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Listening to these guys talk about Norris makes me want to slap someone. Just so many old man hockey vibes going, "true center" "plays on the PP and PK" wowowowow I could have written that analysis while drunk. Sounds like AI vomit honestly. Lindy is the only one that doesn't sound like a moron. Terry should never offer his opinion again, holy crap. I like zucker too but Terry's comments just show how this board is more informed and has a better understanding than he does. I love how they have decided that "culture" is the problem because 1. that's true, but 2. they are going to use that cliche from here until next year to explain why they don't change the coaches and why Adams is back and why things will be different. Just complete failures one and all. The Embedded video was enraging. Adams has the charisma of a lumpy turtle. Listening to Adams negotiate trades makes me want to puke. Just so self defeating and a terrible negotiator.

Kevyn Adams should be fired. He's incompetent at best and has a loser mentality at worst.

So... Appert's part of the problem.

He's a guy with tiny ideas for big problems

I'll predict his defensive game continues to be a major issue.

Eklund and probably Bear will go later than they should. Always hard to tell in a draft like this.

It's getting worse

I'll be curious to see were Cozens is in November, when that new team surge is long gone.

The reason Benson was available was because he was small.

Henry Brzustewicz, 6'1" RHD would be my target for their 2nd round pick. He plays on a London team that has: Sam Dickinson (11th), Cam Allen (136th), and Oliver Bonk (22nd) so he has been surrounded by good defense partners and still managed to come in 2nd in pts for them. Also, I have a bit of faith in London developing defenders so I think once Dickinson leaves for SJ that Brzustewicz might see a big jump.

Frondell plays with Eklund and my understanding is that Eklund drives that line.

I think you are confused. I don't think fan apathy will force Pegula to do anything.

oh, I don't think there is hope. I just think a legit fan revolt has begun where plunging attendance and general apathy are the order of the day. Terry could swing that all with a new gm and some new coaches, but I don't hope for that. As you say, he will do what he wants for as long as he wants. There is no hope.

but we didn't simply remove cozens, we brought in his replacement. Gripes about his health aside.

It is a lot easier to do these days. There's lots of shift by shift videos, highlights, scouting reports, and rankings that get put out. Plus we have access to decent data, although Pick224 going away sucks. I really loved being able to look at primary points per game and primary points per 60. Also had some xgf stuff there before the end. Sigh. In the end NHL teams have access to rinknet (I think that's it) where they can queue up a players shifts in a game for all their games. They even get statistical analysis stuff from it. I think in some cases, NHL teams have too much info and too many cooks trying to piece it all together in the end.

He's also not paid to know that.

Depends on if 3 is Hagens or Martone. But yes. There's also a difference between 4 and 5 if we think that Schaefer, Misa, Hagens, and Martone are a true top 4 with a tier after pick 4. That said... we hit 5 and those 4 are gone, it is a bit of a "pick your poison" sort of thing where there's probably 6 guys you can convince me should go next. Personally I like Carter Bear a lot but no one ranks him that high.

Unless the Democrats stop being the party of the Status Quo, these gains will be lost within an election cycle.

I think Byram and Samuelsson should be moved in the offseason. One should go for a RHD and the other can get us forward depth.

Feel like I am the only one not concerned with drafting 4,5,6. It is almost the same in this draft.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6216350/2025/03/26/buffalo-sabres-attendance-season-tickets/?source=emp_shared_article The breaking point has been reached. I know ppl with seasons who have stopped going and won't be renewing. I also know of several ppl who got/kept seasons when Ruff was hired and most fully admitted it was partially nostalgia but also hope that Buffalo could turn it around with a "real" coach. I'd be shocked if the Sabres end up with 9k season ticket holders next season, especially if Adams and 95% of the team is back, which it looks like will be the case. There's no hope left and Pegula is an absentee owner in the fans eyes regardless of his shenanigans and bs behind the scenes. Congratulations Terry Pegula. You brought one of the best hockey markets to the brink of destruction and it only took you 14 years and countless stupid and inept decisions to do it. I am firmly convinced this board could have run the team better over the last decade. What a dumpster fire.