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I hope he sells the team. There's no leadership on this team or in the front office. Terry has never made the playoffs, he's the problem.

It was a completely unhinged, disconnected from reality, shenanigans fest. I have no faith in Adams or anyone in that front office or on the coaching staff.

Calling a kid born in 2001 a millennial is peak boomer energy.

Great update for the Sabres here. Really glad they use analytics and are smart about how the draft, really good success story from 2021. oh... wait I am sorry. We decided to draft Poltapov who will probably never matter instead because we got a russian fetish for a few years for some reason. I ranked him 21st btw... he went 51st.

They need to fire the entire coaching staff and get serious about who is running the team on the ice. Granato completely failed.

I'm amused you're stating this like it's some revolutionary hard truth we all need to hear. This team stopped being playoff bound in December. In fact there's been 0 signs this team is playoff bound since about game 20. Jeff Skinner has a full NMC. Maybe one of these days the ppl around here will remember.

I ranked him 3rd for defenders in his draft class.

AND Quinn. And Benson.

Idk what he's talking about. It's the 2019 draft correct? 27 guys of that draft at 100 or more games. That draft has talent. Also, those players are what? 22 and 23 which means they are only now entering that prime time of 24-28.

My final though here. I'm glad we acquired talent, I don't like the questions that talent has or the fact it isn't at a position of need or a skill need. I like Byram just fine and think he's a very capable 2nd pairing defender, just wish the team building strategy was different. Mitts was a tradeable asset that wasn't used to fix a problem but add to a position of strength. We'll see how Byram does.

Jeff Skinner, for the 1,000,000 times has a full NO MOVEMENT CLAUSE or an NMC. Good luck getting him to agree to any of the things you say here. Matt Savoie. Jiri Kulich. UFA

And that's the entire list of guys. Little 18yr old rookie, Zach Benson.

I mean, there's what 4? Other Canadian wjc guys he knows here? He's definitely buddies with Cozens and Krebs. So what you're saying is 4 years from now, our defense will be really good?

@Hank

It's just confusing from a team building perspective and if he doesn't stay healthy or return to form, we fail... again.

Welcome to SabresSpace, the site where everything's made up and the facts don't matter.

https://eprinkside.com/2024/02/02/trade-grades-for-the-2023-24-nhl-trade-deadline

You gotta really hope this is a weird down year for Byram. But again, why do we have 5 LHD under 24? I hate that they signed Samuelsson as long as they did now, what a waste.