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I’m tempted. Saw them about 10-12yrs ago at Darien Lake. They put on a good show.

Taint. About as apt as it gets.

If we re-sign Kevyn Adams we will never need to sign a GM again.

I don’t see how further enyoungifying the roster is in any way ideal. Ideally, Rosen has a great start to the season in the AHL and some other team that isn’t in win now mode wants him in exchange for a good middle 6 veteran.

I wasn’t convinced I was interested in McTavish because we need more experience in any upgrades. But now you’ve convinced me I don’t want McTavish regardless. We don’t have enough margin for error to expend assets for another Dylan Cozens.

I base 4yrs on my projection of where my retirement savings will be, when I clear my debt, and how long I will be paying for 100% of my health insurance. I haven’t done a detailed study but Ive made some estimates of what my budget will look like. I will probably do a trial run of living at that budget for a year or two first before pulling the trigger. I do plan to do something part time at first. I have an idea or two in mind. I have grown quite weary of corporate life and have to actively fight the urge to say “Im done” these days.

Yes. However, Golisano demanded the organization be successful. I think that is 100% of the difference in the two eras. No. Golisano implemented video scouting. It was all done while Regier was GM. Pegula actually reversed it.

It does seem to be a talented top 6. Coaching is the biggest limiter, and will almost surely hold back any claims of “one of the better units in the league”. *sigh*

4 yrs out from retirement and I am feeling ready now. *sigh*

Not if you identify as a goose.

Who is going to lament the Sabres not signing Looch to a PTO?

I get that, but seriously, when was the last time that the coaching and front office staff seemed so…….. incompetent. I don’t think that Gerry Meehans perceived competence was related to team marketing.

When was the last pre-tank team where there was so little faith in the upper organization? Even after 87-88 Ted Sator, Gerry Meehan survived for awhile as GM. This organization seems way more hopeless than even some of the teams historically bad seasons past. This seems off the charts for Buffalo.

Plausible. I’ll accept it.

I don’t value Casey Mittlestadt. I don’t see him as a “solid” veteran. Very unsolid in my eyes.

This I will agree with.

Im not convinced Mitts is going to be much of an upgrade over Quinn anymore. Danforth, he’s your grit and forecheck upgrade, right? So much for that. He’s a roster spot, and one with a 3rd contract cap hit. He needs to displace someone.

What “the board” wants is someone who goes to the net that has proven they can be effective in a top 6 role on a good team doing it, not a couple of kids that are still finding their way towards it.

Who are you displacing with him that improves the roster?

Casey Mittlestadt looked good because it was relative to what we had available at the time. “Credibly” has alot to do with expectations. He was better than our alternatives then, but if your expectations are playoffs, he is not a credible roster addition. A few off-seasons ago I said Mitts will be a useful depth forward in the NHL. Something just north of replacement value. For a brief moment I thought he might prove me wrong. Nope. The only way Mitts is someone worth putting back on the roster is if Norris ends up on LTIR. Even then, he’s probably not a center on the Sabres anymore. I just don’t see him as a worthwhile add to the roster unless this team is in a roster bind.

They didn’t show it last season. That youtube video showcased it. In theory we got 2 new guys for the bottom 6. JJP is gone, but Quinn is gonna eat most of those minutes on the 2nd line.

Someone in the last 24hrs posted a youtube video discussing why this team hasn’t been successful recently. I watched it just a few hrs before it was posted here. The analysis the youtube poster suggested is that this team is built for scoring on the rush, and taking shots from further out when not on the rush. It has been their MO since at least Granato and continued last season. So what you are suggesting isn’t a new path. It is status quo. We all know this team does not routinely go to the net. I am not convinced Doan and Danforth, both bottom 6 guys, are making a dent in this teams “go to the net quotient “.

They have changed too. We’ve been through several iterations of Asst Coaches since Bylsma dared to install a defensively responsible system and was roundly criticized for it.

He said Rob Ray, so I doubt it.