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Fire Adams, Pegula. You slug. You disrespect your players and fans.

Norris is a bust.

Knowing Adams he was scouting LA to overpay for Kempe who will demand out by year’s end

I agree with this. You can't fire a coach and keep the GM, etc.. or vice versa. When you blow it up, everyone has to go. The Sabres need to do something so out of the box that it's jaw dropping. Start this thing all over like an expansion team that is brand new. They would have to keep a few players but overall, yes trade anyone on the roster that can get good value in return.

No, he remembered he was sheriff and was sorry for the doinking and left

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Well, I'm not saying to give everyone away when I say 'up for auction'. Its more, whatever new 'front office' comes in, there is nothing off limits. Sure they may not want to trade Dahlin, but see what is out there. You can always say no. But guys like Tage and Tuch, they arne't getting better, you are at their statistical peak. IF a new front office comes in and realistically is making changes that mean the team is 2 years from competing...maybe you listen to offers for those guys if you can maximize their value now in relation to what they will be at the end of the 'plan'. So when I say entire roster up for auction, I mean that. See what is out there for EVERYONE...that does't mean you make all those moves. But you don't hang up the phone on anyone, and maybe you pick up the phone and put everyone out there just to see what they are worth.

ESPECIALLY the S&C coaches Might need a shaman in that role, in order to reverse whatever hex/curse/bad mojo that's been leveled onto the head of this franchise? They seem jinxed

Depends (on the "playoff..." comment) Who's in goal?

I’m with you up until “Entire roster up for auction”. Just my opinion, but it would be some kind of next level negligent mismanagement to “blow-up” a team that is the 2nd youngest in the NHL by age, and the least experienced by games played. If that happens, the NHL should immediately confiscate the keys to the franchise from Pegula. I get your larger point though. I enjoyed watching, for the most part, the 2021-2022 Sabres, who finished with 75 points. That was Granato’s first full year. There were definitely some very rough spots through that season, but generally they were a young developing team that played with energy and heart and with some genuine joy for the game. That is long gone. But we don’t need blow-up the roster, we need to bring in a new GM and Head Coach who start stacking competent moves on top of competent moves (some player movement will be part of that, of course). The energy, heart, and joy will follow, once you have people in charge doing things right.

Norris? Who's that 😁 Shades of that LA Clippers owner during their $hit years of the 1990s

If we can put aside the pursuit of the playoffs for a moment, I have said/argued in the past I can get some enjoyment out of watching a non-playoff team on a nightly basis and enjoying a win. If they don't make the playoffs, but they win a game and play well, its 2 hours of entertainment, right? Great, but they have now not had a single regulation win in 9 games. 8 of those are losses. How can you even be a fan of a team if you are WILLING to give up on the playoffs and just watch them looking for a 'feel good' win, when over the last few weeks you have gotten: Loss Loss Loss Shootout W (not even a 'game' win but awarded it based on a skills contest) Loss Loss Loss Loss Loss I am having a hard time watching this team at all. THIS is why they have to blow things up. Total, 100% new front office. Entire roster up for Auction. I'm ready for another multi-year teardown run by a new front office and rebuild because they may lose during it (not any different than what we have now) but at least I can push myself to have some 'hope'.

At one time in Escondido California they had a traffic camera at a yielding left turn light. You could only imagine the panic that went on. However once you captured the intersection on the green even if the light went red the camera wouldn't go off because you were out there past the sensor when it was green. People would just gun it, cutting people off, crazy! Thankfully they ended up getting rid of cameras in CA when they weren't making enough money to justify expense.

Outmanned. Anyone 30 years old or under should still be in their prime. That takes you back to the 2013 draft (13 drafts). From that draft on, that should be the prime of your roster to make sure you aren't 'outmanned'. Since then, the Sabres have had: -2 #1 overall picks. -4 total top #2 overall picks (including the 2 above) -11 top 10 overall picks -18 overall first round picks. On top of that, 18 additional 2nd round picks, many of them at the top of the round. How can you be outmanned against ANYONE with that opportunity, with that many 'kicks at the can'. How about the 13 years before that, when they made the playoffs often and that was with a team with unstable ownership that hardly ever spent any money? The 13 years before that when they were much, much more successful they had: -0 #1 overall picks. -0 total top #2 overall picks -1 top 10 overall picks (Vanek at #5) -15 overall first round picks (many of them in the bottom half of the first round) -Only 12 2nd round picks, very few at the top of the 2nd round.

