The Most Pathetic Franchise in Pro Sports

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[@rPk0hu]

The Buffalo special: - "you guys are gonna be SCARY in a few years" - have a promising draft with a loaded prospect pool - underwhelm for the 1st half of the season - offload veterans to contenders for a shot at Lord Stanley at the deadline - come JUST close enough to miss the playoffs in the 2nd half, wonder "what could've been" - see promise from youngsters - get a mid round pick since they outplayed a lottery pick - watch offloaded veterans win a cup from the golf course - "you guys are gonna be SCARY in a few years"

[@DukeParkes444]

Load up for a cup run by overpaying older players then buying them out years later after they drop off

[@Buffalosabskis]

Scary good goes back to 2006. No one has said it in Buffalo since 2007 haha. It was based off a goal call from 2006. This drought goes all the way back to the summer of 2011 maybe even the summer of 07 before Pegula, but the summer of 2011 was just signing miss matched FAs. That is also seemly what people wanted them to do this summer. I know I am old, but it's almost like people judging this team are not as informed as a person that has followed them as their only sports team since the 1990s.

[@chadcousins2563]

​@Buffalosabskis Legit see "Scary good" constantly mentioned over the last couple of years...especially 2 years ago when they started getting hot and Tage Thompson scored 47 goals. Sabres fans always go crazy thinking things are going to be better.

[@Buffalosabskis]

@@chadcousins2563 I mean what else do we have? I am about to be 34 and the last time they played a playoff game I was 20. You must be seeing comments that I am not or misinterpreting ironic comments because people would use that in live chats for years. Vanek would score a goal down 8 to 0 and people would say "SCARY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!". It would be lame to use an 18 year old quote to discuss a team possibly finishing above the half the league mark.

[@chadcousins2563]

@Buffalosabskis I've been waiting since the early 70's for a championship in Buffalo lol. Honestly if we finally did win here, Bills or Sabres it would probably kill me at this point 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tomas.P]

Most "wtf" thing about 90s Sabres is that on paper, they were almost as bad as Sabres today. But Hasek carried the team on his back like no one before and no one after. Never seen any single player having that huge impact on his team. He was an animal.

[@coastaku1954]

Patrick Roy on the Avalanche, Mark Messier on the New York Rangers, Matthew Tkachuk on the Panthers

[@hillfortherstudios2757]

Best goalie ever I think.

[@coastaku1954]

@@hillfortherstudios2757 I dunno, Patrick Roy, Curtis Joseph, Grant Fuhr, Jacques Plante and Martin Brodeur might want to have a word with you

[@Tomas.P]

@@coastaku1954 check the list of goalies with above .930 season save percentage (at least 40 matches played) . Hasek had 5, most in history. Second best is TWO.

[@HogSZN]

@@coastaku1954 youre just blatently xenophobic LOL

[@UFCMania155]

As a Sens and Oilers fan, the sabres are NOT more pathetic than the leafs…buffalo actually made the finals…the leafs haven’t since 1967

[@Chris-qo4rt]

Not even winning the conference in 50+ years is embarrassing as hell

[@jeremyschep3589]

Well either way there must be some evil magic going on in that geographical area of the Golden Horseshoe and WNY because both teams keep failing

[@dr.loomis4221]

The Leafs have won 13 Stanley Cups

[@jeremyschep3589]

@@dr.loomis4221 back when there were only 5 other teams to worry about

[@dr.loomis4221]

@@jeremyschep3589 They don't ask "how?" they ask "how many?"

[@ebrietasbiscuit]

As a Toronto native, and Leaf fan I’ve always said the league is a better place when Buffalo is a good team. Their fans are relentlessly loud and that building can be one of the best buildings in the league fan wise.

[@Cruz474]

I agree. The league is lit with a good Maple Leafs squad. And then we all laugh at the post season collapse.

[@FalseNi9e]

It's just bad ownership and hiring non hockey people to positions they are not qualified for. Buffalo loves their hockey and deserve a good team

[@USAwelsh]

Growing up our form of gang banging was our street hockey teams. Yes, we do deserve a winner. Every time I see highlights from the Drury/Briere years, it makes me cry. We had THE team during that time, and not to sound whiny or looking for an excuse, but they would have handed Carolina their ASSES that year if 3/4 of our starting roster wasn't injured.

