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Well, he is Finnish before he started.

The biggest positive is that Adams was canned and removed from the organization instead of promoted. Jarmo is an experienced NHL GM who is from outside the Sabres bubble. I’m sure he has some suggestions from his time advising and we will probably see some moves in the coming weeks. He was the man who identified Zito and hired him for his first front office position. I would like to see him hire someone from outside the Aabres bubble who is an up and comer for the front office.

Next level of what? 5th Circle of Hell to the 4th Circle of Hell? How about making this organization a consistent winner again? How about giving Jarmo the necessary freedom to do what's he deems necessary to make this a playoff team?

I sure hope the new broom will sweep clean. We'll find out soon enough.

Than we think? I thought that all along. Ruff needs to be next though. Bring in a coach that will institute a sound structure.

From a Trainwreck Sports podcast in 2022: “Women, be better than this! Because the worst fans are really the women,” Sullivan ranted. “They don’t get critical journalism. They’re all wannabe cheerleaders, you know what I mean?”

Blocker. Watch Tuch sign for 4x$8M. Just needed some positive direction. No more palm tree tax (Adams tax) in place. Sith. Jarmo! Polo!

I agree with this

Time's a wastin'! Gary Bettman.

Congratulations Jarmo. We are anxious to see some moves but please get your family issues sorted out and then start fresh. By the way, you are on the clock, please do not use the 5 year rebuild cliche, TP may give you that long but I don’t.

Nicely crafted acceptance tweet.

Interesting. I think the firing Adams move was a better move than hiring Kekäläinen, I hope to be wrong. He isn't afraid to make moves, and will bring balance to the defense, the bad side is it will happen with the signing of a bad contract. Just guessing. Hope this gives the team energy to win the coming games before christmas.

There’s video of Adams training for his new job.

At least this long overdue, necessary first step has been taken. Let the journey to the "thank you Sabres" of my youth in the oranges begin!

Where he ends up in hockey or in other fields. Pretty sure his time in THIS organization is at an end.

The ultimate Participating Trophy.

Now they need to hire the first legit coach that is fired from a team where the message has staled. There are always some top guys let go because they have been there too long. Buffalo does not owe Lindy anything, especially at the expense of the fans. Don't wait until the end of the season. Try to save us as soon as possible.

Well the long over due day finally came. I won't say I am happy about it because firings represent failure. This team needed a new set of eyes and it is getting them. I wonder what Jarmo's philosophical pitch will be? The two that stood out for me with Adams were he wanted to build a pipeline and he wanted the group to grow up together. I will say that he did deliver on the first part. I don't think the Amerks had any legit NHL prospects when Adams took over. Of course it's easier to build a pipeline if you are in the lottery year after year but still you have to nail a few picks to get it done. The second part in retrospect was the wrong way to go about it. Maybe all coming up together was the way it happened for him in Carolina but in our case there were too many young players floundering around without veteran support. I look at Chicago and think maybe that will turn out to be the better way. Well most of the group is old enough now but they should be much further along then they are now. Then there is a stylistic philosophy that Adams seemed to promote with the highly mobile quick out of the zone attack that Ruff signed on to direct. I wonder if this is going to change or be continued. I would guess Jarmo would look at this team and say you suck at puck possession and we are going to do something about that. It's wait and see for if Jarmo can move the needle without ripping another roster up.

I'd be okay with Interim Seth and see what's available after the season. The risk is that Interim Seth gets us to the playoffs, loses the interim tag, and was maxed out just making the playoffs.

At least he has his Phoenix University degree to fall back on!

Not a big fan of people losing their jobs, and at the same time. thank goodness! Is Jarmo allowed to block the Owner's calls, or at least have them go straight to voicemail? Because if not then this is just another step on the treadmill.

At an end your rule is and not short enough it was!