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Fans actually have more leverage than players. Players have contracts to fulfill or they can lose pay and hurt their careers. Fan are not required to attend games just because they bought a ticket. Fans are not required to buy tickets either. If the fans want to make a statement they can: 1. Not buy season tickets - this will provide immediate impact 2. Not but any tickets - this will provide a slower and still painful impact 3. Buy tickets and not go - kind of self defeating but this happens a lot right now 4. If you already have tickets then organize a peaceful walkout/protest - this has never been done to my knowledge and might generate some positive attention if done peacefully and constructively 5. Go to games and then boo the team and complain - this is the current state for many 6. Write letters/emails to Terry Pegula, Kevyn Adams, and Gary Bettman that politely and fairly express your displeasure. 7. Find solace on social media and in fan forums. I have selected items 1, 2 and 7.

"Now if you look at this slide of ticket sales, you can see how it appears to be plummeting as we go forward in time. However, if you flip the slide upside-down, sales are through the roof!"

The Pegulas hired a firm to run their coaching search after Doug Marrone resigned, they came back with their top candidate. Unfortunately Russ Brandon was able to convince Terry and Kim to hire Rex Ryan. After Ryan was fired they hired the same search firm who recommended Sean McDermott who ironically was the same candidate they recommended the first time. Also shortly after Pegula bought the team he spoke with Scotty Bowman and he asked what made Mike Ilitch such a successful owner in the NHL. Scotty replied the first meeting I ever had with Illitch he told me I know the pizza business and how to make money doing that. I do not know enough about hockey be successful in the NHL, that’s where you come in. Scotty you tell me what you need and I will make sure you have it.

In a weak draft with a relatively stacked farm team, there is ZERO reason to be drafting at #9. The pick is still worth something, even in a package deal. A somewhat weaker prospect does ZERO to help this team. Will it happen? Not with KA. As with most of the rest of us, i have no confidence that he can build a NHL playoff team. Could that change? Yes but it has not under his regime.

This whole thing is strange. Like, Adams job was on the line and he had to give a PP presentation in order to keep his job? Even if the dude was put on a PIP, the data didn't change for him at all. I saw this posted elsewhere, but this is like when a kid struggles as a college prospect, then comes out of nowhere and has a crazy combine so gets drafted 2 rounds too early. Then never lives up to the hype. Moral of the story is, always trust the tape.

Worth noting that there is a step or two in here that mirrors the Sabres org. - Pegula hired a HC that the General Manager did not want. - Pegula fired the HC without ever consulting the General Manager. Not to be a Whaley apologist, but the problem with the Sabres and Pegula's management style is that you can never ever get a true inventory of whether anybody is doing a good or bad job because he constantly muddies the waters of what his senior leadership is and isn't in charge of. You have to give your employees structure as well as the freedom to fail, otherwise you can never pinpoint the problems. I will continue to scream from the rooftops that McBeane's biggest value to the Buffalo Bills is their structuring of the org and management of Terry Pegula. I am very hesitant to believe that either can do that effectively without the other.

Dude.

Told my rep outright if Adams came back as GM I wouldn't renew my 1/4 season plan. Time to make one last phone call.

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 How can anybody cheer for this fu&@ing 💩show of an organization. No pride, no clue. 14 years of no playoffs, and no thought of changing up what has not been working for the past 5 years under this group. What an absolute joke of a franchise. Let me guess the presentation was Adams listing everything Terry told him to do and saying he will save some more money. Adams: “Terry our biggest problem was palm trees and you have a ton on your estate here in Florida. What if we fly some up to the arena in Buffalo. Playoffs Next Year!!” F🤬🤬K YOU PEGULA you have ruined this franchise!!!!!!!!!!

I think he read the room and realized the Sabres are full of this kind of prospect already. And I wouldn’t doubt it if the Sabres offered him that type of advice as well.

At the risk of repeating myself - because this is not a serious hockey organization. 🤷‍♂️

Fans have more leverage than they choose to wield. I know this team and sport are within the fabric of WNY society but if people want real change, hit em where it hurts. The pocketbook. Pegula needs to go to a game and see 50 people in the stands. That’s the only thing that has any chance of inspiring change.

