DarthEbriate

Per Wikipedia, he went to Jokerit when he didn't get the St. Louis Blues GM gig, but did some Liiga time and turned it and his STL team-building of the 00s into the Columbus job. He helped put together the Sens from 1999 up until 2002, meaning his influences included the core that became those very good 2006-2010 teams. He did help assemble the rosters that would become some decent Ken Hitchcock-led STL seasons. Most of the players he would've been associated with had moved on by the time the Blues won their Cup. Seconded!

Unadulterated speculation! The joy of message boards. I will be curious of the initial moves: 1) Tuch -- extend or move? Quinn and Jarry mean the trade market is open for business. 2) Does Ruff get more autonomy for his staff? Will there be assistant coaching moves? Or is Ruff going directly upstairs now and a new head coach is in the cards?

Adams went on the team road trip to scout it out (just like they've done with Jarmo as senior advisor this season), and while his first order of business as GM was to fire AHL coaches and scouts and lean down the costs for EEE, his main focus after hire were: youth movement, no blockers, and the current core of Eichel/Reinhart (the fruit of the tank) weren't worth building around as elite talent. Then, once Eichel said, "I don't like that idea, I'm already well into my contract..." the new mantra was players who "want to be here." But players want to win. Adams immediately put this franchise four years back in their progression. He was a phantom menace who staged a coup to gain his power which he was unqualified for -- and didn't get help either, because EEE. He made his own bed. He should never have been hired and he should have been canned 48 hours after he fired everybody because his task was complete.

Blocker. Watch Tuch sign for 4x$8M. Just needed some positive direction. No more palm tree tax (Adams tax) in place. Sith. Jarmo! Polo!

At an end your rule is and not short enough it was!

That's TWO regulation road wins.

Benson ENG!

Good kill. Best chance was the Benson rush.

And... hooking. Sabres to the PK.

Horrible interference -- Sabres back to the PP

Blergh

Tuch with the easy takeaway, 2 on zero, and Daccord leaves a gap under the pad for Thompson to sneak it through.

TNT!

Decent first period on the road.

Norris stays on the bench. He's a hockey player.

Östlund and Norris with the give and go and goal.

woooo! And Norris is hurt.

Muel draws the trip. Sabres with a PPG in six straight games? Appert making his case for a long-term HC gig!

One aggressive forechecking shift and some body checks... and their next shift has 3 quality scoring chances. Sabres need to start skating.

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.

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.

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!