Pimlach

https://www.at9foundation.org/ Here is one.

OK, he failed. Failed miserably? Does it make you feel better if he failed miserably? Listening to Adams yesterday, the failure to make the playoffs this season was clearly a joint effort by the GM, the Coach, the coaching staff, and the players. Which is exactly what we saw from the off season, to camp, to the very last game. A poorly constructed roster, a flawed hockey system, arrogant players, bad coaching, and a lack of leadership and accountability throughout. The HC takes the blame because you simply cannot fire everyone. He was maxed out with what he could do here. Prior seasons I do not think he had the guns to get there, especially in goal. So yes, he failed. Failed miserably is a team honor.

I cannot say that any coaches publicly get into dirty details on the teams they coached. Doing so is a great way to never get hired again.

I don't recall any spend to cap question either but KA did say that resources are not a problem and TP provides what is needed. The cost of pro acquisitions often seems too high for Kevyn. A running list of his comments over the years: Other GMs want his prospects for nothing; a trade with Buffalo took more asset than trades with others (Chychrun going to Ottawa); the trade offers are lopsided; the player(s) targeted did not want to come here; and now the cost of forward help last summer was too high. Is he a bad negotiator? Cheap? Shrewd? Unrealistic? A good negotiator? Not a negotiator at all?

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.

There are a few comments like that in the thread. Probably just conjecture.

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.

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.

Indeed. Not a top 6. He might be a fine bottom 6 someday, but he is not today. Trade able asset.

Is this Marty Biron?

True. He was my top choice in dreamworld.

The point is waiting to talk to Brind’Amour is not a thing. Adam’s seemed to have an urgent need to move fast.

Brind’Amour is the key person I’m referring to. He will not be available to interview until his team is eliminated.

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.

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.

True. He is pretty smart, he should be looking for an experienced NHL coach that he is willing to learn from.

The only sign I get is that both the coach and the GM were over their heads.

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. .

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.

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.

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.

This kind of goes against want Dg said - the infamous "adding defense this year" comment.

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.

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.