The Buffalo Sabres NEED To Fire Ralph Krueger. Like Right Now. 

The sabres are so bad that they are below Seattle on THGs power rankings. SEATTLE HASNT JOINED THE LEAGUE YET!!!

At this point I'm almost sure the Sabres is just a front for a money laundering operation.

They've been Saying "it's Unacceptable" for about 10 years now. All their Talk means Nothing to me now. They're a Disgrace.

This is not the vid the Sabres wanted. It's the vid they needed.

You get it, we get it, other fans get it, but Ralph, Kevyn and obviously the Pegulas DON'T. It's all fake and nothing is real.

This gives me Steve dangle vibes in the best way possible

"The Sabres owner designed this BS hat." I see what you did there.

This is insane, 2 coaches have already been fired in the NHL and yet Ralph still has a job.

Melody is the Sabres’ Steve Dangle. She’s speaking straight truths.

Can't agree more if I tried. Why is Skinner, who isn't a defensive forward going out on the fourth line?

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory > The Buffalo Sabres

This is like the Ballard-era Leafs at this point, nothing is going right. When Kevin Lankinen, a rookie goalie making $850k a year, has more points (2 assists) than Jeff Skinner, there's a serious problem

When the Sabres tanked all they could to get their hands on McDavid they started the beginning off of losing culture . Once your team has a losing culture it could be years to dig itself out have a look at the Edmonton Oilers

Not a Sabres fan but this is just giving me anxiety with how many issues there are

I used to really dislike Sabres and their fans up until when ROR won the Conn Smythe. Now I just feel bad and want them to be better. No fanbase deserves this amount of slaps in the face.

I appreciate your emotion and understand why Buffalo fans are fed up. The problem starts with ownership and the GM. Too many professional teams rely on former NHL players to coach or manage teams. The problem with that is that a former player had a career as a player and has limited exposure to the business side of hockey. Those former players often only use the eye test instead of statistical information readily available if they just used it. Buffalo needs to take drastic steps to get out of a hole that has been created through terrible mismanagement of talent and finances. Buffalo ownership should never award a multi year contract to a GM or coach until they exhibit they deserve one. The problem is most hockey guys won't work like that. The truth is most jobs do not offer long term contracts. You do a good job today and you can keep it until tomorrow. Keep the pressure on!

On the plus side, you've almost written enough songs for us to have: The Buffalo Sabres Musical: A Tragedy in Three Acts

The Sabres at this point are so miserable they’re driving BUFFALO FANS away. If a team can make Buffalo fans go away than everyone has to go (except Reinhart he’s solid, and maybe Cozens).

I really have no opinion about the Sabres; never really liked or disliked them. But you're right, from a non-Buffalo fan's perspective, it's actually sad to see how much this team has given up on itself. And the ownership and management is doing nothing to right the ship. I assume it's because they've made many futile moves in the recent past and things are still terrible. I can picture them shrugging their shoulders and saying "I'm out of ideas". Sad. My Sharks are bad and declining, but I've seen them ice good teams for most of the last 2 decades. I'm anticipating a return to respectability SOMEDAY, though we're saddled with bloated contracts and there's some, but not a lot of, young talent coming up. But I really can't imagine 10 years of being as bad as the Sabres have been. I'm glad passionate fans like you are upset and speaking out. Because you don't deserve this from your team.

What a great hat.

What needs to happen is the Pegulas need to hire the right people for the job and let them do their thing and stay the hell out of it. Like they did with the Bills when they hired Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott and let them run the Bills. Or what's going to happen is Ralph Krueger gets fired and in 2 years we're going to want the other guy fired. And another 2 years we're going to want the other guy fired

Tobias Rieder is tied for the most 5 v 5 goals on the team, he's tied with Curtis Lazar and Sam Reinhart with 4. They should put Cozens on the top line with Eichel and Reinhart.

Also, "I'm not mad" yells for the next 10 minutes, but I completely agrre

Buffalo hasn’t been good ever since we fired lindy rough

As an Islander fan, the only person I feel worse for than Sabres fans.. Is Rasmus Ristolainen. Poor Razzy. That goal will be on every highlight reel for 10 years

The Buffalo Sabres aren't rock bottom, they're in the void, they just keep falling.

Cozens is a bright spot, for sure. Everytime they're on NBCSN, he is noticable.

I got it Mel, a song parody of Phil Collins "I don't care anymore" .....

Buffalo Sabres stands for BS and BS is how they are playing right now😂😂😂😂

This is me leaving condolences. Sorry your team sucks. Buffalo fans deserve better but hey Bylsma is still out there fyi 😂

Taylor Hall, Jeff Skinner, and Jack Eichel. A combined 4 goals & they're being paid $27 million? Seriously? That's $6.75 million per goal.