The bigger question is who are you replacing on the roster? It's fine to trade picks but NHL rosters are very limiting in movement so you have to get rid of people if you go that route. Some candidates a easy targets. Quinn is probably at the top, Sammy is on a lot of peoples list. But beyond that if you want vets who are you replacing in the top 6? The youngest candidates are Kulich and Benson. They are not untouchable but I can just see the the angst now if Benson gets traded for a vet. Peterka would be the next candidate or McLeod. Thompson, Tuch, Zucker, Norris and Greenway are most likely not going anywhere because of age or the new contracts. The other guys are 4th liners except maybe Krebs. We have a lot of assets but roster players have to go. Once you get by the 1st one or 2 the questions about who get tougher.

Was it Adams' fault that Ruff didn't get to choose his assistants and Seth Appert was named the X & O's PP coach? And the corrolary, was it Adams' fault that Wilford was still running the D and PK? Was it Adams' fault that nearly all the eggs were placed in UPL's basket (will actually say that one is to large extent on Ruff, he was fully bought in on UPL on Day 1)? Was it Adams' fault the roster was the youngest in the league? Yes, this team MIGHT have everything come together and make a run to 100 or 102 points and an opportunity to compete in the playoffs. But, (and realizing a lot of stuff COULD happen at the draft, in FA, and through the off-season; and SOME changes will be made; that said) it looks like they're going to need goaltending to play much better than it did last year; Norris to stay healthy the majority of the year; Dahlin to stay healthy nearly the entire year; not lose Thompson and Tuch at the same time Norris is out; Kulich, Peterka, and Benson at a minimum to stay on their upward trajectory; Greenway to stay healthy; Zucker not to hit the age wall; bounce back seasons from Quinn and Samuelsson; AND Power not to be set back from the leg injury. All that happens and they get some puck luck (i.e., no game costing kneed in goals by a team you're chasing for a playoff spot) and they're in. Easy-peazy.

Fungoo - you ain't goin' anywhere. Draw lines all you want. And then become a habitual line-stepper. Our need to be entertained by your Sabrespace content outweighs whatever purported principles you're invoking here. we need to keep the memes rolling on #multipledaysofpresenting

I understand that they can't actually trade themselves. But it is definitely a bad look for the owner if the team revolts. As fans we have no leverage. The player's don't have a lot but they are all we have because ka isn't going to just quit and apparently Terry has no issues with him. So if you have a better idea for getting ka canned I'd like to hear it

Well, sayonara. Like I said, gotta draw the line somewhere. You folks are the best and I wish you the best This

Minor quibble on the Bandits. Bandits were pretty bad in '16-'17. They got Josh Byrne with the #1 overall pick that year. They missed the playoffs again the next year but drafted Ian MacKay that year too. Since then, they've been a machine (barring a few mid-season stretches when either Vinc was out, they didn't have a guy to take faceoffs, &/or the D has been decimated) going to 5 consecutive finals and it likely would've been a streak of 7 straight but Covid cancelled 1 playoff tourney and 1 entire season after that.

Mike Sullivan gets fired who has won the cup but Ruff stayed for how long the first time should tell you

If Lindy said they need to start the season in better shape I believe it, but off season conditioning is not the reason they are not a playoff team. Zach Benson doing more push ups and Payton Krebs improving his stamina is great, but that is not gonna move the dial. So they are making a change, and maybe the next guy will be "better", but the players are ultimately responsible for their training and their diet, both in season and out of it. The Strength and Conditioning coach is not going to travel the globe to make sure the players are invested in their careers. That has to come from within the players. This is part show, makes some moves to show someone is doing something.

Pegula doesn’t want to pay out for another fired coach. That is the bottom line. They kept Ruff around for years! Got the bandits filling in the house

No, it ain't awesome. But am tired of using the :cry: emoji.

This is SOOOOOOOOOOO ####ing depressing.

It's possible. Like 6ish-14ish is roughly interchangeable. Not in reality when it's all send and done but here and now.

Aisles would've gotten the 2nd pick in that scenario. The Snarks would get pick 1. The Fighting Mormons get 4 and whoever started out at 2 gets 3.