Thorny

Yes, if it’s a complementary goal it’s not THE goal and that is what I am saying was necessary. You aren’t disagreeing with me you are just starting your posts with “no” for some reason My point is precisely that the future goals should be subservient to the goal of right now as until we build the now no future exists a’tall

*So, in the end, a drastic failure of both execution and concept. The proof is in the macro statistical pudding. The 78 point average for 5 seasons, that sort of *drastic* failure (we haven’t just missed we’ve generally missed badly) is the natural result of poor planning AND poor execution. like I always say with the tank, they made their own degree of difficulty for the actual rebuild after the fact way harder by enacting that strategy. Adams refusal to prioritize the now, the “floor”, the unwillingness to put the team in a place reflective of a GM who feels his team MUST make the playoffs, a team with, perhaps, a little standings points breathing ground rather than always being in “if eveything goes right mode”, leads to rosters against the 8 ball with question marks from day 1 that look really bad when they DO fail.

“Believing you can make the playoffs” is NOT the same as making it your priority and this is a distinction I will gladly, continually hammer home. It’s the crucial distinction. I do not care if Adam’s believed the 91 point team would probably make the playoffs the next season. Probably doesn’t scratch the surface of good enough when a THIRTEEN (13) year drought is on the line we, as a fan base, deserve so, so much more than that. Probably isn’t good enough. You folks deserve better you truly do. The team HAD to make the playoffs that year. Let alone this year. it wasn’t THE priority. It’s just what Adams thought would likely happen. As the natural symptom of the unfolding of his long term plan.* Like to win / hate to lose? It wasn’t about NEEDING to make the playoffs. Not at all. We deserved NOTHING less. the FOCUS should have been on playoffs, in 2024, being *the* priority. It was not. And it was not this year either. “Actions speak louder than words” for a reason. Budget spending. Youngest teams. NO FIRINGS. How can one possibly argue there was any form of expectations if no one is accountable to anything?

And that’s not hindsight

Does not matter. It needed to be THE goal. And if you enter into a season as the youngest team in hockey with a bottom 10 pay roll, it cannot be, in good faith, your priority You can call it “missed warning signs” all you want but not everyone missed them I did not miss them I don’t need to change my opinion now because I was right for 5 years: they haven’t prioritized winning in the now since they shipped out Finkle and Einhorn

No, he SHOULD have been on the Dahlin timeline - that was the no brainer that he hasn’t properly addressed the team during this 5 years proves he didn’t believe himself to be A huge portion of his “mistakes” is lack of action The lack of prioritizing winning. The lack of a timeline that includes winning in the now we still doing this ?

Nah he had us on the Levi timeline you are just listing out the components of the roster. Like ya man I know. I don’t need to hear about how the “plan” was to “supplement the roster with picks” ya man my plan is to supplement my material intake with pooping DUDE. it’s year 6. Everyone understands the elementary level mechanics always in operation on all teams - - - we were on the levi timeline Levi isn’t an NHLer and he was LINED UP TO START 3 season ago. Think about this. we were sold Levi. Most bought Levi don’t feel so seen just because you purchased so much of the stock it was an asinine plan by Adams

Wear your mouthguard just one time, you wanker

Adams has us on the Levi timeline Levi

1-1 “series over” lol Connor McMouthguard still has a ways to go

“upon closer inspection, jumping out of the window of a moving vehicle could be dangerous.”

Tuch is such a perfect, Cinderella slipper microcosm of this failed build excellent player, great contract: no desire to win during this time Age 30 and older player, ~ double the cost: it’s go time, boys

Yes Selke nominated Marner doesn’t fall under “forwards who can defend” also, no more instantly disqualifying take nowadays than, “the Buffalo Sabres have enough scoring” Verging on parody - - - there is no argument re: “should” we add a player better than anyone else on our team. Whether we will, well obv prob not

Their late 90s sweaters were so much better I’m actually not a fan of the way colors have trended THIS blindingly bright in recent years. Sort of a clap back to all the darker stuff earlier. The neon green of Dallas is too much and this may be blasphemous after begging for Royal for so long but like…our Royal blues are essential glow in the dark. I also don’t see why we need to have a near identical shade to St. Louis

It’s significantly more likely Levi is never an nhl goalie at all than a good one. Man, that was a WILD time for a while. The suggestion he wasn’t Hasek was a hot take

14 year drought and we are still seeing “be careful with draft picks” posts super-serum, captain buffalo fans Never change

Sure they are

Levi is tiny

The sabres place in the standings was reflective of their overall roster, all 3 main positions Reflective of the talent, I mean. I still don’t think people are grasping the fact that final standings position is by far the greatest and most accurate commentary on the overall talent makeup of a roster, when we are talking about a free flowing end to end game where your best skater plays 25% of it, and all your players have to play both ways You are going more and more off track in your analysis the more you shrink the key changes variables needed, the more you hypothetically shrink down the “causes” of why we are bad to as small a territory as possible

BPA

The summer should be about improving everywhere as much as possible. That’s a freebie when you’ve missed 14 years straight

Adding a D of all things to Adams is a Buridan's ass level setup, that I’ve got nothing for

I am trying my best here to renege on my plan and you are not helping lol There really are no more outs for me, are there

Does anyone think there’s a chance, should we actually bring in a notable senior advisor, that even were we to make the playoffs this coming year, the credit would be more so given to the presence of the advisor, and we’d be thus protected from an Adams extension?