys and packed them in storage. They will not return till this team clinches a playoff spot. Could be a century or more! For now I am not watching the games either... I will watch Christmas movies on Hallmark - those at least I know will have happy conclusions. I will always check postgame to see how they did, but it is too emotionally distressing and depressing way too often to actually watch.
Same ole last 12 years….i went to the Detroit game in Buffalo this year…they looked unstoppable for the first ten minutes of it and yeah they won but they didn’t play nearly as hard as they did that first ten minutes.
What a bloody embarassment, that was soul crushing… it’s honestly laughable!! I legit laughed out loud at the TV and turned it off after 4-4 I knew they were done, shake up the team Adams NOW, enough is enough just get it done. I’m so frustrated and disappointed for sticking up for this team for years I can’t do this anymore they better F******* pick it up! 🤬😔 Homestand is going to look pretty dead in the crowd less that 12,000 incoming, which is sad..
I wouldn't blame UPL at all, otherwise it would have been tied up before the 3rd period. This was a total team breakdown. How on earth when you score 4 goals allowing none, to give up not only 5 goals, but go from 2 points, to 1 point, to losing altogether. It shows the team has no character. If they had character, then we don't wait for Winnipeg to show character...we show Colorado after the last shut out.
Kevyn is doing a press conference tomorrow. I wonder what we will hear 😅 "Mike, it's a process. We will make trade if it makes sense. We are a young team. Everybody needs to be better, I need to be better"... I suggest people starting a drinking game and I will guarantee that you are waisted before the presser ends lol 😅
50 yr fan as well, drove to Buffalo from Toronto, 3 hrs to watch this...usually im fuming but now its just shell shock. I just started coming to games last year but forever fan, but at this point why bother, pay money for this, i dont know guys. If gmka isnt fired tomorrow then the ream doesnt obviously care. Team needs a top down change, im tired of people saying players dont wanna come here. Should have jumped on the bruins coach when available. Move lindy upstairs, we need a bruins mentality like win at all costs !!!
They quit playing hard at the end of the 1st! UPL isn't the reason why they lost, they took their foot off the pedal and sat back with a 4 goal lead and got walked all over. Disgusting, where's the accountability?
I remember when chasing a goalie was a good thing. Everytime this Sabres team lights up a starting goalie and they pull him, INSTANTLY we turn off the pressure and let the other team back in the game. Wake up Sabres fans.......this franchise sucks, they are the laughing stock of professional sports for good reason. Until Pegula sells the team, nothing is gonna change. Still waiting for all the "accountability" Ruff was supposed to bring. But dont worry, come March they'll make their annual mad dash for 9th place. 👍👍
That's it folks. That's the season. We can look back and point to this game as the straw that broke the camels back. This is a season-shatterer, and usually gets people fired or traded, and forget about playoffs. I was too young to remember the last sabres playoff appearance, and I'm concerned that they won't ever make it back in Buffalo. I'm scared for the future of this team. The only path forward is terry to sell the team. That is the end of my rant. Go bills.
After the 2nd ended ,I told my boy we were gonna loose ,I hate when I'm right ,WOW!!! this is a Ruff 1to take ,what happened is Colorado didn't take us,serious then they woke up and said we aren't loosing to the Sabres
Lindy should make them get on the phone and start calling people that had tickets to that game and apologize in person TO THEIR FANS. If I were UPL I’d be fucking furious that they just left him hanging like that
Owen Power needs to grow a pair ! is he to nice or something ?? i still think Byram is the only guy that brings it every game , not perfect but he does !
On the bright side, a lot of teams in the East aren't playing well. The season isn't over. My concern is that we're not tough enough and for a Lindy Ruff team to be passive is unacceptable. I got a wild hair, so here are my suggestions: Make Dahlin a forward and put him on the second line because he's not an all-star d-man. Put Cozens on the fourth line. Do not put Benson and Quinn on the same line. Quinn should either ride the bench or play on the third line.
This disaster and these failure of players showed me all I needed to see about them. Blow it all up, because if you lose AT HOME after leading 4-0, just change your proffesion because you suck at it, as this is unaceptable even for Buffalo Sabres standards. I'm disgusted, and I'm not going to care or follow these losers until they actually make it and show me they care and are able. They all should be ashamed and fired. If I stopped working after 1/3 of my workhours I would be fired imediatelly and rightfully so.
If the interviewed player say they know whats wrong and they know what they need to do. The big question is. Why dont they just do it. This is a soft team and the entire league knows it. Maybe we have to many young players that make a lot of money and they just dont care. Or maybe they just dont have the talent we believe they have.
Winnipeg isn't playing well. They drop that one, a piece of the core at a minimum needs to be moved out. You have to shake things up. It's getting too late to be early.
