Gameday : Blue Jackets @ Sabres – Pregame Thoughts & Rant

Gameday : Blue Jackets @ Sabres – Pregame Thoughts & Rant

Hi good morning all the Sabers are playing tonight once again folks against the Columbus Blue Jackets where it seemed like all this mess started let’s take a look at it coming Up actually let me rephrase that really the the mess began in preseason really I mean that the this team has been inconsistent from day one to now they’ve just been inconsistent uh sorry the post game last game guys I I just couldn’t do it I

Wasn’t in and and the truth is I don’t know if I’ll be here tonight I I mean this game when I looked at I said oh my goodness it starts at 5: I don’t even know if I’m going to get to see this game I’m going to be busy all day today

So we’ll we we’ll see we’ll see I’m going to try but uh you know one thing uh uh one thing about the the Sabers this year guys they have not been once five games under 500 could this be the night or the evening I should say that it happens cuz if they

Lose this game and we don’t you know the everybody has their opinion on what’s going on what’s wrong with the team I give a mind I think we need a coaching change I’m I’m sick of saying it but we do and um I don’t think we’re

Going to do it I think I think Granado his job is safe God it’s just how it feels and uh if we lose this not one coach in this NHL would survive this much that Granado has survived so that means the problem is Adams he’s doing it

Again like he did with Krueger and he’s waiting till The Season’s completely a wash before he’s going to make any changes and then there’s no pressure on the new coach coming in but shouldn’t there be some pressure if we bring in a new coach guys I don’t want a coach to

Walk into a non-pressure situation I want him to walk in to a kitchen that’s on fire and see if he can put it out this GM is making mistakes now and it’s pissing me off it really is okay uh let’s take a look at this clip

Guys okay so there you see uh down to number 89 there’s the two teams that are fighting for the the rights to be eighth in the Wild Card Chase uh if Columbus wins this game they’re actually in front of us with points we’ll have we’ll be a point

Behind them with a game in hand my goodness how how the uh how this season has fallen right before our eyes so if you look uh the Sabres are 44 and2 their last 10 Columbus is 442 and their last 10 Columbus on the road 48 and

4 I might want to remind you their last game they won in the road was in Buffalo say Sabers at home a dismal 79 and one the Sabres goals for and against a minus 18 Columbus goals for and against a minus 20 very very similar teams in the

Standings one thing that stands out sabes have 13 regulation wins and Columbus have nine so the regulation wins are are not impressive I mean the sabes are like winning one out of every three in regulation guys but the reason I’ll point out the regulation wins is cuz if

You look at that clip you’ll see the teams that are in in a playoff position right now aren’t that far in front of us in regulation winds but the Sabers just continue guys to shoot themselves in the foot they continue to find ways to make the season worse I don’t

Care about I don’t care where our special teams are at I just don’t care anymore about this stuff guys I care about what kind of management do we have what kind of coaching do we have at this point the rest of it for me I’m just leaving it there it doesn’t

Matter really it does not matter what matters is are we going to have survival instincts like a normal franchise would and make these changes because right now I’m open-minded to Adams and Granado being tossed I’m open-minded to it right now I’ve had enough and I like the job gr uh grenado

I like what Gran’s done actually with the young kids but as a head coach he sucks and then Adams I love what he’s done with with with a lot with the the team I I do now some of the signings questionable but lowrisk signings guys I

Rather have four bad signings that are 2 million bucks each and one terrible signing that’s 10 any day any day because you’re never going to get on you’re never going to get rid of the $10 million like imagine if we had hule sign for 105 million bucks like they do over there in

Calgary for the next eight years now can you imagine having that hor the worst contract maybe in the history of the NHL maybe maybe it’s it’s that bad right now we have some yeah we have some contracts I don’t like you know I can name at least about

Eight that I I I don’t think should be on this roster really and and aoso is one of them there’s guys on this roster I don’t belief should be on this roster if we are serious about doing anything guys really you know and and like and the thing is a lot of these

Contracts can be moved out with a few phone calls really and you know start start using some of our assets that we have in the mind start using some of them to get us out of this hole because this hole is what’s going to get Granado fired it’s what’s going to get Adams

Fired because they’re not doing enough of it and this thing about staying the course now’s not the time believe it or not it’s not the time they they’ve got to do something to wake up this franchise this I don’t think Adams realizes that he doesn’t have the

Luxury of another two full seasons of rebuilt there’s no time you’ve rebuilt the team Adams you have the assets go and acquire some players and get this team going because we’re all tired we’re all tired of it we are so I think the main thing that I’m

Going to look for guys the rest of the year is are we going to fire this coach are we going to pretend he’s not the problem or not one of the problems cuz we don’t hit for guys we don’t hit we’re wusses we are the softest goddamn team in the

NHL and we went and acquired hitting and we’re still at it so when does it change change when unless you guys want to follow the wuss rules of Gary Batman and say oh no we don’t hit no more that that you know hitting is not important well you know

What go watch B ballet or something then because I’m telling you hockey part of the game is physical play and grit and if you don’t have it you don’t win titles you don’t do nothing if you want the truth we’re proof of it you could say what you want if you’re