[@XiluvGaming]

Ty ❤️

[@MrBeenus]

Tough shit

[@Theaveragejoehockeyreport]

Well said. The Pegulas are the problem and need to hire someone for the hockey operations cause they can't run it themselves.

[@magnus1249]

@@MrBeenus I mean ya it is your point?

[@wbj2000]

The Leafs are a close second. 😅 Actually the Leafs have done nothing in decades. 😳

[@coastaku1954]

Why does everyone forget our regular season success? We've actually MADE the playoffs every year for almost a decade, which is FAR more than what you can say for half the league. Half the league doesn't make the playoffs, so why is Toronto so bad?

[@mroy88]

the Leafs are first, this video is wrong

[@coastaku1954]

@@mroy88 But how, the Leafs make the playoffs consistently, we were 3rd in the Atlantic, a division that has won the Stanley Cup 3 of the last 5 times, the Leafs aren't a disappointment, it's just your standards for a team you don't even play for is way too high

[@mroy88]

@@coastaku1954 1967....that's how

[@coastaku1954]

​@@mroy88 Sabres have never won a cup, Sharks have never won a cup, Coyotes/Utah has never won a cup, Kraken have never won a cup, Blue Jackets have never won a cup, Thrashers/Jets have never won a cup, Canucks have never won a cup, Wild have never won a cup, Sens have never won a cup, Preds have never won a cup, Leafs have won 13 cups

[@thefozzybear]

You know what's more pathetic? The Leafs losing to the Sabres in Buffalo all the time.

[@kniesDat]

Love watching the Leafs play in their second arena 😂

[@NickelCitySaint]

The Sabres have only made 2 Stanley Cup finals.... Which is *checks notes* two more than Toronto has made since thr Sabres existed.

[@KM-tv5km]

The Cleveland Browns are the biggest joke in sports history, nobody even comes close

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

Eph you.

[@IsaiahMorrell]

​@@JonDoe-ln6nlgoo goo gaga switch

[@HereIam887]

How bout the athletics

[@FalseNi9e]

​@@HereIam887they have several championships

[@teckter]

LA Angels on their way to beat the Browns in being the biggest jokes

[@detroitotaku]

Lions actually won two playoff games this past season before losing in the NFC Championship.

[@beesechurger9469]

Causally waiting for the Wild to fill this spot…

[@TheBlazingMonkey]

wild/sabres fan here... the pain is real

[@axe2grind244]

Drafting Kaprisov in the middle rounds is 5x more progress than the Sabres have made in 13 straight seasons.

[@cbjm36]

Calm down, you guys are so much better than your expansion twins in Columbus

[@jordynbebus6641]

Wild aren't even close to this pathetic no to mention they've been around for like half the time

[@projektkobra2247]

Dumb name...bring back the Stars!

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Dominik "The Domininator" Hasek from The Chicago Blackhawks was one of The Biggest Steals of NHL Trades ever. Even though I understand Chicago's Logic, given they had Ed "Eddie The Eagle" Belfour, can you imagine that Chicago Goalie Tandem & what it would have been?

[@HashBrown78923]

The Arizona Coyotes would like a word with you 👀

[@lukeyarasheski5510]

You mean the Salt Lake Skatin Mormons?

[@EvilDarkSkull1992]

Buffalo is a poverty sports city. All they have is Josh allen and no trophies.

[@kel9855]

Indeed! It's one of two cities with more than a 100 seasons of participation but no trophies. The other one is San Diego. However, Buffalo isn't the city with the largest # of droughts among the four major professional sports (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL). Minneapolis is the one, because it has a team in all four major sports. Since their last championship (Twins) in 1991, they have experienced droughts of Twins (31seasons), Vikings (33 seasons), Wild (23 seasons), Timberwolves (33 seasons) plus two more drought seasons of the North Stars for a total of 122 seasons. In the NFL, I only count the Super Bowl era for former AFL teams. Since the first year of the Super Bowl (1966), Buffalo has had experienced droughts of the Bills (58 seasons), Sabres (53 seasons) and the NBA Braves that left town in 1978 (8 seasons), for a total of 119 seasons.

