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What an awful awful idea.

Why does it have to stay downtown? What is the reasoning? when other players are taking photos from their hotel rooms of crumbling 100+ year old grain silos and boarded up 100+ year old factory sites, I find Orchard Parks location a no brainer.

I've read them. I just don't see what you're seeing. Obviously Seattle has a nicer arena, it's new. Sure there's some nicer weight rooms. I guess I just don't see some "omg! That team is just the bees knees cuz that facility or chef" I'm sure the Sabres can do more, but the origin of this was the Sabres have subpar facilities, not "well the Sabres don't have the top 3 facilities in the league"

This is not true unless it’s the most unreported GM meeting ever. Their meetings are usually held after the trade deadline

Like alot of folks, I am barely engaged already. The only change it would make in my life is I would have to find another social media outlet to replace this one.

You say that now. I wonder how you'll feel when the moving vans come for the Atlanta Sabres? Absolutely not! Any new arena has to stay downtown. Which is moot because a refurb of the present arena is far more likely.

A new arena, right where Rich stadium is across from the new stadium would be the route to go. They can keep KBC up with the hotel in downtown, turn it into the worlds largest killer whale tank for all I care, but a new arena away from the city of Buffalo would definitely be the way to go. Since downstate and Albany have sucked the life out of WNY for well over a half a century, the stadium AND a new arena is the least they can do.

We don’t have a hockey team anyway. Its almost no risk.

Not necessarily. He could move over to the sales end of things. He could also go back to Harborcenter and the Academy of Hockey.

Remember the beginning of last season when Adams announced that it was playoffs or bust and no more excuses. Then they finished bottom 10 and he did a power point presentation to keep his job and now here they are in last place again. Good Times. Buffalo Sabres: Standards and Competence 😝

It’s not just time to fire Adams — it’s long past time. And the truth is, TP shouldn’t just hand the keys to the next GM… he needs to hand over the entire damn car. Write the cheques, step aside, and stay out of the way. Unfortunately, I don’t see TP allowing that to happen

Nothing changes until the owner who rationalized losing changes.

100% agree Not once have I heard that

I do not have any videos to post, but I also have seen some shorts on social media with various franchises, including NHL cities, where owners are pouring money into training facilities to make them nicer and more appealing to players and employees. The common theme is it can give a team an advantage when it comes to recruiting free agents and coaches and convincing them to stay. If every time you go to work, you could hang out in a place where everything looks new, is nice, has great food and near spa like facilities, those things would or could be a deciding factor in how much you like your work environment.

It's not basketball and football. I'm not sure why you're not reading my post. The ones I know about are Florida, salt lake City, and Seattle that I posted videos for. I don't have the link of it but the CNBC money in ports special talked about all sports and they said that all owners, including NHL owners, are looking to put more money into this in the future. I'm not saying winning. Doesn't matter, but Buffalo trails those other cities in winning... And weather... And market size.... So if you want to be successful this is one area that you would think they actually can exploit and not fall behind. Darren draeger was just on a appearance in Canada.. yesterday I believe and he mentioned the sabers building... I assume the key Bank center.. is becoming a liability. Facilities aren't everything, but they matter. The sabers training facilities, and the arena where they play are becoming a liability. Is it a small liability? Maybe, but this franchise can't fall any further behind... Especially when you have a multi-billionaire owner.

So it's mostly basketball and football? What is it you want Terry to build is my question? Buffalo could build the Taj Mahal and they'd still be behind NYC, Toronto, Boston, Tampa, as destinations. Geography and size is what it is.

I think it is a little less Salt Lake and Buffalo hockey markets per se... I think he like Utah and the excitement that went with a new team and expectations at we are just happy to be here... he comes to a hornets nest in Buffalo and uses the term hockey market as a Euphemistic way of saying its really nasty here, people have nothing nice to say about the team, they boo us and the relationship with the fans and the press is one of acrimony and toxicity because of 14 years of abject stupidity and neglect... (aka the is a hockey market here that has a history and its a really bad one) bottom line to me is he has already taken notice of how bad things are here.

They aren’t going to do anything. To myself in any event, the owner needs to go. Everything the organization is, is based on the owners vision.

Would you prefer they just don't do anything?

If he were that thin-skinned he would've sold the team ages ago. But if that really did upset him, his next action should have been to tell Sheevyn, "I will never be booed by the home crowd again." And then fired him into the Sun and spent the resources to get a winning hockey ops department.

The journey continues as East Aurora soccer won regionals 1-0 last Saturday. The boys were taken by police escort this morning as they head to State Championships in Middletown, NY. Can't wait to make the trip tomorrow! It's the furthest EA has ever gone in Class A so hopefully they get the job done. It was the best, and most important sporting event I have been to in my life 👊 It makes the Bills and the Sabres so secondary....a total eye opener.

The Sabres are bad at hockey, fire everyone, make moves for the future, blow it up & rebuild……..yada, yada, yada. Things we’ve heard over the past 15 seasons. Wash, rinse, repeat.

In general, we are in accord. Roster construction is inextricably linked to the culture on the team. As you point out, it is not simply about accumulating talent as it is getting the right talent/people in the room. In any line of work, getting the wrong mix of people can become detrimental to the atmosphere that also takes away from the production of the right people in the room. Having the right mix also applies to the staffing within the organization. If not, you are going to have internal conflict that affects the output of the franchise. There will be too much push/pull instead of everyone understanding the necessity of moving in the same direction. The problem with the Sabres is that it is headed by a third-rate owner who put together a third-rate organization. Until the organization is properly staffed with the right people, it will continue to falter. It isn't about luck or unluck ---- it's about competency. There should be no surprise that a hollowed-out organization staffed by feebly talented people results in failure. It starts with the owner!

The most unified fanbase in a generation, perhaps?