Mr Peabody
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58 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
At least ik who the hc will be in 2 years
I laughed but then thought it could only happen if they turn this ship around. Otherwise a new GM would be picking his team.
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No doubt Lindy was the guy when Adams announced DG’s release but as mentioned above I’d think there had been contact with others. Always doubted you’d get another high profile guy who didn’t want some degree of roster control. Lindy likely was more in lock step with KA.
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52 minutes ago, ... said:
Of course, Power should not be here to be challenged (he is the trade centerpiece to upgrade the forward group). If he is, though, I, too, will be interested to see the result - it may be Power's only hope.
I’d see Byram and a prospect moved prior to Power.
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1 hour ago, Mango said:
Somehow George Costanza's clothes fit better here in 1989 than Kevyn Adams suit fits at a planned press conference to introduce a hire he made.
Everytime I see Adams in the teams Embedded videos he reminds me of a kid pretending to be an adult in his dads suite.
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Seemed obvious during KA’s presser that he had his coach picked. I don’t think it was a knee jerk hire - he’s had over a month to discuss potential candidates with the leadership team.
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9 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
And I'm not saying he's the next captain or anything. I just thought what he said was interesting.
I mean everyone's busting on the team because other players said they need to be pushed harder. Now Muel says, no, we need to do it for ourselves and when I post it I get panned for it.
Some days you just can't win.
I agree with you that it’s an interesting statement from Muel and tend to agree with Muel that the players should be capable of pushing themselves. The question it raises is why didn’t it happen?
Intentionally or not the exit interviews seem to toss Donnie under the bus and with Muel’s comments maybe Kyle and the A’s as well?
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1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:
How anybody would believe this garbage after years and years and years of speculation " sources"
I ain't believing s***
And really ? The dude looks like he's in high-school
I’d say we wait to round 3 before we draft him.
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Based purely upon exit interviews I’d pick Thompson. Seemed the most po’d and most likely to get in your face and step on your throat. With coaching could he develop that Crosby edge?
Might be seeing three guys wearing the A this year.
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Was the word “accountability” suggested to them prior to exit interviews? It got stale.
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I was a Syr Crunch season ticket holder when (Rolston?) got fired and I told my wife it looks like we’re losing Cooper to the Sabres. He’d won at every level he ever coached. I’m sure Yzerman convinced him to stay and mapped out his trajectory. That said, no stone should be left unturned.
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1 minute ago, Pimlach said:
True. But the messages and direction that Adams wants may not require a hard A$$.
Very true and hard A is probably too harsh. Regardless, they need to get their cheese moved.
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I think it’s crucial to bring in an HC that has no past relationship with the players. I’ve experienced the former in the working world and it’s tough to be a hard a$$ on people you’ve got positive relationships with.
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If DG leaves it very well could be a mutual agreement and he could stay in the organization. To me he seemed stressed / tired as the season wore on. Seems to love coaching and developing but may have hit a wall.
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I expect trade(s) but do not see KA or DG going anywhere. I do envision assistant(s) coach changes. If no significant improvement next year, they’ll all be on very hot seats.
My rationale for the above:
1. Sabres have gone through a host of GM’s and HC’s with nothing to show for it. Not a good look.
2. Last year was a big improvement in our core youth on O, and this year the D improved. Main issues this year was center spine and first period starts. Was Tage playing hurt? Can a couple veterans help the slow starts? Did DG and KA learn anything regarding slow starts? I expect KA and DG to come up with a plan to sell to TP.
3. When KA and DG were hired TP had to understand it would be OJT. Do you throw away what you paid for their learning curves?
4. At this point it’s anybody’s guess whether it’s roster construction, coaching, or most likely both. Too close to make a GM or HC call?
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Hockey fan here but I’m not a hockey historian. Has any team won in the free agent era (or last 20-25 years) by building via the draft? Doesn’t seem like a good game plan when you’re drafting teenagers. As we’ve seen, the top tier competitive talent will want out before the newbies are ready to contribute at the NHL level.
Also since sports are driven by a “win now” philosophy (as demonstrated by coaching turnover) it would appear to devalue your prospect pool as how many GM’s want to wait 3-4 years for a guy to develop?
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I voted bridge but they should make a substantial off season move first and then decide.
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Agree with the above - I mentioned in a previous post that Skinner goes as his center goes. In the list of issues this year I find Skinner no where near the top. Our main YOY downfall this year was scoring from our center spine, Closely followed by the predictable (and stagnant) pp.
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12 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Correct. Next year is his last year. Adam’s will likely try to extend him before the season, no? Why else would he trade Mitts for him?
What can he afford to pay him? If you tie up almost $30M in Dahlin, Power and Byram you’ve painted yourself into a nasty corner. IMO, one of the 3 would have to go.
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A picture says it all on that debacle
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7 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
Is it me or is Cozens/Benson/Quinn out on the ice as much as the other 3 lines combined?
It might be voluntary.
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8 hours ago, Pimlach said:
Boston does not have a McKinnon. Or a McDavid. Or a Burgeron ....
I wasn’t disagreeing with your post. I also wasn’t referring to MacKinnon’s talent. Rather I’ve read he is an on ice taskmaster who holds teammates accountable and maybe that impacted Byram there. I have witnessed a complete turnaround at the AHL level when Syracuse obtained a captain that held everyone to a high standard.
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49 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
This captures exactly why it's coaching and not the players.
We also don’t have a MacKinnon
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If I’m the owner I’m torn between team make-up and coaching. If I fire the coach and nothing improves it’s on the the GM, right? A new GM would demand to hire his own coach and now I’m paying for two unemployed coaches. I’d “meddle” and talk to Clifton, Byram , and EJ and compare and contrast what’s going on here versus the winning orgs they came from. Then I’d sit down with GM and coach - separately. One option is to move Donnie into an exec role of player development.
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Sabres Prospect Updates 23-24
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The only reason I can think of for the Middlestat trade was he and KA decided they weren’t going to resign him and KA made the best deal he could. That said, I’d offer Byram as a trade chip if he’d bring our best return. Would rather have a lesser offensive D man with size and tenacity or the same attributes in a forward.