[@btttmeehan]

Thank god my florida panthers are no longer a running joke

[@jeremyschep3589]

As a Sabres fan your team’s story has actually given me hope…I’ll take what I can

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Ive always liked the Panthers but After my hometown team started rebuilding, I truely adopted the Panthers and the last two years have just been magical!! FTR I'm from Montreal and since most Montreal Quebecers retire to Florida anyway.... I actually lived there, with my Grand Parents. They owned and operated a fishing pier and Restaurant. I know that doesn't make me an official Floridian but besides Montreal, I haven't spent more time anywhere else! I was even there in 96! 'The Year of the Rat' and still remember the exact bar I was at when Uwe Krupp scored in double, or triple OT. Man, that team may not have been too talented but they still came 4 games from Winning the Cup, in their 3rd? Year of being a franchise! That 96 team, is still one of the most successful, (time to make the final) expansion teams, ever. After St. Louis (finals for their first 3 years) and Vegas! Nuff said So, a late Congratulations to you and all your great Fans!! You guys earned it!! & You deserve it! Still, the oddest finals I've seen with my own EYES! (Started watching Hockey in 85, so I've seen some strange ones but I've never seen a series, that included 2 blown Sweeps! You guys must have been so nervous for game 6 and 7. I know I was, for game 7!! I still think the CONN SMYTHE snub, was bullshit. It should have been Bob! But the most important trophy, went the right way! Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada

[@bramstedt8997]

Anyone who was a pre-2013 panthers fan and stuck with them deserves to enjoy the potential dynasty run they’re on

[@kyleconnor2759]

My brain still firmly believes it’s 2006 and we’re about to finish off Carolina and then win the cup.

[@Cilvathorne]

0:09 Florida Panthers pre-Zito 😂

[@Statsy10]

As a Canucks fan, I feel like it was Vancouver that was cursed from the day that the Perreault lottery draw went down (And Vancouver was announced as the winner, before the Buffalo GM noticed the wheel pointing not to the number 1, but two 1's stacked to make an 11). The Sabres dominated the league early in their history while the Canucks floundered. I'm glad we somehow passed our curse over to them! 😂

[@joeynova9896]

Well we still haven't won a cup yet but at least our team is going into the right direction.

[@torquetrain8963]

Love the Sabres. Hate all the sunbelt teams and bettman. Bettman destroyed the NHL.

[@TheCanadianWifier]

I’ve always had a huge soft spot for the Sabres, I started following hockey during the Breire and Drury years. It just feels right when they’re competitive. Hoping they finally get things turned around, I like their D core a lot and they have pieces up front, they just always seem to find a way to under-perform. Look at some of the guys that have come through their roster and some of the hot months they’ve had over the past 5 years and you wonder how they haven’t put it together yet.

[@irafair3015]

Part, but only part, of the problem is they've had bad to mediocre coaching for the last five years or so.

[@NFerrari716]

Thank you for making me feel depressed in the summer time being from Buffalo and a lifelong fan. Great video though, nothing but the truth. Keep it up.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

As a Montreal fan, I do want the Sabres to have more success, (I was at the last playoff game between the two teams) 98 was a bad year for Canada already. First we lose to the Dominator, in the Olympics and then Montreal lost to Buffalo, along with 2 other Canadian teams (I think). Man Hasek was incredible and 'that goal' Should not have counted. One thing I am sure of, might actually cheer you up, or at the very least, let you win at Bar trivia ;) In the1998, aforementioned, last Montreal Vs Buffalo playoff gave. It was also the ONLY time, in the history of the Montreal Canadiens, that they were swept, (In a 7 game series) on Home Ice! So, to you and Buffalo, our old Adams Division Rivals, I do hope you guys make the playoffs and keep on winning, (As long as it is not against us ;) Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada. Et... Bon Chance cette saison.

