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Sorry about this. Hopefully it won't be long before things stabilize and hiring starts back up. This BS belongs in the politics club. Good man.

I'm not interested in playing games here. Threads get quickly derailed when people feel the need to get their political shots in. That BS goes in the politics club.

This BS also goes there. Knock it off.

As has been repeatedly made clear in this thread already -- this BS belongs in the politics club.

Take this to the politics club please.

Let's chill out a bit in here please.

No. It's merely the flip side to "the rich should pay more to help the poor" -- a view that has been repeatedly expressed in this thread and yet not, for some reason, characterized as "partisan" or "gratuitous" by you and others making accusations of bias.

I regret to report that to the best of my knowledge, @deluca67 kinda ghosted us. I hope he’s well and he comes back soon once Gillis or Hextall puts things in order.

@Eleven — again, not everything is political. This is a broad and sober and mostly respectful discussion about the obligations in society of the wealthy and of those who are just getting by. No one is firing in hysterical and/or gratuitous partisan shots.

I think it’s also worth noting that none of us has any idea about the amounts and types of charitable donations the Pegulas are making in connection with this crisis. Someone who is outraged about the arena workers might feel differently if he/she knew, e.g., that the Pegulas have donated, say, $2 million to healthcare clinics and other similar virus-related causes.

Again: please do not post this BS here. Take it to the politics club.

So...if the season is over, the Sabres will have put up 68 pts in 69 games, which projects to 80.8 pts over 82 games. That's an improvement of either 2 or 3 pts over GMTM's final season. Not good enough IMHO to bring back JB, but I wouldn't be stunned if TP decides to keep him on.

Mine too. And that was a great article by Tim Graham.

And here we have 2 regrettable themes that continue to manifest in this context: - "I know I'm right about XYZ political issue and so I'm just going to say what I think, regardless of whether this is the right time or place." - "Everything is politics so I get to push my political agenda in every conversation about every topic." Both of these themes are just self-absorbed BS.

Please cease and desist with this BS, which, as both of you are well aware, is highly likely to drag this thread off the rails. People are trying to have a conversation here. If you need to make these unfunny, unclever observations, please keep them in the politics club.

I agree and would also say that his hands are better than Jochen's. Hecht didn't have the ability to score the SO goal that Kahun scored the other night.

Ullmark is ranked: - 19th in SV% - 29th in wins - 23rd in GAA - 27th in total saves IMHO, that is nowhere near good enough to be comfortable with him as the starter next year. They need a no-BS top-10 #1 goalie, or we're going to be sitting here again next year wondering WTF happened to the once-proud Sabres franchise.

I can see him improving, but right now I'd say he's a legit lower-middle-class NHL starter -- i.e. better than Marty (who wasn't really an NHL starter) but not as good as what the Sabres really need, which is a top-10 NHL starter.

No. The board was PO'd at JB over xmas, and now is officially ready to dump him, because most of the forwards he's brought in are Frolik types -- overpaid, ineffective mediocrities. He needs to be right on these moves, and he's accountable for the results on the ice and in the standings. That's his job. Anyone here could've spent to the cap, gotten a bunch of moves wrong and not improved the team in 3 years relative to his predecessor, which is looking like the outcome of JB's tenure.

Absolutely. I was merely refuting the claim that all of the bad cap moves are gone after this season. Moreover, even if the assertion about a clean cap after this season had been true -- so what? No good FA is coming to a poopshow like the Sabres this summer, and free agency is not the place where teams are built. Not to mention the fact that no one can possibly have any confidence in JB's ability to identify and close the deal with good FAs.

No. Frolik was a bad move for an unproductive mediocrity with a big cap hit who has not, despite your claims to the contrary, improved the PK and that has resulted in loss of cap space next season.

From Chad at DBTB today: https://www.diebytheblade.com/2020/3/10/21172017/mailbag-part-1-buffalo-sabres-management-jason-botterill-ralph-krueger-kim-pegula

It just seems like they have entered their death spiral, that they will almost certainly win 6 or fewer of their remaining 14 games, which means they will finish with 78 pts or less, and that JB and RK are both going to get canned. IMHO, canning them will be the right decision (although I suppose I wouldn't mind if the new GM wants to keep RK). I think they'll be able to attract a good new GM. The nucleus is good as the OP notes and I don't think TP can be faulted for making a change given the results delivered by JB. And TP's money spends as well as anyone else's, and there is plenty of it. I don't agree that Ullmark is good enough. I think whoever is the GM needs to make finding a #1 goalie a high priority.

I find it encouraging for both PSE franchises that the Bills can get a FA like Norman, who is certainly on the downside but is still a big name in the NFL. Once the Sabres get the right GM and coach in place, and the team ceases to be a train wreck, it too will be able to get good FAs to come. There will still be quite a few who aren't interested, but plenty of them will be. It won't happen unless and until they look like a solid franchise with stability at the top and that will be in the playoffs every year. If they can get there, though, they don't need to be and won't be permanently viewed as NHL Siberia.

Soooo....we’re witnessing the fall of Saigon, right? Everyone’s getting fired?