When it was 5-4 … I turned off the game in disgust. It’s so depressing having such a great start and then blowing the game so horrendously. You said it though, the boys gotta win the next game or start making some trades. Fans can’t deal with it. Team can’t survive it.
The good moments don’t even come close to making up for all the bad moments. I’m left with so much built up anger from this team and it’s stressing me out I know it’s just a sports team but I’m so enthusiastic and I have so much pride for the team that it’s just killing me. Thanks Wayne for posting content because you’re really the only one that makes videos about this team, it’s nice to know we can all suffer together with our passion.
@@RoamHockeythe sabres have several terrible contracts too too lol. That’s why the kids don’t care about playing hard anymore. They got paid way too much way too early
In a movie about the Beach Boys, one of themm (maybe Mike Love?) marries a woman he just met and finds out she smokes cigarettes. Maybe the core of this rebuild is a chain smoker ... and we as fans are shcoked!
The team continues to make rookie mistakes..with regularity.They do not handle pressure well...and there opponents know it..they should have known, Colorado was going to push back,with all the time left,after the 4th.Sabre goal...they the Sabres were in cruise control and Ive seen it happen for years now.. "Complacency"...Very Annoying! Unfortunately it was almost a fluke they were up 4-0... to begin with they didn't deserve that lead... didn't score after Wedgewood came in..Power play's been an embarrassment thought they were going to have an easy night very frustrating...Colorado played like seasoned veterans..."wow"and won all the important battles before they won the game!So tired of the players saying "we'll learn from this" or "weve got to be better" been hearing these things for years..but like I said I'm a lifelong fan and will be watching the next game... hoping...that they will be able to play like the veterans they're supposed to be..
The dysfunction is rampant. The coach is here bc New Jersey is paying his salary and they get credit for firing granato. He doesn’t get a roster with enough talent to win, because the gm wont make trades. The gm can’t make trades bc players with a ntc will never come. We locked up mediocre players through 2030 instead. So we get to watch Cozens pretend to block game winning shots and dance out of the way at the last second. Hell, let’s give him an A and put him on the power play and lock him up through 2030.
well at least i know i care about this team. because i have never been more angry at this team than i am right now. A player needs to be moved or someone needs to be fired. Do something Adams or Pegula just might have to do something himself.
Worst thing is that their division is a mess this year and getting a playoff spot should be very doable. They just lack the one thing they were repeating all summer. Accountability. There is no accountability in this team or among the management. Starting from the top, Adams should resign first and after that they need a huge change in their roster. I'm not blaming Ruff for this. It is much deeper than that. There is a problem in their roster and everybody have known that for months before the season started.
in modern hockey, you need guys who can get into the slot.. who does that on this team? greenway? tage occasionally. guys like kulich would do better 10-12 years ago. too much on the outside. and sabres doesnt have the 1-2 punch to push colorado back, this team is close, but they are missing 2-3 key additions in that forward group, but nothing is happening.
I don't think we can blame goaltending at all tbh, UPL kept them at bay, with Levi in net we would've been 4-4 in the second (no offense but their push was intense and UPL shut them down in ways I don't think Levi can yet). That game was an organizational failure. If it doesn't shake things up we will be in the 2030 Stanley cup BC the buffalo curse requires 17 years 😅
Make a trade and bring back somebody good! But trade who ever to a team that isn't a contender! I'm tired of being the farm team to the freakin league!
This team sucks so bad & is absolutely atrocious!! Epic collapse , 2 1st overall defenseman on the roster & u would think we have a team full of 7th round D picks playing
home ice works against every team. think about it... when are you more aggressive and confident? when you are abroad, raiding, ready to plunder and pillage, with only your lives to lose? or when youre home, confortable, afraid of losing everything, pensive, defensive. i dont know why more people dont understand this, bc it's one of the most basic things in human psychology. so i dont know why people think "home ice' / field etc is an advantage. It's stupid.
Frank, go ask the Habs and Islanders dynasties if home ice mattered..go look at the current contenders and ask them if your theory is theirs..I am sure Vegas, Toronto, Dallas, Carolina, Winnipeg and Los Angeles would argue that theory..you are supposed to win on home ice cause you are not just familiar with the routine but also with the actual ice surface itself..anybody that has played knows this
@@RoamHockey it's a fair point. depending on the squad, ig either is possible. but it boggles me that people refuse to see the advantages of being on the road with an raid mentality and i've played, and it holds true.
When zucker is on your top line, you are not a contender.... you are rebuilding
We need a team full of Bensons that kids hustle and drive is unreal! He is the only one with GUTS!!! Give me six, 6 foot Benson’s, I absolutely love that kid!
How many points does Benson have though? You aren't winning with what production he's given you so far. I know he's got heart, and I know he plays his ass off but that isn't translating into points.
