RochesterExpat

The failure to promote Peca internally is one of the biggest “little” failures of this organization recently. For what it’s worth, Gallant was my choice for coach when DG was hired as the full-time HC. He is still my choice today. I’m not against Lindy and I don’t see Rod “the Bod” Brind-mi-amor as available. Gallant and Peca behind the bench would be my dream scenario. Gallant gets his run and then the reigns get passed to Peca eventually once Gallant leaves.

Quoting myself to post (what I hope) is an answer.

I really hope Mike Bales is not going anywhere. I realize he's not mentioned, but he came here in 2019-2020 so this would be his fifth season. Considering the normal contract length is 3 years to bring someone in--and it seems that Pegula likes two year extensions--his contract could be up after this season. Of all the assistant coaches, he's been the one I have the least complaints with. That's in spite of the fact I've got a lot of complaints about how goaltending has been handled since he's been here.

Are they both on expiring contracts? It's not public, but if you look at dates joined, it's entirely plausible.

Alternatively, Adams finally got Pegula's approval. I really want to know the actual dynamic between the two.

Did they fire the wrong Matt? Also, happy to have been wrong about this one.

I didn’t go this year and I’m quite happy with the decision considering ticket prices. The crazy bit for me is my parents didn’t even go after moving here this year—making this the first season they haven’t attended a single game since before Ryan Miller was drafted (excluding the COVID season). I know my mom dropped her season ticket package after 2020-21 and she has been pretty vocal about not liking the team, but it still blew my mind when my mom said they weren’t going because it wasn’t worth it.

Consistency is the key to success.

Everyone here complaining about Pegula and he’s not even the worst owner of a sports franchise I’m a fan of. Sabres fans, behold your future: https://triblive.com/sports/mark-madden-pirates-could-try-to-be-a-real-baseball-team-but-they-dont-have-to/ “Well, the Pirates have been hard to watch for a long time. They haven’t won a playoff series since 1979 and have had four winning seasons since 1992. They dismantled a 98-win team following the 2015 season in the name of financial gain. (That’s the definition of a despicable betrayal.) But the Pirates never disappoint because they always disappoint. Some fans actually defend owner Bob Nutting’s thrift. Nutting’s greatest trick is making customers care about his money like it’s their money even as he takes their money and makes it his money. It’s an amazing phenomenon.”

To your point: Robinson replaced Jost as the 13th forward and I’m fine with that.

Because so few fans care about the franchise anymore. A decade of incompetence will do that.

This is an NHL network game that’s not on TNT or anything, right?

I just put this game on. Guess I’ll go back to chores.

There’s this Sam Reinhart fella I’ve been hearing a lot about who will be a UFA this off-season…

Survivable? Yes. Easily? Not at 2am when the response time is affected, it’s dark out, and your actual location is unknown.