That Aud Smell

As a Buffalo sports fan, I do well to remain ignorant of the political views of my favourite teams' players.

I'm encouraged because many posters here whose opinions I respect are encouraged. That said, I can't help but reflect on how this move tends to suggest that Adams was a teenager fumbling for his d1ck (stick tap @SDS) when he force fed Levi minutes as a rookie. What a debacle. A season laid to waste, right out of the gate. I first read this as "dispense" and was like damn.

I’ll admit to being stuck in a crisis of confidence regarding Adams. As for your metaphor of choice: Are we on the brink of Kevyn making sweet, sweet love to us? Or should we be concerned that he’s contracted debilitating venereal diseases? Both? But a teenage virgin can eventually f**k like a champ.

Not sure. Whatever it is, it’s not predicated on having 2 of the best 5 centres in the world. Man. It can be easy to forget how good his offensive 5v5 numbers are. Welp. (Here we go!)

I like the group we’ve got right now, says Adams. He’s managing expectations and hedging against the possibility that this is essentially his training camp roster. If he doesn’t swing a trade for a middle-6 centre, I will have lost faith before the season even starts. lol at this Zemgus take. He’s apparently good enough to be a 4th liner/13th forward on a real NHL team.

Playing with two of the world’s best centres, Skinner will probably feast. He was not a fit with what the Sabres are trying to build.

This struck me as such a sad thing. “The bad news is, your team hired a totally unqualified person to serve as GM. The good news is, he’s going to stick around for so long that eventually he'll have some idea of how to do the job.”

I’m not saying that’s the case. But when your favourite team’s GM — whose main credential before becoming the team’s GM was managing the owner’s hockey facility — is using familiar nicknames with a hometown signing and extolling the local junior hockey team … It just seems so small-minded. So parochial. A 13 year playoff drought will do that to a guy.

It has hints of one of Pegula’s worst tendencies: “I know that guy. Good guy. Let’s hire that guy.” Adams was gushing at his press conference about having lots of Junior Sabres on the ice today. I don’t give a sh1t about that, Kevyn.

So many regrettable episodes over the past 13+ years.

Wait - for real? Laughable. Edit: His dad’s name is Dennis as well. So, not Mike.

I heard Adams call him “Gibby” in his presser. Does Adams know the player from when he was a pee wee at Harborcenter? (And Adams was managing hockey camps there?) Any relation to … former (ahem) Sabres PR officer Mike Gilbert?

Felix the Cat!

It appears that the 4th line got re-made, for sure. (It actually appears that we may have 1.5+ 4th lines?)

The complaining about an overpay really makes no sense. We're agreed that the Sabres have to overpay for quality NHL UFAs. This is an overpay. But not a crazy one.

Presumably for Roch.

@Brawndo's link was more than sufficient.

It's the July 1 frenzy. No time for bickering semantics.

There's a Tweet embedded above.

Whodat

Middle 6 LW? Makes sense. LW depth is now: JJP, Benson, Zucker, Greenway, Malenstyn ...? Do I have that right? I don't always rightly recall which wingers play which side. Jay Rosehill is cited upthread.

Those are the Sabres LW1 and LW2. They'll need someone else to skate with their 3C.

Presumably he belongs to a Mrs. Powers?