Curt

Eh, I think there have been a lot more critics than supporters for a long time. You just attract the supporters.

Why you gotta do that to me? Yeah, that was a bad trade.

Yeah, I just can’t see that happening, why in the world would he do that? If it was 1-2 years then maybe, but 5 years? No one retains salary for 5 years.

Regardless of the path forward that the team takes, this could be said, in one form or another. It boils down to: “Do you trust Adams to do X well?” X could be anything: make a hockey trade, make a trade for futures, select players in the draft, negotiate with RFAs, sign players in UFA, select a coach. It’s endless. For most, the answer is no, because it’s hard to trust a guy you haven’t seen do it yet, but it is the same for anything. Whatever the team does Adams will be doing it, so to me it doesn’t make sense to worry about him doing X, because if he isn’t doing that you’ll just worry about him doing Y instead. If Adams is bad at his job, it’s not going to go well regardless of the strategy pursued.

I know! I’m sick of everyone here constantly making excuses for the Pegulas and saying how great they are.

I would say that either the list of teams that are serious about Eichel is being solidified, and the few contenders are getting ready to put forward their best offers, or a couple of these teams are giving a little false info to their “insiders” to see if Adams will drop his asking price a little. Honestly it could be both though.

Of course it’s always helpful when good players are on good contracts, but the top heavy Golden Knights just beat the Avs. Vegas has 2 guys making $18.3M and their top 4 salaries combine for $32.3M against the cap. Montreal is paying $14.9M just on goaltending.

There were no staff reductions pre pandemic. If I’m wrong, tell me what and when they were.

If the Sabres draft two guys in the top 10, a 6’6” Dman named POWER and a goalie named WALLstedt, I mean, honestly, who needs more scouts?

Do they listen to Tyler Dellow? Devils were building their analytics department but are under new management. I wonder about the voices in the room.

What steps did they take to reduce spending on the Sabres pre-pandemic? I don’t recall any changes more than 12 months ago.

I think it’s an actual search.

Could be. Yeah, they were already an up and coming team, so I might have projected them as a playoff team even before.

Not really surprising that the Sabres didn’t show interest. Pegulas aren’t know for tolerating blunt, abrasive employees. Gallant can’t seem to keep a job for more than 2 years for personality reasons even when his teams are performing well.

Good question. I’ll leave you to kill time in peace.

I guess I don’t understand the point of making that comparison. Especially when purposely removing any assets gained from a Eichel, Reinhart, or Risto trade. The team is where it is today. Why does it matter who they had under contract 6 years ago?

This is high level.

I don’t understand the point of this thread.

Terry really liked what he saw from Capuano at the World Championships.

I’m going to agree with others that he can be a 2C and maybe a 1C on a scoring line. He is 6’0” but on the thin side. Not small but more of a finesse player. Stylistically, Marner and Barzal came to mind. Someone said Scott Gomez and that’s not bad either. A natural playmaker and set up guy. He is full of fancy stick handling and passing moves that have style in addition to substance.

If it’s an 82 game season, the answer is 9 games. Any more than that, and the 1st year of the ELC gets burned.

He is about to be a free agent. He hasn't been able to come to a contract agreement with his team. He has been traded twice, and he is also a very good defenseman.

That’s different. Cozens is clearly a star in the making and future Sabres Captain.

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