Pimlach
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34 minutes ago, French Collection said:
I don’t consider Hughes a Dman even though he won a Norris. It’s the Art Ross trophy for Dmen. I don’t think we’ll ever see a Rod Langway type win it again but I prefer an all round Dman to a rover. An example is Doughty in his prime. He would lead the offense, hit, block shots and take on the opponents’ toughest matchups.
Hughes puts up excellent offensive numbers and is a PP QB you dream of. He looks like Bryson, in his own end without the puck.
Like Erik Karlsson, I think Quinn Huges is a bit overrated, even with his Norris Trophy, his game lacks on the defensive side.
He is flashy and he is fantastic on the offensive part of the game. I see that.
When it’s playoff time I prefer defensemen like Ekblad and Slavin.
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4 minutes ago, Thorny said:
I’m not even holding out hope for an outright firing. My top hope right now is:
”relieved of GM duties, reassigned to another spot in the organization (ie the old future considerations”. Failing that it’s:
”relieved of GM duties, reassigned to an advisor/senior advisor role within the organization.” After that is:
”Adams promoted to POHO, so and so takes over as GM.” …which, yes, I’ll still accept as a win because it’s a made up title and aside from the owner things clearly run through the GM, here.
The POHO option bothers me because Adams can and will influence Terry. If he can do it from his Business Admin job, he can do it as a fake POHO. He needs to go.
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21 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Won’t be over until it’s over
Madness
A clandestine contract extension would make this saga even better. Ican’t wait to hear what Adams new job is. I’m gonna bet he gets promoted.
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16 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
But Chad's article hints that JR would be inheriting Ruff, who reports to...?
There is no JR. Jarmo last name is Kekalainen, not Routsaleinen.
I don’t know who Ruff reports to. No one does apparently. It almost like Adams announced a coach search for an experienced NHL coach and Ruff just showed up so they hired him. Makes a great sit com skit.
Adams interviewed him and it went kind of like the Costanza job interview … “ Lindy, I want you to have this job, of course… oh wait, I’ve got to take this call now, good seeing you Lindy. … “.
So Lindy just shows up and both Terry and Kevyn think the other person hired him. Lindy takes the small office, he gets the Cozens file, and he is off and running.
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25 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I would guess the coaching staff are not a part of this. It will simply be Adams reassigned and Jarmo to GM. It makes sense to do this soon as if Adams is essentially a lame duck, regardless of how many years he has on his contract, then it is time to move on as there are important decisions to be made (Tuch, RFAs). Jarumo will hire a new coach in the off-season.
Yup. They will most likely hire a new coach in the off season. Jarmo, or whoever the GM is, should run the coach search, and the coach should report to him.
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9 hours ago, sabremike said:
I don't want DeBoer, I want them to promote Leone and his staff.
Thinking small? You don’t want a proven coach that has been knocking on the door of the Stanley Cup. You want a first time AHL coach.
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12 hours ago, Brawndo said:
Terry, Lindy, Pete Guelli and maybe Jarmo Himself
Probably true. Very unconventional.
Do all of these guy report direct to Terry? I know Guelli does. Jarmo was supposed to be an Advisor to Adams. Ruff the HC but is he not under Adams?
Going back to the LaFontaine days - I think Terry needs a class on organization development.
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26 minutes ago, Cascade Youth said:
Kevyn walking into HQ on Monday morning:
Terry is bringing in extra security for the meeting.
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10 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
The anti-Costanza.
Who would be in those discussions? Terry, Kim and...?
This is a million dollar question. The leak is: "The Buffalo Sabres have been holding internal discussions about replacing general manager Kevyn Adams, three NHL sources have told The Athletic."
The Sabres Executive organization is Terry Pegula, COO Peter Guelli, Sr VP of Business Ops Rob Minter, and CCO Jacob Vernon. You could possibly add Kim Pegula and/or maybe Laura Pegula. maybe.
The Hockey Operations is lead by Adams so I doubt he is in the room, but this the Buffalo Sabres. The Sr Advisor is Jarmo and they have never said who he reports to. I will assume it is Terry. All others report to Adams - Stahl, Karmanos, Jakubowski, Forton, etc., ... so I would not think they are involved in this decision. Then there is the head coach and I have never seen anything saying that the HC report to Adams or Terry. The football coach reports direct to Terry so it is possible that Lindy does.
So Monday "they" get Terry, together finalize the plan and the comms for it.
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26 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
I've been thinking about Jarmo's perspective on this. He got canned by CBJ in February of 2024, which gave him 1.5 seasons, and 2 off-seasons, to get a GM job. When he didn't get one, he took the Sabres' gig at the end of May of 2025.
He almost certainly still wants to be a GM somewhere, which is why he took this job -- i.e. it was pretty obvious that KA was running out of chances, and this job would put him in the on-deck circle if KA were to be fired.
But still: he has to know that if the only change is KA out, Jarmo in -- he is doomed to fail, and probably won't ever get another shot at a GM job. So, would he take the job under those conditions, because it's a bird in the hand, albeit a crippled and decrepit bird? Or would he say thanks but no thanks and go home to cool his heels and wash off the Sabres stink until a better opportunity comes along?
