Pimlach
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14 hours ago, JohnC said:
I don't see the bringing in of an older hockey front office man with an overall distinguished record but also someone who is way past his prime as a solution to anything. LL was dispatched by another organization because it was time for a change and fresh start. Terry Pegula seems to be insulated from how normal franchises run and resistant to outside advice as to how to get his franchise out of its generational rut. Why is that the case? Because it is the way this stubborn owner wants it to be.
This clueless owner has the ability to seek advice from many accomplished sources (free of charge) as to why the franchise he presides over is stuck. You don't have to formally hire someone to get some basic advice such as when you hire an ill-equipped person to be your GM, it is likely that the outcome won't be good. And he doesn't need outside expertise to tell him that when he hires someone who wasn't prepared do the job and has not succeeded at the job in five years, then keeping him on the job would never be the solution to digging yourself out of this quagmire of failure. Common sense 101!
This franchise is a ridiculed franchise where players with no trade clauses usually have Buffalo at the top of their "not going there list". This is a franchise where many players not only didn't want to come here but where its own best players were aggressive in getting out.
Until this obnoxiously stubborn owner decides to be receptive to common sense outside advice that is readily available to him, little will change. This billionaire with the big boat reminds me of the Washington Redskins/Commanders situation during the ownership of Dan Snyder. His interfering and ego driven style of management crippled that franchise for a generation. Once he left the scene with an enlightened owner taking over, the franchise quickly rebounded to NFL relevance again. That's what we have here under Pegula. We have an ownership problem. Until he changes the way he operates, the franchise will continue to fade into hockey oblivion.
OK @JohnC, you have to admit that (Adams + Lou) > (Adams + nothing). You cannot just discount Lou's record because he is 82, even his last stop at Long Island was far more successful than that of Kevyn Adams.
I am not sold on Lou necessarily, but I think they need more and better leadership experience in the FO.
And no way is Terry Pegula a crook like Dan Snyder. A bad hockey owner, yes, but not a Dan Snyder type.
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I don't think I have ever seen a team playing at home, with the series even at 2-2, and the game still close, just quit like the Toronto Maple Leaves did last night.
The players quit, the fans quit, the organ player quit, the people generating noise/music quit, I'll bet the beer sales guys quit too. As soon as they fell two goals behind they quit playing and the fans stopped cheering and that was that.
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3 minutes ago, shrader said:
No helmet and skates everywhere? Dude is incredibly lucky there.
I remember watching games when helmets were rare. They only wore them after serious injuries. Seems crazy in today’s world.
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89 on Toronto turtled unlike any I have ever seen.
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OMG. 6-0
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7 minutes ago, Indabuff said:
Dude still has that mustache, no? I'd love to rip that thing off his smug face.
Yes I have anger issues.
His mustache never improves with age. It’s not right.
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Toronto fans filing out quietly - “Leaves are falling all around, it’s time I was on my way, …”
2 minutes ago, K012010 said:Genuinely curious: do people still want Marner?
Yes, right?
No. He will be very expensive and his track record is to disappear in the playoffs.
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9 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:
Toronto absolutely throwing up all over themselves, you absolutely have to love it! And as far as any free Agent Toronto player, I wouldn’t touch them with a 10 foot pole.
The team, the fans, the production in the arena, they all quit. Unbelievable.
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Finally hearing an organ at Scotia. What is wrong with Toronto? Get the loud sound crap going to get some crowd energy.
The period ends in boos.
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ScotiaBank sounds like KeyBank Center on any February Wednesday night.
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Leaves are dying on home ice. Their faithful remorse.
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Eckblad has turned into a great pick in 2014 as 1OA. Florida added Reinhart and Bennett to their roster from the same draft.
These guys are 29, they will be around awhile.
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Barkov just stick checked Domi right in the face, under the visor. Nice.
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Spelunker? You guys talk about some stuff I never heard of or did.