I had read some random Byram for Tippett rumors a month or so ago. Tippett is certainly a player the Sabres would like because of his size and speed. It's the kind of player they go for right now. I guess it depends on who would be doing the next big trade. He does not seem to score enough for his abilities but I don't watch him on a day to day basis.

god no.

It's an interesting topic about the organization and it's presentation to the media. You do have to admit that in general they keep media leaks to a minimum. There does seem to be a reluctance of lower level coaches to go against the GM's opinions about players. Ryan Johnson is the one that comes to mind the most. When asked all last year he is the one the Amerk coaches pointed too as being almost NHL ready. It just seemed a little divorced from reality. Maybe Appert and Proposal were telling the media the truth or they just did not want a phone call for Adams. I have been having doubts about Levi for awhile. He plays on a team with good defensemen and I think that helps his numbers. He could get better but his size is not ideal. You had to know when they brought in Ellis instead of promoting Levi to play for UPL that the organization is no longer married to him. Maybe Appert feels a little more free to play who he wants when he wants. Maybe it's because Adams is on verge of getting the boot and Appert does not feel beholden to him. I don't think he want's to make waves but like he said it's team first and I am going to do what I feel is right to win. Good for him, Now do something about that tie if you want to be an NHL coach.

Jarmo teaching Adams to play hardball with solid, if unspectacular, players would be a start. Rather than Okposo 1x3 and Girgensons 3x2.2 (not terrible) and 1x2.5 (bad -- he wasn't improving), Greenway for 4, etc.. It's an Adams Tax, not a Palm Trees and Taxes Tax. The real question to me now are the prized RFAs: Benson, Doan. (Kesselring TBD). The former 2 are guys you can include in a long-term core and benefit greatly from. Still need the 1C and 1G, but they're worth paying. But will they want to be here or will they JJP their way free and get traded for 2027 RFAs? Now, watch Tuch re-sign for 8x$7M once his agent is able to kick the signing bonus cash portion of the contract up a little higher to be a bit more buyout proof.

Hey! That's not 10. 2-4-4 in their last 10. One win in their last nine. Did Matt's memory return by being struck in the head a second time?

That's why i want new ownership. I'll take my chances that they would keep the team in Buffalo or not. A new owner would just luck their way into a better situation here, much like previous Sabres owners did.

That just makes me sad.

Because like all wives she’s wrong most of the time. Start pretending you can’t hear. Might frustrate her enough to stop offering constructive criticism.

From the GDT of the last Sabres win: If you think of this season so far as two seasons, the Sabres got 0.000 standings points in the first 3 games. In the last nine games they got 13 / 18 possible points, or 72.2%. If the last nine games are what the Sabres really are, the get 72.2% of 158 possible points (164 total, minus 6 for the 3 game losing streak to start the season). That is a 114 point season. Are they the team that lost three at the start? Hopefully not anymore. Are they the team that got 13 points in their last 9 games? I find it hard to believe they will sustain that pace to be honest, but if they're more like the team of the last 9 games and less like the team of the 3 game start, the Buffalo Sabres will be in the playoffs. I said it earlier: The 0-3 start lit a fire under them. They started out behind, but they rose to the challenge (so far) and have played good hockey since then. Hopefully they fully overcome the slow start, and the Sabres that accomplish that are the Sabres we see for the rest of the season. Of course another 3 game pointless streak would wash all that down the drain. But I'm optimistic. The team is playing better as a team than they have in recent seasons. @LGR4GM was right. And I was so foolishly optimistic.

I find it nuts (but probably not) that Arizona was a garbage team for awhile, they get a new owner/location and suddenly they are one of the better teams in the league. Is this just a cloud of a bad owner being lifted? Were they going to breakout anyway?