PerreaultForever

Ultimately that might be the Pegula plan. If you think about when Adams got the job he shipped out Risto Reinhart and Eichel and started over with a bunch of picks. So now he gets this year to win or he's out (presumably). That means his guys like Norris and Levi, Quinn, etc. have to deliver. If not, the new guy, who is probably already in the organization, is instructed to move out the disgruntled which will be Thompson and Dahlin and start all over again the same way. I know this is horrible to think about but you can also easily see it can't you? Everybody can, cause we've been here before and this hell never ends.

No. Shanahan brought in Dubas and Dubas destroyed that team's build. Dubas may be the only GM in the last decade I can think of that might be worse than Adams. So many opportunities already passed over for this year. Stupid franchise with a stupid owner.

Adams is clueless.

Seravalli's been known to spew some bs without proof, especially lately, so I don't put much stock in his statements like "a number of players". It's embellishment I think. Might be true, might not, but Seravalli definitely embellishes to stay relevant. The line that stuck out for me was when he said he found it "bizarre" that Sabres were bringing back all the management and the coaching staff. That's my view as well, it's just "bizarre" and I think the whole league is likely looking at it and thinking "losers". I can't see any high profile players being attracted to that. There is literally zero sense that this team is doing anything to be better. Zero. So does Peterka want out? I bet he does, and he will be the next one. I think Peterka will have a long and successful NHL career. Perennial 20-30 goal scorer and Sabres have no idea what they are doing.

Oh man, do you really want to start thinking about 2030?

That's rhetorical right?

Pity it wasn't another Canada U.S. mega game but Tage got a taste of winning that's cool. Maybe he brings an "I want more" attitude with him to camp and it rubs off on the others. Likely got him onto the Olympic team too.

Two things about Levi, and they are the same things as when he got here. He's small and he goes down in that sort of butterfly to cover the bottom of the net but that leaves a huge upper area wide open. He also cannot see through traffic. Fatal issues for the NHL. net front and turnovers cost them same way it costs the Sabres. here's your lowlights:

I was laughing today seeing disgruntled Philly fans (they hate everything) suggesting they'd feel like they got the dud ex Flyer when Brind'Amour gets fired. Maybe this is what Boston's waiting for. 🙂

Which only proves that the usefulness of stats is limited. They have cap space because they are cheap and the big name players didn't sign there. They are like the Leafs in the sense that they have hit a wall. Their plan can only get you so far and it cannot get you over that hump unless you are extremely lucky. I don't want to try to be them. I want to be Florida.

I didn't say he was doing a good job at it, just that that seemed to be his desire to copy that franchise.

A lot of them don't actually live there. Their off season homes are somewhere else entirely.

My thought for today is Adams looked at Carolina and Adams wanted to build the Sabres into Carolina and now we see Carolina fully exposed to their weaknesses and how the Carolina model is a failure. We didn't even get to Carolina. and yet Adams is still in charge.

We have size and speed and could, if we wanted to, play this sort of hard nosed forechecking game. We do not however, have the fortitude, tenacity and aggressiveness it requires. Except maybe Benson.

Agreed, but the problem is Terry doesn't like that style. He said as much early on. I talk about Dudley but I know full well that isn't a direction TP would ever go in. He just doesn't see it as the right way and thus we get what we get. Zito's been a great GM and they have a solid management structure. I have to think a guy like Shawn Thornton is also loving how they play. It's a culture.

Well that's not exactly what I'm saying. I think TP THINKS he is committed to winning but he's set in his ideas regardless of the evidence to show how flawed it is. People outside Buffalo however see what they do, how they spend, who they hire and don't hire and they don't see it as a real serious commitment to winning. Terry has to turn over the top decisions to a hockey voice like Dudley or this will just continue .

There's a few injuries now and if they are serious Florida might have trouble repeating against a healthy Edmonton squad (or Dallas) but otherwise this is looking like a repeat in the making. Man is that a well oiled machine that plays as a team. ERod clearing the front of the net! I mean talk about small guys not afraid to play big. Orlov on the other hand played like he wants to go on summer vacation.

You hear things now and again that Dudley has had a real influence on how Florida came together. Not an in the spotlight guy now but I think he quietly has a huge impact. Florida certainly plays his style that's for sure.

No he's not. He's destined for the waiver wire.

Just pay Dudley to come home. Full stop.

What you describe is what they do, but I say it's a self fulfilling prophecy. If the team was committed to winning and had a good culture it would be a fine destination same as most places. We don't though. We are not a serious franchise.

Bull. Winnipeg signs players. Nobody is ever going to convince me that Winnipeg is a better spot than Buffalo. I've been to both.

Probably heading to that. Goaltending the x factor for Edmonton so I wouldn't count Dallas out just yet though. They don't really care if it's home or road the way they play.

It's a myth. Players wanted to be here in the good old days. It was a good hockey market. The losing started after Lucic broke the franchise and it's never recovered. Now it's a joke.

I know you're being funny but at the time he thought he could make it a top destination. I wouldn't be surprised if for years he's thought "why don't they want to come here I don't understand?"