Kruppstahl
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The Sabres have 34 more games to play this season.
THIRTY FOUR.
That is a LOT of hockey when the product is this bad.
It's beyond embarrassing now.
It didn't look like this in the tank years.
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2 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:
I'm pretty sure every "insider" we have has said that the Sabres spent all offseason looking to upgrade Hutton, have called Anaheim on John freaking Gibson several times, and are currently looking at goalies again.
We really don't know what the market looks like. What if Arizona wanted Olofsson if they were giving up Raanta? Who knows what they were asking. I will still give Kevyn the F grade for ultimately failing to upgrade goaltending, but him giving them a public vote of confidence does not mean he has zero interest in upgrading Hutton lolHutton is a replacement caliber goaltender.
Almost any move could be an improvement, and it sends the message to the team, fanbase, everyone, that where we are isn't good enough.
So I don't buy the idea that we *tried* but just couldn't improve the goaltending.
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1 minute ago, bunomatic said:
I missed that. Fire Adams immediately.
lol. Kind of joking but sorta serious. If I wanted Pegulaspeak from Adams I’d listen to Kim. Fans aren’t stupid Kevin. Yes having capable goaltending helps and this season it is one of our issues.
Yeah, he definitely said that straight up! It's funny (or sad) because Hutton is quite clearly not an NHL goalie and yet we felt secure not changing our goaltending last offseason.
Not only is it important, but there is probably no single move that could have had a bigger impact on our win/loss percentage this year than to improve the goaltending.
So we sit on our hands.
This is the type of thing where I personally really wonder about money, as in, Terry doesn't want to spend it.
I know he signed Hall for big money, but that was only 1 year and that was kind of a "don't lose the fanbase" hire.
He can spend some money and still be concerned about money in general.
It is going to be really interesting to see how long Ralph keeps his job.
If he isn't removed soon, it'll be another factor pointing to the idea that Pegula is concerned about money.
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21 hours ago, Carmel Corn said:
There's an old expression "The fish stinks from the head". Adams is powerless to do anything including talking to the media. The Pegula's are in charge and they don't trust anybody but themselves, KA and RK. Until they can turn over a new leaf and learn to "trust" and hire competent management, we're stuck having to smell this awful product.
The fish *rots* from the head.
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3 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:
With Ullmark in net the team has a winning record.
With the other goalies they are a combined 1-8
Our young GM just told us all yesterday that goaltending has nothing to do with our troubles!
It's not why we are where we are!
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1 minute ago, Pimlach said:
I see another said event coming. Firing RK is going to happen. The Islanders will take 2 games this weekend. Ralph will be gone on Monday.
Most of us had doubts about this most peculiar hiring. Boterill did some really poor things in his tenure.
The season is gone. The Covid restrictions and the compressed schedule will make it hard for someone new.
Unless they have a veteran coach and a new plan in place, which I doubt, I suspect that someone from within will get the interim coach position and we sleepwalk thru the remaining games. If they have the next guy lined up, he gets the rest of the season to evaluate his team and jump start next year. Either way we are sellers at the trade deadline.
The bigger question is Adams and his limited resources on the hockey Operations side. How does he attract quality candidates?
I think this is all quite possible. We lose all 3 Islanders games and Ralph is fired on Monday.
Then again, he may survive the season because of MONEY.
We have to see how that plays out.
If he is actually fired, I think it will be a very positive thing, because it means Pegula is still willing to eat Ks and buy his way out of hiring mistakes.
If Ralph is here for the remainder of the season, we'll know he isn't!
I'm fine with an interim solution until the real HC is available and can be brought in.
Hopefully they realize by now the next HC *has* to be a veteran guy who has proven he knows how to do it elsewhere.
Isolate the variables. If it's not the coach, you know it's something else.
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8 hours ago, Zamboni said:
Both of them have been terrible for years… many Years. But a chunk of the local sports fan doesn’t know any better because by and large they don’t listen to National sports broadcasts discussing hockey. Because if they’re not talking about their coveted favorite local sports team… They are not interested in hearing that program. So they have nothing to compare what good sports radio is. So some fans, not all… Think that those two clowns are very good at their jobs. Fact is they actually really really suck at their jobs… But because they have the ratings in the small little tiny itty-bitty buffalo market, because they talk about Buffalo sports teams… They get to keep their jobs. That happens in a lot of smaller markets… Not just Buffalo.
The Buffalo market is the only one they really care about. If they sucked, they wouldn't have been together on air this long.
Your average Buffalo sports fan who participates at online forums like this one tends to *hate* them.
They hate him over at 2BD too, and most folks there don't know or care at all about hockey or the Sabres.
The fact is they take a different tack with their show. They are not a hardcore sports analysis type of show, that's not who their target audience is.
