Top Ten Biggest Abominations this Sabres Season
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Hey guys, to commemorate this crazy season I will be doing a few top lists. First addressing the obvious problems. I'm running them 10-1 but they aren't necessarily in that order. Just doing them as they come to mind.................10. The absence of Terry Pegula. We've become of accustom to Mr Pegula being absent when the team isn't playing well. But for a guy who initially loved to make statements and proclamations when he first bought the team, the guy seems more like a Howard Hughes now. (For the record Terry Pegula promised a cup in 3 years. In his third full season as owner he produced the worst Sabres team ever).................9) Sabres advanced stats. MSG network made a habit this season of showing us the Sabres Corsi rating after each period and Sabres fans became accustomed to seeing large numbers in red on their screen reading things like -21.(having watched at least 72 of the 82 games I believe the Sabres only had a positive Corsi rating after about 4 periods and were even maybe 10.)rnrn..........................8) Goal scoring. Worst offensive team since 1936, need I say more?rnrn.........................7) Roster turnover. It felt like no season in sports has ever seen more different names on the back of jerseys than the 13'-14' Buffalo Sabres. Between trades, injuries, waivers and call ups, the 13'-14' Sabres challenged the best hockey braodcasters in 2 countries and one of the most in-tune fan bases around to keep track of who the hell is playing tonight. Fact: Sabres suited an NHL record 10 goaltenders this season, and got very good play out of most of them. Linus Ullmark who? Matt Ellis wins the Frozen Frontier game in a shootout and departs that night to play for Buffalo and never looks back.rnrn...................6) Ron Rolston. So we were planning to tank for awhile. Here's this guy who looks the part. Ok, all he has to do is finish 30th, how bad can you be at that? Well we found out, apparently keeping a team in line while finishing last takes some skill. rnrn...........................5) Darcy Regeir. Just the fact that he was here at any point was enough. Next.rnrn....................4) The New Sabres third jersey. Often referred to as the "Turd Burger" or Turd Jersey, this new Sabres jersey could not have made less sense of it was pink and had bedazzles on it. What did we think "Oh man, Nashville has the market cornered on yellow jerseys in the NHL, we need in on that action". For a team with a legacy of some of the sharpest, most iconic jerseys in hockey, this team really loves to ignore fan input and poo-poo all over its legacy with random awful hockey jerseys. (Google image search of terms 'Turd Jersey' and 'Turd Burger' both are filled with these Sabres jersey images. Yeah Ted, it looks like you're going to have to take a big bite.)rnrn
rnrnrnrnrnrn.................3. Ville Leino. This guy was given every reason an opportunity to succeed. He didn't even pull up average. All Leino did was turn up injured on plays where no one saw him get obviously hurt. Then turns in a season with no goals. The teams seond highest paid player and top paid forward did not score a goal. What does that tell you? rnrn..............2 Win loss record. We finished 21-51-10. In other words we played 82 games and lost 61 of them.rnrn1 rnrn........1The Pat Lafontaine situation. After a dismal start, the team was in total chaos. There was no direction and no hope in sight. Then one day in the middle of work all our phones blow up and Ted Nolan is the coach and Sabres hero Pat Lafontaine was made president of Hockey operations. It was like a dream. Like Tom Hanks on the raft in Castaway all ratty when that ship spots him. That lasted until the very first decision, the obvious one talked about for a year and a half was made. Ryan Miller was traded so Lafontaine jumped ship.rnrnrn.....................................Honorable mention: How John Scott was handled by the league. This season was a poop show before it started with the pre-season mele with the Leafs. After doing seemingly nothing in that situation but getting bushwhacked by the Leafs, John Scott was getting thrown out of games for breathing on people. The league bent rules like I've never seen in decades of watching hockey to deal with John Scott and the Sabres...........Also Mike Weber for Scoring on us several times, having the worst plus-minus most of the season and just generally being bad.......Also the Grigorenko Fiasco.
rnrnrnrnrnrn.................3. Ville Leino. This guy was given every reason an opportunity to succeed. He didn't even pull up average. All Leino did was turn up injured on plays where no one saw him get obviously hurt. Then turns in a season with no goals. The teams seond highest paid player and top paid forward did not score a goal. What does that tell you? rnrn..............2 Win loss record. We finished 21-51-10. In other words we played 82 games and lost 61 of them.rnrn1 rnrn........1The Pat Lafontaine situation. After a dismal start, the team was in total chaos. There was no direction and no hope in sight. Then one day in the middle of work all our phones blow up and Ted Nolan is the coach and Sabres hero Pat Lafontaine was made president of Hockey operations. It was like a dream. Like Tom Hanks on the raft in Castaway all ratty when that ship spots him. That lasted until the very first decision, the obvious one talked about for a year and a half was made. Ryan Miller was traded so Lafontaine jumped ship.rnrnrn.....................................Honorable mention: How John Scott was handled by the league. This season was a poop show before it started with the pre-season mele with the Leafs. After doing seemingly nothing in that situation but getting bushwhacked by the Leafs, John Scott was getting thrown out of games for breathing on people. The league bent rules like I've never seen in decades of watching hockey to deal with John Scott and the Sabres...........Also Mike Weber for Scoring on us several times, having the worst plus-minus most of the season and just generally being bad.......Also the Grigorenko Fiasco.
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