Pimlach
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3 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
Where are those? I missed them.
There are a few comments like that in the thread. Probably just conjecture.
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1 hour ago, Night Train said:
Trade for what ? A 2030 6th round pick ?
He is worth much more than that.
Package him in a hockey trade and he packages as a former 1. The sparkle is off of him as a 1 of course, but he is still a promising player and only 23.
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3 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Adams addressed this twice and seemed to be saying he knows what he wants to do with all 3 but that the new coach will be a factor in the final decision.
Seems weird. Christie is tied to Granato, so good bye to him. Smith, who knows.
Bales is kind of unique working with goalies.
But keeping Ellis and Wilford? Is that in case the new coach wants to talk to them about a position? Are you suggesting there is more to it?
The comments I am reading about Ellis being "eyes and ears" for the FO and the Owner is just bad business. I sure hope he is not that guy.
Ellis hanging around is another indicator that the new HC could be Lindy.
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25 minutes ago, Weave said:
He’s bottom 6. We all want the bottom 6 to look differently. Young, on a team that has too much youth. Skilled, but unlikely to crack the top 6 as he develops/matures.
He’s the perfect candidate for a hockey trade.
Indeed. Not a top 6. He might be a fine bottom 6 someday, but he is not today.
Trade able asset.
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8 hours ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:
I am not surprised that Don Granato was fired. Buffalo Sabres fans saying I want this coach or that coach the coach has to want to come to the Buffalo Sabres. It takes two that is why the odds are it’s Lindy Ruff be glad he has merci on the Buffalo Sabres and wants to come back here. The bottom line this Sabres fan would hold a parade if the Buffalo Sabres actually made the playoffs again. Be glad Lindy Ruff wants to comeback the Sabres should have hired him back instead of Ralph Krueger. Enough the Buffalo Sabres fans fantasies this isn’t the Buffalo Bills job with Josh Allen or even the Buffalo Bandits coaching job. The Buffalo Sabres aren’t a must coach team wake up some Sabres fans think NHL coaches are excited about the Buffalo Sabre job there not that is what happens tanking and sucking for 13 straight years.
If the Buffalo Sabres hire Lindy Ruff as head coach we should celebrate because I know he can get Buffalo Sabres to the playoffs. I don’t care he never won a Stanley Cup there is a first time for everything. Plus I can sleep at night knowing Lindy Ruff is going to get these lazy players skating and not like they are on a cruise. The Buffalo Sabres presently are by far one of the laziest Buffalo sports teams in my 50 years of being a fan Lindy Ruff put an end of that crap that I am certain about. If Lindy Ruff can’t fix the Sabres than the Sabres franchise needs to be contracted and starting with a new Buffalo NHL expansion team because I have zero tolerance of youth excuses and lazy entitled Sabres hockey players on this team while every other NHL team puts out. The Sabres started out rebuild before the Detroit Wings that is embarrassing in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
Is this Marty Biron?
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6 hours ago, Huckleberry said:
We should get Him out of our minds, he is not leaving carolina for us.
True. He was my top choice in dreamworld.
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4 hours ago, Huckleberry said:
what are the chances any of the coaches that make the playoffs will be fired though ?
The point is waiting to talk to Brind’Amour is not a thing. Adam’s seemed to have an urgent need to move fast.
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1 hour ago, ska-T Chitown said:
Are there any coaches that could get canned if they flunk out in the first round? Beyond that? No sarcasm - genuinely curious how warm/hot some of those seats might be. I'd think after the first round, not too many? In which case, GMKA (not sure if I am fully comfortable diving right into using GM Howdy Doody) could start now, dilly dally just a little, see what round 1 holds, then full speed ahead?
Brind’Amour is the key person I’m referring to. He will not be available to interview until his team is eliminated.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
As I listened, I thought about Lindy a few times. His comments took me there.
The fact that he is not necessarily waiting for the playoffs to end says the exhaustive search will be semi exhaustive.
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47 minutes ago, inkman said:
Generally throwing your boss under the bus doesn’t have favorable results. Especially to the media.
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18 minutes ago, North Buffalo said:
Wish there is a clear answer... harder coach could implode these softies... then that is on the GM to find the right type of players... If they dont add a few and a coach who will hold their feet to the fire then buh bye KA... not saying itll change anything could make drought longer but I want more guys who work... let Skinner go.
Hire an experienced coach and allow him to work with the GM to shape the roster. Adams talks of struggles to get veterans to come to Buffalo. If the coach was highly respected and had a winning pedigree it would help sell the team.
Get an experienced and respected guy in there asap.
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1 minute ago, HumanSlinky39 said:
His failure to act on the fly is absolutely a strike against him and a major bone of contention. That will remain a concern moving forward. But, this is the first time I've heard him shed the GM-speak and actually call out the myriad issues we pointed out on this forum throughout the season. This hire will be undoubtedly the most important move he will make as the Sabres GM. A coach that wins will cover up a lot of warts. I think he senses his ass is in the sling and another failed season will find him in the jackpot. I think he gets 2024-25 to make it right. He doesn't, I'd expect he's unemployed. Time to produce results. POSITIVE results...not potential.
True. He is pretty smart, he should be looking for an experienced NHL coach that he is willing to learn from.
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1 hour ago, Second Line Center said:
This is probably all right. And odds of this ending with Adams losing his job in April of 2025 probably are higher than making the playoffs.