Most of you guys played video games, the seniors here had Monopoly, Stratego, and Battleship. Then on to poker, the race track ....
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8 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
One thing can certainly be said about the Avs vs. the Sabres GM. Last season, the Avs started horribly because of a devastating rash of injuries and some of the worst goaltending possible. Once the injuries subsided, and the goaltending was still garbage, they salvaged their season before it got out of hand. Within a two-week stretch, the Avs had moved both Annunen .872 sv% and Georgiev .874 sv% out and brought in the Blackwood-Wedgewood tandem, who would have save percentages with the Avs of .913 and .917, respectively.
Adams has been dinking around with goaltenders for 5 years.
Wow. Avs GM is Chris McFarland. That is pretty good GM'ing in mid-season.
Tokarski and Dell must have retired.
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1 minute ago, Thorny said:
Take the right lessons from things, too.
For example, do you most commonly hear said, outside of sabres circles, that the sabres were justified in their medical stance on Eichel, just the medical side of things, or do you most often hear that the sabres screwed him over on the surgery front? Compare that with how you feel the sabres acted re: just their approach to the medical.
it doesn’t really matter what happened, does it. Far more relevant where the sabres are concerned is the league wide perception: if you do not believe the sabres have suffered narratively league wide through the Eichel fiasco, up to and including potential agent and player opinions, you might be without internet and reading this on an abacus
Lou is a respected man league wide. Very.
Infer what you want with that in combination with the lions share of my post above
I travel quite a bit and I attend Sabres road games when I can. No doubt that everything I have ever heard from the outside is that the Sabres mishandled and mistreated Eichel. They might not know all the dirty little secrets that people in Buffalo know, but Perception is Reality. And the reality concerning Eichel is that the Sabres were wrong, and are incompetent to let a player of that caliber, who was under contract, get away.
The message they sent to NHL players was that we don't care what you think about your well being, we know better.
On top of that Robin Lehner also did a lot of damage with his comments.
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1 minute ago, Weave said:
Never let perfect be the enemy of better.
Let’s strive to take a step, even if it is a short step. Enough steps and we are actually walking.
Continuous improvement is what Terry should be looking for. He is too patient with losing and with excuses from his hockey FO. Of course, he may be the biggest reason why they are failing and he just might understand that he is.
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On 5/10/2025 at 9:15 AM, PASabreFan said:
The beer's good, Punch, but where's the C? Dodo even got you new readers at Rexall*.
*Stoner didn't, but PA does his research.
I am always willing to teach you the gospel according to Punch.
Look at the outer rim of the hockey rink, the trim in green. The hockey stick (white) makes a break in the green outer rim. That makes the C.
Good to have PA back to his fact-checking. Stoner lacked this same energy and wit.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Trade Owen Power.
Power and 9 for Barzal and Dobson.
Idk if that's value but being bold
Power and #9 for Barzal and Dobson improves this team immediately. Barzal adds more depth to the center spline, and more playmaking, and it allows Tage to move to wing. It gives more options on how to use Norris and Kulich and McLeod. Ruff likes a lot of centers and centers that can play wing. All coaches like that.
Dobson is comparable to Power. Does Power have a higher ceiling? Who cares right now, we have Dahlin locked up and he is better than both of them.
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57 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Why are people reacting to this like we’re thinking of hiring Lou as GM?
Why do people think that Rick Dudley, a 76-year-old with 7 years experience as a GM, just one of those in the past 20 years would be a terrific senior advisor, and Lou Lamiorello, an 82-year-old with 37 years as a GM, including all of the past 20 years would be terrible in the same role?
Thank you. He is 82, he is not going to be the GM. Advisor means what? We don't even know yet.
I would accept Dudley taking an Advisor role for the Sabres, many others said they would too. Bill Zito in Florida uses him. So given that Lou is more accomplished and has more recent GM experience on top of that, why is Lou as an Advisor a problem?
Maybe Lou is an asshat that will be disruptive? Ok, then you let him go and try again like every other team does.
