Transcript of Why are the #Sabres not winning? Bad weather? Taxes? Maybe... something else!? #SDP #hockey #nhl

We don't have palm trees. We have taxes in New York. There those are real. We need to earn the respect, and it starts with getting over the hump, getting in the playoffs, competing. Once you do that, I mean, look at look at the the Bills.

I would, you know, assume that this wasn't a destination or a place that a lot of people were signing up to when they were in a 17 year playoff drought, and they've done a phenomenal job over there. You get Josh Allen, and people are lining up because they have a chance to win the Super Bowl every year. And I think that's what we're working to build here.

But they did have a Josh Allen. His name was Jack Eichel. I take real umbrage with his we're not a destination city because it plays into the nobody wants to live or play in Buffalo thing, which is not true. What this organization did to Jack Eichel was they made it seem like he was a prima donna. They made it seem like, hey.

Listen. We've done everything we can for you, Jack. We gave you $80,000,000 on a contract. The least you could do is do what our doctor says to do with your neck that you have to live with for the rest of your life. Sabers fans turned on Jack Eichel.

The organization wanted you to. They wanted to drive home the pressure of, you're gonna be here, you're gonna do it our way. And Jack said no. This is an organization that Ryan O'Reilly signed a contract with. And when he won, the con Smythe said he lost his love of hockey.

This is an organization that couldn't get rid of Sam Reinhart fast enough after a couple of seasons. If you're a free agent or you're a Jake Truba looking at the Sabers organization, why would you wanna go?