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And we know this how? Aren't we just assuming things?

4 wins, 7 losses. if this is “real”, I’d rather they be a figment of my imagination

By making promises to the kid that are impossible to keep.

His best pick is Benson. Next best is Peterka. Then Kulich or maybe even Kozak in the 7th round of 2020. Quinn is still trying to establish himself. Savoie has played 12 games at Edmonton with little production so far. The Owen Power pick sticks out, but that looks like a mediocre draft year. He has 6 drafts and he had numerous extra picks in the first 2 rounds. Take away the two recent drafts as being too soon to evaluate, and you have 4 NHL players still on the Sabres in his first four drafts. Two of his drafted players (Savoie and Peterka) are traded for 3 NHL players (McLeod, Kesselring and Doan) - not bad. He also dealt 2nd rounder picks for players such as Greenway and Malenstyn. His drafting isn't great but it is not the worst part of his GM performance. His bigger failures are (in no particular order): Dealing away his Core players (Eichel and Reinhart and Ullmark) and forcing another rebuild when the team was actually close and had two NHL All Stars already on the roster Not properly building an NHL roster around the new and now current Core with the right veterans. He nibbles away at this and his teams show no improvement in the standings. Complete mishandling of Goaltending position which has cost them a playoff birth Inability to hire a good NHL coaching staff, his coaching search was a silly charade Inability to inspire and to change the culture of the organization - he has publicly made excuses for the team, himself, and his invisible boss. He doesn't understand accountability, its has become a throw away word under Adams.

He has made a lot of mistakes he didn't make last year. Going into last night, a few of us have pointed out in GDTs he just seemed unaware of things around him that have caused problems in other game. Not always showing up in the numbers/analytics, but it has been noticable. Then last night, he played the zone entry on the First Boston PP goal pretty badly (he was out of position), and he had the giveaway on the other Boston goals. I'm not saying he is hot garbage out there, but he has been in my opinion below average mostly due to mental mistakes that didn't happen nearly as much last year. By far and away I thought he was the best defensive forward on the team. This year, in terms of positioning and reliabilty, Krebs is outperforming him in THAT aspect of the game.

Would help if norris could play, ever.

I was just asking how we. "devalued" Levi. By adding Ellis? Signing Lyon? Players get traded.

Lyon and UPL are both under contract for next year.

I like Krebs. One of a handful of guys with a motor who gives an honest shift, can play C or F, and is unafraid to mix it up. A keeper, imo.

You mean what he did in Levi's first year?

By not handing Levi the starter's job?

They are doing what we say we want them to do: elevate the goaltending on the Sabres. Ellis was a low-risk/high reward move. And if that upsets Levi, TFB. Levi's job right now is winning in Rochester and showing he is ready to move up. Nothing is carved in stone with our goalies next year. No one is blocking Levi. There will just be more competition going forward. I guarantee if another team claimed Ellis we'd be howling that Adams missed a golden opportunity.

Well it wasn't pretty but Matt got his first goal last night. Bounced off his leg at the end of a power play. Hope it goes better for him.

I saw this game much differently than most of the commentators here.Overall, I thought we outplayed Boston. I liked how the team fought back after going two goals back. They stuck with their game and played harder battling for the puck. One positive takeaway was the play of Lyon. If we get this caliber of goaltending I will be more than satisfied. I liked the play of Kesserling. He’s a little rusty but you can see that he’s a second pair talent. This was Greenway’s first game back. He’s a big fellow who has a big presence. There is nothing fancy about his game but he’s a tough guy that the opposition is well aware of. What’s apparent to me is that Dahlin is pressing and trying to force the action. His penalty at the end of the second period that led to a score was damaging. Tage is also pressing. Too much solo act. Although the final outcome was disappointing, I can’t criticize the effort. There were some openings but we simply missed the shots. The difference between this year’s team compared to previous teams is that we are at least getting loser points in close games. Certainly, not good enough but better than leaving with empty pockets.

They're drafted how they have because they're bad at their jobs. Benson, Mrtka, Helenius are solid picks but after that it's a lot of... ok but this would have been better. Bedkowski is the perfect example of, don't do that there.

Quinn is gonna score 30 this year. I think he might’ve been there just because that’s his old squad. He brought in most of those players.

Yeah I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt because it’s the compassionate thing to do but he can’t keep making the mistakes he’s making. They always end up in the back of the net. Once or twice a game, he makes a maddening decision and blows the game for us. He’s a good player but he’s gotta eliminate the crippling mistakes. Lindy has told him about this. Told him it can’t happen but it’s still happening. Maybe he’ll never outgrow it. It’s been too long that’s for sure.

Agree on most of these, but the trade for McLeod has been great so far. Disagree he’s been “bad this year”. While maybe not a 2nd line center, he has 7 points in 11 games and is at least even in +/- at 0.

Not reading the noise. They outplayed Boston all game. Had some unlucky breaks. Clawed back from a deficit. The overtime was clowny, but 3v3 overtime shouldn’t be a priority that’s whatever. Happy with the effort to rebound I feel like in previous seasons they’ve would’ve simply collapsed

Not more than one point from a wild card spot is not a total disaster to start the season. It's okey but not more than that and we should have won two of the last three. If they can be one point from a wild card spot by thanksgiving I think they are doing well, the schedule is getting much more challenging the next two months.

It seems Adams and his staff has made a big misjudgement about the direction the league is heading into and what sort of players it favors. I can't come up with any other reason why they have drafted the way they did. He has failed, no doubt about that. I am absolutely sure if Kekäläinen replaces Adams we get better drafting, what I am not sure about is if I trust him retool this team.

Kevyn Adams vs Brandon Beane early draft picks

If you look at the last 3 games you see a team that is playing harder but is still finding ways to lose. Stupid penalties at in opportune times. Losing control of the puck leading to two of the three OT losses. Coughing up 2 3rd period leads. So until this team stops being stupid, they will remain on the outside looking in.

Have any of the Adams drafted Russians even come close to playing a shift in the NHL? Novikov, Komarov, Kisakov, Poltapov, Sardarian or Neuchev, none are even on the radar. Even the two big Russian D, seem to be behind Metsa, Jones and Johnson on the depth chart. Soon they’ll be passed by Mtrka. Good thing Adams spent 2 2nds and 2 3rds on the Russian forwards.

He has skill, but he's not what we need. If he stays healthy, Greenway should give us more. If I could trade Östlund (plus whatever) for another Doan I'd do it in a heartbeat.