PASabreFan

So cahfee vs. Long Island cawfee, is that what you're getting at?

I do not recall Rick, Ted or anyone in the Buffalo media pronouncing it other than Memorial Ahditorium.

That's a straw man. KA is the gangrenous toe. Terry is the uncontrolled diabetus.

That's a good start. Then, if we don't get a new owner in name, we need a new owner in practice. He has to be smart enough to realize it. Please, dear Hockey Gods.

That's a little kooky, tbh. The Eichel tidbit is another piece of the puzzle, I guess. Will you be rooting for the Sabres to get swept in the first round? What metric don't I value? It's all about playoffs for me. It's not for Terry. It never has been. It's about building something that will be dynastic. That's why we're (still) suffering. Darcy mouthpieced it early on... It's not about making the playoffs... It's not about JUST making the playoffs." It was the original sin before the original sin.

Then that would represent fundamental change, to a point. Would he still be operating under EEE? Brawndo points out how the Sabres haven't taken on salary in a trade in years. Why are ineffective assistants still lurking behind the bench?

If Adams is completely excised, what changes? Nothing, without a fundamental change in the owner. Here's the canary in the coal mine for me: not to go all TaroT, but who are the assistants going to be in this post-Doody nirvana?

OK, but no one posts to this thread. You come off as old... everybody's workin' for the weekend went away in the 80s.

Sorry. RUOTSALAINEN.

There's logic and then there's logic. Logic should have dictated KA not returning as GM. His return suggested he was getting one more kick at the can. Now logic would suggest he is still kicking, barely. But the team, with a couple more wins, would be approaching the outskirts of a playoff points pace, and since ending the losing streak, the points pace has been where it needs to be. It would be a weird time to pull the trigger. Be careful what you wish for. Pulling it now suggests a rearranging of the deck chairs. Removing KA as GM is going to feel good for about 36 hours. LGR is right that a lot more has to change.

No one reported that Adams had been fired or would be fired on the trip, just that he was going to be fired. If he is, those parties were not only right, but among the first to be right. It would be good reporting.

No one cares.

This feels like the succession plan is close to being announced, and things have started leaking. It's not tied to on ice performance this season, per se. But a few more wins might hurry along the presser. They can say, look, the team is coming around, and the restructuring is meant to get us over the top. Ruff to senior advisor, Adams to POHO, Rutsoleinen to GM and Appert to HC.

It might. If Terry decided to pull the trigger after the third road loss but assumed they would continue to lose, who knows? A third straight win gets them to an 82 point pace returning home, not egregiously out of it. KA still would deserve to be fired, but I wouldn't blame Terry for letting things play out. If a change is made while the team is winning, it would point to a shuffling of the deck IMHO.