Here we go again…..Kevyn

[mjd1001]

Just now, PalmTreeMafia said:

 

Pretty good? Buffalo is probably the best U.S. hockey market outside Minneapolis, Detroit, and Boston. I'd love to see the mood and attendance figures of any other non-Canadian franchise after 14+ years of no playoffs.

Well that's the thing... There has been 14 plus years of no playoffs. 

That can turn a really good hockey market into a bad one. 

My assessment where I said pretty good... It's kind of the average of what it used to be, averaged out with what it is now. 

Here's why I think it's not that good anymore. When I was in high school, 80% of the guys in school knew about the sabres, talked about the sabres, followed the team.

Now, I have a handful of nieces and nephews, some of them that used to... That don't even care anymore. They don't know anything about the team. 

There will always be hardcore hockey fans here, but the market has deteriorated.

[French Collection]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

There is nothing Terry can say that will make things better. He's such a poor public speaker he'll only make things worse.

That is another area where a POHO can step in and be the face and voice of the organization.

[PalmTreeMafia]

2 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Well that's the thing... There has been 14 plus years of no playoffs. 

That can turn a really good hockey market into a bad one. 

My assessment where I said pretty good... It's kind of the average of what it used to be, averaged out with what it is now. 

Here's why I think it's not that good anymore. When I was in high school, 80% of the guys in school knew about the sabres, talked about the sabres, followed the team.

Now, I have a handful of nieces and nephews, some of them that used to... That don't even care anymore. They don't know anything about the team. 

There will always be hardcore hockey fans here, but the market has deteriorated.

I get what you're saying, but watch this town blow up if this trash owner hired Shanahan as POHO, DeBoer as HC, promoted Kekalainen to GM, and then made the playoffs. It's a dormant fanbase ready to explode as soon as Terry gets out of the way.

[LGR4GM]

Unless it goes further south, I don't see a in season change. Not publicly. I could see Kekäläinen making the moves at the deadline with Adams as the figurehead but I don't think we get an in season firing. 

[DarthEbriate]

35 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Unless it goes further south, I don't see a in season change. Not publicly. I could see Kekäläinen making the moves at the deadline with Adams as the figurehead but I don't think we get an in season firing. 

It has to go much further south for Pegula to give up on his buddy.

Think Tuch/TNT requesting trades and the reason given that they have no faith in Adams specifically. And no veteran player is going to do that because they'll appear as a malcontent. Their potential suitor GM doesn't want to see that.