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What do you expect to see as far as changes are concerned? Teams currently get to hold a player's rights for 2 more years than if they were in the CHL. How many NCAA players actually play out their full 4 years of eligibility w/out signing w/ the NHL club that drafted them? (Legit Q. It seems to only be 1-2 guys any given year, is it actually a bigger problem than that, or is even that overstating it?) Certainly teams would like to lock up college players for even longer, but what are they going to give up to the NHLPA to get them to sign off on it? The 4 years of holding a player's rights vs 2 years already seems like a reasonable compromise. Now that the NCAA allows players to receive compensation for their images & endorsements, might there be some "wiggle room" from the NCAA to allow players to sign w/ a team while still maintaining college eligibility? Perhaps a player could receive a signing bonus, the bulk of which gets escrowed until the player leaves school? Don't know the answer. But it seems to be a fairly complex issue.

Twernt the frown, was the sideways "really?" glance. As in, are you really, seriously asking that question when every single person on this board knows that teams can't talk to other team's FA until this summer? Especially when just 3 words further in the post the phrase "to see if they'd come back" was used and a player that ISN'T already on Adams team couldn't, by definition, come back to it. (Barring, of course, those handful of guys who might be playing elsewhere at the moment that are in the last year of their deal & have already been eliminated from the playoffs & have been Sabres in the past; whom we both know were not the players who were being referred to.) (The reaction button was far less wordy. 😉 ) 🍺

Some would, & some wouldn't. MHO, a PM would probably be a more effective way of dealing w/ it, but don't know the full backstory either. Is what it is.

John was mentioned w/ the @ before his name in the post PA responded to, so there was a notification to him. Pretty sure PA's post was pretty soon after the one referring to him. If this is John's 1st time checking in, he would just see the notification now.

And yet Skinner remains. 😛

Liger posted a link uptrend. Pretty sure it's towards the bottom of the 1st page. And this is where Adams' Canes winning the SC with Gerber & Ward platooning might come back to bite us all. That tandem should not have been good enough, but w/ the Canes only losing 1 player the entire post-season & Cole ready to replace him when he did go down it was just good enough. Am still hoping the GTing gets worked out. But who knows. Hinostroza, Pysyk, Hayden, Eakin (not advocating for bringing either back, but they are FAs), every single goalie in the organization except RFA UPL.

There are LITERALLY broken seats in the rink. Not just broken cupholders, but actual seats. That said, this really wasn't the appropriate forum for that Q IMHO. Interestingly, or not, at the STH Q&A the question about the arena's condition came up. And Adams answered it pretty well. But then there were at least 2 more Q's about it. Which was very annoying, because there were still about 4 other Q's about the team he never addressed that evening because he ran out of time. Today, would much rather have had somebody ask if Adams has been talking to other FAs besides Anderson to see if they'd come back & if not, does he see having g those conversations/ when. (Obviously w/out putting him on the spot to name which guys.)

This.^ Adams seems to have a good handle on what to look for in skaters & people in general. Have yet to see anything that says he has a handle on how to fix goaltending in the present. Expect there's a legit possibility that the GTing may be Anderson & UPL (and told people that was something he hinted at in his STH Q&A) which won't be good enough in all likelihood for next season. Still hoping that's not the case. Really would be perfectly fine w/ a legit #1 on a 2-3 year deal, Anderson backing him up, with UPL & either Tokarski or Subban in Ra-cha-cha, but doubt Toker would go for that. Thing is, won't be nearly as ticked about it next year (but still will be bothered by it) as it's not likely being a mid-70's point team 1 more year will break the team. No data on what sort of a number it would do on the fanbase. At some point though, management has to give the kids the GTing that will give them a chance to win any given night. Hoping management sees that. Maybe the allure of "stocking the pipeline" 1 last time will just be too strong. And getting a GT on a 2-3 year deal fixes so darn many issues (including reaching the cap floor w/out messing up the overall salary structure & not blocking a prospect).

It did. 🍺 It seems you had a good Ramadan. Happy for you and yours.

Definitely got the "not really thrilled w/ this direction, but it is what it is" vibe from his answer. No slight smile anywhere in that answer.

As a sort of Columbo "oh, one other thing ... thanks to you for ..." He is apparently trying to walk the walk.

Power finding out that NHLers will pick off that pass that appears to be there after 1st look over the shoulder. It works in college, not at NHL. (Example of players being smarter.) (Another repeated theme) Need to be reating everybody the right way, right down to the interns. (So, he ends w/ thanking the reporters for their professionalism.)

He himself needs to know when to "get out of the way". Also, wants to be better at "being in the present."

The fans want to have fun & the Sabres have to give it to them. (Organization & him) Need to listen & be better.

Krebs has another level. He's hungry to get better. ST - what is the message to the fans? We're going to try to get you a team you can get behind. Still a long way to go.

How validating was the Vegas game & what they got from those 2 returning pieces? Vegas game was a playoff level atmosphere so it was a "great growth opportunity."

Always looking to improve. Will try to work on that personally over the summer if he can. (Repeating his long standing mantra) Not looking for quick fixes, so he expects to use all 3 #1 picks.

Beat you for once? That doesn't happen too often. 🍺

It was Botterill who recommended him to Krueger's staff. He was an assistant coach both years under Ralph.

Clifford got 5 & a game for boarding Colton totally from behind the play. Hope he enjoyed his 6 minutes of playoff hockey because by the time he's eligible again, his Loafs might very well be on the links.

Don't recall that. He did actually interview a bunch, but only recall him offering the job to Granato.

Why does the Jimmy Buffett song "Fins" seem appropriate for this?

Interesting. Apologies for getting people's hopes up.

Looks like everything except the TNT games are also on ESPN+.

Hellebucyk would fit perfectly w/ what they need & w/ what Adams is trying to do. But really doubt Adams would pull off something that big for the ST gain w/out it also being there LT. Maybe that's the trade @Weave kinda saw in his vision of doing something that hurts more than we'd like to see.