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Matthew Barnaby, director of Mother’s Day celebrations and driving with three wheels.
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2 hours ago, krakensabr56390 said:
Dreger rarely has actual info correct on the Sabres and often is just speculating
He didn’t phrase it that way.
He said something to the effect of “I’ve heard all the chatter too, but when I talked to my Buffalo people as recently as yesterday, they say it will be status quo.”
He didn’t clarify how broad that status quo was (By that, I mostly mean Karmanos) but the implication to me was “no special advisor”.
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8 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
Alternative theory: Terry grew up poor and ended up wildly successful (financially at least) without throwing money at the problem of poverty. He just worked hard. And waited. And waited.
It was time and pressure in the Shawshankian tradition, that got him to the other end of the sewage pipe and eventually to a boat in Mexico.
Terry started off talking about how he never fired anyone at East Resources (or was it no one ever left?) and how his role model owner was Art Rooney, who decided after years of losing and replacing people that "panic isn't working." Terry also stood at some interview early on, maybe on Day One, and said something like, "I don't get too high or too low." I remember him tilting his hand back and forth as he said it (what I had for dinner last night? no clue).
Terry also famously said only one team wins a Cup every year.
Where is all that leading? Maybe Terry circa 2020 just decided to get back to his foundational beliefs. This'll take time and not necessarily money (going back to his business roots), I'm not going to keep firing people (and paying people to not work for me), let's plan the work and work the plan, etc.
All of the preceding might be classic PASabrefanian hogwash, but I want to believe it moreso than Terry has quit on the Sabres. I might even have to believe it. I mean, if he's quit, that's really, you know, not good.
At least some people are bringing it this off-season.
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A real good example would be Jeff Chychrun.
He was behind Chabot and Sanderson in Ottawa, got traded to the Caps and nearly doubled his salary by scoring 20 goals in a higher role.
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14 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:
I understand what you're saying but how's he going to get that opportunity? The only way I see it, is if he plays the final year of his contract and signs a one year deal somewhere where a team will allow him PP time to get these coveted points. That's not likely.
Wanting a trade from the Sabres isn't going to do it either. They'll have to give up a good player to get him and they'll want a commitment to sign an extension shortly after the trade. Which will be based on his current point status.
Maybe I'm missing something.
He’s a restricted free agent now. And there’s a much better chance he can get the type of contract he wants elsewhere on a team lacking a defenceman as talented as he is.
He gets traded to, say, Calgary who desperately needs his type of defenceman.
They offer him 7 years at 7.5M using the same logic the Canucks used with Hughes, and the Sabres with Power: that he’ll make it worth their while over the term of the contract because he is going to be used like a #1 D-man and they believe he’ll thrive in that role.
Or he inks a 1-year $5M deal in the hopes he earns a 7-year $9M contract by putting up 60 points next year because he believes he’ll get used like a #1 dMan and will thrive in that role.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
1. Schaefer
2. Misa
3. Frondell
4. Desnoyers
5. Hagens
6. Martin
7. O'Brien
8. Martone
9. McQueen
10. Mrtka
Unlikely impo. I think McQueen makes a ton of sense because they are very aware of the guys they have.
29 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:This draft selection has the scent of, "Buffalo has TNT, so of course they'd go for another super-tall shooting center -- imagine if they had two of them" and not the realization that the Sabres have already moved TNT to the wing.
I'm thinking the Sabres are scared by the back injury (Eichel Redux!) and it's a different team that looks at TNT and says to themselves, "There's an injruy risk, but maybe we can have our own TNT."
I have no idea what the Sabres think of McQueen’s health, but if this is the way the top 8 drops, McQueen at 9 makes a mountain of sense in terms of upside and need.Like most of you, I think Martin would be ideal, but I would be good with this.
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14 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
So... Staal isn't even moving here, he's just gonna be in and out of town from what's being speculated. What nonsense this is.
Not that I don’t agree with you, but to be fair that’s not uncommon in NHL circles.
Hasnt everbody’s darling Dudley lived in Buffalo his entire stint with the Panthers and even earlier?