The hat completely epitomizes what everyone thinks when the pegulas speak

Starting out with the hat XD... perfect. What you say about Krueger is legit how I felt all those years with Jack Capuano. I know that pain. We legit had to make a billboard to get kick his ass out. Stay loyal to the end because as bad as it is now, that means the amazing highs and success to come will be that much sweeter. GGs girl!

Could not agree more. He has clearly lost the room.

that moment when the Sens owner is Melnyk and the Sabers are still a bigger cluster fuck....

You are a star. Sabres can be proud to have a supporter like you. It's great to see your passion. Sometimes it is worth to shout your opinion.

I've watched every Islanders game this season, and Buffalo is the only team that makes our offense look elite. Like I'm baffled how poor the coverage is, it's consistently the worst I've seen in more than a few years. I feel so bad for Sabres fans man, it's so brutal. Every single player besides maybe Reinhart looks gassed, dejected, and lost.

I don't think I agree. I think the Pegula's need to sell the friggin' team. A coaching change isn't going to help this lack of talent...and bigger lack of a plan.

As much as I admire the Pegulas for what they have done for the Bills, I am at a loss with the Sabres !

I wanna see Melody and Steve Dangle sit in a room and talk about their teams.

I've stopped reppin my Sabres gear we are absolutely trash and Krueger is to blame!!! I feel your pain

Lucic has more goals than Eichel, Skinner, and Hall combined

Firing Krueger serves no purpose, how many coaches have the Sabres gone through over the years like the dude is not good as coach but it is not like another coach can do better. Skinner at 9 million is useless, Hall at 8 million useless, then you got terrible blueline and a complete lack of depth down the middle this team is so beyond fixable putting it on the coach is not entirely fair, Hall has been regressing ever since his MVP season why someone would give him 8 million is beyond me and then Skinner has been known to be inconsistent yet they gave him 9 million, and Eichel has clearly given up and he needs a fresh start

At least they never lost to an emergency goalie who works for them.

Reinhert,Ulmark and Couzins best three this year. The rest can take a hike

You know you suck when you’re driving away a fan like Melody. She deserves so much better for being such a huge fan.

First things first 1 tar and feather the coach before running him out. 2 Fire the GM and kick him to the curb. 3 A complete fire sale on players. 4 Move the franchise to Mexico, I hear hockey is on the rise there so they may have more success.

Fire Krueger and hire Gerard Gallant before he goes to Seattle

Wonder if Rayzor wants to coach, he sounds frustrated just calling the sabres games and has more energy then anyone in that Locker room I guarantee it!

From the outside I get the feeling, that the problem is rooted way deeper than coaching, roster or context; this is about culture. There is no common ground and no winning mentality.

Hey, Jets fan here, who has lived in Edmonton during the 4 years of No. 1 draft picks (sorry about Hall). I feel your pain and understand what terrible Management and Coaching can do. Proud of our organization True North Sports and Entertainment; we say it during the anthem.

Well said! I’ve been watching this team every game for 41 years. We had losing years, we seldom had hopeless years. The owners did that. The owners shouldn’t be allowed to hire anyone in the hockey department, they have a decade long record (20%) of the team history of making horrible choices.

I agree with you, Mel. The Sabres needs to fire Krueger.

I feel sad for Sabres fans, but laughed so much to that hat. Once there merchandise that actually tells the truth.

This team needs the Torts.

It was the Sabres entrenched culture of losing that forced them to hire a never was like Krueger in the first place. And now he's " loosing the room " They're " tuning him out " Take a bow Sabres, you've run another coach out of town. Will a better coach come to the elephant graveyard of the NHL ? I wouldn't bet on it !

We all know Ville Leino is watching every Sabres game now hoping Jeff Skinner doesnt get a goal this year

Buffalo sure seems to go through a lot of coaches! That is rarely a blueprint for success.

I have personally met Ralph Kruger when he was coaching Edmonton.I was fighting cancer at the time and was invited to a Oilers practice.He personally skated off the ice,took his skates off and came over and talked to me and put his arm around me and told me everything is going to be great, you’re going to beat cancer again and just was such a kind guy.I don’t think the problem with the Sabres is not the coach....IT”S YOUR OWNERSHIP! They DON”T CARE about the hockey team.All he cares about is his NFL team that have been as bad as the Sabres for DECADES! Now in saying that yes maybe Kruger isn’t ment for the NHL but I will never can never say anything bad about him.I know him.He’s a great guy.The Sabres issues are not the coach...it’s the ownership.Super Pagula is one of the worst owners in pro sports I’ve ever seen in terms of not doing enough or spending enough money to make the team better.Great video though! :D How long have you been a Sabres fan? :D

The coach does suck but it’s really the bad players, worst goalies in league, slow team, no effort. Same slugs over and over.