I would suggest they aren't "bad" per se, I would suggest they offer programming of the type you personally do not find interesting or entertaining.
There's a difference.
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4 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
re-sign = new contract
resign = voluntarily leaving ones job.
Well done. The confusion those 2 words seem to cause most posters is just incredible.
Over at 2BD, many posters are still confused by the nuances between "their," "there," and "they're."
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I want to see the Sabres as a major seller and I want Hall specifically gone. Do not want to see him extended.
I do not want Jack or Dahlin traded.
I am OK with Reinhart going *if* the return is strong.
Risto can always go, if we can get anything in exchange for him.
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2 hours ago, Scottysabres said:
I've put on 38 lbs. over the last 14 month's, a majority of it through covid situation. 236 lbs. now.
I've started the regimen to bring it below 200. Covid taught me a surprising lesson, I love food 😄
think I'll use the Sabres games as a 3 hour work out regimen on the weekend matinee games. Squats, jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups while watching the games.
They'll lose, but I'll start to feel better 🙂
I have never done it myself, but I'm thinking a stationary bike, rowing machine, or something like that might be ideal.
You can pedal away for entire periods and work out while still watching the game.
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I have been cheering for the opposition for quite a while now.
It definitely makes these games more watchable.
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50/50 split after 36 votes, which is kind of interesting.
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What do you think?
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This season is over.
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1 hour ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:
I can't get the thought out of my head that he almost did something drastic in a fit of pique, but talked himself back from it. When talking about the team, it was not GM speak, it was more player speak and fan attitude. When he talked about the job he has to do, it was GM speak with player attitude.
IMHO, that implies that RK is done for and KA has started his head coaching search and is debating whether he should bring in an interim coach for the rest of the season. IMHO, he should do that now and clear the decks.
Jack is clearly at the end of his rope. IMHO, benching Skinner did it. KA clearly disagreed with Skinner's benching -- but that now means Eichel probably needs cajoling to stay beyond this season.
He is very upset that the players don't play like he does. Honestly, he sounded like he was pointing a finger at Staal and Hall, who should know better. Why aren't they able to help Jack -- particularly Staal, who was the Captain of a Cup winner.
I still think there is a solid chance that Pegula does not want to pay Ralph to not coach in Buffalo.
He's spent tens of millions of dollars with that sort of thing, and his actions over the last couple years suggest he is done doing it.
In the context of Adams' PC, it doesn't really make sense that Ralph is still here. This was not a vote of confidence sort of PC.
So why is Ralph still here?
It's either money, or Adams feels like he needs more time to get his guy and presumably is not interested in the big 3 names out there right now.
I agree that Ralph should have been fired today (if not sooner) with an interim solution put in place, simply as a statement to the fanbase that this is not acceptable.
Adams repeated several times today that the situation is not acceptable, but as long as Ralph remains HC, the organization is showing us that it IS acceptable.
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45 minutes ago, Norcal said:
Did they ask about the news/rumor regarding finding someone to run the team?
No.
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22 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Dear KA
Why is RK still the coach?
Why haven't you upgraded the goaltending
Why haven't you found D help?
Why aren't underperforming players like Eakin, KO, Miller etc benched?
Why have you done nothing to help this team in season so far?
Why weren't any of these direct questions asked?
Some of those were asked as I recall. Like why is Ralph still the coach.
10 minutes ago, WildCard said:I got the impression Adams is pretty safe in his job unfortunately
He's largely where he is b/c he does what Pegula tells him to do, and he does it reliably.
I'm not sure why he would lose his job in that kind of environment, unless he goes rogue some day and starts to thumb his nose at Pegula.
It's a big part of why Pegula is the real problem, not the current GM.
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It seems fitting that this organization would have a PC like we just heard. They tell you all the reasons we are failing and how it's not good enough...but no changes are made!
LOL
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Adams, overall, sounds like exactly what he is: a young, inexperienced guy who is in over his head.
There is *no way* he represents the best leadership the Sabres could have at this point in time.
He's not old enough or experienced enough.
In a good, winning franchise he would be in a learning assistant GM type position, if that.
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Paul Hamilton asked about Krueger's system and that it doesn't work with this group of players.
Adams says everyone has to buy in all the time, and we get caught in between from time to time.
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6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
No *****.
This team hasn't had any grit in its lineup for a decade.
That's what he's talking about.
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Have to love Paul Hamilton and his leading questions.
"Is it embarrassing...?"
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God Bless Mike Harrington!
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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:
"Unhappy and unacceptable of where we are right now" - Kevyn Adams
That was basically it before opening it up to questions.
Per Friedman The Sabres are Open For Business
in The Aud Club
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If these idiots move anyone of substantial value (I'm basically thinking Eichel and Reinhart here) *before* bringing in a real HC, my head will explode.