[@cbjm36]

As a Columbus Blue Jackets fan, it’s 100% us. Buffalo is close though.

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Jackets don’t have enough history.

[@patrickkanas3874]

I think the Coyotes were worse. At least Buffalo has Stanley Cup appearances, Arizona's owner just gave up and is letting them fold because they're not worth reviving in his eyes

[@icetruckthrilla]

the Lions did win two playoff games last season: the Wild Card round and the Divisional Round, then losing in the NFC Championship

[@alargefarva4274]

I’m just happy my Leafs haven’t worked their way into the top spot… yet!

[@aarongriffin4901]

😂🤣 you haven't even been to the cup since there was only six teams

[@aarongriffin4901]

You are there. Don't pretend this dude isn't being nice🤣🤣

[@GizmoBeach]

Been a Rockies fan since the day they drafted David Nied. Three seasons of 90 or more wins. One NL Pennant thanks to an amazing end-run in 2007. Otherwise a lot of forgettable years and despite a handful of talent now the only question is where will they end up in a few years. I’m a Sabres’ fan by choice (the day Beach’s past came to light I dropped Chicago like the plague) and I have no doubt they have better days ahead. But Colorado has nothing like Buffalo’s past sustained success; if not for expanded Playoffs they’d have never been in them but the one time in over 30 years.

[@erikmacaluso]

Terry Pegula needs to be put on trial for war crimes with the way he's allowed this team to deteriorate into a shallow grave. He owns something like half of all of the Sabres playoff-less seasons during his tenure. FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE FRANCHISE'S HISTORY.

[@scurvydog]

Avs fan here. There was more to the Byram/ Mitts trade than meets the eye. Mitts will be a decent #2 C, but it will take time to fit into the complicated game plan that the Avs use. I should imagine that he will be closely tutored by Coach Bednar. Sad to see Byram go, but it is understandable that the Avs wanted him gone considering his head injury history.

[@Paul-nk3pd]

The Canucks are actually the most pathetic team in the NHL.

[@jeremyschep3589]

Buffalo and Vancouver are 1970 twins

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Yeah but Buffalo had the better first draft and initial trades. Vancouver had a good draft but back then, there were some amazingly strong teams. Thats why, for the 67 expansion, they stuck all the new teams in one division, with St. Louis going to the Finals, 3 years straight. Their combined record in the 3 finals, 0 and 12, although all 4 games of the 68 finals were 1 goal games and the 12th loss, sent Bobby Orr from the ice, in to OT, Cup Winning Orrbit ;) So, if we including the 1970 final. You had Montreal, Boston, Chicago, and the Rangers, as TOP teams. The Blues fell off but the Flyers were moving up, in their stead. They all made the Finals at least once, in the 70's, with Montreal, Boston and Philly, all winning at least 2 Cups! Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada

[@Statsy10]

I was just reading an old THN Draft Preview talking about how the Sabres were flush with high draft picks for the next three years and with some good prospects already in the pipeline, they were on the cusp of becoming a real contender! That magazine was from... 2014. 😂

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Yeah, I read 'The same one this year but it was talking about Montreal, in the same manner. LOL I can't wait to see how, MY team screws our great young talent up! LOL "Hi, Colorado, it's Montreal Calling.* We really think highly of this new Drouin character. Do you still have him? GOOD! How about Caufield for Drouin. STRAIGHT UP??" LOL I wouldn't be (that) surprised, considering what we gave up for him the first time!!! :( * 'Montreal Calling' Amazing song. It was in NHL 06, or around there.

[@nateballou3321]

The Sabres have drafted some great players only issue is they've ended up trading so many of them away and those players have thrived elsewhere!? Like Ullmark, Eichel,Zadorov,Compher, and so many others!!? It's crazy how many good players they've drafted but then traded away only to have those players go on to get better and better with other teams!!?

