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That is not true since all sorts of people are on that list. To think otherwise is willful ignorance and makes you look foolish. I am glad you took Trumps bait and are now repeating his exact words he wants you to believe. He ran on that lie, he hired influencers as his top officials that also repeated that exact lie. He made lies up about people he didn't like talking about them being on said list. Pam Bondi herself said she had the list on her desk. "In a December 2023 interview, prior to his appointment as FBI Director, Patel stated that the FBI Director has "direct control" of Epstein's address book. Patel suggested that if Donald Trump were to be re-elected as President, he should make releasing the "black book" a priority on his first day in office." See unlike you Hank I only go by what the PEOPLE in charge say themselves. I don't care about second hand talking points. If they say something and they are running this country they better we'll back that ***** up.

Wow, do I miss him.

I know this rumor but it's absolutely insane that if it's true they wouldn't just fire Adams and hire Jarmo and let him get to work now. Are they really thinking oh well blow another season so we don't have to pay Adams an year for doing nothing?

And it went back to the root problem of never getting a legitimate top-4 veteran RHD to pair with Power when he was in his first season. Jokiharju is a fair complementary D-man to the right partner. Everyone is good with Dahlin, and he was good with Zadorov, but he is not the right fit for Power. And he certainly wasn't a grizzled tough veteran and mentor when he skated predominantly with Power in 2 of their first 3 seasons together. Joker was a fantastic trade win and remains a good player, but he's not the guy to lead your #1 overall pick to the fullest of his potential. The question remains... are Kesselring (age 25, 156 GP) or Timmins (age 26, 159 GP) any more qualified now than Jokiharju ever was (now age 26, 407 GP)?

@LTS Thanks for sharing your personal experience, it helps provide some perspective and will give me something to consider when I see similar articles in the future.

Any evidence that may have existed when Trump took office was there through the Biden administration. If there was anything linking Trump to any malfeasance regarding Epstein it would have been used against him during the election. To think otherwise is willful ignorance and makes you look foolish.

The sphere draft was amazing to watch on TV, I can’t imagine how it was in person.

I figure they have half a brain between them, but Rivet has the whole half.

Hoping you are, as usual, right. The scary thing in all of this is 2 fold: 1. afraid the next shoe to drop will come AFTER Dahlin has decided there's no point to staying here. (Really don't want to be back to square 1.) 2. have serious concerns that Kekalainen's successes were built off the genius that Bill Zito is. In which case, yes, Jarmo will be an improvement, but he very well might just be marginally better than either of Adams 2 predecessors. Which SHOULD be good enough to get the Sabres back into the league, but likely as the Aisles or Nucks of the past 10 years. AKA able to threaten to get into the playoffs and maybe even win a round, but no real threat to truly succeed.

Doesn’t matter if he said it or not, everyone knows he considers himself PoHO. Kevyn does NOTHING without Terry rubber stamping it.

The NHL absolutely knocked it out of the park with the Vegas draft at the sphere and the Four Nations Tournament only to follow them up with whatever the hell that was.

There are enough rumblings about Jarmo taking the Senior Advisor Position with the understanding he would move into the GM Position within 12 months. And there is a 0.00000001% chance that Adams realizes he is in over his head and will accept a position in the business side of the organization

This is true. Owners can win 2 different ways and one is more important than the other. They can maximize the amount of money they make and they can actual win a Cup. Only 1 team wins a Cup each season, so this probably amounts to bragging rights. The real goal is to make money.

and that is most likely what will happen, but it's not how you build a winning hockey team.

Well, yes, he can. Why should we have ANY expectation that he might do so? So far, he treats Adams the way Granato treated Henri, and we all know Granato LOVES HIM some Jokiharju.

Owners care about maximizing revenue, empty seats at KBC doesn’t achieve this. Pretty much all the contracts with the Front Office (including Adams)and Coaching Staff expire after this year, Pegula can walk away with no financial compensation owed after June 30th.

Hiring Ruff was the canary in the coal mine. Him retaining the entire staff (even Ellis came back, just in a lesser role, and to be replaced by a guy who might actually have the distinction of being both paid to coach and being worse than Ellis) for the 2nd time in a row was the canary dying.

Any thoughts on whether the other owners can actually get Pegula to punt Adams? Can see them being torn on the issue. Yes, Buffalo could bring in quite a bit more money into the system if they'd rejoin the league. BUT if they do rejoin the league, then the other owners are competing against 31 other franchises rather than just 30. They already took Arizona back into the league (though they relocated the club, it is quite likley now an actual rival rather than a joke / afterthought), do they really want NO byes on their schedules?

Physicality has never been a part of Power’s Game. His height allowed him to get away with it in the USHL and NCAA, yes he needs to be more physical but he has demonstrated a significant improvement in his defense metrics in each of the last three seasons. It’s too bad they could not get Jay McKee or even James Patrick to coach the defense. Both have experience with younger players on top of NHL Careers would have been beneficial.

Evolving Hockey defense percentiles for his first full three seasons at 13th, 34th and finally 78th during his first year with Ruff. I was ok with the Ruff Hiring as his teams usually see a bounce his first season, that certainly did not happen with the Sabres. It also stopped Adams from hiring His First Choice in Seth Appert. Now I hope we get a completely new coaching staff in 2026-27.

I believe there are a couple reasons the league has not stepped in. First there is a general sense of sympathy towards the Pegulas for what Kim is going through. The league had to clean up two situations with Ownership of Ottawa and Arizona needing to change hands Getting the new CBA done. There probably is an overall reluctance by the other owners to strip a franchise from a fellow owner as they would not want the same thing happening to them. I imagine the decreased revenue coming from the Buffalo Market is a bone of contention for the other owners, there probably will be a strong suggestion about hiring someone with experience into the GM role, Hello Jarmo, and spending to the cap coming in the next season or two

Hiring Ruff after no search was the canary in the coal mine... and it died.

Agreed. But the system isn’t Wilford’s. The system is Ruff’s.