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Has there ever been a GM so out of touch with the pulse of his own team, to a man, from day one of every season? To think he was hired on a culture change mandate

What does "done" mean?

He’s literally out of his mind, which is exactly what his maga scum enablers require.

Next year they get their cheese moved

Welp.

The personal satisfaction he gets by simply refusing to engage with what everyone else is saying he HAS to do is the win. It’s Trumpian. don’t delete this post or whatever. That’s not political - it’s simply how he operates. people get that this is what’s happening, right? This isn’t hockey anymore.

I'm just going to keep saying it until it sticks, but I don't think Pegula has any intention of deviating from the plan he and Adams have previously agreed on. He may want to know how it's going, what has worked, what hasn't, and what Adams intends to do about it. But he's not going to pull the rip cord. He's not going to disrupt or interfere anymore.

I try to analyze it, too; but the only thing I can come up with that makes any kind of sense is Terry just doesn't care about the Sabres. At all. As long as the brand isn't hemorrhaging money, whatever. There is not a single viable hockey excuse for KA to get another season, yet here we are. They spent all last summer harping on accountability, the season was a failure, yet here we are. The team has gone backwards two straight seasons under KA's guidance, yet here we are. KA dusted off Lindy to right his ship, he failed, yet here we are. The Sabres have been a punchline for years now, nobody takes the organization seriously, yet here we are. Terry doesn't care. The owner is an absentee landlord.

Pegula is filthy rich. It’s probably out of spite. He wanted ROR traded because of a locker room comment. Do not overthink this that would be a massive mistake. It’s Terry Pegula. The minds of rich people. They do not deserve an iota of hockey analysis on this

I realize this thread mostly exists to vent and crack jokes, but it is such a great question: why indeed? By any objective pro sports results measure, Adams should be fired; the evidence is everywhere. I haven’t done the research myself, but I believe someone posted that he will be among just 2 or 3 GMs in NHL history to get a 6th season after 5 without playoffs. And it can’t be for business reasons. Whatever the money Terry is saving on salaries, he’s squandering in lost revenue opportunities. So why? Does Terry Pegula draw different lines around success and failure than other billionaire sports owners? If so, what are they? Did Kevyn actually present him with an off-season play for success that he bought? If so, how? Why?

This is the way.

History really is written by the winners. or, erased. Whichever.

I don't think he is prioritizing a "yes man" over competency. I don't think any leader of an org does. At Pegula's core I think he views himself as competent and those that disagree with him incompetent. Adams is one of the first GM's to be in lock step with Terry. Therefore Terry views him as more competent than any other,which is why he is trending towards being in charge for nearly half the drought. Pegula is fragile. Facts don't matter. For him feels equals reals.

Are you saying Ruff took a job where he was told he had no say over who his assistant crashes were? Why would Ruff take a job here then?

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How many of these Adams trades would you reverse? Norris and Bernard Docker for Cozens, Gilbert and a 2nd McLeod for Savoie Pick 14 and Malenstyn for pick 11 Byram for Mittelstadt Greenway for pick 56 Tuch, Krebs, 1st, and 2nd for Eichel and a 3rd Levi and 1st for Reinhart 1st, 2nd and Hagg for Ristolainen 2nd and Bjork for Hall and Lazar Staal for Johansson Just a question, not a statement.

There is a lot of evidence to back this up. But I have to ask why would Pegula prioritize yes men over competency? He seems to not have that affliction with the Bills. I don't think the answer is that he is cheap. One would think a winning team playing lots of playoff games would make him more money. Why, oh why, does he put up with this with the Sabres??

This does NOT meet this forum ethics

By whom? Total BS.

Yes

Championships incoming.

McKenna should be great next year, but I don't need a decade and a half of a rebuild. Power and #9 for Misa, it's a toss up but Misa could be our Marner. Eichel was a wise choice but he was so immature, Misa seems to have humility.

Trumps a childish pos. He's no leader but a scummy mob boss.