@ i’m just taking about his play if we can get our talented players to play like that then we would be fine.. and he is 19 year old rook yeah he played last year but his production will come he will be rewarded, he is ahead of most NHL players when it comes to his hockey IQ
@dxrknus He shouldn't even be in a top 6 role in the NHL where a team is trying to make the playoffs after missing them for 13 years. It's only because he can't play in Rochester and after jumping the gun last year keeping him here they won't send him back to the WHL which is where he'd have to go. This is a team, the youngest in the league yet again that's rolling out Benson and Kulich in key roles. This isn't a developmental league here, it's the NHL. You've got Quinn who is a wasted roster spot at this point, and Cozens who isn't far behind him and their line mate is 19 year old Zach Benson. Like come on man that's just not going to cut it here.
@ buddy I know all this dude your preaching to the choir all I’m saying is we need players or our players currently to start hustling like Benson does and will produce hard work does that brother
@dxrknus What we currently have needs to perform, I don't see any player coming in here and somehow actually making a difference. I always joke McDavid couldn't carry this team to the playoffs.
Tage Thompson said it best “we’ve had plenty of wake up calls, this was just terrible “
Well, what's he and the rest of them going to do to change it then?
He’s part of the problem. Is he just talking to talk now?
I blame the defense for being polite and not knocking the AVs on their asses with rebounds. We are such a nice team.
100%
You are shockingly optimistic. We are not a good team with Zucker on the top line and Jokiharu on the second pair
of course I am optimistic, they are the youngest team in the NHL..but it doesnt mean I am not pissed off, cause I am 100%
Hitting has been a huge problem. I liked what I saw the first Kings game, and since then I’ve been wondering why we don’t play like that. Not doing enough to make it painful for others players to touch the puck. And then teams realize they can just push us. Glad you noticed it too.
Greenway is injured. He’s the only one who brings physicality
They are missing Greenway a ton
Thanks for coming on today buddy, i needed this
Can josh allen play hockey?
@@michaelandrew8493 Josh would will this team. He's a different breed for sure. I wish we had Josh earlier in the Brady era when we had the likes of Fred Jackson,along with others. I feel Brady and belichick would've had fits with the bills as they couldn't stop him. he's so much fun to watch lead our bills,it's gonna be a very sad day when he hangs it up.
@@michaelandrew8493 I also remember ruff asking if Josh could put on skates
LOL good question
Actually he is a Sabres fan so maybe he could talk to Terry about changing some things.
Believe it or not, I'm a VGK fan but also a Bills fan (since the Jim Kelly days). Love Josh but my new fave is Kincaid. He's a Vegas native who is also a big VGK fan. I'm sure Buffalo fans are torn on this. LOL
Last game the Sabres led by four and lost: March 12, 1988 in Calgary. Sabres were up 4-0 and (seriously) lost, 10-4.
thanks for this 😎 I hate to admit it but this 10-4 thing sounds familiar lol..so almost 37 years since we last did this..incredible 😖
And I was -3 years old when this happened.
We still made the playoffs that year 😎
Power is a cupcake, never touches anyone in front of the net
Ive been saying to trade him while you can still fleece a team for him foe two years now. And everyone on here called me an idiot. You could get so much for him still this year but that isn’t going to last long.
Yea, he needs to grow a pair.
Power Puff...
Wayne I like the vibe you're keeping. I would like to bring up a point I have not seen anywhere in the Sabers media. I don't like the looser mentality this team has, but they need to either overcome it or we do need to change something. A major change is needed if we choose change. But no one has mentioned that the biggest issue any GM would have in Buffalo (Adams of any other person in that position) cannot and will not get free agents here because there is currently nothing to offer in Buffalo. The Nacas ordeal this summer is verification of it. We need to create and have an identity to build and we don't have that. I do hope it changes, but I'm not sure there is a dedicated to that theory.
Turned it off at 4-4. I've seen enough Hockey to know what would happen. I'm 55 and been a fan since I was a kid. A big back office shake up needs to happen. I didn't renew my season tickets because I don't trust the management of this organization. I trust Lindy but I dont trust mangement or the owner to make right decisions. They have to prove it on the ice. Until they do I'm not putting my heart into this franchise anymore. I'll watch but not getting emotionally attached. Sad but true. Adams will not move anyone. Cozens, Quinn, Tuck or even Dahlin. A big move to rattle this team. Never seen such a stubborn bunch of players.
After seeing the post-game interviews from Tuch and Cozens, they know what to do. Like you said in the intro, Wayne, they were afraid and backed down. They have to be confident in themselves and stay in the moment. Not start panicking and thinking "Oh, no they're closing in on us, they're about to come back".
I feel like they aren't angry enough, could use a fight next game, to fire the team up.
Maybe bring back Gilbert into the lineup, which will probably happen.