One of those fans that likes was hockey but I’ll tell you what enjoy then because this is what you’re going to get for the next 10 years if Granado’s our coach for the next 10 years we’re not going to do anything without getting tougher ever ever ever no there’s no playoffs there’s

No Stanley Cup run there’s no deep playoff run coming if this team is going to be throwing 8 to 10 hits a game it’s pointless mark my words what watch uh Carolina perfect example of a nothing happening team that should be doing something there are a nothing happening team come playoff time the

Truth is the Hurricanes suck come playoff time they do and they’re going to destroy one of their best erors in their history maybe their best ERA in their history because Brenda M’s too much of an idiot to have his players hitting that’s the only team that I can

Think of that’s softer than the sabes is is Carolina and Carolina were my pick to win the cup a few years ago but they went like this their hitting’s gotten worse and worse forget it they’re finished they’re done to me that’s they’re not a threat people blame their go tending no

They got the same problem as us guys they’re just a more talented team but they got the same problem as us whereas they leave their goalies out to dry because they’re not physical over there and it’s finally caught up to them what do you think’s caught up to the leaves

The leafes this year are hitting more but the truth is the leaves kind of let their window of opportunity it feels like slip by I think the Leafs are hanging on now just because out a sheer front loaded talent and that’s only going to last so

Long anyway so guys we got to do something and we got to do it now I I I don’t know how much more I got to stress this I I know I’m due for a video so I might as well make it a bit of a rant

Video we have got to do something guys we got to stop blaming the Special Teams we got to stop blaming certain players we got to stop with we got to look at our system okay we got to look at our system last year we were exciting to

Watch but we hit like we were garbage and of course we’re not going to have success in the long run if you’re not going to hit worst hitting team in the league by far last year by far and where did it where did it go we had one

Of the best power plays in hockey we had one of the most exciting young forward groups to watching hockey but when it came down to it we’ll never know how far it could have went guys cuz we didn’t get in we missed by a point and that

Should have ignited the team this year and I tell you what guys coming out of the gate in preseason they sucked they sucked in preseason and that to me people say preseason doesn’t count no it doesn’t but it’s usually a Telltale sign of what you’re dealing with kind of kind of

Gives you an idea and we were bad in preseason inconsistent and it’s followed right through guys we’ve got to do something and we got to make a coaching change now because guys this is going to get far worse it’s going to get far worse than than where we’re at now four games

Under 500 this this has the potential to go like 18 games under 500 this year a 64o season or something that’s what we’re looking at if we don’t shape up now and I’ll tell you what if I had it my way there’s certain players that would never see the light of day again

On this team and I’m really getting fed up but the main problem is Adams likes people he likes to you know if you go in his office I’m sure and have a nice talk with him your job is safe on the team it’s not right it’s

Not but the the main Culp for me is Granado he’s got to go him and his soft system guys it’s got to go okay so we’ll see what happens with Columbus because if we lose this game what do you guys think are you really that tolerant of Granado you want to keep him

Really I I I I don’t understand fans that think Granado system is the way to go I don’t get it I don’t get how you think playing non- contct in a contact sport is going to win championships when it’s never ever happened in the history of the NHL come playoff time

So are we going to be the first team in NHL history to go into the playoffs and throw 10 hits a game and win the Stanley Cup I don’t think so come on it’s not going to happen so we got to guys I think we need to make changes we

Have to do it now I I I just I just don’t think they’re going to so where does that leave us as fans where does that leave us are we going to just roll over and die all year like we did in the Housley year we’re going to have a season like

That where we had all this promise well at least there we had the 10 game winning streak but I’m talking guys what about the promise that we had coming into the season that we knew they were supposed to be better than this and they’ve gotten so much worse so much

Worse offensively they look like they were a Flash and a pan last year now that’s what this looks like I think we need a coach who can get the best out of us can take a player and yank himself out of himself the biggest problem the Sabres have right now

They’re too into self guys that’s my belief they’re too wrapped in themselves and to in order to become a better team they got to come out of themselves especially on the ice and just let it let it flow let it happen and I think we need a coach that’s going

To teach us every facet of the game and guys as much as torella gets criticized look what he’s done with the Philadelphia Flyers who are not as talented not even close to as talented as the Sabers are and look at them and look at us and you tell me coaching is

Not a big reason why those two franchises look the way they do right now you’re lying to yourself then we need to make a coaching change I guess that’s the moral of this video I’m leaving it there guys I’ll try to be around for the post game I probably will

Be around for the post game I don’t think I’ll be around to see the game I just don’t it’s a 5:00 game H my my day is tight so I’ll leave it there guys I blabbed enough I’ve ranted enough see in the post game I hope

Tonight talking about a win but I have my doubts and I’ll tell you why guys because we have not been five games under 500 once all year is this the day that happens in a most embarrassing fashion possibly ever the team that just hammered us at home beats us again at

Home a few weeks later see you Tonight

Good morning all..some random thoughts going into this game against the Blue Jackets at 5pm this evening as the Sabres appear to not have any plans of a coaching change..thanks for watching 🦬
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