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Farm teams wait for a call before sending someone up, KA is following that model. He loves all of the guys he brought in so why should he call around to move them, besides TP thinks the answer is in the room.

I thought he want to Miami University...?

I think he has some trade value now that the cap has gone up. I don’t want a buy out but I want him gone. Thompson and Dahlin are the best players and they come to the defence of a fallen teammate, why can’t Mule? His goofy personality keeps things loose but in the competitive arena he is a teammate and his size should be enough to push back and maybe shove a few bodies. I know he will never be a fighter but defend yourself, your mates and the crest.

I learned at least 5 things of real interest to me: Samuelsson is not getting bought out The Peterka talk is real The coaching staff is coming back The Sabres see the top of the draft as 6-7 players deep; with a large cluster immediately after Alex Tuch is open to re-signing; talks will get serious after draft/free agency I also learned that the Kevyn Adams hate has risen to the point that pretty much anything that comes out of his mouth at any time will trigger somebody on Sabrespace, but I guess i knew that already. 😁

Fair to say Peterka has asked for a trade. I mean, if he hadn’t asked for a trade then the easiest thing in the world would have been for Adams to say “no, he hasn’t”. I imagine if Adams had been asked if Dahlin has asked for a trade, that he would not have given a word-salad reply, but would have shot it down with at least the level of conviction that he shot down the notion of a Samuelsson buyout. So this is where we are at. Year 5 of the Adams rebuild, which is based on the cultural concept of players wanting to be here, and at the top of the pre-draft trade board is a 23 year old Sabre, largely viewed in league circles as a future star, who has asked to be moved.

The day to day is also, by all accounts, $hit. So, what exactly does he do. He ices a crap team, gives laughable public conferences and lacks any killer instinct. He's essentially a Hemmhroid attached to the innards of Terry's rectal cavity. For some reason Terry seems to enjoy having Hemmhroids. Good for him I suppose 😜

Kevyn Adams is a guy who thought it was in his best interest to go to the University of Phoenix. That says everything you should need to know about his competency and decision making.

Over time, a leader’s predominant personality traits will come to be seen in the light of their level of success. Adams has had no success. None. So, his patient approach (“Teams are calling and it’s my job to listen. We are open to anything, but we are only going to make a move if it makes us better”), just comes across as passive and weak. I mean, does he ever make a call? Or do teams just call him? Does he ever aggressively pursue a player to improve the team? Or does he just wait for teams to call him about his players and see if they offer something that makes sense? At one point in the presser, when speaking of adding Eric Staal, Adams said (I’m paraphrasing) that he has ALWAYS thought it was important to have someone on staff who was recently in the game. He has ALWAYS thought this. So, logically he added such a person in year 6. I don’t doubt that Adams makes calls to other teams. But, he presents as a man who feels no sense of urgency and who has no clear and specific plan to make the team dramatically better. The last two seasons, you could actually see how that general sense of complacency (We will get there when we get there), has seeped into the personality of the roster. It’s simply bizarre that a man of Pegula’s wealth and stature continues to entrust the Sabres’s fortunes to Adams.

Ive called it the WWHL for over 26 years now World Wrestling Hockey League

It's too late for that, there is no improvement from year to year. Last year was a disaster so it's too late for Peterka. Now Buffalo has to make it a priority to stop this from happening to Dahlin and Tage. The moves this summer will determine if that happens. I would argue that this is the most important season in Sabre history. If there is a repeat from last year, they will have to start from scratch, book it.

Yes there is. They could build a team that wins.

Adams said they build through the draft... so again his words fail to match his actions. If he builds through the draft, why the hell isn't the draft a major major focus for him?

GMs aren’t usually looking at draft prospects unless it is a top pick. Closer to the draft they get filled in by their scouting staff and dive in but throughout the year they are worried about their team day to day.

It doesn't matter, all these guys want out and there is nothing Buffalo can do about it.

Needs to delegate any press meetings to Jarmo. Starting building back credibility for the Sabres brand.

Given their most recent 1st round picks (Benson, Helenius in the AHL playoffs) and also Ziemer, and also the in-division dominance of tougher teams Florida/Tampa/Boston, I have slightly better feeling that they will prioritize the aggression in the player. So I think there's a better chance they do prioritize Martin, Bear, Aitcheson, Smith, or Eklund (though very lightweight) over the less-attacking O'Brien, Mrtka, etc.

Also his talk about the coaching staff was hilarious to me. At the front end he said that Lindy has a very firm idea of who or what he expects out of his coaching staff. He goes on to say that Lindy has had a lot of conversations with people ... Then goes on about how if Lindy or himself thought they could upgrade the staff they'd look into it. To me, it sounds like Lindy has a clear vision for the staff and has reached out to others to upgrade it.

THis is the part that got me. JHC, feel sorry for the fans because this team has sucked Donkey D*&$ for more than a decade. My God, he is the absolute worst.

Different sport entirely but when you hear Beane talk about prospects just down the road it's a "We scout 365 days per year", "we are looking at guys coming out of HS", "we are always reviewing film" But Adams goes "I don't get to know these guys until January and I don't start to take a deep dive until May." And then we talk about Jarmo who could probably rattle of stats from last week's u12 Tonawanda Lightening game.

No one wants Iran to have nukes, we're just skeptical that stealth bombers is gonna solve the problem.

Bellichick spoke in grunts and minimal words. Adams is a word salad. He falls all over himself. Unfortunately Forton is a much better public speaker than Adams. He also carries himself better. Again, all of this is unfortunate because I wouldn't be shocked if he becomes the GM post Adams. I would prefer he presents as terrible as possible so that it would be clear he's a bad hire. But unfortunately he sounds at least a bit professional.

and that was Selanne's rookie year.

Trump is quite literally the reason Iran has a nuclear program.

He already got a 5th/6th RHD when he got Jacob Bernard-Docker in the Cozens trade.