Just shows the youth of the team…again.
I'm only a fifty year long Sabres fan, but I did say make a BIG trade like 4 weeks ago.
I totally agree with this, other teams seem to be able to trade picks and prospects for immediate help but not the Sabres.
yup, we need a trade and if Adams sits on that fact? it will cost him his job..just like Granato letting the team be so soft cost him his
They are too soft in front of the crease on both sides of the ice. They can’t box anyone out. That’s why it was so easy for Colorado to come back. I wasn’t even surprised honestly. If you can’t box guys out or cut off shot/passing lanes you are asking your goalie to become superhuman. We see FLASHES of good defense and good offense, like with Tage’s first goal, but then it becomes optional for them.
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This team needs a sports psychologist.
They need Dr. Brady Tkachuk. We are a team of wussies.
There's one common denominator in all of this. Terry Pegula. I brought my friend to his first ever game and he had to sit there and suffer through that. Worst home loss in franchise history and they should be embarrassed
At least for the first period it was a good game.
You Mr. Doyle are a fool. He signs the checks that Mr. Adams wants signed.
It was such a shock that they lost this game. I agree with you as this is what they needed. I could here it pissed players off which is q good sign.honestly uki had a bad game as well. But anyways thanks for the videos you continue to make as its very therapeutic, especially when its a gut punch like this or any loss. I will always love the sabres no matter what. I was also hoping tage would get a hat trick.
I, as a former athlete, can't understand you couch potatoes saying "this is what we need."
WHAT?
Show some pride and grit.
@@BillMorganChannelI listened to the post game show and the players are angry and fed up. It should be there all the time but it's not. So I feel they will show more grit like you said and hopefully turn it around. We're all couch potatoes unless we're playing in the game. And I played hockey when I was younger too.i would have such a bad temper out there,I'd probably get suspended bc I'd get that mad. So when I say maybe that's what we needed,is bc this is the kind of game that gets you mad and fed up to the point where it makes players hold other players more accountable and will hopefully become closer and fight for each other. But I get what you're saying with more grit and passion. I'm shocked like anyone else that they let a 4 goal lead slip away, especially at home. As a buffalo sports fan,were used to our teams giving hope and letting us down. But hopefully before we all die,they both can win a championship. The only real team that wins is the bandits. Maybe dahlin shouldn't be captain. Maybe tuch,tage or cozens. I'd like to see cozens show more grit. He plays good in world cup and he used to fight. I'm not sure what has happened with him. I'm hoping ruff can get him back to that point. Also roam is very knowledgeable and said the same thing about it being a wakeup call.
@@Darebear-hw9pw hello dear Bair.
I’m so glad you didn’t take offense to what I said, but I never understood how a kick in the balls can be lol I’m laughing as I say this.
I just think we’re too soft in our defense, we need to make the front of our net a horrible place to be instead of a comfortable safe place. These guys stand there with their stick on the ice and poke and rebounds and Berrum and Bryson and Darlene and Paul just get a real good view of a goal.
I’m very very old, and in the days of Cora and Schonfeld, I would feel sorry for other team because they would get broken back with cross checks if they stood in the crease.
The seals had a player named Joey Johnston, who is very good and loved the crease, Sean felt must’ve given him a tremendously hard cross checks in his backI felt like he was gonna break the guys back.
But it starts with Adams, I’ve said earlier we need a meathead Russian defenseman who just nails people instead of all these pretty boys.
I will always love the savers, but I am convinced that I’m gonna die long before these guys go deep in the playoffs.
@@BillMorganChannelalso as a former athlete,I'm sure you can imagine how extra mad this kind of game gets you.i mean look how mad us fans are bc of the outcome. Now you being a former athlete as well,knows you as the athlete feels it more, especially the desire to win. Most athletes are sore losers,but when something like today happens,it's a different level. I hope I'm right and have a good night everybody.
@ dare hear: what is your best guess?
My best guess is this is gonna be bad, very bad lots of doubt, lots of swagger.
One thing I love about my bills, cause they think there’s God‘s gift to greatness, which I love, they expect the dominate and expect to win,I’m afraid my Sabres, or should we call them the butter knifes now, are going to be timid and hope to win, instead of knowing they can win
As a non-Sabres fan, I really don’t know why a team that is “trying to make the playoffs” refuses to trade any 1st round picks. Other teams in the division like Tampa, Toronto, Boston, Florida; give them out like candy on Halloween. Why not go out and get a big fish? If anything; the Sabres .500 record would improve the trade value of said pick…
Unless virtually every player with a no-trade clause has Buffalo on the list; it seems very unusual, surely the GM should be able to find someone of some significance to add.
Adam's is too afraid to trade a 1st round pick. Gotta use it to draft an undersized "skilled" forward we won't see for 4-5 years for them to just disappoint like the 20 others before them.
