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Because free agents sign in new York state every off season, that's why it's odd

I really don't know this version yet but I thin they will absorbed by the past culture of losing. I thought Norris was a good player whenever we played Ottawa. I think I could like Kesserlring, Doan, and Danforth. I think Lyon gives his all. But any realistic person looks at who came in and knew that their impact would not be enough. The power play is still bad, the top 6 is impotent, and Adams focuses on the 4th line and the 6/7/8 defensemen. The coaches are being ignored. Lindy can complain afterwards about it, but what is he doing? The Avs are starting their road trip in Buffalo tomorrow and they will be expecting two points.

And depending on where this is on his face, your vision and airways come into play.

Hockey locker rooms are gross.

Well, of course. If Karmanos is picked just to be the next guy who won’t rock the boat, then he wouldn’t be successful. Here’s the thing: the owner isn’t getting fired. If it is truly the case that there is no hope under Pegula, then there isn’t much point of us being here, short of habit or masochism. My opinion is that there are GM candidates out there who would simply be better at the job than Adams. Karmanos might be one such person (and might not be). It’s the known vs unknown factor. One way or the other, we are left hoping that some positive confluence of circumstances leads Pegula to hiring the right candidate next time.

It's what I think will happen this year... not sure why its odd... and i am confused about how its been repeatedly proven untrue... each year is a new year that is an amalgamation of prior years. This is the year I think the levy breaks... you think I am odd or stupid or whatever that's fine but it has not repeatedly proven untrue as this is a new year with this team carrying forward the consistent losing, frustration and dysfunctional culture forward... at what point are stars like Dahlin etc done with it... I think it starts this year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-trump-options-invoke-insurrection-act-national-guard-rcna237060 "Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act."

Odd comment and repeatedly proven untrue but I guess forget it you're rolling.

Remember Jay McKee and his staff infection those are nasty

As good as a job he is doing with the Bills now is as bad as he is doing with the Sabres.

20 games. If it’s a disaster, we have to pull the plug. Get DeBoar in here.

The problem is Karmanos is part of this mess. If it is just promoting him than all the other 💩 stays onboard and the Ruff to Appert succession plan stays in tact

So here is where I am at... he has decided on Jarmo who clearly was not influential in a positive way this off-season who knows if he had any input... I think TP will be forced to do something... the player exodus will start with stars Dahlin Thompson etc wanting trades... Adams will get fleeced, Sabres will miss the playoffs, Adams will get promoted to POHO because Terry needs his a$$ sniffing sycophant, Jarmo will get moved to GM. Ruff will get fired and the worst PP coach in the history of the league appert will get made head coach. We will be devoid of any real talent, stuck with massive contracts like Norris, Power, Greenway, Muel etc who probably won't even make a half a season without being hurt agaaaain... literally no free agents will even consider entering New York state let alone come here. And if you thought this dysfunction bush league incompetent abyss was bad... you ain't seen nothing yet

If you get 4 minutes a game, you'd better be getting 8 hits and drawing instigators left and right. Keep your elbows down, stay on your skates, and run people. Get the home crowd excited and your teammates engaged. Whatever it is Geertsen does, he doesn't do that. Kiefer Sherwood had 462 hits last season (which is silly!), but he already has 11 this season. Geertsen has 3. Go be a cult icon. It'd be so easy to be beloved by the Sabre.... hood? Sabrehospicecenter?

Granato was an assistant under Krueger. Granato's role as an assistant was to help Krueger install his system and vision for how the team would play. You can’t be more opposite than Granato from Krueger when it comes to a philosophy on how to play hockey. I have no idea if Jason Karmanos would be a good GM. But I also have no reason to think he would simply continue on with the same plan/ideas/vision as Adams. I would prefer Rob Blake, of the experienced people available, but I would take Karmanos over Adams in a second.

When Sabrespacers fight amongst themselves, Sheevyn wins, cackling, "Good... gooooood."

If Tuch gets into self-preservation mode: drop in blocked shots, not going to scrums, peeling off checks, etc., then you might as well listen to trade offers now, because he won't be helping relative to the minutes he'll be on the ice. There's a ton more value if you can get move to a team willing to extend him and give him 9/10 of an entire season at a bargain price (once their coach finds new ways to re-motivate him), vs. holding him until the trade deadline. But before listening to offers -- axe Adams and give Jarmo the control of the team. (Because if Tuch doesn't extend pre-trade, and you want to get him back in the fold as a UFA, he's not rejoining a team led by Adams.) And once you've done that, then you might as well go into complete tank 2.0 to get those top-flight centers again. Dahlin and TNT would fetch the value of at least 7 firsts.

But they are already ahead in their rebuild

Enough about the Sabres. The other team that played last night is pretty bad, as well.

Really depends on what he gets traded for. Keeping him solely because he's older though is dumb, you're trying to solve a problem while ignoring another one.

I don’t love the term of 7-8, but the dollar values are all skewed from years of a flat cap. The 2024 cap was $88MM. 2026 cap will be around 107MM. 2027 cap even higher. So a contract for Tuch in 2024 dollars of 8MM is right about 10MM in 2026 dollars. It is essentially the same percentage of the cap. For me, it comes down to his trade deadline value. He will be the most coveted pending UFA given his style of play and current AAV (not to mention the first crack at signing him to an extension). You may be better off spending 10MM on what you could acquire with him than on him. Just know that he is one of the boys and leadership will need to be acquired to make this contract extension make sense.

Awesome. And we remain the youngest or second youngest team in the league. And the beat goes on.

Forton, nightingale, devine etc

If he blew it all up today (fire Adams and all the coaches) I would back him. At least it would show me he cares. And there might be a hope to salvage the season, however small. Maybe I’m overreacting a bit after 2 games, but it just looks like if they do nothing and try to ride this out it could get even worse. Worst. Owner. Ever. Sell the team, Terry.

^ This, I would hire DeBoer as a coach