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I don't have an opinion on a sale. Unless we know who Pegula is selling to, it's impossible to say if it would be good or bad. The bolded part of your post fairly describes my view. I really don't care whether the GM of the Sabres calls Pegula to tell him he has traded Jokiharju for a 3rd. I suspect there are successful teams in major league sports where the GM and owner have that sort of relationship. Some people read it as Adams needing permission to trade Jokiharju for a 3rd, where I see it as Pegula likes that part of being an owner and wants to be informed. I think there are some restraints on Adams that make it harder for him to do his job than other GMs, but I reject that the restraints leave the Sabre GM (Adams or whomever) with an insurmountable task. The Sabres are spending this year, they have a lot of good assets. Adams has failed because he is not a good GM, not because it is impossible to be a good GM with Pegula as the owner. The hiring of Ruff is an example I would use. It would not surprise me if that was Pegula's idea. Whether it was Pegula's or Adams's idea though, is besides the point to me. The real failure goes back to the prior off-season when Adams failed to give Granato the roster changes needed to take a 91 point team that missed by a point, into the playoffs. Had Adams done his job a year earlier, we don't get to the point where they are considering bringing back Lindy Ruff. Even if they had still missed the playoffs and fired Granato, a GM who understood the need to do more to improve the roster in the summer of 2023, is smart enough to not recommend Lindy Ruff as HC, or savvy enough to steer Pegula in another direction. The right GM will stack enough good decisions that he will neuter Pegula's worst impulses. Of course, that still leaves Pegula to hire the right GM...so there's that.

No it wasn't. They claimed a guy on waivers and he refused to report. If they just wanted to open a spot they could have just waived Ingram without any claim.

Me too 👊🏻

Your face on a Saturday night?

Open roster spot. Maybe it was planned.

The take is that the owner doesn't need to change, the management below him does. Many feel differently and think the owner needs to change. I can be verbose at times, but that's the gist of the post. I believe that they opinion is fairly central to the discussion in this thread (whether people agree with it or not). I also believe that a new owner could move the team to a larger market and make a lot more money. Cities are falling all over themselves for professional sports franchises and there's plenty of money out there outside of Buffalo.

Ah, I was wondering when Slaygate was going to hit this site. I'll order a pizza or something.

With the way teams constantly turn over the last couple roster spots throughout the year, this is just more of the same. It’s a whole lot of nothing. He’ll, I would t be surprised if Ingram lasts one week in Houston and is right back on the waiver wire, then headed back to Buffalo.

But he knew the defensive system, coaches, teammates, etc. I wasn’t super hyped with the claim as Slay has been sleighed on the reg this season but it’s another embarrassing PR slap to the face of the Bills org. Another notch in the because Buffalo bedpost.

I'll take choice number one, number three, or number five.

How would you even know this? The only thing you know about what you don’t know is that you are afraid of it.

Two people picked patience. That’s hilarious. I bet I could guess who they are.

The Sabres aren’t moving! JFC! We been hearing this for 2 decades as justification to accept a crap team. It’s old.

1. New leadership in the ownership - Terry can still own the team, but someone else in the family needs to be calling the shots 2. New front office - new GM and a real director of hockey opps 3. An entirely new coaching staff 4. new players - start in goal. Need a playmaker in the top 6 and a top 4 defensive D. A cattle prod won’t hurt either.

Expect a really and futile and stupid gesture tonight. And I'll apologize in advance for what's about to happen to Östlund's brother's car.

Scene: The year is 1775. King George is a tyrant and colonist are suffering under his rule. There is no hope in sight as more and more oppressive measures are being put in place to limit the colonists ability to thrive and succeed. “First and foremost I’m loyal to the crown. Without them we wouldn’t even be here. Sure it’s bad now, but could you imagine if the British left?”

Really going out on a limb, there, eh.

That's how I feel. Especially in their barn That was my thought too. Then I had another thought: Norris is going to emerge as the leader of the room. Sure, the Sabres whooped up on the Jets a couple games ago, but the Sabres are coming off a game where they got drubbed themselves. Norris will be the guy that says, "No. This stops at one loss." The role of Stork will be played by Tage Thompson

It’s not a loss. Ingram hasn’t dressed on game day in a month. His season stat line is five tackles. He couldn’t beat out Cam Lewis or Taron Johnson, and he’s never going to play over Max, Tre, or CB. It really is kind of a nothing burger.

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If one of the kids was committed to the task, is smart enough to hire proven hockey people to run the franchise, and strong enough to resist interference by their father, I’d go with the kid.

The Bills signed Slay and Cut Ingram. Ingram picked up by Houston. Slay is now going to retire. Bills now down a cornerback.

Tonight's game will be interesting. Expecting UPL to get the start. Which will only be his 4th game on the road and only his 3rd start on the road. Both of the road starts, his SV% was well south of 0.850. In the Avs game, he only gave up 3 on 30 shots. Overall, he's 4-1-0 at home and 0-2-1 on the road. The Sabres as a whole tend not to play well on the road (well, no Schlitz, Sherlock). And just as they've fared slightly better at home with him bettween the pipes vs the outcomes with other 2 goalies, they've fared slightly worse on the road with him between the pipes vs the other 2 goalies. This is a game that will go a long way towards either showing the people that believe he is the best of the 3 (some even saying CLEARLY the best) are right or that those that believe he's at best in the mix with the other 2 and likely worse than either are right. Hoping for his and our sakes that those that believe he IS good (and not just that he may be good in the proper circumstances) are the ones that are correct. And if they shy away from giving him the start, that could be telling in itself as well.