Unacceptable. Just disgusting. But it doesn’t matter. Nothing will happen. No pride. No accountability. Just another learning experience.
yup, I feel hungover for the first time in 14 years lol
Rough time for you Wayne. First with your 49ers and then the Sabres. Sports can really suck at times.
ughh, I am still sick over last years loss to KC..I detest Shanahan, the guy is a born loser..as for the Sabres? they will need to win the next 4 games to get the trust back with the fans again, what a mess :(
Learning is over. Time to produce.
This is on Adams for putting this roster together. Sorry but I thought not replacing Skinner and Mittelstadt with a veteran forward was a huge mistake. He relied too much on youth making huge steps this season and as of right now its biting him in the you know where. We dont have second line at all and the powerplay is a joke.
Skinner is playing terrible this season. We didn’t lose anything with him.
@bjarczyk I'm not saying we should of kept Skinner. All I'm getting at is we didn't replace any of the goal scoring he brings. Him and Mittelstadt were our two biggest producers on offense last year in a season where most of our players had trouble scoring. To just assume all the young players were going to step up was incredibly arrogant by our GM.
The Sabres fear losing more than they hate losing. Until they hate losing more than fear losing, this will continue. Not to sure their probability of beating Winnipeg at home is to high. I would start Reimer and save UPL for Utah. NYR is going to come in next week with revenge on their minds, start Reimer. Save UPL for DET. I just want the Sabres to start beating the teams they should, this is what needs fixed first.
The last time the Sabres blew a 4-0 lead was way back on March 12, 1988 when they eventually lost to the Calgary Flames 10-4. This is the second time in franchise history it's happened.
so if that was in Calgary? then this can be considered the worst choke in home ice history
Cannot blame UPL. Shots were 43 - 30. Robbed multiple players including Mittlestadt. 23 shots in the third? Clifton's horrible giveaway, more of Power soft net front play. They thought they had the win after the first 10 minutes.
Does this team need a psychologist? I’ve been concerned about the psyche of this team for a couple years. I think this is an aspect of great teams that isn’t talked about enough-mental toughness, elevating compete when it gets “uncomfortable” (a Lindy term I like). I think the collective mental toughness of key players determines that. Any thoughts Wayne? I always appreciate your perspective.
I dont want to be negative on your channel, but I was at this game tonight and i have never been so distraught after a loss. This is a tipping point for me. I just cant be loyal to this team anymore. They have to earn me back.
ESPN needs to to a 30 for 30 on this franchise cuz I've never seen anything like this
This team is still too soft, our defense specifically is too offensively focused. They don’t hit brother, they don’t want to battle, taking direct routes to the opponent, no confidence in exiting the zone, the mental on this team is abysmal. These boys need to get out of their head and simply believe in themselves to make a play and not make a mistake. You make a mistake make up for it. Defense needs to play D foremost. Offense needs to believe they can actually be the best.
If the dictionary had a example for the definition of “torture”, it would be watching Buffalo Sabres hockey commentated by Dan Dunleavy
More like "Nightmare on Chippewa Street". Good one Wayne.
lol
I felt the Aves coming on at 4-1
Quinn, Benson and Cozens need to be in the AHL. They are ready to be in the league they just aren’t good enough. Being the youngest team means you will be a losing team until you get more mature. I knew this year would be a big step back but this is getting back to the Botterill days. Winning the lottery draft won’t even help them the last thing they need is another 18 year old.
The Sabres have only blown a 4 goal lead one other time in team history and that was back in like 1988 and it wasn't at home.
I just don't get it. the Sabres have the players. the goalies, the scorers, the defense, the players are all there. but somehow, they put on these uniforms, and just forget how to play. being a fan of both Buffalo and Philly teams, I'm so used to seeing it in every sport, but this was just disheartening to see. I've been thinking for a long time that the flyers need to return to the era of the broad street bullies. as much as it must suck to hear the Sabres compared to the team and era that kept them from a Stanley Cup, it's what they need to do too. this team just does not get very physical, and it's really hurting them.
I know this team can be good, and I know one day I'll see it happen again. if the leafs can be good, then certainly the Sabres can manage it. and I will show them the same fanatical devotion I show all my teams, which ofc means booing them the louder than any rival team when they deserve it. I just cannot wait for them to stop deserving it quite so much
They collect the sane paycheck amount every week win or lose. I don’t think the core players really care
Yep. Got their contracts and can now coast for the next 7 years. Paid these guys before they achieved anything
How can home ice be a disadvantage ? Keep sitting on your hands Pegula and be Okay with how things are. Adams has to do something now or Let him Go. Lindy isn’t going anywhere so it has to be Adams. Let Karmanos take over until the end of the season 🤷♂️
I know dalhin was hurt with back spasms but hes the captain he should of faced the media after the game like tage and cozens and tuch had to.
