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Beane tried to move up to 5 and had a deal set with the Broncos before Elway backed out to draft Chubb. If Cleveland drafted Chubb instead of Ward, the Broncos would have made the deal and Beane would have taken Allen at 5. So Terry did nothing to hold the Bills at 7.

It's relevant to the Sabres because it shows that a strong GM can thrive under Pegula. It means that if Pegula would pull his head out his ass and fire Adams and get lucky in hiring his replacement, the Sabres could be a successful franchise again.

The Bills are good because Beane targeted Allen (who had MANY detractors) and made a series of deals to move up 14 spots to draft him. He didn't need a tank to draft Allen, as the Bills ended their 17 year playoff drought the season before. And Allen isn't the only good player Beane's drafted or acquired, and he is a key contributor to the excellent culture the team possesses. In other words, the Bills are good because they have a good GM.

The reason for existence for the Buffalo Sabres has devolved from winning the Stanley Cup to training Kevyn Adams on how to be the GM of an NHL team.

He played 32 games for the Sabres, and it was 32 games too many. Guy had absolutely no interest in being here. Of course our sh#t GM doubles-down on that and hires him onto his staff.

Not surprising. Adams admitted that he didn't know where Byram fit in when he traded for him. Kev has no plan to build a competitve roster aside from gathering shiny nickels.

If it's Sabres-related, I watch. Doesn't mean I'm happy that they've gotten VIP seating at this consolation prize clown show the last 14 years.

Who knows? How long before Sabres fans can just ignore this over-engineered sh#t show? Kev gets his lottery loyalty card punched for the fifth time tonight. Does that get him his free sundae?

Let's stop trying to cast JBot as some kind of hero or martyr. The organization and scouting department he built was a failure. He made a terrible coaching decisions. He deserved to be fired, even with Adams whispering in Pegula's ear that he could do a better job.

If they haven't named him captain yet, they're doing it wrong.

I should have used the word 'young.'

Quinn, Power, Samuelsson, Byram was 23 this year. Kulich spent a lot of time at 1C, he's not a heavy player. And this isn't new, it's been the case the last 5 years. Cozens tries to play a heavy game, but he wasn't good at it. He was 24 this year. The Sabres are built to play an open ice game. When the opposing team plays a 'road game' and takes away space, they struggle. They need more guys who can play in a tight-checking game. Doesn't mean you trade all the 'finesse' guys for grinders. You also need finesse guys to win. It just means the GM needs to do a better job with roster construction.

Really?

How about everybody but Tuch, Tucker, Dahlin, Malenstyn, McLeod, Peterka, Clifton, and Benson. Greenway, when he plays. I might be generous here with McLeod and Peterka. And Clifton and Greenway aren't anything special as players.