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Of course they have the Flyers taking Martin. Sigh. The worst case scenario, which means it’s most likely to happen, is that they take the least intense / physical player on the board with Martin still available.

Is it true? Yes. Is it a joke? Debatable. Most teams have a POHO or someone in a role above the GM. I think Adams 100% needs someone above him to make decisions. He clearly sucks at it and if uncle Terry is unwilling to move on, bring in someone with more experience and credibility than Eric Staal. Rick Dudley, Jim Rutherford, whoever just get somebody that has a chance to right the ship.

Yeah Brady Tkachuk was the apple of many Sabres fans eye a year ago. I think he’s cemented himself as their centerpiece and core player. I doubt any package not involving Tage or Rasmus wouldn’t be good enough for him. As far as who else is available, if I’m KA (I know bear with me here), I’d call every team asking about their grittiest most intense actually good hockey player under 30 and see if some semblance of a deal can get done with Byram/Power, Quinn, Rosen, 9 OA whatever it takes.

I’m leery of Brady Martin still being there at 9. If I was drafting 5-8, he’d be my target.

The Sabres seem fairly adept at removing all players with an ounce of intensity from their organization. Even when they acquire those types of players, they realize no one in the organization cares so they assimilate like the little borg creatures they are. I don’t have to get punched in the face to make $7 mill a year, sweet, sign me up. The Sabres have created a culture of indifference. No one else cares, so why should I. The last people to realize it are the fans. We care 1000x what any current player, coach or GM does.

To all the accountability Stan’s out there, the Sabres have finally achieved 0% accountability. - Keep GM that has the worse track record in modern NHL history - Give Seth Appert, who other than having great hair seems profoundly bad at anything he’s been tasked with, more responsibility - Hiring Eric Staal, a player every fan I know hates, and also put forth little to no effort in his lone season here, also has no experience at anything other than hating WNY and LBGTQ

His counting stats are fine. It’s his underlying stats that get me nervous. He was flat out bad away from Dahlin.

I think every Sabre fan I know over 60 has been clamoring for Duds since the 80s. Your use of backass has me spinning.

I feel seen

It’s a thing. I’d take him over Samuel and Shenault

Honestly, if he was a long term double agent for the Canes it would make more sense than anything anyone has told me to date. He’s not a great double agent as he’s done a couple good things but by and large all of his moves have been garbage.

As WR4/5, I think he has enough of “it” to pass muster.

But you can’t lead the “offseason of change” with a guy who never bothered to show up to the Sabres and most of the fans despise.

Mostly because we all hate him

I’m very discouraged at the thought of all of Adam’s moves may have ulterior motives regarding finances. Many have intimated that hockey ops has no cash flow and they operate like destitute hobos, now I’m starting to wonder myself. The kicker would be hearing Staal was brought in with no salary. I’ll just stop paying attention all together.

Ready, willing and able It’s pretty cool. I still like the Kraken. I’m inching closer and closer to jumping ship.

I was kinda hoping KA would luck his way into success somehow as Terry absolutely refuses to make the necessary changes within the org but hiring his drinking buddy from his playing days seems to indicate we are still on the downward trajectory. I thought 13 games was rock bottom but clearly we are headed for a time period where we are all going to want the team to just go away. I’m not sure if a worse hire could have been made. Just no pulse on the fans, the community or the organization’s needs. I want to vomit.

What good hockey sense is it? The guy quit before he even played for the Sabres.

The premise is fine, it’s been the post trade execution that has been the issue. Honestly, they should have played him with Dahlin all season and traded him for a coveted asset. Instead they sunk his value giving teams clear visibility to his ineptitude away from a great partner.

I don’t think we really have a choice. If they want to package Byram, Quinn and 9 OA for an actual top line player. Make it happen. The Cozens trade happened. We got better just by removing him from the team. The same could happen with that potential trade as well.

I thought Hull was an ass hat before, during and after no goal. The person who fans should really be mad at is Bettman. Again with people assigning blame to the wrong person. It’s an epidemic. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game. The league had egg on its face and never owned up to it. Instead fans seek out a different villain, one with a more identifiable face, Brett Hull.

So shouldn’t the fans be more upset with the Sabres and their lack of actual NHL defensive depth? Why focus your anger on the beneficiaries? They didn’t do anything wrong. They did what the Sabres couldn’t. It’s a weird generational thing. Assigning blame to where it doesn’t belong.