You’ve clearly never had back spasms before. Awful take
Pathetic & Embarassing! Positive side at least this loss wasnt to the habs or leafs! 😊😊. Sabres gave way too much respect and space to Makar and Mackinnon! Take the freaking body!
Adams has failed to find a new D coach and a veteran stay at home D partner for Power for 2 years now . UFAs Pesce, Tanev Gudas and Severson all signed elsewhere! The D zone coverage is SOFT ! Too many Gaps and too many fancy passes trying to get the puck out ! Terrible move in not letting Ruff bring in his own assistant coaches this summer ! Marty Wilford needs to go asap!
Rags are slumping as well , lets go Adams make a trade , shake it up! Or go get David Savard from Montreal as he would be a massive up grade over Jokiharju or Bryson ! Those two should have never been resigned this sumner!
Winnipeg just lost at home to St louis tonight soooo good luck beating them on Thursday!
Thank you Wayne for not using the youngest team in the league excuse! Oh by the way , what happened to "accountability" ?
Sabres want to match the bills team drought.
No they don’t just way to soft never win battles
They need to break up the core. Make a trade. This hasnt happened in franchise history. We've never blown a four goal lead to lose at home before. Last time we blew a four goal lead was in 1988 in calgary. Lost ten to four hahah
Christian ruuttu tider
Q. Who is Adams willing to trade that other teams actually want?
A. Nobody
That means we’re on pace to the Stanley cup finals in 11 years.
Thank God I have the Bills to look forward to. At least I am not a 49ers Fan
Our Bills show heart, grit, killer instinct. My Sabres are daisies.
We're very, very close!
..to a hangover lol
@@RoamHockey lol
Last time it happened was March 12 1988. Blew a 4-0 lead in Calgary. Lost 10-4.
Unfortunately, it is time. Packed up all my Sabres t-shirts, sweatshirts, and jerseys and packed them in storage. They will not return till this team clinches a playoff spot. Could be a century or more! For now I am not watching the games either... I will watch Christmas movies on Hallmark - those at least I know will have happy conclusions. I will always check postgame to see how they did, but it is too emotionally distressing and depressing way too often to actually watch.
Same ole last 12 years….i went to the Detroit game in Buffalo this year…they looked unstoppable for the first ten minutes of it and yeah they won but they didn’t play nearly as hard as they did that first ten minutes.
What a bloody embarassment, that was soul crushing… it’s honestly laughable!! I legit laughed out loud at the TV and turned it off after 4-4 I knew they were done, shake up the team Adams NOW, enough is enough just get it done. I’m so frustrated and disappointed for sticking up for this team for years I can’t do this anymore they better F******* pick it up! 🤬😔 Homestand is going to look pretty dead in the crowd less that 12,000 incoming, which is sad..
The Sabres are not gonna dominate anybody! Go bills!!
The team definitely has two identities. You can see it. They're not all working the same. Colo took it to the Sabre's at will. Bad sign...
That game hurts.
I wouldn't blame UPL at all, otherwise it would have been tied up before the 3rd period. This was a total team breakdown. How on earth when you score 4 goals allowing none, to give up not only 5 goals, but go from 2 points, to 1 point, to losing altogether. It shows the team has no character. If they had character, then we don't wait for Winnipeg to show character...we show Colorado after the last shut out.
This feels like another new low. Pegila needs to do what needs to be done. Adams has had 5 years and look at where we are.
Kevyn is doing a press conference tomorrow. I wonder what we will hear 😅 "Mike, it's a process. We will make trade if it makes sense. We are a young team. Everybody needs to be better, I need to be better"... I suggest people starting a drinking game and I will guarantee that you are waisted before the presser ends lol 😅
50 yr fan as well, drove to Buffalo from Toronto, 3 hrs to watch this...usually im fuming but now its just shell shock. I just started coming to games last year but forever fan, but at this point why bother, pay money for this, i dont know guys. If gmka isnt fired tomorrow then the ream doesnt obviously care. Team needs a top down change, im tired of people saying players dont wanna come here.
Should have jumped on the bruins coach when available. Move lindy upstairs, we need a bruins mentality like win at all costs !!!
They quit playing hard at the end of the 1st! UPL isn't the reason why they lost, they took their foot off the pedal and sat back with a 4 goal lead and got walked all over. Disgusting, where's the accountability?
I remember when chasing a goalie was a good thing. Everytime this Sabres team lights up a starting goalie and they pull him, INSTANTLY we turn off the pressure and let the other team back in the game. Wake up Sabres fans.......this franchise sucks, they are the laughing stock of professional sports for good reason. Until Pegula sells the team, nothing is gonna change. Still waiting for all the "accountability" Ruff was supposed to bring. But dont worry, come March they'll make their annual mad dash for 9th place. 👍👍
it looks bad at the moment but selling the team is never going to happen
@@RoamHockey he needs $$ for the new stadium Wayne....just saying.
