Thorny

Good post. Agree almost totally. One thing - It’s professional sports: for me, this is Adams’ 4th year as GM because, well, it’s his 4th year as GM. Framing only a portion of it as “his plan” doesn’t supersede the fact he failed to institute said “plan” a season earlier. What this really was was the second plan he’s generally managed, his plan or another’s. Now, I can factor that (proportionally) into my evaluation of him as a GM while still measuring the success of each individual year of this plan against what’s it’s expected to achieve internally and intrinsically. It really is a situation deserving of nuance and it’s both: his performance year 1 is both relevant to a fair analysis of his entire body of work as GM and also, can be separate from the analysis of how the current plan is going. How can we give him a ton of credit for the team improving in 21-22 but ignore and leave out the fact it was improving FROM the low water mark *he himself* set the year previous? That wouldn’t be fair . Don’t count it in an analysis of the current plan but don’t just scrap it from the record. 4 years as GM, no playoffs, and a plan that by reasonable reckoning and the reckoning of the team’s internal expectations this season failed this year: a first, for the plan. I’m with you: you should NOT scrap it right now. But in a league where it’s uncommon to miss 4 straight years, if Adams is GM for 5 and we miss all 5, 2 of which represent HIS plan failing on expectation twice in a row? That’d be my line. He has a shot to right his wrongs from last summer, this one coming up

Absolutely agree, and it’s really that simple. But I’d give Adams another year. He’s got a shot at “better late than never.”

Some said they were I unwilling to go LT with Sam at the time due to their implemented Covid budget restraints

Cozens can always move to Wing

Nope, it’s never happened

No, Sam said he was open to a LT deal during the time frame Adams bridged him Agree you can’t blame them though

One year deal with money corresponding to talent. Goalie can parlay a good year into another contract

A single regulation loss does us in, so..I just can’t see it

Honestly there IS no pressure because we’re basically just playing out the stretch

This is her now:

- - - And yes of course Quinn is playing if he can. That’s what I said before: he’s a paid professional. You don’t sit “just because” IF you are fully healthy

lol! We would all literally beg to be Pittsburgh fans. We should be so lucky. As if what they are going through now isn’t a million times justified by the success they’ve had. Sabres fans can be so funny haha “I sure wouldn’t want to be THEM!” Again, we should be so lucky. What we are seeing is merely the cost There’s a draft every year and 7 free picks. They’ll be retooled within a couple years - long endless rebuild plans are buffalo thing

Well I guess you didn’t entirely miss it Fool me once..

You’ve entirely missed my point. I mean it doesn’t mean anything relative to guaranteeing or ensuring future success: it’s not an indicator. *Of course* it’s harder to be good when you are young: that’s my entire point. They are willingly the youngest team in the league in a year where we might miss the playoffs for 13 years straight and the 4th consecutive year of this regime All under the false sales premise that “if we are young now, we are building sometime better later.” No, we are just young now.

Agree. Also I shouldn’t say it’s absurd to bet on it just very risky

Honestly? That goal gets us right back in the playoff hunt

Fine and 1 dollar, Bob

The “we won the trade” stuff was ridiculously premature

Nahhh we’re only mad cause of the 13 year drought. Not KA’s place in contributing more to it than any other GM

It would be absurd to bet on Levi to play 30-35 if missing next year truly isn’t an option. But I’d still probably be more surprised if they add a backup: Adams made an even riskier bet with Levi last summer, don’t see why he’d balk this time around when there’s a better likelihood of success

Three cheers to our revamped social media presence. A loveable team to be sure

Good trade chip tbh Ya. D+2 junior numbers are kinda W/e

Not quite that streaky I don’t think. They went undefeated on the road for like 10 or something stupid