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https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39216245/steve-staios-loses-interim-tag-named-senators-gm Adams as POHO will do a “search” for GM and find out he is the best candidate.

No, Adams has been filling that role and Terry has been enacting final say whenever he wants to pretend to himself that he cares Adams is probably *moving* to POHO. There’s no reason it would be a position that gives his strategies a second try. Otherwise what is the point? The shifting of Jarmo to GM suggests it’s his turn at the wheel and that the GM is the one steering the ship

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What about Levi?

I think you are right, there. I don’t think “getting rid of Eichel” was a pillar of the actual plan - in fact I’d argue we know it wasn’t, considering the change of course for the Covid year. It simply became an accepted consequence of instituting the desired plan, which we saw the following year. To me it makes the idea “trading Eichel” is synonymous with the decision to rebuild re: the purposes of this poll even more apt, as it really was more so a fallout of that decision than something that was, as you point out, an actual bullet point of their plan they chose their long form rebuild over keeping Eichel. The “decision” to trade Eichel was inevitable once the plan was cemented. They should have chosen “Eichel” and the timeline, and roster building his presence suggested, but instead chose the path that had no expectations for the foreseeable future

They wanted it to be similar to "Odyssey" but they weren't going to be able to trademark that. And "Audacy" has similarities to "audio." Smart branding, IMO, even if they're annoying. All of the ads I hear have the AWD rather than the ODD sound on the first syllable.

I think this is bunk... and if it isnt its window dressing... promoting people like Appert and Keko internally, not doing a search, and not bringing in a trusted, tenured, respected Hockey mind that might start to break down our inability to trade for players because of NMCs as well as attract Free Agents... I also dont think another incestuous internal promotional escapade with KA getting promoted to POHO is going to retain players that we want to stay... if they blow this one... people are gonna want out...

How can KA's wyrd hinge on the next two gamezies when they have 363 games beforehand to scrutinize?

So when Entercom changed its name to Audacy, I didn’t think much of it. As we’ve gotten used to the change I still can’t get past the fact that the people they hire for the ads pronounce it “Odyssey”. Come to find out with the Google, it’s meant to be pronounced like Odyssey. Outside of the central Pennsylvania, does anyone actually pronounce it that way. It sure looks like it should be pronounced aw-da-see. Is it a WNY thing? I know the nasally Rochester accent can impact these things. I just feel like I’m going crazy every time I hear their commercials.

Per reports had it first

I’m going to let it go, but the point I took issue with was a poster saying GMKA wanted Eichel gone the day he took the job. Wanting a rebuild doesn’t prove KA wanted Eichel gone. You’ve made the best case, which is KA is using the “want to be here” as his rebuild mantra and Jack didn’t want that. But there’s truly no way KA says to Terry, “I want to trade Jack Eichel” and he still gets the job. There is some revisionist history going on.

Plenty of them do. The golden child around here of the president of hockey ops role is Bill Zito. Florida created that position for him at the end of the season right before they started the playoff run to their first cup. It was nothing more than a fancy title to give him a pay raise and that position has absolutely nothing to do with the team they've build... he built that before the title even existed in Florida.

“In an exclusive interview with Elliotte Friedman, Jack Eichel lays out his timeline for when it went completely sideways for him in Buffalo, not wanting to be part of another Sabres’ rebuild.” the horse’s mouth: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/jack-eichel-explains-things-went-sideways-buffalo/ He explains in the very first answer of the segment that they made a GM change and things were headed towards a period where they “weren’t trying to win.” it’s factually clear that the decision to rebuild is what cost us Eichel. I think it’s fair to consider trading Eichel and rebuilding as synonymous re: this poll judges?

His worst move was a non move, never making a move to get us the missing ingredient this team desperately needed when he was hired and still needs 6 years later. If he landed us even an average NHL goalie way back when, who knows how far Granato would have gone with the team.

Not everyone

My source was probably Sabrespace. 😉

Given where Jack was in his career, both age and development curve wise, (and what he demonstrably went on to do in Vegas) I think Jack’s trade request upon learning of the idea to long form rebuild was a decision, if not praised by the team’s fans, was nonetheless one that was, at least in hindsight, understandably likely upon presenting such a scenario to Mr. Eichel himself. he might not have “wanted” to trade Eichel but he knowingly made salvaging the relationship a non priority when electing his course of action: which is essentially the same thing

The Eichel trade was an unwinnable situation. Remember EVERYONE wanted a deal done yesterday for anything, "Gotta get Jack outta here," remember? (Naw, probably not.) He did as well as anyone could. His most egregious (non) move was standing pat after the 91 point almost playoff season, followed by sitting on his hands during the 13-game losing streak.

Based on his tenure thus far, he'd probably ***** up handing out free beer as a KeyBank vendor.

Gonna need a source on this one from you or Taro. GMKA wanting Eichel out on day one during Covid is not how I remember it at all. Now, GMKA wanting to rebuild with the “want to be here” mantra like Thorny said, that I 100% remember.

Supposedly once Eichel heard another rebuild was coming he wanted out, so no... trading Eichel was integral with the rebuild.

The way I read that looking back from the Eichel trade is KA wanted Eichel out but TPegs wasn't ready to let go of him yet and told him to make it work with Eichel, so bringing in some so-called help for Eich was an honest attempt to make the Eichel build work and make his boss happy. The reason I don't think KA didn't want Eichel was that he signed Reinhart to a one year bridge deal instead of locking him up long term, with indicated to me that Kevyn was preparing for a rebuild.

Ok but wanting a long form rebuild and wanting to trade Eichel are two different things.

You could add “desire to rebuild” as that’s really his original sin and mandate (fix the culture! Only want guys who want to be here!”) but for me that is all synonymous with “Eichel”