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1 hour ago, inkman said:
His counting stats are fine. It’s his underlying stats that get me nervous. He was flat out bad away from Dahlin.
You know who else who had terrible underlying stats away from Dahlin?
Jake Sanderson and Mortiz Seider
For a little apples to apples:
These are Byram's numbers with Dahlin
- GF% 70, xG% 53.1, SA% 54.2%
These are Byram's numbers with Power
- GF% 50, xG% 42.6, SA% 51.7%
These are Byram's numbers with Clifton
- GF% 50.4, xG% 46.4% SA% 41.8%
These are Sanderson's number with his #1 guy, Zub
- GF% 47.4, xG% 56.3, SA% 51.2
These are Sanderson's number with his #2 guy, Hamonic
- GF% 23.8, xG% 46.2, SA% 47.3
These are Sanderson's number with his #3 guy, Jensen
- GF% 49.3, xG% 57.1, SA% 49.4
These are Seider's number with his #1 guy, Chiarot
- GF% 49.2, xG% 47.1, SA% 46.6
These are Seider's number with his #2 guy, Edvinsson
- GF% 62.5, xG% 51.6, SA% 53.3
These are Seider's number with his #3 guy, Holl
- GF% 0, xG% 60.7, SA% 56.6
Young D playing 1st-pairing minutes on mediocre teams don't typically have great analytics. For some reason Byram is held to a different standard. 🤷♂️
27 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:Why would you put Byram on the pp when you have Rasmus Dahlin?
Exactly
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7 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Why did you leave off Power's 34 EV points?
Because this is a list of defencemen whose PP production helped them get paid.
The entire point of the post was to show the coin Byram might be able to access if he got a shot on the PP to pad his stats.
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1 hour ago, 7+6=13 said:
This is an interesting take. So you think he wants north of 9 mil per? Do you think he could get that from a team willing to trade for him, with the said team having to likely give a good player back?
it's more like wanting to be on a team where he gets the opportunity.
You don't get the big bucks without the big points. And you don't get the big points without being on the power play.
Byram doesn't play on the power play and won't as long as he's on a team with Dahlin.
ES points:
- Fox 40 $9.5M
- Karlsson 38 $11.5M
- Carlson 37 $8M
- Chabot 37 $8M
- Byram 35 RFA
- Chychrun 32 $9M
- Montour 30 $7.1M
- Pietrangelo 29 $8.8M
- Sergachev 29 $8.5M
- Dobson 26 RFA
- Burns 26 $8M
- Hamilton 25 $9M
- Sanderson 23 $8M
- Seider 22 $8.5M
- Josi 21 $9M
Look at those numbers and you can see his point.
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7 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Dudley is steady. He has worked for 8 teams either coaching, front office, executive, and advisory. He could help the Sabres.
He's on 5-year run as a Panther advisor, his longest stint with one franchise.
Maybe he's settling down in his 70s?
- VP Canes 2 years
- VP Habs 4 years
- AGM Habs 2 years
- Director player personnel Leafs 1 year
- GM Thrashers 1 year
- AGM Thrashers 1 year
- AGM Hawks 2 years
- DPP Hawks 2 years
- GM Panthers 2 years
- GM Lightning 2.5 years
- GM Senators 1 year
That's a lot of change, but he keeps getting hired.
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14 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:
Just get a GodDam goalie and 2 defensemen please. Nothing else matters. Actually, better get 3 now that Byram is probably gone.
This is what gets me shaking my head about the Byram conversation.
Never mind what “kind” of defenceman he is, he was the team’s 2nd-best defenceman and +11 at 23 minutes night.
They’re going to get 3 better defenceman than that this summer?
I don’t think they’ve had three better defencemen than that in the last decade.
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Where are the comments in bold coming from?
I have not seen anything about Karmanos and Ventura leaving?
Similarly, I haven't seen anything about Appert getting more say in player personnel.
Wookiee had it.
Appert was from Seravalli, Karmanos from Lysowski, Ventura speculation since he’s Karmanos’ guy.
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1 hour ago, JustOneParade said:
Classic (weak) executive politics and paranoia. Help/push the guy out out the door who is the biggest threat to take your job.