[@danevertt3210]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 dude shut up……all butt hurt over a simple mistake

[@danevertt3210]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 nonsense?? Because he made one small mistake about one player and where he was drafted. You must be living an awful life

[@nateballou3321]

@lilwoodiewood3457 Yes, JT Compher was drafted by Buffalo!! He was taken in 2nd round 35th overall by Buffalo in 2013 Draft!! Maybe u should check Elite Prospects cuz it does say he was drafted by Buffalo! He just never played a game for them! He was a piece in Sabres trade with Colorado for Ryan O'Reilly! It even says in this video that JT Compher was drafted by Buffalo In 2nd round of 2013 draft so clearly u didn't even watch whole video!? Next time u might wanna check and make sure ur actually right b4 u talk!?

[@danevertt3210]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 hahahahahahaha correcting people like a jerk while being wrong about it HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@WarioSaysSo]

Buffalo Sabres biggest problems is its ownership's lack of dedication and desire to really win. They also own the NFL team Buffalo Bills, and even as they seem to be more interested in that franchise, they just the same lacks what is neded. A owner who is very invested in his team not only truly wants to win BUT more so work hard for aquiring the best people possible to make it happen! The Sabres have had a lot of tallents over the years but very sporadic and never consistent.

[@Evan8787]

Senators suffered the same thing with Eugene Melnyk. Melnyk didn't give a crap about building a competitive team. He didn't even live in Canada. It's sad that he passed away, but it opens the door for better ownership

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@Evan8787 Fully agree!!!!

[@Yoc622]

Some day this will be the wild haven’t made the second round since the 2010s

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Since the 2010s omg 4 years so long

[@Yoc622]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 💀

[@thebaconmanthony]

Since 2015

[@jasoncrandall73]

What's a more successful hockey team? A team like the Maple Leafs that has won 1 playoff series in about 10 seasons. Or A team that wins the Stanley Cup 1 season & misses the playoffs entirely the other 9 seasons?

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

I'll be honest. With a click-biting title like this, you were never going to live up to the hype. Which is a parable to the Sabres. So good job there, if intentional. It's tough to define the worst of anyone, or anything. Were you talking about, the last 13 years, then this video was amazing and I learnt a lot and without rubbing it in, crap that's some bad front office moves.

[@adamruddell7333]

The Leafs have never won more than two series in a single playoff season, I think that's worse than Buffalo's lack of success.

[@fx1883.]

100% they miss the playoffs this year again 😂

[@GrantCameron37]

How many of these players won The Stanley Cup with another team?

[@aapoheikkila5542]

It's miracle how they continue being so bad

[@griffinregan523]

Go Sabres😞😞😞

[@rbxee]

i remember every buffalo fan was fighting head over heel about how they were better without eichel. pure delusion. absolute poverty franchise

[@bearwooden660]

They were a juggernaut in 05-07 and then they blew up. Also, all their x-stars are doing real well on other teams. Weird...

[@kolasillers7776]

That Power contract is a mess.8.1 million? Jeez.

[@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot]

For a 6’6 pilot who screens his own goalie and NEVER I mean NEVER hits.

[@AltairBernard]

Still one of my proudest achievement is winning the Stanley Cup with the Sabres in my online EHM league 😂I had a really goonie team with a lot of hard hitters, maybe they should copy this approach 😂

[@Chewbachi]

If the Sabres developed Reinhart like Florida and had Eichel now with this new Sabres team they might have been something but both of them went on too win cups with different teams. Also why tf did they get rid of Savioe 😭

[@johnperdue7217]

A brutal watch for any Sabres fan... keep up the great content!

[@YaoboyProd2K15]

This is what 13 years without playoffs feels like:

[@Diljabar]

the video talks a lot about numbers and dollars, but not about the losing culture within the team, the front office turnover, the 10 game winning streak that meant nothing, and the inexplicable lack of consistency from game to game

[@buffalofan7169]

I’m a Sabres fan…. And this is very truthful this franchise has been pathetic over the last heck forget 13 years since 2007

[@markastoforoff7838]

As a Leafs fan I don't think there has been a worse team than them since I started watching hockey. We haven't made the finals even once since 67.

[@empire0]

Canucks aren't far behind. 3 finals, 0 cups, and 2 riots😂

[@stinkfinger630]

Ummm, The VANCOUVER CANUCKS say: Hold my beer!