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32 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I like the idea of Lou as a senior advisor only slightly more than I like the idea of Kevyn Adams staying on as GM, which means I really hate it. But, this is who you get as senior advisors: Either a recent GM who wants to get back in, or a really old guy who is driven by nothing but hockey and who just wants to stay involved in some capacity. I guess my big concern with Lou is that he advises Adams to be more bold. I mean, maybe the one positive thing about Adams and his general state of reluctance to make big moves, is that it has actually prevented more bad than good. If Lou’s impact is for Adams to be more bold, is that a good thing? Maybe. But maybe the best we can hope for is to survive this season with minimal damage and then move on to a new regime.
In 6 years Adams lack of boldness has got us what? Nothing but misery.
I am tired of his excuses, his minimal moves in the off season, and no success.
Go out get the next Mogilny. Trade Turgeon for LaFontaine. Bring in Drury and Briere. The Sabres had not done nearly enough bold hockey moves in 55 years. Vegas has done more in 8 years. Who has a Cup?
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31 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
I bet Lou is the guy. It makes too much sense and he's unlikely to get a GM offer.
If Lou was so good adapting to the cap wouldn't his record reflect that?
Geesh, I have to defend a HOF GM?
I guess he could not win a Cup in Toronto or with the NYI so that cancels his prior success in New Jersey?
Toronto - he was 118-95-33 in the regular season and a 5-8 playoff record. The Maple Leafs achieved 100-point seasons and qualified for the playoffs in each of his final two seasons. Better record by far than anything Buffalo has seen since 2007-08.
NYI - he was 268-195-71 over seven seasons. He guided the Islanders to the playoffs five times, including a 103-point campaign in the 2018-19 season. Better record by far than anything Buffalo has seen since 2007-08.
Why didn't he win more Cups? Maybe he lacked the right players or coaches, or maybe other teams just were better and couldn't catch them, or he doesn't understand the cap and won't hire someone who does, or the scouts that helped him in NJ are all old and retired, or maybe the game passed him by as many like to say? I do not claim to be a big fan or a student of this man.
Here is the bar - In the entire history of the NHL only a two GMs have ever won Cups with more than one team. Tommy Gorman (back in the ancient 6 team league GM) and Jim Rutherford (Canes and Pens). Lou did not do it. Does that nullify his accomplishments? Does that mean he can't help a neophyte like Kevyn Adams?
The Sabres should interview him, see what he brings and if he fits, understand what they are getting, and then decide if he can help them. They should be doing this with at least a few other candidates as well.
I just want new action to try to make this team better. The improvements with this organization must be top down because the decision made at the top are failing massively.
Give Lou and interview and then decide. That is all I want.
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1 minute ago, SwampD said:
He also had the one of the top goalies ever during the no cap era. The last year they won, his team had a salary that was 20 MM more than the Sabres, which back then was about a third more. (Iirc, the Sabres total salary was around $35MM and the Devils was around $55MM.)
Every winning coach or GM has great players. Every winning coach or GM adapts to current league rules, salary cap constraints, etc.
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17 hours ago, Cranky old man said:
Adams remains unskilled with the public and media. He has done a poor job throughout his career, and has not improved. Whereas Beane arrived as a very complete and polished executive. If you compared the drafting skill they aren’t that far off from each other. But that is where any similarity ends. Beane understands team building and Adams does not. I get your point Pimlach, but isn’t Pegula’s personal involvement with the Sabres——the real problem. His distance from the day to day management of the Bills is a large contributor to their success. Actual football professionals seem to make all the big decisions.
I think Pegula’s personal involvement with the Sabres is a problem, and it was the EEE structure that stagnated the team, and the Bills did not have that nor would Beane be a party to it.
Adams has not improved the team and he shows no signs of being capable to build a winning culture.
Darn gun dammit...
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Yeah. Bring in Ekblad and McKinnon and Oettinger. That will help a lot.