Rumor: Tim Graham “Sources He has are strongly hinting this is the end for Kevyn Adams”

[Mr Peabody]

They’ll make up a title / position like they do in most large corporations and say he is “uniquely qualified” for said position.  Behind the scenes there’s usually a deadline to find a landing spot outside the company.  

Let’s be realistic,  TP would love to find someone who could turn this around and I’m sure he knows as well as the rest of us KA isn’t that guy.   The hole is too deep. 

[Captain Caveman]

44 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

It's been like that a lot this season.  I think for a lot of games it's been Lindy as "executive" coach and Appert as "operations" coach.

To me Hamilton was noting a change in how they've been running things during this trip and hinting that maybe Appert will be taking over soon.  My guess is Ruff moving to POHO or senior advisor and Adams out, with Appert taking over as coach and given the rest of this season to audition for the role.

[French Collection]

4 hours ago, Mr. MVP said:

Kevyn did recently sell his Clarence house and moved.  Don’t think that has anything to do with anything, but it’s semi surprising.  

POHO in Jacksonville?

[kas23]

1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

If you'd hire them if they weren't former Sabres, fine.

But, nostalgia. 

5 minutes ago, French Collection said:

POHO in Jacksonville?

There’s palm trees down there. He’ll have no problem. 

[PerreaultForever]

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

[ska-T Palmtown]

5 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

Normally, I would have been the first to grab my pitch fork and yell at you that I don't want borderline abusive dinosaur coaching the team ... but honestly ... sure, why not.

[Scottysabres]

2 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

I can simplify this down to 2 moves.

1. Fire Kevyn

2. A Franks hot sauce enema for the entire roster and coaching staff after every game they lose.

[kas23]

2 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

I can simplify this down to 2 moves.

1. Fire Kevyn

2. A Franks hot sauce enema for the entire roster and coaching staff after every game they lose.

If you fire Kevyn, who is going to administer these enemas?

[French Collection]

2 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

2. A Franks hot sauce enema for the entire roster and coaching staff after every game they lose.

Is that Torts’ system?

[Spoonman]

On 12/12/2025 at 11:28 AM, Pimlach said:

Have you watched the Podcast with Rhett Warrener?  

They think Rob Ray would make a great POHO a person who can set culture, hire good GM, hire good coaches.  

For those who haven’t seen it:

 

[COSabreFan]

1 hour ago, Carmel Corn said:

I still have little hope of any substantive change coming.  Even “if” Adams is promoted to POHO, it doesn’t help much because he will still have too much influence on hockey roster decisions, which means more of the same crap.  Jarmo as a GM will be powerless because he will still have limited ability to make coaching and player decisions.  If Appert ends up the next HC in this scenario, then you know Jarmo has no autonomy to make his own decisions.  Pegula has broken me and my belief that this team will ever a contender.

This 1000%. If Adams is still anything but a figure head, work from home type job then none of this matters.  If GM and coaches can’t pick their own guys then it is also pointless.

[Spoonman]

2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

If you'd hire them if they weren't former Sabres, fine.

Jay McKee (I hear glowing reviews on player development & team success)…

 

After retiring from playing in 2010, McKee moved into coaching:

Assistant Coach, Rochester Americans (AHL) – 2011-12.

Assistant coach in the OHL with the Erie Otters (2014-15).

Associate and then Head Coach of the Kitchener Rangers (OHL), leading them for several seasons.

In 2021 he was named head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs in the OHL (the team later moved/renamed to the Brantford Bulldogs).

As head coach of the Bulldogs, he won the 2022 OHL Championship and has compiled strong records; he recently achieved his 300th OHL coaching win and is one of the fastest coaches in league history to do so.

McKee signed a contract extension through the 2027-28 season with the Bulldogs, highlighting his success and value in the league. WOULD have to buy him out likely, IF he wants the job. 

Named assistant coach for Team CHL at the 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge, representing the OHL alongside coaches from other leagues.

In summary, Jay McKee is a respected hockey coach developing talent in major junior hockey and has built a strong coaching resume after a distinguished NHL playing career.

[nfreeman]

37 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

I'd sign up for this.