[@signifiednose7499]

We’re not as bad as the Jets.

[@lukeyarasheski5510]

Hasek literally saying "Fine. I'll do it myself" in 99 was wild

[@codyge18]

Hyperbolic, and you disproved your own title in the 1st 30 seconds. There are much worse franchises in sports than the Sabres

[@captainahab4325]

Sabres season ticket holder here. I go back to the days of the French Connection. We were once a proud and powerful team we used to make fun of the "weak sisters" Colorado, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Chicago. But now we take the cake as the leagues biggest joke. Hopefully with the hiring of Lindy Ruff and the moves made this summer we will be competitive once again. Levi will be in the nets "when" we win the Stanley Cup. Interesting fact about Ruff he has been in the Sabres organization in every decade the Sabres existed going back to him playing with Gilbert Perreault.

[@gerrylee1687]

Are the sabers using the black goat head jersey as a third this year?

[@MeatballYaro2]

"When" is wishful thinking

[@captainahab4325]

@@MeatballYaro2 That's all we have is hope. Sooner or later we have to win just by pure luck Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then

[@MeatballYaro2]

@@captainahab4325 I would LOVE to have your level of optimism. I just don't see it happening. At the same time, I want to be proven wrong

[@syntaxer1984]

Buffalo Sabres have a terrible hockey program. They just hire the next schmuck who tears it down and fails, over and over again. The players know it, poor medical staff, poor scouting, farm system and prospect development. The coaching staff are on cruise control.

[@mattniedbala5839]

One person should be solely responsible for making the Sabres the laughing stock it is today Terry Pegula

[@Austrocious]

It's funny because they keep crying about the 99' cup, but they know they had no chance of winning it. That was their peak, and it was all because of one goalie. No matter how it ended, we were taking home the cup no matter what. The Buffalosers will find every excuse in the book as to why their not winning. Blaming players, coaches, GMs, refs, the league. Everyone but the ownership and fans. That team needs to be relocated asap.

[@T-cow37]

quit yapping buddy

[@projektkobra2247]

Should rebrand as Niagara Falls...everyone loves THAT place....also go for a new crest, plain circle with bigger crossed swashbuckler blades...lose the cow.

[@fishtailhail9904]

I guess the Arizona Coyotes aren't a thing... oh wait

[@FalseNi9e]

Also wanted to add you have a new subscriber and keep up the great content mate!

[@HecticHockey]

Thank you!

[@robertrouthier2603]

You are very good at this. Keep going and you will have ten times the subscribers!

[@HecticHockey]

Wow, thanks!

[@jdnnle6]

I agree, this is a gem of a channel. I really hope it doesn't start clickbaiting videos in the future like so many other channels do...

[@MosierSocialSolutions]

Move buffalo to Canada. Oh wait Betman still around Canada won’t get another team til he’s dead

[@michaelleroy9281]

Chicago White Sox since 2008

[@jasoncrandall73]

Oh, please. GMTM & GMJB failed to build out the roster. Players like Baby Jack, ROR, Rhino, Risto, Hall, Ullmark, Montour, Victor, Robyn etc also failed to fully give their all when they were here. GMKA has built out this roster well & they added over 600 hits & 4 of the top 50 fastest burst skaters to their bottom 6 this off-season. Ruff will be an improvement at HC over Granato. I hope & pray the Sabres do not turn into the Maple Leafs. Let's go Buffalo!

[@lookinforthe70s]

You never half step a rebuild. The Sabres had all of these young players and draft picks. And decided to trade them away in the middle of a rebuild. I remember thinking to myself as an outside fan that the Sabres were set up great to have a successful rebuild. Then they decided to "accelerate" it. WTF? Now they are sitting there with the record for longest playoff drought, and I personally think it's because they decided to stop the rebuild in the middle of it. They should have never went into a rebuild if they didn't want to follow all the way through with it. If you do a rebuild, you have to commit to the WHOLE rebuild.

[@NakkiPie]

It is good you specified which Linus Ullmark cause there has been so many players with that name.

[@ashwinranji8790]

what's up with the Leafs? they aren't in this video lol.

