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The weird thing is, if Quinn doesn't get stripped of the puck, that rush likely ends up fairly tame. He loses it, 3 Utes end up around the puck but can't reach it, Östlund follows up and grabs the puck; Quinn continues on to the net drawing a D-man with him resulting in a partial screen, while Rosen moves across anticipating getting the feed for the 1 timer. Effectively, tic, tac, toe though the tic was unintentionally awesome.

What a sad state of affairs that firing a failing PP coach is considered a "special event."

Perhaps not in this thread, but there was a poster here that was calling for Dahlin to take a break about 2 weeks ago. (Which IMHO was before his play had fully tailed off.) So, at least some have used the situation as a reason. And personally do believe the situation was weighing on his mind to the point that it had begun to affect his play. Am glad he's taking the break, hanging with his fiancee and helping her during the most critical portion of her recovery.

😄 No, you said something factually incorrect and have doubled down on it repeatedly, and are now trying to say it's "nitpicking." In the post it was pointed out to you that there had been 3 experienced coaches hired since Pegula took ownership, not merely 1, it was acknowledged that all 3 GMs that Pegula hired had never been NHL GMs prior to getting hired by him (though 2 experienced GMs had been hired in advisory roles; not merely 1). YOU are the one that then continued to insist that Ruff was the only actual experienced coach hired during Pegula's term even going so far as to say that Nolan had no experience "Nolan had never been a head coach but I don't count that debacle." You forgot Goober and you forgot Patrick. "Jarmo is the first NHL experienced hire they have made in the Pegula era." And somehow you also either forgot Nolan's 1st stint in Buffalo or his 2nd. It's not a big deal. But it is humorous at this point.

Over near Ra-cha-cha a lot of those left turn arrow lanes are now going to flashing yellow when oncoming traffic has the green. Which is an ACTUAL improvement over the old switch it to red and don't let anyone turn even when they're the only car at the intersection in any direction. So now, if the coast is clear, you can enter the intersection and turn.

Don't fully get why McConkey wouldn't have been a fit for the Bills just because he was primarily a slot receiver for the Bulldogs. Andre Reed lined up pretty all the time in the slot and absolutely was Kelly's favorite weapon and got downfield. If they had McConkey and he "had" to play the slot, couldn't Shakir have lined up on the outside some? And realize the big problem is they don't have a true #1 &/or a field stretcher. But Samuel is fast and so is Moore; run them far down the sideline and force a DB to run with them. Swap them out every couple of plays to keep them fresh and wearing down the DB covering them. And if you do that, then Shakir, Kincaid, Cook, Palmer (should he ever get back in the lineup), Coleman/McConkey ALL have more space to work with.

Or, even if he can hold stuff down, it's possible that his intestines aren't working properly and everything is flushing right through with little getting absorbed. We simply don't know. (And per reports, his medical team doesn't know what virus specifically is causing his issues, either.)

None of that changes the fact that he was an experienced HC when he was brought in during the Pegula era.

Wadr, disagree quite vehemently. Pomminstein was played on a line he wasn't still capable of playing on for an entire season and he wore out quickly his last year as a Sabre. He SHOULD've been used as a 3rd liner. But rather than that, he was used quite a bit on Eichel's line. He did very well there for about 10 games and then crashed to earth. It was good to move on from him when they did.

Wtf are you talking about. Nolan coached the Sabres when Muckler was the GM. He then a few years after declining the 1 year offer Regier gave him to continue to coach, moved on to the Aisles. Nolan took over again with the Sabres after Rolston got canned.

Actually, Ruff was the 3rd experienced coach hired in the Pegula era. Goober had won a SC in Pittsburgh and Ted Nolan had coached in a couple of different NHL cities. 3 experienced and 3 inexperienced. (Kreuger's partial season before leaving for Europe and hockey tournaments and pro soccer leaves him in the "inexperienced" category IMHO.) 3 inexperienced GMs with 0 experienced GMs brought into that role, though at least 2 experienced "advisors." Patrick and Kekalainen.

One of Adams rare wins.

No. Want them to win. Starting tomorrow night. If things have gone caca, then at the Olympic break, clean house and get what you can for guys that don't fit into the future. Don't tear it down to the studs. Just get a little bit of cap space back and some additional draft capital and hit the ground running next year. But, don't do anything now to spur on them going furhter caca than they already have.