[irregularly irregular]

42 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

I doubt there is much of a chance that this could happen as you've outlined it. It's not the way Terry operates. That doesn't mean that it doesn't have a certain appeal to those of us who feel a complete culture change is necessary. Torts would change the atmosphere in the locker room before the end of the 2025 and certainly elevate the bar as far as what is an acceptable level of effort on the ice.  This is the set it on fire and whatever/whomever doesn't melt is the new "core" moving forward. Would be interesting to see.

Edited 1 hour ago by irregularly irregular
more bad sentence structure

[spndnchz]

Plenty of GM ‘s and coaches have been fired with yrs left on their contracts. 

[Brawndo]

1 minute ago, spndnchz said:

Plenty of GM ‘s and coaches have been fired with yrs left on their contracts. 

The extra year may have prevented Adams from making a desperation move that would have set the franchise back even further 

[JohnC]

44 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

So Adams apparently is signed for another year and nobody knew. So Sabres. 

Now I give the opinion that nobody will like. Bring on the thumbs down and vomit emojis.

Fire Adams outright - gone. No explanation necessary. 

Fire Ruff. Historical figure but let's face it, he's done a s##t job in his return. We've fired ex-Sabres before and some of them were good coaches (eg. Craig Ramsey)

Fire all the assistants. They're all garbage and Ruff let them do too much and thus we are same. 

Name Jarmo GM.

Now for the vomit part.

Jarmo hires Tortorella as coach. 

Torts gives us hours of endless soundbites and entertainment while identifying all the slackers and we clear the rot out. Slash and burn and rebuild the culture.

2 years from now we fire Torts and the new guy moves things forward and into the playoffs with an identity and actual hockey culture in full force. 

Think of it like this. Team has cancer. Bandages aren't enough. Minor surgery won't solve it. they need full chemo. Then we see if they have the will to survive.

A hiring of Torts is an act of insanity. I have sternly warned you that you need to stop eating those hallucinogenic mushrooms. If you continue to partake you will end up with terminal brain rot. This smug and insufferable faux pas tyrant's career has run its course. The expiration date on this fellow is way past long gone.  

[PerreaultForever]

50 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

I can simplify this down to 2 moves.

1. Fire Kevyn

2. A Franks hot sauce enema for the entire roster and coaching staff after every game they lose.

So you agree, hire Torts 🙂

 

[PerreaultForever]

20 minutes ago, irregularly irregular said:

I doubt there is much of a chance that this could happen as you've outlined it. It's not the way Terry operates. That doesn't mean that it doesn't have a certain appeal to those of us who feel a complete culture change is necessary. Torts would change the atmosphere in the locker room before the end of the 2025 and certainly elevate the bar as far as what is an acceptable level of effort on the ice.  This is the set it on fire and whatever/whomever doesn't melt is the new "core" moving forward. Would be interesting to see.

I agree it's unlikely but I see one scenario where it's possible. Terry has had enough and basically given up. He brought in Jarmo to observe him, see if he can trust him, but will finally just give up and hand him the keys. Then Jarmo will decide it needs a tear down ("subtraction phase" as Torts put it in Philly) and a culture rebuild from the ground up. The timing would be perfect with Torts available and having previously worked together. 

[PerreaultForever]

15 minutes ago, JohnC said:

A hiring of Torts is an act of insanity. I have sternly warned you that you need to stop eating those hallucinogenic mushrooms. If you continue to partake you will end up with terminal brain rot. This smug and insufferable faux pas tyrant's career has run its course. The expiration date on this fellow is way past long gone.  

An act of "insanity" is what this franchise needs. Earthquake shattering everything. A complete overhaul of every aspect of the team and culture. Get the paddles out and shock this thing back to life. 

If not, just sit back, watch the hope fade every year. Watch the life go out of their eyes. Keep losing vets who lose their love for hockey. Talk about the next high first round pick every year. rinse and repeat. 

[Indabuff]

1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:

2. A Franks hot sauce enema 

Does this leave a chicken wing taste in the mouth?  

You might be onto something here...

[Scottysabres]

Just now, Indabuff said:

Does this leave a chicken wing taste in the mouth?  

You might be onto something here...

Let me ask the wife…..

[Spoonman]

Rumor central: 

- Pegula plane visited Columbus (?)

- other reports say JK in Finland for personal reasons 

- Pegula plane landed in BUF

[Rasmus_]

Cut the life support.  At this point, every time this goof talks, he should be booed.

[Spoonman]

3 minutes ago, Rasmus_ said:

Cut the life support.  At this point, every time this goof talks, he should be booed.