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The Bills have been selected for Hard Knocks on HBO this summer

Marty Wilford was in attendance for the Amerks Game on Friday in Rochester, I do not think he is going anywhere unfortunately

It’s too bad that Andrew Mangiapane never played against Seth Appert, they probably would have offered that 2nd rather then a 3rd for him. Nine Overall As others have mentioned Rosen really does not have any value around the league

This falls under the I will believe it when it happens category

From the NJ Devils The New Jersey Devils today announced that the team will not renew the contracts of Assistant Coaches Ryan McGill and Chris Taylor. Additionally, the contracts of Head Video Coach Jerry Dineen and Utica Comets Assistant Coach David Cunniff also will not be renewed. The search has begun for replacements.

From the USNTDP shocking

Peyton Krebs would be probably be the best comparison. He suffered a laceration to Achilles tendon about a month before the draft.

All he needs to learn while in the Sabres Organization are the following phrases: Yes Terry! Absolutely Mr Pegula! What didn’t I think of that Terry? That’s a great idea Mr Pegula, had we used that in Carolina I would have six rings instead of one!

Another way to look at the situation is what hockey person worth his salt would voluntarily decide to work in a position where you have to report to, check notes, ***** Kevyn Adams.

Karmanos was one of Adams first hires. He helped convince Pegula to expand the analytics department which lead to the hiring of Sam Ventura. Karmanos is also in charge of the only successful portion of the organization the Amerks and when the team was looking at a player in a trade he was the principal scout eyeballing the player. Now that will probably fall to Forton and Jeremiah Crowe. The concern for me is the fact the analytics department was a reason why the Sabres drafting has improved. Zach Benson was not on the scouting staff’s radar until the analytics department “pounded the table” for him. Without their influence the team could easily slip back to drafting poorly. Brendan Lemieux, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson and Brycen Martin were the Sabres five selections in the second and third round in 2014. Tim Murray wanted to use one of the selections on Brayden Point, someone on the Sabres Staff convinced him to take Point off their draft board due to his size. That person is still employed by the team. All the old philosophies that lead to ***** drafting have a strong possibility to return. Hopefully they will promote Sam Ventura to Asst GM and let him take over Rochester in addition to the analytics department.

And a competent GM And a owner that invests in his team

Darren Dreger was on Sabres Live and said the message he got was Sabres Front Office will remain status quo

The Buffalo News is speculating that Karamanos may leave after the Amerks Season Finishes. Ventura probably goes with him. And then there is this So prepare for less McLeod Trades and more Beck Malenstyn ones This organization is truly run by a bunch of ***** morons

That’s still a possibility, I corrected the title

Per Sabres PR

Another playoff team making moves

It wasn’t me

The Pegulas hired a firm to run their coaching search after Doug Marrone resigned, they came back with their top candidate. Unfortunately Russ Brandon was able to convince Terry and Kim to hire Rex Ryan. After Ryan was fired they hired the same search firm who recommended Sean McDermott who ironically was the same candidate they recommended the first time. Also shortly after Pegula bought the team he spoke with Scotty Bowman and he asked what made Mike Ilitch such a successful owner in the NHL. Scotty replied the first meeting I ever had with Illitch he told me I know the pizza business and how to make money doing that. I do not know enough about hockey be successful in the NHL, that’s where you come in. Scotty you tell me what you need and I will make sure you have it.

Per After the Whistle Adams is confirmed to be the GM next season

Per Lance Lysowski