That's it folks. That's the season. We can look back and point to this game as the straw that broke the camels back. This is a season-shatterer, and usually gets people fired or traded, and forget about playoffs. I was too young to remember the last sabres playoff appearance, and I'm concerned that they won't ever make it back in Buffalo. I'm scared for the future of this team. The only path forward is terry to sell the team. That is the end of my rant. Go bills.
I agree this could be a disaster because in the back of the minds of each player and coach they know they are not winners.
After the 2nd ended ,I told my boy we were gonna loose ,I hate when I'm right ,WOW!!! this is a Ruff 1to take ,what happened is Colorado didn't take us,serious then they woke up and said we aren't loosing to the Sabres
The team lost a ton of "jam" when Greenway went down. The 4th line still has it, but not the others
Lindy should make them get on the phone and start calling people that had tickets to that game and apologize in person TO THEIR FANS.
If I were UPL I’d be fucking furious that they just left him hanging like that
Gmka needs to make a move. Quinn can't score and should be in Rochester.
Adam's isn't going to do anything other than overpay young players who haven't done anything to deserve it
Owen Power needs to grow a pair ! is he to nice or something ?? i still think Byram is the only guy that brings it every game , not perfect but he does !
Sabres better play angry next game. That was a win they gave away tonight . Now they're 3 points behind the Bruins for 3rd.
On the bright side, a lot of teams in the East aren't playing well. The season isn't over. My concern is that we're not tough enough and for a Lindy Ruff team to be passive is unacceptable. I got a wild hair, so here are my suggestions: Make Dahlin a forward and put him on the second line because he's not an all-star d-man. Put Cozens on the fourth line. Do not put Benson and Quinn on the same line. Quinn should either ride the bench or play on the third line.
This disaster and these failure of players showed me all I needed to see about them. Blow it all up, because if you lose AT HOME after leading 4-0, just change your proffesion because you suck at it, as this is unaceptable even for Buffalo Sabres standards. I'm disgusted, and I'm not going to care or follow these losers until they actually make it and show me they care and are able. They all should be ashamed and fired. If I stopped working after 1/3 of my workhours I would be fired imediatelly and rightfully so.
If the interviewed player say they know whats wrong and they know what they need to do. The big question is. Why dont they just do it. This is a soft team and the entire league knows it. Maybe we have to many young players that make a lot of money and they just dont care. Or maybe they just dont have the talent we believe they have.
On a scale of Buffalo Sabres to Buffalo Bills how exciting is your franchise 😂
well last night is right up there..for Avs fans lol
Winnipeg isn't playing well. They drop that one, a piece of the core at a minimum needs to be moved out. You have to shake things up. It's getting too late to be early.
When it was 5-4 … I turned off the game in disgust. It’s so depressing having such a great start and then blowing the game so horrendously. You said it though, the boys gotta win the next game or start making some trades. Fans can’t deal with it. Team can’t survive it.
Kevin Adams needs to go the President of Operations need to go. And there needs to be two trades made by tomorrow at noon
There is no president of hockey ops
@@michaelbilli9209 Maybe President Joe Biden can pardon this loss!
@@BillMorganChannellet’s leave politics out of it. See enough of the crap all the time. Don’t need it here.
@@SalemXIII I agree … but you gotta admit it was funny … and I don’t bring up the President … Mr Hatch did.
Kevin Adam's just needs to go away. Fast, far away
I believe the last time we blew a 4-0 lead was in the 2021-2022 season
turns out its 1988 actually
big leads in hockey always seem to get eaten up. WE need to start seeing teams run up games 10-0 then they can relax abit.
The good moments don’t even come close to making up for all the bad moments. I’m left with so much built up anger from this team and it’s stressing me out I know it’s just a sports team but I’m so enthusiastic and I have so much pride for the team that it’s just killing me. Thanks Wayne for posting content because you’re really the only one that makes videos about this team, it’s nice to know we can all suffer together with our passion.
I can’t wait for the next video ripping Kevyn Adams a new one. He needs to go now. His comments were clown level from his press conference
Nah this is the team we have. I don't see a turn around. I guess some teams are just meant to be a laughing stock of the league . Just ask Ottawa. Lol
Ottawa are quickly becoming the Canadian version of the Sabres..except their team has terrible contracts
@@RoamHockeythe sabres have several terrible contracts too too lol. That’s why the kids don’t care about playing hard anymore. They got paid way too much way too early
Oh lord with this team… Wayne if it breaks this team do we have to start over? This rebuild feels terrible.