Good news, You're free from Ralph Kruger

They should fire Krueger, but the team mostly looked lifeless and unaware on the ice when Housley was here. This is a roster issue just as much as it is a coaching issue.

When I saw him say in one of his interviews ''It's not my job to improve the team, that's on the GM and management'' he should have been fired on the spot. What the hell is your job then Ralph? To stand there and try and force the players to play your style of play that doesn't work until you've lost the entire locker room? Yep, you done did that. I'm not saying firing him will fix everything, but he's clearly a big part of the current problem. I bet if we had Barry Trotz, wed be at the very least a .500% team. Yes Ralph, a coach can make a difference.

Being an Oilers fan, I completely understand the frustration. Firing the coach won’t help though. The Oilers have tried this “pin it on the coach” approach more times than I can count. It’s a losing culture that gets in the room, the whole organization, and it’s very hard to change that mindset.

Reinhart vs the world... Okposo should be getting a lot more blame then he currently is.

What they are doing is deflating the trade value of all the best chips they currently have. This is poor asset management - but no one should be surprised.

I don't think firing the coach is the solution to fix the Sabres. There are multiple problems such as management, ownership, player attitude, fan attitude, the culture, goalie situation, defensive situation, scoring, grit, and others. But to me the biggest problem with the Sabres is the ownership the Pegulas (Mostly Kim) have ran this "team" into the ground that even using an excavator won't find it.

This was me as a Sens fan the last two-three years. Half way through last year I accepted losing as part of the inevitable rebuild, and I’m fine with losing this year. Now it’s about HOW we lose. We had that horrible streak early in the year, but now, most of the games we lose, we are at least IN the games. We just wanna see the guys care, and TRY. We are losing while still being competitive most nights. And most Sens fans are ok with that. But the Sabres... the Sabres have been in a rebuild for about 20 years it seems. I feel bad for you guys. Probably the saddest franchise in sports right now. P.s. I’ve been a Bills fan for about 30 years!

He's nothing more a soccer ⚽️ coach.

Amen, Melody. I am beyond angry. My dad and I call him Freddie Krueger but he really needs to go. I don't know what to say about the Sabres. I am beginning to really lose my love of my game. I don't know what to say at this point. We really need some big changes. New coach, new GW who actually knows how to spell his name. SOMETHING!!!! I am so upset at this point. Thanks for your video.

I'm not a Sabres fan but I totally appreciate Melody's passion. If you really, truly didn't care you wouldn't have made an 17:51 video.

Buffalo can't afford to keep firing coaches and GMs they still have to pay out the rest of the contract

I can't imagine my team missing the playoffs 10 years in a row.

So, that Sabres 3rd line xGF%: 32.82 HDCF%: 28.57 SCF%: 34.48 Yup. It's a mess

Thank You Melody. As a Sabres fan since 1975, I've seen the French Connection, to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1999, to the current downfall. I have never seen the team this bad. I would even take a third go around with Ted Nolan as coach at this point. A change needs to be made. Even other sports publications have said so. Thank You for being a much needed voice on here.

I don’t think that firing the coach, is the answer. The problem extends way beyond that. Feel bad for Eichel being subjected to losing all these years.

Really love the background. Didnt think you were gonna make a vid for a bit bc this team is just embarrassing. I'm happy you made one though bc you're the Goat Sabres fan

Anyone else hear about Skinner and Ralph's wife?

well claude julien is available. the worst part is not just the GM not firing the coach, but announcing they are open to just about any trade. sounds like he has no faith in the roster.

New to Melody's channel. Figures after loads of loyal fandom vids it's this one that's blowing up. Love your style Mel, KEEP GOING!

Fire Kruger and maybe get Torts if Columbus gets rid of him soon

Don't forget Krueger's obsession of making Tage Thompson a first line winger. If you keep pushing him into the first line maybe it'll click...

"I truly find it amazing that there is no rock bottom for the sabers" That is hilarious. As a leafs fan, this entire situation is comical. Even though there is a whole other world of shame with leaf struggles. The fans also need to boycott their own team when it gets this bad... with no fans, then shit gets real! Hard to believe they have any fans. So take off that hat and jacket and spread the message

As an Oilers fan I can totally relate. On paper the Sabres should be a very competitive team. Ralph is a good coach but unproven. I do think there needs to be a coaching change. Sabres need a Darryl Sutter type coach.

