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Oh you arent wrong... I think its the entire body of work.. I am simply focusing on the draft as we have heard for years how deep our prospect pool is... yet who has made the difference in improving the team out of these prospects... LOL the only thing worse than Pegula running the team I can think of is Bettman interfering... but then I am getting close to a flip flop on that LOL

I almost wonder if we simply just used the mock drafts if we wouldnt be better off.

So basically... We like our team, we need to be better, I am not changing anything we will continue to do what we have always done and shame on you morons for even suggesting that we should change... I know better than you... followed by some trivial nerd numbers that have nothing to do with the only number that matters wins or losses... and pretty much KMA... I didnt think it was possible I could believe that he was more clueless than I thought he was... but everytime I think the depth of his incompetence couldnt sink lower he speaks he surprises me. OMFG he needs to go... he is the Mike McDaniel of hockey minus the smarts.

I think your overall point was legit... too many draft misses ... too many of the same player... too little balance to compete in a game that requires more than skill and is very much a will , mental and physical toughness required game.

At this point Kevyn Adams has nothing to say that I am interested in other than I am resigning.

Yes.... started with.... " I understand the frustration.. no one is more frustrated then myself and the team... but we are on the right path and I believe in this group, our performance has been unacceptable, and was Sabres we hold oursleves to a much higher standard... we will get this right...." then into what you said... then him and the media will sing Kumbaya and we will go lose to an expansion team....

Everything you say here is true... although I am not sure I am in line with the draft... I think you need to find stars outside of the Top 1 or 2 picks in the draft... looking back thru our history we have not and other teams do. I think in the end... the entire regime needs to be changed and a competent GM that understands how build a real hockey team is put in... The Sabres have been chasing their tails and following late on the "Chic" NHL trends just as they are morphing to something else... Building a team with an effective balance of Skill, Goaltending, size, grit, and yes some nasty is always what works... you can augment that to trends as you go... but if you dont have that balance... include size and grit and nasty on your top lines then you are relagated to the ice capades to score... and 4th liners who go hit the other teams 4th liners.. Further, the defense needs way more nasty and that is in the top 4... (I am not talking about getting goons...) watching the game yesterday (where we didnt play poorly at all mostly) in the Dzone down low the Jets puck control was excellent, no one was afraid to get in the corner... and no one got hit... when you combine that with the fact that we cant win a faceoff and have to chase constantly, that is a bad combo.... Bottom line, the current regime can't or wont redo the culture... they are stuck with it... they built it... and it will require losing a significant portion of the top 6 core that just cant get it done... as well as the top 4 D core that is way too soft... nor would I want them spearheading that change based on their insurmountable incompetence. Then... there is Pegula... and thats where I slip into utter despair.

I agree especially with the point that the team isnt built to win... the culture is toxic... I will say this and no slam at you... its sad that our focus is playoffs... I get it.. but geez... aspiring to mediocrity is so sad... there needs to be an entire overhaul.... that may mean a lot of the core goes...

This I would agree with, Certainly when healthy Tage can be afforded star status.. but the point that the poster is making that is reasonating with me is... our drafting has been horrific... literally if you go back 15 years and look we have literally drafted less than a handful of players that I would consider game changers. And those that we did draft, Say Eichel, Reinhardt, Dahlin... have been either the 1 or 2 picks... and of course we have traded 2 of them away... for all of the hype over our prospects... where are they... I keep waiting for the next one to step in and infuse the team.... but it just isnt happening... maybe it will but i am not seeing it.... Benson is as close as you get, but he is not changing games... he may... but not today... the players and the types of players we are drafting to build our team are just not good enough... the competence in this area is hideous.

LOL this is devolving quickly... we are clearly all in a bad way 😆 but I am enjoying the laughs... gotta have humor!

Only if we get screwed in the lottery and get pushed back this team is gonna be in the mix for the number 1 over all... wait till it gets tough in Feb and March

I agree you can completely see the Sabres have Sabred those two they have regressed and become apathetic... no worries they will become stars when we trade them away and get with a functional organization... I think Benson is the next one we ruin i am sure we will beat the fight right out of him soon

One of my all time faves

100%! ok little nothing side story that i just have to tell... So, when I was a kid always went to Pizza Hut for our birthdays... and In walks Mike Foligno with Nick as a toddler and Marcus in a car seat... and my grandmother loved Mike because when the sabres said Merry Christmas on the broadcasts he said Bueno Natalie which is obviously Italian for Merry Christmas ... so we are like let this man eat his Pizza with his kids leave him alone and my Grandmother goes over to him and grabs Marcus out of the car seat and starts in with the what a cute bambino and he is laughing and smiling and Foligno was talking to us... Fast forward 20 years Marcus' first game I am there and he scores... and I am like holy crap thats the baby I held in the Pizza hut LOL... Oh and then he did the Foligno jump for his Dad.

Totally agree... I was going to go into some others like Torrey Mitchell and dare i say Evander Kane (complete mess that he was)... Des Lauriers as you mentioned... heck back to Zadorov and Brenden Lemieux we could go on... but anyone who wanted to have some grit and toughness was not valued and traded away for nothing or ice capade backups. Like you said, skill is critical... but someone needs to break the snow path... you have to trust you arent gonna get run every momement, and other teams need to know its gonna be hard to play against you... not necessarily fighting.. just physical I want it more than you and I will physically impose my will to get what i want players... Adams and prior regimes just dont get that.. and geez if I here make the playoffs one more time I am gonna scream... it seems like it is the only goal of this entire pathetic regime to aspire to mediocraty... what happened to Stanley Cup.. if by some chance this cumulation of Golfers that can skate make the playoffs they are going to be eradicated and never want to play Playoff Hockey again...

Quite honestly, trading away Foligno epitomizes everything wrong with this team... not that he was a savior, but he was a hockey player that was willing to do the nasty stuff in the corner, use his body and make it tough to play against... you are spot on here.

I was just teasing... different play on words...

Interesting... wonder if this means Dahlin is out for a while...

They would have traded him or not resigned him, pi$$ed him off or whatever it is they do with players of value... like Eichel, Reinhardt, OReilly, Montour etc... Sorry, I just dont believe this management understands how to build a winner... Like I have posted before other teams GM office conversation: GM: Bob... we need to get a top 3-6 guy thats a difference maker cheap, this week if possible AGM: Ok Boss, should I run to the store and grab one??? LOL GM: No you idiot get Adams on the phone! AGM: Well $hit why didnt I think of that! GM: Just call...

Mine too no idea if it is really him... but if it is that literally is the most acknowledgement that we have gotten from this team that they know they are an embarrassment but I am not holding out hope.

Lol I have been on a rant bender today lol 😆 and I do agree with you 100% he isn't the future he is a top 9 filler

And that's why they pay you the big bucks lol 😆

or ankles LOL 😆

I like that you mentioned Idemo... although I havent seen him.. I actually like what he brought... I think he was rose colored and not realistic... but I loved he had hope.. cause some how him having hope made me hope that I was wrong.... I loved the naive enthusiasm... unlike my jaded self all mad and crotchety... but hey, My first hockey game was the Schoenfeld thru the boards with Cashman game... so many decades of futility for me....

Fair assessment.. one caveat... the last person on want executing on this is Adams...