In a movie about the Beach Boys, one of themm (maybe Mike Love?) marries a woman he just met and finds out she smokes cigarettes. Maybe the core of this rebuild is a chain smoker ... and we as fans are shcoked!
no they wont start over but they will quickly have to move out some core pieces and shake it up
@@RoamHockey Wayne, what exactly would you do if you were GM? who would you trade? who would you send to Rock Chester?
The team continues to make rookie mistakes..with regularity.They do not handle pressure well...and there opponents know it..they should have known, Colorado was going to push back,with all the time left,after the 4th.Sabre goal...they the Sabres were in cruise control and Ive seen it happen for years now.. "Complacency"...Very Annoying! Unfortunately it was almost a fluke they were up 4-0... to begin with they didn't deserve that lead... didn't score after Wedgewood came in..Power play's been an embarrassment thought they were going to have an easy night very frustrating...Colorado played like seasoned veterans..."wow"and won all the important battles before they won the game!So tired of the players saying "we'll learn from this" or "weve got to be better" been hearing these things for years..but like I said I'm a lifelong fan and will be watching the next game... hoping...that they will be able to play like the veterans they're supposed to be..
Ik you like Adam's but it's time for him to go😡🤬
if he doesnt make a trade now? agreed..we need a trade to shake it up
Today I would have fired Adams and trade Cozens, Quinn, Power and Joker.
18 game losing streak has I believe
last time was 1988 actually lol
The dysfunction is rampant. The coach is here bc New Jersey is paying his salary and they get credit for firing granato. He doesn’t get a roster with enough talent to win, because the gm wont make trades. The gm can’t make trades bc players with a ntc will never come. We locked up mediocre players through 2030 instead.
So we get to watch Cozens pretend to block game winning shots and dance out of the way at the last second. Hell, let’s give him an A and put him on the power play and lock him up through 2030.
well at least i know i care about this team. because i have never been more angry at this team than i am right now.
A player needs to be moved or someone needs to be fired.
Do something Adams or Pegula just might have to do something himself.
Oh I missed spot. The owner hasn’t addressed the fanbase in half a decade about any of this.
They lost their basics tonight defensively. Looked like last year's team in our own zone.
I agree, big rebounds (which is new for UPL) and our soft defense allowed drilled shots after the rebounds.
Worst thing is that their division is a mess this year and getting a playoff spot should be very doable. They just lack the one thing they were repeating all summer. Accountability. There is no accountability in this team or among the management. Starting from the top, Adams should resign first and after that they need a huge change in their roster. I'm not blaming Ruff for this. It is much deeper than that. There is a problem in their roster and everybody have known that for months before the season started.
in modern hockey, you need guys who can get into the slot.. who does that on this team? greenway? tage occasionally. guys like kulich would do better 10-12 years ago. too much on the outside. and sabres doesnt have the 1-2 punch to push colorado back, this team is close, but they are missing 2-3 key additions in that forward group, but nothing is happening.
I don't think we can blame goaltending at all tbh, UPL kept them at bay, with Levi in net we would've been 4-4 in the second (no offense but their push was intense and UPL shut them down in ways I don't think Levi can yet). That game was an organizational failure. If it doesn't shake things up we will be in the 2030 Stanley cup BC the buffalo curse requires 17 years 😅
Work that phone Kevyn.
I'm tired of being the youngest team in hockey.
Im starting to think this team has poor conditioning
If Colorado started a real goalie, this could have been worse
Make a trade and bring back somebody good! But trade who ever to a team that isn't a contender! I'm tired of being the farm team to the freakin league!
We need a trade now
How
This team sucks so bad & is absolutely atrocious!! Epic collapse , 2 1st overall defenseman on the roster & u would think we have a team full of 7th round D picks playing
We need a meathead Russian defender instead of pretty super models on D.
no jazz
home ice works against every team. think about it... when are you more aggressive and confident?
when you are abroad, raiding, ready to plunder and pillage, with only your lives to lose?
or when youre home, confortable, afraid of losing everything, pensive, defensive.
i dont know why more people dont understand this, bc it's one of the most basic things in human psychology. so i dont know why people think "home ice' / field etc is an advantage. It's stupid.
Frank, go ask the Habs and Islanders dynasties if home ice mattered..go look at the current contenders and ask them if your theory is theirs..I am sure Vegas, Toronto, Dallas, Carolina, Winnipeg and Los Angeles would argue that theory..you are supposed to win on home ice cause you are not just familiar with the routine but also with the actual ice surface itself..anybody that has played knows this
@@RoamHockey it's a fair point. depending on the squad, ig either is possible. but it boggles me that people refuse to see the advantages of being on the road with an raid mentality
and i've played, and it holds true.
I hope the sabres show up because the fans are not
They were having so much fun at 4 Love.