Or: is he perhaps negotiating, even as we speak, the terms -- salary cap spend, front office turnover, coaching staff turnover -- under which he will agree to take the job? And if so, does TP maybe want no part of a GM search, and does he maybe want Jarmo to take this mess off his hands and restore his good name in the NHL enough, to give Jarmo enough of what he needs to get Jarmo to take the job?
I'm guessing this is what is going on -- TP wants Jarmo to take the job and they are negotiating the terms. Jarmo knows he can't overplay his hand, but at the same time he doesn't want to step into an unworkable situation.
Please give him what he wants Terry. We're still here on your team's message board after a ridiculous number of terrible years. At this point you kinda owe us a real GM with a real budget.
Well Rico I do agree with most of this. Some interesting things are at work here.
Adams hired Jarmo, and he has a prior relationship with him. Why would KA hire his own replacement unless there was a plan for Adams to move into another role? I think both of these things will happen but have no clue what Adams role will be. I just cannot see Pegula firing him. If Adams is the new POHO I will be start out unhappy about it.
Now, why would Jarmo take the job if he is under constraints that he cannot succeed with? Could be that he thinks this is his last chance in the NHL? Could be he has been working through the roles and responsibilities all along and has agreed to something? Could be both.
It all seems strange that this leaked out a week prior while the team is out of town. Very Pegulian.
I will be upset if Appert is the next HC, especially with DeBoer out there.
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9 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
That's a good start. Then, if we don't get a new owner in name, we need a new owner in practice. He has to be smart enough to realize it. Please, dear Hockey Gods.
Have you watched the Podcast with Rhett Warrener?
They think Rob Ray would make a great POHO a person who can set culture, hire good GM, hire good coaches.
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3 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Adams had a fundamental part in the construction, up to and including the philosophy of the strategy, of the roster, and does so as well re: the day to day operations of the team. When the goal is merely playoffs even just a change at GM can make a huge difference
Just because you personally don’t value a metric doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value for others. I cannot stress this enough: Adams deserves to be fired. The firing in itself carries a lot of weight for me. It angers me that he’s still here and I could never support a team that wins right now because Adams will get credit and I have a personal vendetta against Adams in the GM role and have since he fired a bunch of people to get the job, and came up with the plan that resulted in the trading of my favourite player, Jack Eichel
maybe you simply aren’t used to people being this candid? I need Adams to be fired. It carries a lot of weight for me in and of itself
You might be disappointed. I hope not, but you might be.
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1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:
If Adams is completely excised, what changes? Nothing, without a fundamental change in the owner. Here's the canary in the coal mine for me: not to go all TaroT, but who are the assistants going to be in this post-Doody nirvana?
if Adams is shown the door and is out, and Jarmo takes over, then Jarmo should be free to bring in whatever assistants, advisors, and coaches that he wants. If he is not then he should not even consider the job.
If Adams is moved to another position within Hockey Ops, and Jarmo is the GM, then I do not think that very much will change.
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1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:
Well, they won a game I saw in person -- it's pretty rare in VAN and SEA. But dang was it some sloppy hockey.
As we were walking out I told Lady Ebriate it was their first regulation road win of the season and an adjacent Canucks fan looked at us in horror before disappearing into the crowd.
You wife was seen out at night with a Wookie.
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So, if Adams moves up to POHO, and Jarmo is GM what really changes?
I just cannot see how this will work.
I hope Terry gives us a presser on Monday and explains it in detail.
Just now, PASabreFan said:Sorry. RUOTSALAINEN.
Who is that?
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52 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
This feels like the succession plan is close to being announced, and things have started leaking. It's not tied to on ice performance this season, per se. But a few more wins might hurry along the presser. They can say, look, the team is coming around, and the restructuring is meant to get us over the top. Ruff to senior advisor, Adams to POHO, Rutsoleinen to GM and Appert to HC.
Who is Rutsoleinen? Do you mean Jarmo Kekäläinen?
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The handling of the goaltending is not mentioned here but that is #1. Just forget about winning anything, or rebuilding anything, without goaltending.-
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52 minutes ago, JohnC said:
I retired. At the end of an exhausting career there was a boss who was the #2 man in a relatively large agency acting like a cartoon dictator and being obnoxious and condescending in his presentation. There were a lot of big shots at the gathering. During his bloviating I stood up and interrupted his public display of stupidity and politely asked him if he recognized how stupid he sounded? The audience went dead silent.
He was a big fellow who went to an NFL training camp. He wanted to kill me for humiliating him. I was at the end of my career. Needless to say, I had to watch my back.
Did they take back your watch?
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1 minute ago, quill said:
but Lyon was beautiful. From start to finish.
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The Sabres with 2 shots on goal in the 3rd, 15 for the game. They win on road in game 5of 6. Without Tuch, Zucker, and Norris who all started the trip with the team.
Is Vancouver at a new low?
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1 minute ago, pi2000 said:
1st regulation road win, Dec 11th 2025
franchise altering
next stop
playoffs
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Lyon gets 1st, 2nd, and 3rd star.
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Sabres recall Noah Östlund and return Trevor Kuntar to Rochester
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Norris is recovering from “illness”