I wonder if the Karmanos/Adams promotion plan was part of an office power play that Kevyn won.
And let's be clear here: the new advisor won't be adding to the brain trust, he'll be replacing the only proven NHL executive in the Sabre front office.
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
There are plenty of things about this ragged organization to get upset with. This inconsequential hire is not one of them. Whether they brought him in or not, who cares. If people find this hiring as a trigger to stoke additional anger about this backwater franchise, then I recommend that they tune out for a spell and get refreshed.
I mean, I don't disagree with your point in general.
But the "news" of the past 24 hours is this:
- Keeping the bad GM
- Planning to hire his potential replacement to 'advise' him
- Likely losing the associate GM with 3 Stanley Cups and 25 years experience
- Potentially losing the touted head of the analytics department (i.e. the only other credentialed guy in head office)
- Giving the chatty, smiley, not-great 1st-year assistant coach with the hair greater say in player personnel
- Hiring a completely inexperienced friend of the GM as his new right-hand
- Trading the #2 defenceman
Not sure how any of this makes us better. More sure how it could make us worse.
Is it becoming clear yet to you on how Kevyn sold Terry of his plan?
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Quite like the logo, don't mind the name.
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3 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:
So my interpretation is this is Terry giving Adams till probably Thanksgiving to get it right.
Which, is just dumb.  
Seriously, it seems so obvious.
It's about giving Terry a safety net and a chance to get to know him.
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5 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Ok well the fact he’s a homophobic assh*ole probably bridges the rest of the gap no
Is he? I don't remember that.
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5 minutes ago, inkman said:
Carolina doesn’t even make my top 10 most hated teams in the league. I’ve never really understood the disdain for the team. They beat the Sabres in the playoffs. Whoop Dee damn doo. So have a dozen other teams. It’s weird and I feel like it’s only a certain generation of fans that feel this way.
I despised the way Staal played for the Sabres.
My feelings for him otherwise are completely neutral.
Wherever the angst comes from, I must have been out of the room 🤷♂️
I mean the hiring itself is pretty typical old boy NHL stuff: Yzerman, Sakic, Lafontaine, Neely, Shanahan, Francis, Blake — the number of former stars hired for these kinda positions to get their feet wet in management for no other reason than their connections is long and well-walked.
i doubt he brings much, but I'd rather this than not this.
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44 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:
Going to be tough to find a former GM to play the "Kevyn Adams support role". Anyone accepting that position... I immediately question their thought process
I don't.
if you are Jarmo, or Kenny Holland, or Pierre Dorion, or God knows who, this might be your fastest ticket back to a GM seat.
If Adams succeeds, you can sell yourself as a guy who helped finally turn it around in Buffalo. If he doesn't you could find yourself steering the ship by Christmas.
Short of an actual GM job offer, or a similar offer from a better franchise, this is a great opportunity.
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15 minutes ago, Standing Room Smoking Cigs said:
Don't be surprised if Weber is in the fold by Draft Day
Mike? Inside info, or a feeling?
is his contract up in St. Louis?
I could see it, given organizational connections and trends, and the need to replace Wilford.
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Glad they are adding more minds and eyes to the hockey department.
Not surprised to see it's another guy from Kevyn's existing circle and doubt there was any kind of search.
(Sigh)
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19 minutes ago, Darryl Shannon's +/- said:
I'd like to get rid of Byram and I'm high on Östlund. Could totally be wrong, but Östlund feels like a 2 way player we haven't had in a long time.
Thanks. I guess I should never be surprised when the unopened package is preferred to the imperfect one.
i don't understand the amount of Sabre fans who seem to consider Byram to be another Colin Miller.
I guess i should be hoping that they're right, but that some NHL GM agrees with me and pays a fortune for him.
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Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department
in The Aud Club
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Karmanos was brought in by Adams and is (or at least has been) the #2 man in the hockey department.
His future is entirely speculative, based - I believe entirely - on this paragraph in a Buffalo News story by Lance Lysowski.
The Sabres have needed experienced advisers around Adams since he started, and associate general manager Jason Karmanos may not return to the organization in 2025-26, sources told The Buffalo News. He wasn’t involved in exit interviews