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at this point Pegula is rivaling the Government (State and Fed) as his only competition for most incompetent....

How are we playing game 3 tonight and they just played the first game??

Agree entirely. Canada is our greatest ally and has been for a long, long time. More Canadians volunteered to serve in our armed forces during the Viet Nam war than there were Americans who fled to Canada to avoid the conflict. It is beyond sickening to see Canada disrespected like this.

All NHL franchises have increased in value. He didn't do anything to accomplish that. In fact, I would go in the other direction in that if this was a Cup Contending team the value of the franchise would be even more. And it is undebatable that if this was a serious team the increase internal revenue from attendance, concessions, ancillary sources would be even more. Like you, I'm glad that he hired some high-quality business executives for the business side of the operation. On the other hand, if only he would do that for the hockey side of the business this franchise would be much more profitable for this perplexing owner. Does anyone doubt that a playoff run would add a lot of post regular season revenue?

They are probably trying to find an upgrade over their second line center. And they need a veteran stay at home RHD to replace Savard. Pretty much the same shopping list as Sabres. I honestly can't see many possibilities for us to grab a playoff spot next year when thinking of the five playoff teams from Atlantic. We need one helll of a offseason, and one helll of a season.

For Larry Brooks to be hearing chatter that the Tampa beat is not hearing makes me think he made it up 🤷‍♂️

Same dude just got cut loose by SEA after one year. Yeah, not great.

The business has increased in value dramatically since he bought the team. From purely a business standpoint there is little reason to change anything. Obviously that is not the case from a sports perspective. On the other hand, as others have documented, there is rational explanations for all his moves despite the lack of success. Thankfully, the hiring of some of the industry’s top business executives likely points to changes coming which is certainly welcome news to those of us who are so emotionally attached.

If Norris turns out to be a star that will make Adams not look so bad. If he just keeps getting injured ☠️

To the bolded, you nailed my concern. I don’t necessarily think the job is too big for him. But just because he’s already here doesn’t make him the best choice.

I would take a shot at signing Freddie Andersen and punting UPL. Andersen gets hurt but he’s a hell of a goalie when he can play. Get a couple quality defensive Dmen. Biggest thing is change up the coaching staff. Someone who excels at special teams and a D coach that can implement structure.

It’s not like hiring a cup winning coach from Pittsburgh has ever bit us in the ass before. But hey, at least it doesn’t cost a draft pick this time.

I disagree. Karmanos has a lot of front office experience between Buffalo and Pittsburgh. He's been here and helped draft most of the young guys while also knowing Rochester and Buffalo players. I don't think he would need patience as he should know the team and org well. Whether or not he would act decisively is another matter.

The other thing is that the Bills took a committee approach to catching passes last year. Looking at one single game ignores the fact that a different receiver was leading the way each week. The two guys in question were 4th and 6th on the team in total reception yards. So go pick some other game randomly and you’ll be pretty likely to see the other guys leading the way.

Kevyn’s biggest problem has always been his patience with his young group. No blockers. Unless Karmanos is going to drink from the flask of the ghost of Tim Murray, it is not going to matter. JK would just be another first timer who needs patience with his young group.

What am I missing? Does Brawndo have a connection inside the Sabres or something?

By inference that because we lost X amount of receiving yards from one game that those in charge of building the team are screwing up by not seeing the reason for concern that you clearly see. Of course you ignore the yet-to-be realized receiving yardage from new Bills receivers Josh Palmer and now Elijah Moore. That's not even counting the yards from a fully healthy Curtis Samuel. And of course being only May 1, there's still over 4 months before the start of the season and players sign at any time. Invent a problem, complain about said problem. You'd think this regime earned some benefit of the doubt with their record. Apparently not.

This is a great year to trade the pick. I just don’t want Adams to be the one trading it.

Sure talked him up on Friedman’s podcast. As in “there are employed coaches worried they might get shoved aside”. And “he’s not leaving the east but if he could Jim Rutherford would stuff him in a trunk and smuggle him into Vancouver.” As far as they were concerned, it was the Rangers unless for some reason he was not interested. Runner-up Boston because that's where he’s from. Also said his contract would set the new bar.

He seems decent. Except for 2 SC Championship runs he's had limited playoff success at the NHL level. (But did we mention his teams won 2 SC's.) He was a HC in the AHL twice and both times he got promoted to the parent team before the season was completed as his teams were killing it at the AHL level. The fact he's had success at the NHL level and at the AHL level would indicate that he could be the right coach for this team. As the Pens got longer in the tooth, his success dwindled and his Bruin squad coming out of THE lockout was attrocious but that was another one that was old and absolutely not built for the "new" NHL. Of reasonably realistic options, he's probably the best of the experienced coaches that would possibly be willing to come here. (They aren't hiring Gallant and Boudreau was already rebuffed a few years back. And didn't Tocchet tell them to pound salt a long time ago as well?) IMHO TB overperformed this year. They're getting very long in the tooth even with the couple of veteran swapouts they made this year. Can't see any way they'd be dumb enough to cut Cooper loose.

This is lining up as a Friday afternoon news dump isn’t it. I highly doubt Sullivan is coming to Buffalo when Boston and the Rags have a high interest. TB got rolled. Any chance Cooper could shake loose? I know it’s highly unlikely but we need hope of something good happening😁

How good is Sullivan? Honestly curious on ppls take on him. He's had Crosby forever so that helps but also, he seems pretty decent.

And Karmanos could have in person discussions with Sullivan without either of them having to hop on a plane. "Fancy meeting you here at the Steel City Timmy Ho's; care for a cup of joe and a discussion on what would fix the Sabres PP (besides sending Appert into the sun)? So the airport watchers and other tea leaf readers wouldn't even have to have an inkling anything was going on.

Anything, for the love of God just do something to show the status quo isn't acceptable.