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“Likely” remains a drastic improvement on the current “certainly”, and the canning of Adams is worth it on its face even if no improvement is gained due to the simple fact he objectively deserves to be fired and it expresses an modicum of accountability- by far the largest weakness of the team/franchise there is zero argument for not firing Adams today. There is only an argument it might not work. Those aren’t the same thing Also, as a fan, it would be ridiculously hubristic for me to suggest I am one of one. I would gain an immense amount of satisfaction from Adams being canned simply because I don’t like him and what he’s done to the team - there’s no way I am the only one that feels that way. He traded my favourite player away for job security and I maintained it was a mistake at the time amidst opposing voices and that’s only been borne out more true over time. Justice is valuable in and of itself and if we lose that there’s no point to anything. Adams being fired is as much about wanting to see it just to see it as it is about improving the team - I think people miss that a bit hockey is an entertainment product, like film. I am no longer entertained by what this director has to offer and I’d like to see someone else’s interpretation of how to field a team under Terry terrible owner Pegula. I don’t watch sabres games right now. I will watch if Adams is canned. I’m not one of one

I rather take the playoffs, I have no hope for big changes in the front office anyway.

This has me thinking about forwards and our ability to attain them and I think it would be extremely beneficial to trade Norris right now for a draft pick or something, this would be a case where we’d severely be talking addition by subtraction I think. If he’s on the roster at all next year you know he’s going to factor into top 6 C plans especially due to contract and that just can’t happen. I’d take the hole, outright. If the baby is allowed to keep the scissors here to play with bad things are going to happen. The threat of Norris needs to be alleviated

Wow. You win the nerd award for that one. I don't actually care about firing Adams unless I know who is hired and if there's a change in direction or not. Let's just say Terry fires Adams but all he does is make Jarmo GM, move Ruff to Senior Advisor and name Appert head coach, well then the Titanic is likely still heading straight for the iceberg.

No, I'm just saying it's a desperation play no matter when you pull the goalie and their odds of getting it done in 1 minute are slim to none so why not 2 or 3 minutes? It's a hail Mary and likely won't matter anyway, but not pulling the goalie isn't going to work either so whatever. They always lack urgency and they lose puck battles. That's all 60 minutes as a whole. For years. 6 on 5 requires that urgency, physicality, and being desperate on every single puck battle. You don't get to be pretty with 6 on 5.

The sabres willingly entered into a Kobayashi Maru when they retained Adams and Co for this season

Hopefully whoever the GM is once spring starts is able to find a way to make a F (prefer a C by far) happen with the pick. They certainly can’t just go up there and take another D man imo

I know it is still early in the season, but this point leader board ... 🙃 back-to-back #1 OA running #1 and #3 in scoring ... and our old pal Jack, hangin' in there at 5

Tynan Lawrence is pretty solid. He's young for the class but he's interesting. He just got back from injury. Until Adams is gone, I don't trust trades.

Or the pick itself by trading it now or later Mystery box retains the most value these “just trade someone else to fill the void” theories never actually happen if they want a high end young F they’ll need to use the pick, one way or another

Awful performance today. Injuries are getting too much. Sounds like Beane went for it with Waddle and Williams but couldn’t get it done.

Stenberg, Verhoeff, Lawrence, Belchetz Subject to change though. It's really early in the process.

Nope. I’ll take another bottom finish if it meant a cleansing of the Front Office and Coaching staff.

The definition of insanity: doing the same thing year after year and thinking this time will be different

pretty sure there isn't a centre in this years draft at the top of the draft Just going off Scott Wheelers list, there is only 1 center in the top 10 at this time and he is ranked 5th overall IF the BPA was a Dman, you then would have to turn Power, Byram, Tuch, or Thompson into a 1C which would be a difficult task teams would have to be a Mickey Mouse franchise to give away a 1C like Matthew's, McDavid, MacKinnon or Eichel

Do you still Trust the Process? I know I don't

BPA is the rule the Sabres have, like in so many other ways, become the exception to. They simply need to draft a C with their next high pick

It’s not gonna happen. Who is picks 2-5?

Live look in at a Sabres team that has averaged 78 points per season under Adams for 5 straight years Year 6 current: 77 points a shocking turn of events to be sure

This. If they elect a LT rebuild it’s DOA

A nice week for the Abandoned Trash

Agree on all points. In this particular game they had already given up the puck so much it was sheer idiocy to pull the goalie at all. Given that, the message from the coaching staff was that with over 3 minutes left they felt the game was already lost.

The Sabres don’t regularly score in any situation.

I've always thought Allen isn't the same QB when he's not a legitimate run threat. I haven't watched a lot yet this year (including today), but from what I've seen, there hasn't been many designed plays with him running. For the few times they've tried it, it wasn't effective. When defenses aren't respecting the run threat his receivers aren't able to get open like they do when he's more active.

If crappy teams keep failing to score with the goalie pulled eventually the Analytics are going to say not to do it. Generalized statistics should not eliminate other inputs. In my mind they pulled the goalie too early in that circumstance because they had been getting some chances 5 on 5. Maybe I am wrong but the analytics are not stagnant. Very few teams used to pull a goalie in a 1 goal game until under 2 minutes. Now that they do it and the other team expects them to do it. The advantage becomes less and may even come to the point where they say don't do it at all. There is no right answer in a 1 game isolated circumstance. We could have won or lost either way. I would not blame a coach for going against an analytical indicator if they felt other circumstances told them not to.