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Sabres don't know how to win period. Making the playoffs is 5he first step in learning. Long term goals don't mean anything when you cannot win enough games to get into the playoffs. Also how long are these "longterm goals" 12 years, 15 years, 20 years? This is the only NHL team that seems to think like that. The only longterm goals I have seen from this team is to be a great farm team for other teams that want to win NOW. The second every other team gets a new GM and HC they are trying to win ASAP. Not the Sabres though it all about longterm winning... except it never has a start point.

Okay.

A lot of the allegations do seem rather unsavory. But one that they made a huge deal over is essentially a fact of life for youth hockey. If you want to play in a tournament, you WILL have X% of your team stay in the approved hotels which do kickback to the tournament host organization. Not saying it's right. Just sayin' it is what it is and it goes on in rink rich regions like WNY/CNY as just as much as it does in central Texas. While it may not seem right, it does bring significant money into many organizations that are 501(c)7's (or is it 501(c)6's?) and really does help keep costs down for those organizations. USA Today makes it seem that the Stars do not use those monies to help defray costs for their participants and maybe they are correct about that. And if that's the case, that is wrong. But all the local organizations in upstate NY run their own tourneys and everybody knows that part of their organization's funding comes from those hotel arrangements. (And you have to play in your own organization's tourney to get more teams involved (even though obviously there is no travel / hotel stays involved in that) and everybody knows you'll stay in the hotels that are tied in with the host organizations for other tourneys when you choose to play in them.)

I guess. Feels sensationalistic but I get your point.

ummmm, that was all sarcasm, nevermind.

My point is he doesn't really matter in the end, if he's retained or not. It's the core platers that matter.

UPL is not it. Levi still could be. GMKA made the wrong decision extending UPL. GMKA’s career depends on Levi making the jump in 26-27. As a Levi truther, I’m optimistic. He’s been elite in ROC. But that does not help us get into the playoffs in 25-26. Fire GMKA!

It isn’t your point, but a small slice of it, to say that if you replaced Kadri with Rossi —then I am all in. There will always be a long term outlook with the short term in mind. Kadri could hamstring us in the long term…Rossi given his age may not. Like it or not, the franchise decision making must be longer than next year’s roster. I want to make the playoffs in 2926, but that’s not the long term goal. The sabres are not winning the cup in 2026. You have to realize this.

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And the problem is right there in bold. It should be a make or break year for Kevyn Adams, he is lucky to be be employed as a GM. I’m quite certain no other NHL team would hire him as GM. Dahlin and Thompson should be long term building blocks. This bull$hit of players asking to leave and getting accommodated must stop. I don’t think you will find anywhere in my posts that says they done little or nothing. I don’t think they did enough but if all the stars align, and they stay healthy, and a bunch of them have great years then who knows?

I genuinely don’t know how to respond to this anymore. Long term success starts with winning now. Worry about the rest later.

If Tuch is not on the Sabres in 26/27, it’s his choice, and an indictment on this train wreck of an organization. It’s not due to an internal cap.

It's probably AI written. 😂

You are correct. This is a make or break year, not so much for Adams but for Dahl's and Tage, and probably Tuch if he takes a wait n see strategy to resigning. But I think this off-season has been markedly different from the rest of Adams tenure. There has been a change of philosophy from the fast and skilled Granato model that peaked two years ago when they reached 91 points and just missed. Now the focus is on toughness and being harder to play against. Jarmo Kekalainen must be having something to say about it. I also think Ruff is adding his two cents as well. Every player except Lyon has fit that mold. You may not like what the Sabres have done this off-season, but to say they've done little or nothing couldn't be further from the truth.

I’m sitting down for fantastic four right now. I’m so glad the two newborns aren’t in my theater.

Why? They have an internal salary cap. Why? They aren’t committed to winning. Why? Because younger and cheaper is the motto of the franchise. Why? Because they have never given out a long term deal to a veteran player. Why? Because under Adams they have traded away every productive forward when their contracts came due (Eichel, Mitts, Reinhart and JJP) downgrading the talent on the roster each time. Why? They still have a ton of dead weight contracts in Power, UPL, Norris and Samuelsson. If the Sabres were committed to keeping Tuch, the deal would already be done. So much for “wants to be here”

Bought a 2024 can-am commander last September. Planned a Hatfield & McCoy trail trip starting this coming week. Wife and I are mid 50’s but I said f it, we’re doing this.

That's your key takeaway?

Why? And no.

If Quinn rebound, Benson matures and Kulich continues to improve there is a significant likelihood that Tuch isn’t re-signed.

Jobs reports are ALWAYS adusted up or down after a month or so. ALWAYS.

That Samuelsson is still in the lineup is sad. Someone replace him.

The key takeaway for me is.. what was the mistake and how was it made? This report isn't a new thing. But then I think we all know the report has no consistent algorithm that reduces or eliminates the ability to inject bias into it. Trump's response is typical. He continues to demonstrate his childish name calling. It does however amuse me when people resort to the same tactic when criticizing Trump. As far as I am concerned the economy is on a bubble, but no one can quite figure out when it will burst or if it will just subside with a slow leak.

Moved the youngest into her dorm today (athletics start early). Both fantastic and somewhat sad. But I am excited for the next chapter and it what it will mean for her. So.. fantastic wins.