It's Ruff's fault McKee's shin pads weren't clean? Really?

Interesting. He does bring speed to the WR room. But he's never been more than a 3 in KC.

Again, personally expect UPL would garner more interest and a better return than people here expect. He's huge, he's played well for a couple month stretch in the Sabres best season in the last decade and a half, and there has to be at least 1 GM / coach combo that expects THEY can wash that "same old Sabre stench" off of him. Simply don't see him getting right here. (Doubt he gets fully "right" anywhere; but it's not like it CAN'T happen in the right situation.) Lehner played a lot better when he got out of Buffalo too; at least until his demons got the better of him. That's probably in the back of the mind of a few GMs as well. So, if the Sabres and UPL both need a change, make it happen. But, not in a rush to see it happen because personally would like somebody other than Adams working the phones to optimize the return.

Well, yes, that's "sort of the issue." And if you want them to continue to pull the goalie with about 3 minutes left in a 1 goal game, well, you're likely in luck as you'll probably get your wish. Personally, would prefer they NOT do that. But my pov has been clearly stated on several occassions. Doubt there is anything left to say on this matter. So likely won't respond further to this topic. (But it is possible. Just not likely.)

You're currently sitting bottom 6 or so. You don't need to go all-in on a retool this early. MHO. Try to save this season with what you have to work with. There'll be plenty of time after the Olympic break to make those moves to be ready to hit the ground running next year if necessary.

Yes. There's pretty much only 1 thing they can do to make this all seem to be even worse -> can Adams and promote Forton into his former role. The ONLY redeeming part of that is that it's kind of different. But, with having brough Kekalainen in, don't expect they'd do THAT. And Kekalainen might not be able to get it done either; but he'd by definition be better than Kevyn. (Jarmo isn't this kid's 1st choice, but he ain't Kevyn nor Jerry either, so sure, roll with him.)

You HONESTLY expect they'd use Worthy the way the Chefs use him? Will respectfully agree to disagree.

Glass half full; they're stumbling into the accidental tank without decimating the parent nor AHL club. IF, as they seem they will be, they are out of it at the deadline, trade away guys that don't fit into the long term plans like Greenway and UPL; keep everybody that DOES fit into the LT plans; and start again next year with a healthy and in a better head space Dahlin, a healthy Benson, a healthy Kulich, a healthy Kozak, and a couple of good (though overpriced due to the Sabre Tax FA's extract from Buffalo) FAs. And in a year or 2, let that high end kid they stumbled into add to what you've got on the big club. Oh, and have someone NOT named Adams doing the retooling and let that guy choose the entire coaching staff and the scouts / AGMs. There is no reason (other than having the wrong people in management) this team can't make the playoffs next year presuming the rest of this season goes like it's started. (And against most logic, am not giving up on this year yet. Just saying, if they do turn out to be accidentally tanking ...)

IF the Bills were sold on Coleman as being the best choice at that point in the draft, trading down was smart. They got the guy they wanted and better draft capital. Worthy would be useless on this team as they'd use him the way they used McKenzie and about as often. Now, whether Coleman should've been the choice can be debated, but trading down wasn't dumb UNLESS they were going to take Worthy with the pick (which would've been dumb IMHO). The Chefs would've just moved up to the spot right behind us to get him anyhow. Makes sense for the Bills to have gotten something for letting the inevitable happen.

And, is there a reason we WOULDN'T want him to be practicing and working out while he's in Sweden? Pretty sure it'll be a good thing to have him in or at least close to game shape when he and his fiancee decide it's time for him to come back to this side of the pond and resume his day job.

IF they have room for another AHL callup (or if Ruff would be willing to brave the potential loss of his coveted Geertsen) would bring up Johnson and pair him with power and slide Jones to Kesselring's pair. Would leave 1 defensively responsible D-man on each pair even though there's only 1 true defensive D-man in that crew. Not liking 3 offensive 1st D-men with Bryson as one of the "defensively respsonsible" guys and not liking Power being the defensively responsible half of his pairing.

Wow. Presumably the ear issue is what brought this condition to light. Hope they figure out what's causing it and how to stop it. When it rains, it pours. Anybody got an Ark they aren't using? Pretty sure we know a team that could use one.