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Are we still laughing at Toronto?

Interesting that the guy who didn’t react to Tage’s head shot last year is the victim of an elbow to the face this year with a luke warm response.

Yes, best to be careful. Putin might also grab you.

I got to be careful. I don't want to get on one of his lists. If you don't hear from me, there's a good chance that my new address will be in some gulag. I hope I'm allowed to bring my cold weather clothes. 😄

We'd all like to see him in the lineup. Norris could be a first line player on the Sabres were it not for his history of injuries including 3 shoulder surgeries plus other injuries that sidelined him. Not counting Norris's first season where he didn't start his NHL career until late that season, and not counting this current season, Josh Norris has averaged 47 games per season during his 5 other seasons. Adams doesn't seem to take the injury factor into consideration when making trades. Norris's history of physical injuries aside, the shock factor alone of being traded to the Sabres would be hard enough for any talented player like him to ever fully recover from.

If Adams is elevated it is because he has failed as a GM. Even if he is elevated to the POHO position I just don't see him having the authority to limit the GM with making moves. Do I know this for sure? No. If our silent billionaire owner is dumb enough to bring in another GM only to stifle him, then all hope is lost. Continuing to empower a feckless man only to shackle a new GM is irrational. On the other hand, when you have a clueless owner, all stupid options are on the table.

B-b-but Torts has changed now.

OK. We will see what the final score says. I'm sticking with 4-1 North Stars. Duffer, PTR and KA will be happy with 2-1 after 2 periods. Moral victories count in Pegulaville.

It's seven points. If they win their next 3.5 games, they are in. Then they merely have to win 7 of 11 for the next five months.

If Jarmo is hired to be the GM, the KA influence issue fades away. If Jarmo becomes the GM, he would be acting as the GM. When KA whispers his thoughts to him, Jarmo out of politeness nods his head, and then ignores him.

First, with Adams as POHO it could limit Jarmo's ability to make moves. Adams will likely side with Terry over Jarmo when the do their consensus building. And then there is Appert at HC. There are more reasons, but these two should be enough. PS - Ruff as an advisor. I have seen nothing so far to think this is going to help.

Don't make me do it. See, I don't get this. The Sabres are a functioning team capable of winning any game. Likely to win tonight? No. But there should be no certitude of losing. The Sabres win games like this. They keep the likes of Duffer, PTR and KA going. Did you never see a cat toying with a mouse?

As you well know, I'm certainly advocating to fire Ka. However, the notion of the smirking and insufferable (to me) being the HC is not an option I would consider. He's had a good run as a coach. But there is a reason why he has had so many different coaching positions: his harsh totalitarian act has a short life span that results in him soon moving on. Looking to the past is not a solution for the present and future.

Promoting someone and saddling him with KA, Ruff and Appert is not a serious move. TP of course would remain as the real POHO.

welp ...

Why is this such a terrible thought? The key staffing change would be Jarmo moving up to the GM position, the most influential position for a franchise. That singular change would be the most impactful change that can be made. Would Jarmo automatically move Appert to HC? That's an open question. If he is given the authority to act mostly in an unfettered way, I would suspect that he would bring in his own preferred HC. And if Ruff is moved up to a more advisor role, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I don't want to demonize KA as the sole source of what plagues this flailing organization. Because in my view, the main culprit for crippling this franchise is the quiet and stubborn owner. I'm not a fan in utter despair because I don't believe another tear down is required to become a respectable team and franchise. With a new GM who has some fresh ideas and is willing to make some judicious moves, this franchise can at least become respectable instead of being the laughingstock of the league. What needs to happen to get back on track is for this ridiculously stubborn owner to wake up and get serious.

Paging @JohnC ....

This has been said 100's of times over the past few seasons. KA is going to be promoted, not canned. Meanwhile, Terry is finalizing the Sabres budget for 2026.

Minnesota is on a 9-0-1 streak while averaging just 3 goals per game. What does that say about team defense and goaltending? This is going to be 4-1 loss.

Yes but referees with even a bit of a brain call it a major so they can review it and than reduce it to a minor if warranted

And the band plays on...

Right, those are the current rules. But since they allow for reviews of other non consequential crap, why stop there? If a player is injured cleary by a missed call that could be a major (or even jsut head contact) why not look at it.... College has targeting rules. Just seems weird that a league that is pretending to care about player safety allows a foe a review of 1mm of ice but this is a big Oh well, we didn't see it, carry on