PromoTheRobot

Like I've said several times, he saved the Bills from moving to Toronto. He gets a lifetime's worth of indulgences from me for that. I also think his heart is in the right place. He got lucky with the McDermott hire, maybe he'll get lucky with the Sabres eventually. But at least both teams play in Buffalo!

Seriously? That's what you get from that statement? Wow.

Who is arguing this point?

Some good answers here. Sorry it's behind a paywall. https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nhl/sabres/buffalo-sabres-mailbag-terry-pegula-nhl/article_28eefbc0-cb88-11ef-b98f-d7318a693e0f.html

You are the GM of a team that most people won't join. What do you do? What are your options? Build a team mostly through the draft? That takes a long time but it's probably your only real option. That is what you are seeing here. Sorry it's not going faster but Connor McDavid isn't coming through that door.

In the meetings listening or telling people what to do? Which one? Don't guess.

Hey, stop injecting facts into a good rant.

I am in no way wishing anything away. You are avoiding my challenge by throwing platitudes at me. "The record is the record." Bill Parcells might have said that but it's totally meaningless beyond being a record. It came about from hundreds if not thousands of smaller factors. You are more interested in assigning blame than pinpointing a cause. You want the owner to own this but you can't point to anything he's done to bring this about beyond hiring the wrong people. And that would be enough. After all he's responsible for his hires. But people here also accuse him of meddling in team affairs. And I have yet to see anyone point to an instance of that happening. We certainly try to weave evidence. "$7 million of unspent cap is surely proof!!" But it really isn't.

Everything you said in the first paragraph is opinion. Is it impossible to be out of the playoffs for 13 years? Well, it's harder to make the playoffs in a 32-team league than a 21-team league. League designed for parity? How? Because the worst team gets a better pick? That helps but it guarantees nothing. Buffalo is caught in a death spiral where every year it gets harder to reverse your fortunes because it gets harder to add talent. The NHL used to be a mainly northeastern league filled with 90% Canadian players. It's now a continent-wide league with franchises in very sexy places.

Then name one. Like you said, it can't be hard. Conjecture. See a result and apply a reason of your choosing. It was reported that Adams was trying to sign a top 6 forward but couldn't get anyone to waive their NMC. The fact that Adams didn't turn around and spend that cap for cap's sake doesn't prove that he wasn't allowed to spend it. Again, we're talking about just under $7MM, not $25MM.

We're definitely a hard luck organization. But saying "Micky Mouse" over and over isn't proof. I mean at least with the NY Jets there are news reports of owner Woody Johnson making personnel decisions based on Madden scores.

Okay. We're Micky Mouse. Now give me an example where Terry prevented Adams from making a move?

"Make some moves" is an easy suggestion to make, ignoring the reality of NMC's. So do you make moves to placate the fanbase or actually improve the team? Whether it's self-inflicted or not, the Sabres are where they are right now. If two-thirds of potential players won't accept a trade, what are you left with? Overpayment is an option and I'm fine with that. but you tend to attract paycheck chasers like Taylor Hall. guys who aren't here to improve the team. Just cash in and demand a trade later. I'm afraid we have to rely on growing our own players and augment it with Zucker-level signings/trades and crossing our fingers. That said, this team is already talented enough to win games when they play with their heads out of their butts. How about a little coaching magic?

Who's the next player we're going to ruin?

How about trying one of the big forwards in Rochester? Anton Wahlberg? Brett Murray? How about someone to replace Cozens while he watches from the press box?

I just watched the extended highlights. Hard to tell how the game went but it looked like the Sabres did enough to win. But for the love of god, Lindy needs to park Cozens in the press box for a few nights! He a human turnover machine. How did he ever reach the NHL playing like this?? One shove and he collapses like a stack of wet dishes.

There was a game played tonight right? I just got home and I'm looking at ESPN+ and there's no sign of a BUF-WAS game anywhere.

Not sure what I did helped but I'll take the credit.

Not one but TWO Knights alone on Reimer. How does this happen?

9-1 in their last 10. 1st in the division and 4th overall pts% in the entire AHL.

I think your player ratings are pretty biased to the negative, other than Zucker because you'd look silly crapping on that player. I think Malenstyn and Aube-Kubel have been doing what they were brought in for. Laffterty less so but not by much. McLeod showed promise scoring but has fallen off. Overall the 4th line has been good.

You aren't getting that in the middle of the season.

Imagine this: Adams fired, Karmanos/Ventura acting GM, Ruff to PoHO, Appert to head coach. EDIT: I see the reaction. I only posit this because this is the only in-season change I can see happening.

So fire Lindy?