DarthEbriate

I don’t think he can. I never argued he could be. I suppose he could take over and jettison Dahlin and draft McKenna only to find he was the fifth best in his class, but I don’t think Jarmo is an idiot.

He lost JJP. He’d lose Benson and Doan. He’s garbage.

Only if he completely strong-arms the RFAs and mangles their relations, then fails to get a goalie. But if he nurtures the toughness of Doan and Benson and finds a real coaching staff…

To piggyback on this response: none. I said it in the summer. Adams gets no credit for anything. He took a blossoming roster with Eichel-TNT as two centers, Dahlin, Reinhart, and Ullmark and made it worse year over year except for one blip. He’s the curse and needs to be exorcised. ##### him with a light saber except the pain wouldn’t be bad enough because he wouldn’t suffer enough before passing out. He convinced Pegula to rebuild instead of building around good players who had the high-end talent required to go deep in the playoffs.

He made a non-good expansion team into a wild card-capable roster. It’s a low bar here for the Sabres now, but he could do worse than to start with Dahlin in the fold and a 40-goal scorer on a cheap 2nd line contract for 5 more seasons. Some good pieces in the RFAs. And maybe, maybe just maybe Bobrovsky loves him?

It's a Sabres game where they can get to NHL .500 (or drafting 8th!). That typically means a loss, but today is different. The team can feel GM Sheevyn being hurled into reactor shaft from across the country. A win today, a firing tomorrow, and it's all sunshine and puppies from here on out.

A Gorditos burrito could feed a hockey player.

The Wild are all-in. Fun target for Tuch.... The problem is they've got NTCs and NMCs like they don't have palm trees. Tarasenko has a M-NTC (signed from Yzerman). But they definitely need an upgrade from Tarasenko or Marcus Johansson in their top 6 if they really want to get past Colorado.

One more game to go….

Whatever the outcome of the test, just let her know she’s the best girl in the world each and every day.

Players get old and lose a step, but that doesn’t mean they can’t still play an important (lesser) role as long as they’re being paid accordingly. MoJo is having one of the best seasons of his career. Complete resurgence. And he’s making less than $1M. It’s the anti-Sabre palm tree tax contract. But if I’m Guerin there is no way I go into the playoffs with him penciled into my second line.

But just imagine how big the falloff would be as soon as they learned he wasn’t being canned. They’d lose 30 games in a row. Just jettisoning his dark side ways will be such a boon to the franchise. The key will be getting a decision maker with a legitimate playoff vision and the respect of their fellow GMs.

The Quinn Hughes deal makes Minnesota (if healthy) a potential threat to Colorado and Dallas. But what they really need is to go full Florida and trade with the Sabres to add to their ex-Sabre factor including the new guy who helps them get over the edge. They already have: MoJo, Hinostroza, Foligno, and Bogosian. Add Tuch and now we're talking Cup contender!

Coooooool

I don’t know who won or lost the Jarry trade. Does it make either team better? Bur what it tells me, in addition to Colorado moving both their goalies last season, is that it’s a lot easier to get a goalie than Sheevyn has made it out to be for the past 6 years.

Well, they won a game I saw in person -- it's pretty rare in VAN and SEA. But dang was it some sloppy hockey. As we were walking out I told Lady Ebriate it was their first regulation road win of the season and an adjacent Canucks fan looked at us in horror before disappearing into the crowd.

They are quick. And replacing Elias Pettersson (the #40 one) in the lineup with Kampf is a choice, but akin to Greenway in for Norris.

The Sabres aren’t good. But with the exception of Hughes, they might be outright better than the Canucks.

Gah! Kozak couldn’t find it in the air.

No Death Star Alamo this period, gents.

3 goals on 13 shots. That’s Sabres level goaltending from Demko tonight.

Son of a biscuit. No stupid goals against in the final minute. Or penalties !!!

The first for the son of Ben!

This pp is Benson Doan and McLeod. TNT and Dahlin on the point.

Rosén wears the helmet super far back on his head. And it just paid off. To the PP.