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We're also hanging him out to dry. It's barely sustainable for great goaltenders.

You don't need to wonder. That's what happened. Jerry Forton is the brother in law of his business manager on the natural gas side. That's 100% the case and Forton is 100% a nepo hire. They've known each other decades before Terry bought the team.

2 things. 1. I did specify hockey ops 2. Even outside of hockey ops, reconstituting somebody like Adams, who failed so hard at his job is a decision that solidifies the idea that they haven't taken a complete honest inventory of the situation. At that point Adams might as well be blood related and actually be a nepo baby. Because Adams has next to no value add to the org in any capacity outside of likability to Terrance Pegula. And having guys around that Terrance likes vs who is doing a good job is exactly how we got here in the first place. Adams history with Pegula as a lowly video guy who got to chirp in the owners ear makes it impossible to keep him around. There's no world where keeping Adams in the building is a good idea. ZERO.

I totally agree with you. I am not saying it is a good decision. Or even a sensical one. I just think that if Terry is going to keep Adams in hockey ops rather than cut him loose then they are ultimately keeping the same vision and plan, just shuffling chairs. So if Adams goes to POHO, then the likely decision for Pegula is Forton and Appert. My totally uneducated opinion is that in order for somebody like Jarmo to be hired as GM, and Appert not become HC, then Adams needs to be out of the building. Adams being in the building means business as usual. To be clear. I hate that outcome.

I didn't say Forton was a good choice, just that I thought it would be likely if they stick with Adams in hockey ops. Forton is a worse choice than just about any other candidate that has been considered for any other NHL GM position for any other orginzation in the last ....well ever.

I think this org either wants somebody like Jarmo in charge or they want somebody like Adams in charge. They will either stick with the plan with Adams in the Hockey Ops C-Suite or they won't. I don't think there is a grey area where they hire a real life NHL professional to roll up to Kevyn Adams.

If Adams is moved to POHO I don't think it's Jarmo, I think it's Forton as GM

Curious of the perspective of both Sabres and Bills fans right now. It should be Kevyn Adams and it should have been done at least 365 days ago. My money is on Terry running it back with all 3. (I spared Lindy on this list, because his contract is up anyways. He isn't coaching anybody in 26-27. He would just be a scapegoat)

TBD starting to turn on Pegula. If Ter-Bear can't get the Bills across the finish line, his time in Buffalo will get very very ugly.

Of all the hockey advisors on the planet, do I think Lindy is the best person for the job? No Out of all the hockey advisors on the planet that I think Terry will actually hire and maybe convince Terry to run a proper NHL franchise, don't think Lindy Ruff is the best person for the job? Yes

In a well run franchise? Sure, move on from Ruff. In a Pegula lead franchise? Somebody needs to have have Terry's trust. Pegula isn't throwing the keys to the car to a stranger. My $0.02 is that if you don't put somebody Terry trusts between him and the GM you're going to get a Forton/Appert pairing. Ruff moving to Pegulas side is this teams best chance of turning this around (without selling the team). Edit: Also, bring in Deboers.

If these guys aren't going to listen to the HC and they aren't going to give any effort, Lindy should just leave the bench and go to the parking lot and drive home for the day. Fork these kids. If they're so smart let them figure it out themselves.

It is two games in and he already sounds super exhausted. I just don't get this group. It has to stem from maybe the worst onboarding process in the NHL. And that isn't a knock on Lindy or Donnie. That is on Adams. He just handed the kids the keys to the car.

And Benson looks dirty on his cleanest days. Good to know that's not just a vibe, he is literally always unclean. Lol.

For all th back and forth about Terry v Adams and meddling v absent, it's clear Terry groomed Adams for this role. They are in absolute lock step. Theres no side to pick. It's a circle. The team is built in Terry's vision and Adams absolutely shares Terry's vision. There is some nuance to it. Terry meddles with GMs who don't share his vision and is "absent" with GM's who do. I don't think Kevyn is a "Yes Man". A yes man implies they just do whatever the boss says. Kevyn 100% believes he's doing a good job, 100% believes he doesn't need more cash, 100% believes all the people are in the building. So does Terry. I suspect that any changes will result in Appert as HC and Forton as GM. @Thorny and @mjd1001 are arguing different sides of the same coin. There needs to be change at GM. It's our only chance. But the odds of Terry making a good hire and staying out of the way are remarkably low.

My uneducated guess is that Norris has a stress fracture in his ribs. That's basically a "shut it down for a month" injury before starting rehab and that is another month or so. Stress fractures are overuse injuries. If he's been often injured, having his first productive offseason in some time could easily trigger it. It's pretty common in elite athletes with a lot of repetive motion like rowing, swimming, etc.

Positive: This looks like a professional hockey team and that's an improvement. Negative: There aren't enough good players.

Oh, for some reason I thought it came from some of the young players at the time because they all lived right near eachother.

That's a implies that the Pegula era before Eichel the franchise was firmly on the tracks. That's certainly a take.

I'm not saying Tuch is the best player on the roster. I'm saying he's the linchpin to keeping any of the good we have in Buffalo. Per some of the podcasts over the off-season it seems like Tage is already close to asking out. I think losing Tuch would put him over that hump in fairly short order. Have there been any rumors about Benson?

If Tuch walks or is traded at the deadline and I'm fairly confident that Thompson requests a trade with Dahlin following suit within a season, maybe 2 tops. Tuch walks and we are right back to square one.

I don't really like any of these songs for a goal song. How underwhelming. Seems like the franchise is searching for some identity, chasing a "Mr. Brightside", but I think they have to let it come to them. Fix the on ice product, produce a good team, and the right vibes will come. In the interim just stick with some of the classics like Song 2- Blur, or Machinehead- Bush. I do feel like hockey has always lent itself to rock and roll, heavy/punk. But I wouldn't mind if they leaned more hip hop. Bring Em' Out - TI Still Fly - Big Timers Hate Me Now -Diddy (problematic at the moment) Husltin- Rick Ross Hard in the Paint - Waka Flaka Flame (if we are gonna pick a song to change the culture maybe this is it) The kiddos can jump in with more ideas. But the current mumble rap sucks and I am over whatever this country rap thing is.

Dominik Hasek being arguably the best hockey player on the planet during that time certainly helps.

I can't believe he is here. I mean this with absolutely zero judgement on Rasmus. But if this was my wife and I had "never work again money" you would be hard pressed to get me back to "the office". It certainly takes a lot of strength and resolve to show up to work thousands of miles away from your recovering wife.

If I were Tuch I wouldn't sign here at all. He is an A+ player who would be a valuable addition to every roster in the NHL. With likely my last ever NHL contract I would be chasing a cup not ending a historically bad playoff draught.