First off I want to apologize for the lack of updates for this season. I had meant to make it like other seasons but just kind of kept simming


So I got quite caught up in simming and forgot to jot down are record at various points in the season. Here's a recap of what happened though.

Come deadline day our Sabres were below .500 ...I think we had two less wins then losses. (Not counting OT)

Claimed (79) Matthew Lombardi off of waivers for injury depth.

I lost Ondrej Pavelec for 3 weeks around 2 weeks before the deadline. I had (77)Mrazek as my starting goalie. At this point I seriously contemplated acquiring a better goalie but decided against it. Oddly enough this was a pretty good decision. When Pavelec got injured he was not playing great. Mrazek stepped in and completely obliterated my expectations for our rookie goalie. By the time Pavelec got back Mrazek had gotten us into a playoff spot. I took out Mrazek and put back in Pavelec because I wanted to see what he could do. His game from pre trade deadline had completely changed. Our Sabres finished the season 42-31-9..

Playoff time. I made the playoffs as the sixth seed in the East (again like last year only one point seperated me from the 3rd place team)...We really had no big injuries going into playoffs and basically iced are normal lines.

Game 1

CAR 5 BUF 0

Horrible game all around, not only did Pavelec break down but Ward played a perfect gmae

Game 2

CAR 7 BUF 3

Again a horrible game from Pavelec. I almost put in Mrazek but decided we had to win with our starter if we were going to have a chance at the Cup.

Game 3

BUF 3 CAR 2

We sneaked this win out in OT...Keeping our hopes alive for a comeback.

Game 4

CAR 2 BUF 1

We really didn't play a bad game from the look of things, just didn't go our way this game.

Game 5

CAR 3 BUF 1

A bad way to get eliminated. A series filled with bad goaltending on our part and great goaltending on the other teams. I think I need to re-asses things this off-season.


So this season was definitely not what I wanted for us. Probably for me the most disappointing season so far.


So going forward into the off-season I am hoping to re-asses our team. I am not sure what I need to do but obviously the offence didn't click for the first half of the season and then in the play-offs. There is a chance I move Girgensons but that's a outside chance. I need to find a more balanced team.


Looking forward to next season Mrazek will hopefully be ready to take over, Ekblad will hopefully be ready for top 4 minutes along with Pysyk and Vanek/Gerbe will most likely be gone.

Their might be something big I will try to do in free agency. I might try to make a big trade involving some of the spects because we hopefully will be an contender next season.

Weber/Cole will most likely be gone too.

So as it looks we will have a bit of retooling to do in the off-season and then be ready to go full force by the start of next season!

EDIT:

AHL playoffs.

Well the Americans somehow squeezed into the playoffs. They had the leagues best Dman this season in Mark Pysyk (67 Pts).

Round 1

Rochester wins in 7 vs OKC Barons.

Round 2

Rochester wins in 5 vs Abbotsford Heat

Round 3

Rochester wins in 7 vs Chicago Wolves

Calder Cup Final

Rochester wins against complete favourites in the (56-16-5)Ice Caps in six games to win the Calder Cup!


^There's the first real hardware for the Sabres in my tenure. The team wasn't even that good but Pysyk (Was injured the entire first round) has 18 assists.