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Fans, Media, Players Need to Relax

I have pledged to stop watching the Sabres until they straighten themselves out. They are pretty awful right now, its not the pre lock out awful. Its awful in the sense that you know they are capable of so much more.

I have been listening to the media, fans and players and all I hear makes me feel like everyone just needs to shut up and relax. Yes, me the biggest critic of this team. Just relax.

1. The fans/media: I have heard so much nonsense from the fans and media over the last few days its enough to make you just wonder if the fans you hear actually watch the game and the media is just leading most of the ignorant fans by the nose.

Enough already with the "fire Lindy" and "trade Miller or Roy or insert other scapegoat".

First, Lindy should go no where. They have in Lindy possibly one of the top 3 coaches in the NHL. Regardless of their current record, he is. You don't stay around for 13 years without being good. Lindy is well respected and over the 13 years he has had bad teams and great teams and everything in between and if anything he has shown that its not him. If they play his system, if they play the game he wants this team is good, if not great. If they don't then they are what they are now.

Second, who are you going to trade? Ryan Milller? He had a concussion and I believe he has not fully recovered from it. Why he is still playing I have no idea but he is and they are suffering the consequences, but you can't trade him. He is a great goalie when hes right and right now hes going through his first really bad stretch and besides that, name one team that wants him the way he is playing?

Roy? no one wants him

Stafford? Inconsistent and non one wants him.

Leino...we just got him, and after watching him play, no one wants him.

The players teams would want I don't want to trade. Maybe is Roy/Stafford start showing a little life you can trade them for draft picks at the dead line to clear salary for the offseason.

2. The players need to relax, they are uptight because of the media and fans and some due to ownership and their Stanley Cup pledge. Look, as bad as it is, this team isn't this bad. Maybe they aren't a cup contender, but they are not as bad as they have been recently either. I think at this point they are a deflated team that can't catch a break. They need to loosen up, and just play hockey. Do what they do best, relax, go out and just let it happen. Don't listen to the media, don't listen to the fans. Lindy needs to tell them to just go out and let it fly, who cares right now, just play hockey, it can't get any worse than what its been.

Will they make the playoffs this year? Probably not at this point. But hey you never know. They pulled it off last year. At this point they have been so bitten by the injury bug I think its time to sit Miller until they know he is 100% and get the rest of this team healthy and see what happens. At the deadline Roy and Stafford might get you 2nd or 3rd rounders, you take them. Jochen Hecht is done here after the season and Sekera might be trade bait as well. Go out, sign someone to lead your offense. They have enough on the blueline, but not up front.

In the mean time, relax. Lindy and Miller are staying put, no one is getting fired or traded. This is a good team that simply needs to relax, and it needs to start by not listening to fans or the media.

Category: Buffalo Sabres Hockey

Posted by Buffalo Boy on January 19, 2012 @ 23:24 | Permalink | Comments (0)