[@modernman7576]

It's pronounced Lalalalalalalafontaine

[@ThreeLions82]

I’d say the Atlanta Hawks are the most pathetic. How far have they gotten?

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

The Sabres are pretty much the Baltimore Orioles of the NHL

[@bjarczyk]

In 13 years the Sabres made no progress? That’s a ridiculous statement. Kevyn Adams has done a remarkable job rebuilding the organization and learned from the mistakes of GM’s Murray and Botterill. The McLeod trade was also great and not questionable at all. Eichel and Reinhart took the easy way out to already contending teams instead of earning it the hard way. Former Sabres leaving Buffalo and having success on other teams will now be old news.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

7:00 You need to cut them a little slack, when they lose the lottery twice. Has anyone matched that? On the other hand, if they were tanking and creating a tradition of losing, then they deserve it. Here in Montreal, there were many years we could have/should have gone full rebuild and the fans argued endlessly on talk radio, as to what we should do. I'm not going to claim I was higher the 65%;on the team trading Price and others but the team refused to budge and we would have never received that magical run, that ended 3 wins and a Drouin short but we haven't seen a playoff game since.... It better be worth it...

[@LouieNJ]

As a Devils fan I am a bit jealous of how well BUF have drafted outside the top 5 in recent years especially opposed to my team, NJ's, success in the same range. Outside of Dawson Mercer, Shakir Mukamadullin and Casey(jury still out), and Jesper Bratt(which seemed like more luck) NJD haven't had a ton of success developing talent outside their top 5 first round picks. Only a handful have even become NHL regulars and, at best, they are bottom 6/4 guys. Yegor Sharangovich is probably the best after Bratt and he had to get traded after a massive regression he couldn't pull out from for him to get back to form. Zacha and Holtz both had to get shipped out. Chase Stillman is a real WTF when guys like Stankoven were still on the board. Meanwhile, BUF seem to have really solid players in guys like Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, Benson, Samuelsson, UPL, and I think they gave up a bit early on Savoie.

[@BillyBuffalo354]

Its not that they gave up on Savoie necessarily. Its just that they NEEDED a 3rd line center, especially one who is reliable defensively and can win faceoffs, after the trade of Mittelstadt for Byram. Hence the trade for a younger, though established, decent quality player in McLeod. Plus he fits their continued theme of building a team with overwhelming speed. Not only that but in terms of Savoie, they have a plethora of quality prospects, both who can play center in Kulich, Ostlund, and now Helenius, along with Peyton Krebs who is on the NHL roster but still developing, and both Tage Thompson & Dylan Cozens as young centers signed long term. And they have an abundance of quality winger prospects in Rosen, Wahlberg, Neuchev, Poltapov, while still having Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, and Zach Benson as top 6 wingers who are all still on ELCs, and Alex Tuch, who they will likely end up retiring in Buffalo. So it wasnt that they gave up on him, they just dont have any place for him in the top 6, he likely would not be the type of player who would be successful playing in the bottom 6, and they have a ton of young fwds still.

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Mukamadullin has proved nothing u they didn't much for his development what send him to the a for one year he's not really much better

[@4517onlyglory]

Only way to be this bad is making bad trades every single year

[@nicolesgaming8917]

The Buffalo Sabres... the Seattle Mariners of the NHL (at least the Sabres have made it to the Stanley Cup Finals). Draft tons of talent, only to see that talent have success elsewhere.

[@Alex-vr4wu]

Two words: Bowen Byram

[@aarongriffin4901]

If you want to say they are the most pathetic... Dont mention the leafs who haven't made it to the finals since 67. The sabres have been there twice since 70. Leafs haven't been there since the sabres existed.

[@davebegley3022]

Vancouver came into the NHL in the same year as the Sabres. Buffalo had more wins and more playoff wins than Vancouver. So what did that make them?

[@jax1580]

Van has 3 finals appearances to Buffalo's two maybe? I'd say both franchises are sad but Van is a sliver less sad overall.

