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Thing about the Avs (and maybe this keeps them from getting over the top again) is they are clearly a forward projecting team with the idea of staying competitive long term. Hence they move people out that they think will give them cap issues down the road. I'd guess they already knew Byram would exceed their payroll and since they already have Makar they chose a different direction. Mitts was a gamble (like Ottawa with Cozens) on the idea that players will be better when they escape Buffalo. He didn't fit and they swapped him out for what they saw as a better playoff 3rd line fit in Coyle. Coyle disappointed too so I guess that's failure. Adams? He just doesn't seem to have a clue one way or the other.

Disagree. Dunleavy's waiting for Ray to stop talking most of the time. The real answer is to have separate radio play by play. Hamilton is quite capable. But WGR won't spend the money. Audacy wants to cut spending.

Just so weak willed and clueless. The Sabres are a nightmare you can’t wake up from.

Biron in for Ray. He's already shown he can be really good at that when he filled in before. Then create a larger panel for the intermissions with a little dissent and argument even. It's past time to step up everything and call this team out when they suck, not just praise them. You can still be home biased, but also more real.

He is the only person on earth who would be even worse than Kevyn. On top of the absolute fatal devastation this diseased fossil would unleash on the Sabres he would also destroy the Rochester Americans.... oh sorry, the Rochester SABRES, setting them on fire and pissing all over the ashes.

It's both of them. But my inkling is that Dunleavy does it more.

https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bandits/bandits-broadcaster-john-gurtler-wins-nlls-tom-borrelli-award/

Byram and Peterka's offer sheets just ran screaming in Evan Bouchard's direction.

Rayzor is heart and soul. Heart and soul. If he's stepping away, I will miss him.

That isn't Dunleavy's fault. He's waiting for Ray to finish his stories about what he and Paul Hamilton had for lunch.

If Lou agreed to come on as Senior Advisor it would be a sign that a lot of this s💩💩t would stop because Lou wouldn’t put up with it.

I think Ray is a mediocre analyst but I love him as a colour guy, and there has never been a better Buffalo Sabre. I'll miss him.

That photo is fantastic 🤣 My only interest in Lou Lamiorello as a GM is that he'd be better than Kevyn Adams. But as an actual senior advisor — knowing the league, the gossip, the tricks, the history and not being afraid to give Kevyn Adams a different point of view — doubt you could find anyone more qualified. If it really is him, he's probably just finished telling Terry what an idiot he's been, and he's just about to call Tuch with instructions on where to find a razor.

With Byram.... I'm still in somewhat of a purgatory with him. He's young, he's skilled, he has the potential to be very good I think. But I don't think he's been all that special with the Sabres. He looks the part with his skating and raw talent, I just don't see them as being a better team when he's on the ice though yet.

19 of the top 25 accounts that bought the $Trump meme coin were bought with foreign accounts, the top 25 accounts got a free "tour" of the White House... Bribes through crypto from corrupt countries.

So, you're saying the Sabres S&C coach is the job he's custom made for. 😉

He's been investing heavily to clone Dan Dunleavy. Dan provides the call and then sends it over to Dan for color who sends it back to Dan to not say anything when a goal is scored.

Beane also has surrounded himself with a lot of people that have significant experience in FO roles, some even having been GMs before. (The names keep changing every year, so not positive if there are currently any former GMs under him, but there oftentimes are.) And McDermott has not been afraid to hire people like Frazier who have HCing experience in the past (and others like Kromer and Brady who are very highly regarded). Adams has Karmanos who has Ventura (but he also has Forton and Nightengale) and now Ruff at coach, but Ruff has a merry band of misfits under him as well. Nowhere near the same level of support. Always thought that was a byproduct of EEE. If it isn't (and it's now sounding increasingly like it isn't) well, Houston, we have a problem.

Well, shoot isn't QUITE the right word, but they could and likely would drop the wooden gun on their foot, break a metatarsal and also catch a splinter carrying the tetanus bacterium, and, well, the end result is they would've been better off just shooting a hole in the darn foot.

Between all the Ray bashing in the game day threads, it's refreshing to see in this thread how many people still like him for the same reasons I like him. Yeah he doesn't speak the King's English and he's no Roger Neilson on the video analysis, but he's entertaining! I've said it many times- I've been around the game (watching, playing, coaching, parenting) since I was a kid. I don't need somebody breaking down plays for me. I just want to be entertained between the whistles. Now if only he and Dan would STFU and call the game while it's being played. As I'm forced to listen on the radio in the car a lot... this is so irritating.

I really thought they were gonna come back and take it with Pickard hurt and Skinner in net. He's been atrocious. But, nope...shutout LOL

Looking that way. It just shows you how hard it actually is to move up. The same top teams are still the same teams. Bet they don't. Florida are masters of getting in your head and then doing the opposite. Really good at walking away after instigating and not retaliating. Refs coudl decide it though. Hope they don't.

This is Reimer erasure! 😇 Reimer was fine in his first 9 games with the Sabres. Note: 2 games were coming in for a yanked UPL. The larger issue is that game #1 was 11/23 at the beginning of the losing streak (Reimer was OK giving up only 2 goals in a 3-0 loss) and game #9 was all the way to February 4th. He rarely got a chance to start. 1st 9 games: 2-4-1 .908 sv% GAA 2.2 no offensive help 2nd 9 games: 6-2-1 .900 sv% GAA 2.9 offensive help! final 4 games: 2-2 .882 sv% GAA 3.5 largely influenced by the 7-goal game Tampa decided to unleash at the end of the season Play him on a set, well-rested schedule--but play him consistently--and he'll stay fresh while also taking 5-10 starts away from UPL over the course of the season. But that's all last season. All that said, he should be upgraded next season unless is pounding on the door to keep his career going.