I dont think its the coach, u fired so many coaches already. I think Eichel is just over rated, needs to work on 2 way center skills more. The team is flawed and needs better def core and goaltending. I would tear down and rebuild. It is time to trade eichel and rebuild. Get a good GM who can hire a good coach.

I talked to a Oilers fan and he said they started calling Ralph Kruger, Wreck it Ralph.

I should probably also add that when you look at the more recent draft years (last 4 drafts) one of the problems I see is that during a time when the Sabres are still in a rebuilding/stock the prospect pool mode they actually didn't have at least 7 draft picks per draft. They were in between 5 to 6 picks per draft in the last 4 drafts (they drafted a total of 23 players in those draft years when if they had all of their picks they could have drafted 28 players). This is another indicator that the future of the Sabres may be a problem given the importance of the draft to teams mid to long term success in a hard cap era.

what they really need is new ownership, no playoffs for 10+ years is not ok. if this goes on for a while longer i can see Bettmen getting involved maybe try to get/force the owners to sell. and also they have hired/fired multiple coaches over the years, i think they need to think "outside the box" to fix the problem. can't rebuild again so its a unique situation forsure.

From my brain to your lips... smh you know it's bad when you're playing worse then the years you were purposely tanking... give us Lindy Ruff, at least he cared

At least you have the Bills 👍🏻

Ducks fan here. Been watching my team play badly this season as well. You have my sympathy and empathy.

You wanna know something crazy? Despite how laughable the Buffalo Sabres are, despite how they go out there season after season and become the butt of the joke in the NHL, despite the fact that they are now about to enter their 10th straight season without the playoffs - despite ALL that - they still have the 5th highest winning percentage in the NHL, and currently hold a 6% lead over the team next on that list. Absolutely insane, man.

You can go back and watch the Bills reactions as therapy

What they REALLY need to do is get new owners 😂

As a lifetime islanders fan who was born way after the dynasty years I empathize with you. For years screaming to get help for tavares because there's no way hockey coaches could have that much impact, it's gotta be the players. Then the isles were the worst defensive team over the course of two seasons. Then they lose their superstar center and replace him with a couple of role players and an apparently bust goalie. We get trotz and go from the worst defensive team to the best in his first season with arguably less talent.all these players who seemed that they weren't good enough all of a sudden look great. Adam pelech looked like a career 7th defenseman is now a top two shut down defender. Lehner looked done, the isles get the caps goalie coach and he plays elite...greiss looked done and was made into a 1b goalie....then varlamov who looked washed up comes and is now an elite starter. Coaching can mean so much more than I ever could've known....and I've played ice hockey my whole life and still didn't realize it. Elite coaching can get every ounce of talent out of his team....awful coaching can destroy careers. Buffalo has a very decent amount of talent....honestly in a regular 82 game season with the usual divisions I could see them snagging the 8th spot possibly the 7 spot and giving their opponent a tough series. They have a could be great top pair defense and elite high end scoring.....I feel your pain....but we're hockey fans so you know we'll be here regardless. Also, I never really follow the sabres, just cause they're not a rival to the isles usually in different divisions, so they usually aren't on my radar, but I enjoy your videos so much I don't even care which team it is lol....you've actually got me kind of pulling for them now to get going....except when they play the islanders lol

The Sabres signed Taylor Hall to "make a run at the Cup". We all laughed and some said we should give them a chance, given how much talent they have. They're a really talented hockey team, but I agree. The GM seems to care enough to make a big move like signing Hall, but it's gotta be the coach at this point. I'm just an outsider, but from my pov, their gm isn't bad and their players are really good, I don't know what else it could be However, I don't think it's a move that comes during the season. Especially with covid, there's not really a safe bet for coaches and I don't think ownership would want to pay someone to not coach their team, you know?

Matthews is still stuck on 18 goals, Leafs have lost 2 in a row and Leaf fans are upset because that's what we do

I stopped caring tbh since they traded ROR they got so much worse and it shows he should’ve never been moved

NO! How many coaches have to go through there before these players take responsibility for what they do on the ice. Ownership since they "saved" the Bills have neglected the Sabres. Just like the Buffalo sports media does until football season is over.

I'm a Canes fan, so I do hate Buffalo and all, I'm happy Skinner isn't here anymore, but like many, I was upset he was traded. I think most teams would have signed that deal after a 40 goal year. Hindsight is 20/20, we gave Alex Semin 5x35 contract and he fell off and had to buy him out, it happens. I don't think a new coach fixes him, he's always had low effort and didn't play defense. Hopefully you guys can get it together soon, too much talent on that roster. We had a nine year playoff drought too, dumped Skinny, Brind'Amour as new coach, and made it to the ECF the next year lol.