[@hughjass1044]

The "most" pathetic? No. Pretty bad but if you take out the last 13 years... and admittedly, that's significant.... throughout their history, they haven't been all that bad. They did make the finals twice which is twice more than my pick for the title... the Leafs... did. They also finished 1st overall at least once. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the other leagues to make any calls but for me, no one has accomplished less with more opportunities and resources over a longer time than the Leafs.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Like I alluded to in another post. If you show the CREASE twice! Teach some of the young fans why that goal was such b.s. and why it was so important. There are a lot of new fans out there, who get shit on because they were born in the last 15 years. Why not be the guy, the educator and your shtick will become a reason that you gain subs. Because you respect the youth and tell the stories, you think they need to learn! If you don't do it...I'm thinking about taking my idea back :) Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada

[@rexmcdowd]

Look, say whatever you want about the Sabres. Yes theyve been mismanaged and underperformed, and yes they havent been relevant in a while. But the one thing you cannot say about the Sabres is that they once lost to their own zamboni driver. Only one NHL team can claim that, and I would argue that losing to a literal zamboni driver that you employ is far more pathetic and humiliating than anything the Sabres have ever done.

[@drumagus2258]

i mean at least Sabers management is trying, the oakland A's are owned by a SF Giants fan/former owner of the Giants and hes destorying the A's so the giants will be the only team in the bay.

[@Chaosmite]

Both cup finals are further than Leafs since 1967, nonetheless less, Leafs never made it past round two in its history since the last time they won the cup, there were only two rounds.

[@BecomeAnOrthodoxChristian]

They went to round 3 in 78, 93, 94, 99, and 02.

[@aegis7843]

Left off poor Ryan Miller

[@Evan8787]

The most pathetic NA team is the Lions. The previous Browns team was actually quite good. The Lions have consistently been pathetic for the past 60 years. The AZ Cards have been almost as bad, but they at least made a Super Bowl in 2008.

[@jackmakackov7077]

The sabres have missed playoffs the last 12 years. The stlouis blues have missed 11 times in their history and they are three years older.

[@blakedupont8303]

Bru if buffalo was better at keeping people they would have a super team

[@Harrja]

The White Sox have entered the chat

[@petew2118]

Who is Dan Billsma?!?!

[@mariovaccarella6854]

While I like Chicago & Rangers first, then, The Islanders, next, I like The Buffalo Sabres. It's a shame what's happened to the team. I think that there has to be A Culture Change (it's so obvious The Vegas Golden Knights won The Jack Eichel Trade - I think that was their best shot, when they had Hall, Staal & others, however, Ralph Krueger doomed that team & then Kevyn Adams broke up the team). I think that Lindy Ruff, as New Head Coach, is a step in The Right Direction, but I think that Kevyn Adams has to go, if The Buffalo Sabres don't get beyond The Regular Season. Let me know what you think

[@Spiderman-wt8hb]

I’m going on but of a tangent here, but give me a sec. Given the Coyotes move and Floridas turn around, I doubt any team will move anytime soon which is crazy given how many were on the chopping block only a decade ago. Columbus and Ottawa have received plenty of fan support in spite of the issues and Winnipeg has the ownership willing to keep them there. Buffalo is really the outlier in the sense that I know the team probably won’t move, but the Pegula’s are really trying their hardest to make the most unappealing team both on and off the ice and given how this organization used to be consistently successful even if they haven’t won a cup, it’s sad. I really hope I don’t eat my words, but then again, look at the SuperSonics.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

The Jets are way more pathetic

[@jaytee4374]

The Lions won 2 playoff games this past year dingus

[@mr.devil9577]

Rangers top 5, 1 cup since WWII ans they needed half the oilers dynasty to do it. They are the leafs with a great goalie since 2006 to now (Lundqvist and Shesterkin) they win 2 or 3 playoff series since if they had any other goalies.

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Leafs and Sabres are two different kinds of lolcows. For my money as a fan of them the Leafs are worse cause they never sniffed a finals since 67 but I can see the Sabres argument.

[@MeatballYaro2]

I hate that my beloved team are this pathetic and will never see the playoffs ever again

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

Clueless.

[@Longshots10]

There's always next year!