This is why I didn’t really think I wanted Donnie fired at this point. It’s a sign the GM may not actually have his finger on the pulse but hopefully it was more Pegula saying just wait till the end of the year DG deserves at least that.
The only sign I get is that both the coach and the GM were over their heads.
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1 minute ago, HumanSlinky39 said:
Maybe I'm a sucker, but I feel much better after hearing KA speak. He was contrite about his own failures and seems to be determined to make it right. Wants a coach with experience which is exactly what I wanted to hear. Doesn't want to hide behind the youth excuse, which was another concern of mind. He said all the right things, but it will come down to action and ultimately results. I feel good after hearing that, now make it so.
True to a point. So he understands how to evaluate what happened after the fact and look at lesson learned.
There are leaders capable of making good decisions and implementing course corrections in real time. .
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21 hours ago, Weave said:
After reading the accounting here of the press conference, my emotions seem different than most. I’m pissed, frankly.
KA saw what we all saw. Just acknowledged that he knew it was all wrong. Knew the practices were wrong. Knew coming out of camp was wrong. Knew that the bottom 6 wasn’t heavy enough. Knew that the players heads weren’t where they needed to be. And he let it all fester for the whole ***** season.
Hands on GM, my ass. You are complicit. Get the ***** out of here. You are over your head.
Yup. You beat me to it.
I was surprised when he talked about the level of intensity in practice, the bottom 6, even his not backfilling for Quinn - he pushed that off as "who would of thought he would get 2 injuries". Hey, VO was a known commodity, and everyone here knew he was a poor replacement for Quinn. On top of it, he is dam lucky that UPL came around because this was a bottom 5 season without him.
All this inaction led to the fan alienation, the boos, the chants - and even then they did not teach the players a dam thing about how to react to it. Why they need to be taught this is pretty bad to begin with.
Now think about what the players that leave have to say about how things are run here.
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I heard something not yet discussed hear. The timeline.
I think he was specifically asked if he was waiting for playoffs to end in case there were candidates in the playoffs - if I heard the question right. He kind of balked at that and sounded ready to go.
So he may be looking at coaches with NHL experience that are available right now. If true, the Brind'Amour rumor fades away.
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9 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Asked about the arrogance that seemed to be coming from the room early in the season, Adams basically said the team didn't earn it yet and repeated it a few times. Seemed a bit incredulous that the team thought they had arrived. Talked again about earning it.
Yes, this caught my attention. I got the impression that some of them thought they were gonna win, without earning it.
This is were the veteran leaders must be the right ones.
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28 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
"yes we want to be harder to play against, compete harder, more physicality"
"You got to win at home"
- Adams
"Our system did not change, what changed was at time the focus was on cleaning up some things defensively." Goes on to talk about how there was not a philosophy change here but that felt players might have changed some of their dynamic. He gets asked point blank what happened. He felt often times they were caught in the middle, meaning the were not an attacking team or a defensive team. Saw hesitancy. They need to fix it he said.
This kind of goes against want Dg said - the infamous "adding defense this year" comment.
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38 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
"We just didn't play well enough, period. From day one of training camp, we did not have our standards high enough across the board. I take responsibility for all of this. I need to be better." Kevyn Adams
I was happy to hear him say this.
He did not have a playoff roster. He and Granato futzed around with prospects for too long, and the NHL roster was not set soon enough and not ready to go.
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15 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
It could be a nice spot to walk into. Someone else has done the dirty work.
Add to the mix some roster control and an idea that Terry is willing to spend and agree to stay out of it.
Great franchise tradition, fan base willing to come back with a vengeance, as close to a Canadian team as you can get etc.
This is the way the franchise started and was originally viewed.
In my opinion Buffalo is a nicer city today, with more going on, then it was in 1970. Buffalo is not the problem. Long winters - not the problem.
Terry just needs to get the right people in the right spots and then step away and support them.
It can be brought back.
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3 minutes ago, #freejame said:
We have to hire Seth Appert. What if someone else does and he’s amazing?! Then what, huh???
He could be the next Jon Cooper, or the next Ron Rolston.
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2 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:
I think it’s crucial to bring in an HC that has no past relationship with the players. I’ve experienced the former in the working world and it’s tough to be a hard a$$ on people you’ve got positive relationships with.
True. But the messages and direction that Adams wants may not require a hard A$$.
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Hamilton in WGR, making excuses for Ellis having to coach "Don Granato's PP".
Now that the season is over, Hamilton thinks that Adams will do a thorough search and some of his candidates could be involved in playoffs.
hmmm. (RBA)
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1 hour ago, JustOneParade said:
Not for nothin' but can anyone recall a coach, in any major sports league, ever being fired before a contract extension even starts?
🎶 wasted away again in Pegulaville ... 🎶
Why was he extended BEFORE his most pivotal season? That is the more perplexing move.
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Breaking: Hoppe says to expect firings, trades
in The Aud Club
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I disagree that we have to trade any one of Thompson, Cozen, Dahlin, or Power. Trade for the right hockey deal, not just to fire for effect.
I disagree on the Mitts deal. We traded a 25 year old vet for another younger player that is similar in style to what we have. I just don't know what Adams plans to do with Byram, or how this made us a better team.
Still watching Byram closely. He had a decent game at Tampa. To me he is Joker on steroids so far.