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Don’t make perfect the enemy of better though.

I was easily Jack Quinn’s biggest fan that isn’t a direct relative. Then he became an NHL player. He has shown glimpses. Unfortunately, this team absolutely cannot roll the dice and assume he’s going to be a 30 goal 60 point winger. If he fails to meet those fairly lofty goals, it will tank the season. Relying on him for anything at this point, when he’s been completely unreliable would be a massive error in judgment.

You are correct that the goalie and D issues are my priorities. In my view, unless the goalie position is elevated to a respectable level, everything else done will be wasted.

Also this person isn't some awesome insider. Their work brings them into contact with the Sabres from time to time.

You are stuck on goalie/ D vs forward as an either or. Its not. It has to be all of them if playoffs is a serious goal.

If you want a playoff making decision acquire a legitimate #1 goalie. That would be the most impactful decision for this flailing team.

No, it's not him.

Ok Mrs. Adams, put the wine bottle down.

You are assuming I don’t see him as a 30 goal winger. I don’t care. This team needs a different mix at forward, and needs to get older. Running back Quinn and the rest of the forward group is not a playoff making decision.

If @Brawndo is your source, the information is credible. He’s our inside mole. He is sly and sneaky. His favorite word is “surreptitious”.

Make sure it's a soft kick, upper management doesn't want Kevyn's heine hurt

Leave this congenial fellow alone. He’s under a lot of stress. He knows the Sabrespace combatants are in hot pursuit and want to string him up. 🙂

I'd'ave a Zima.

The basis of my disagreement with the trade Quinn advocates is that I have a higher evaluation of him than this faction has. I believe that he will be a 30+ scorer. Quinn is not a rookie. He’s had a few rough and injury plagued years with the big club that has prepared him to make a qualitative leap. Clearly, a lot of people have a different assessment of him based on his past performances. I’m viewing this issue looking forward while others are looking back to make a judgment. Difference of perspectives leading to differences in opinion. That’s okay.

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article308036740.html

If I see KA At Chautauqua Lake on July 1 I am gonna kick his bippy all the way to the Thruway entrance in Westfield.

This is why this team needs to win now, and betting on Jack Quinn to be a difference maker next season when he hasn’t been a difference maker is a high risk bet. It is why you move a Quinn for a “now” roster boosting player.

TBD... Although while I respect the owner, I fear free agent day when Adams is caught off guard in Chautauqua Lake, thinking "It's a holiday Give me another Zima." 4/5 months later palm trees excuses arise again....

So, can Jarmo navigate Howdy Doody and our owner? Lindy is your friend

Exactly But how do you fail in such as asking a simple question as "How do define your role here?" That's the beef, they wouldn't touch it. They treated Jarmo like a Sabre Ambassador, not a good lóok. Gilbert up in Quebec is shaking his head.

It’s still extremely puzzling as to why Appert would have any cache with the organization. Most fans despised him as HC of the Amerks. He’s had some pretty stacked lineups in Rochester. I’m guessing it has to do with something else. What that is, is anyone’s guess.

I'm basing it on something I was told by a person who has direct contacts with the Sabres due to their job.

I agree with you to an extent. The boundaries are certainly a lot tighter for the hosts working for the station that broadcasts the home team. The point that I and others are making is that it is noticeably different when Marty is on TSN and when he is on WGR. On the outside outlet Marty is a superb analyst and candid, while on WGR he is restricted and bland. Being tepid on a media forum is not very appealing to the audience.

Sabres Live is still state radio so it's understandable.

There is a bigger issue here that has plagued this dismal franchise that is reflected in the rumors, credible or not, about player dissatisfactions. It is absolutely real. It's a fact that Buffalo is very often, if not the most often, a team listed on many players NTCs. And it is true that our best players, such as Eichel, Reinhart and maybe to a lesser extent Ullmark wanted out. Don't be surprised if Tuch allows his contract to run out so that he can be sooner free from this sinkhole franchise. And don't be surprised when Dahlin, one of the best blueliner players in the league, says get me the fungo out of this Micky Mouse organization. I'm stuck in this losing factory and my career is fading away. So you may be tough minded on a player exercising a contract option to leave sooner but I realistically see it as a legitimate consideration when discussing trades. This situation is pathetic. This is what happens when you have a Pegula owned and operated hockey franchise.