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It doesn't even make sense. Typically if a team struggles for a long period of time it's because they draft very poorly. This is not the case with the Sabres. They have drafted very well for the most part. It's nearly impossible to be this bad for this long with their drafting track record.

Jarmo is already right there, just for one. The bar is incredibly low with Adams. Of course the quality of GM matters even under someone like Pegula - Adams is bad because he *is like* Pegula, not because he’s overly burdened by him. We know this from the circumstance upon which he took the job. Even Adams to his credit managed a 91 point team - Pegula presented a magical barrier we couldn’t get cross, that one extra point? No - to Adams failure - he had a horrendous offseason after 22-23. There’s absolutely a mile of difference between Adams and what a lot of guys would do. You are right that Terry is the biggest issue. He likes Adams. He hired Adams. My point is that there are GMs he can hire by throwing a dart that would do a better job. So - I agree with you it ultimately falls to Terry, he’s the guy employing the GM. Making that choice. But where I disagree is that no GM willing would be better. Hell I’d do it.

The whole thing is pretty much a pointless exercise done for click bait. But as I read that, I find myself thinking about a bunch of teams that can’t remember doing a thing. The whole start of the year had been pretty underwhelming as a whole.

Yeah, didn't you see Terminator Genisys?

But.....what competent GM would want to come work for Pegula? Hence, Pegula is still the problem.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/latest-news/nhl-summer-splash-rankings-no-32-buffalo-sabres

Yea everyone knew they would send Terrorists. It's what happens when a deranged man is let loose. TDS was presented as a Bill by a man who was later found guilty of solicitation of a minor. Congrats for the side that supports pedophiles and has one running them.

Maybe, but I think the opposite. Despite not many more points, I thought last year was Krebs best season by far regarding his overall game, and he even got better as the season went on.

Not sure who he's been watching but he has the best set of hands in close and is a good passer. 61 points in 71 games, some people think it is a bargain.

Krebs has hit his ceiling. Kozak is just getting started.

I think he gets somewhere around 7 x 11.5m.

Trump is certainly all of that and more, like fascist, felon, sex abuser, etc. Take your pick. What border they were picked up at isn’t relevant in the least and that wasn’t my point in the least either. The point is, this is nothing new for the enforcement officers at the border. Sure, maybe the fact that Iranians were arrested not long after we attempted to destroy their nuclear capabilities (which we didn’t, but the liar in chief lied about that anyway) is more than a coincidence but, AGAIN, it’s nothing new to border enforcement officials. Seems this administration is so insecure they have to tout routine law enforcement activities. Pitiful. Per the bold, your childish insults are old hat and just an indication that you’re the one getting “triggered” here.

The fact they were picked up at the Canadian border as opposed to the Mexican border is not relevant to me. What IS relevant to me is that five Iranians attempted to enter the country a few weeks after we bombed them. I guess it's easy to miss that when your TDS is triggered. You clowns do entertain me though. CHEETO MAN! MAGA! TARRIFS! ARRRRGH!!!!!! It's pathetic, but i love it 🤣🤣

And he may want to do that. He also may want to sign an 8 year deal with the Sabres next July rather than go to FA and only get a 6 year deal the following summer. 2 extra years at $9MM/yr is $18MM. And even if those 2 extra years were bought out, it's $12MM in his pocket. That might be tough to walk away from.

I think the point in the pod cast was that Byram (maybe, more specifically his agent) may still want to go to free agency in two years even if traded to a team that wants to sign him long term. Any team interested in Byram would take that into account in terms of the value they will be willing to give up for him.

It was. It was them saying the strategy of the tank wasn't wrong, it was the accelerating the rebuild that was wrong. And to prove it, they'd rebuild the slow cooking way, except built around 2 D rather than 2 F's and that by slow cooking they would actually rush 5 years worth of prospects into the NHL via the "no blocking" policy. Guess they showed us.

Hmm, team with incredible goalie; team with very good to great goalie; team with incredible goalie. Noticing a pattern here.

Great idea! Thanks! There's a place near here that sells cherry concentrate. It's not cheap, but a cherry wheat sounds delicious.

I got into brewing about 1990. I used to make a mean cherry wheat beer. Just follow your wheat beer recipe until you ready to pitch the yeast. Pour in one bottle of R.W. Knudsen black cherry concentrate. Pitch the yeast and continue with your recipe. Very subtle cherry flavor; more on the nose than the palate.

On a tangent, didn’t realize until recently that when cars drive by to hand water bottles to the riders, there’s an art to how long they allow their hands to both linger on the bottle for just a moment so the car in affect pulls forward the rider allowing for momentary rest The art of cheating is one of the best parts of sports

The tipping point, and I said it at the time, was electing for a long form rebuild on the heels of missing 9 straight years already it was a disastrous calculation

It’s Pegula’s unwillingness to fire Adams and hire a competent GM

We also played at a 93 point pace in the stretch run - which we know wasn’t reflective of our season as a whole as always caution using a “garbage time” sample size You have to write out the lines somehow