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Is that all you want? Squeeking into the playoffs and getting blasted out in the first round in 4-5 games? Is that the level you want? I am honestly asking. Go look at the numbers, the Sabres were bad this year and Quinn isn't enough to change that. Demand more of this team, this is the bare minimum here. Hey, if you want to come in here and spew the company line from the Sabres you are allowed to. But we ain't buying so go back to Adams and tell him that actions matter and he has barely acted at all as the season burned in flames and the problems were obvious for anyone with half a brain.

He's been here over 3 years and never made the playoffs. The entire team regressed this year after he decided to change his system. This fanbase is so downtrodden that they accept his losing trash coaching. Granato should be fired and Adams close behind. They've failed. If he does it shows how this org is weak, slow to change, and overall pathetic.

You both need to move on. Adams doesn't do things quickly. That's a statement of fact. @PromoTheRobot shows a pattern, he moves slowly as in the Eichel trade. Unsure why you're overreacting like this. This is hilarious to me btw. I suggest Adams won't make a snap call and fire his coaches who in Tampa tonight, I get two posters questioning my characterization of him. Weird.

Which one of those moves was proactive or aggressive? Eichel took months on months to trade. So did Mittelstadt. Ralph took a 12 game losing streak. Adams is slow to move, doesn't mean he doesn't move.

Yes.

The teams in Tampa, highly doubt that decision would get leaked now and that it's been made. Adams will do exit interviews first, although I could see assistants getting cut tomorrow. That's if they actually are proactive which i doubt.

A player that won't be NHL ready for 3-4 years.

He's gotta go. Just totally in over his head at this point.

No they aren't. This isn't accurate, @Brawndo has the correct real amount

Tone deaf is the correct term for sure.

This isn't true. Stop saying it. This roster has plenty of size.

No. The Sabres are bad. They need changes. No we wouldn't. We'd have won 2-3 more games. We're bad offensively.

Wow, that's damning at a minimum and an outright call to pitchforks and torches at maximum. Granato has to go and Adams should go to. Make Karmanos gm. I think your take is delusional to be honest. No one on this team except 22yr old Peterka improved. No one. Yet here you are saying we'll be great anyways. By 23 most players are who they are. For example, this team should move on from Krebs. Without a major coaching overhaul and probably 1 new defender and 3-4 new forwards, next year Buffalo will finish in the 80pt region yet again. Quinn is only gonna be worth maybe 2 games more wins in a full season. There's just no major jump coming.

Yes.

That would be the range I expect.

Mitchell, as far as I know, doesn't have any character flaws. He transferred to Texas so he could be closer to his infant daughter.

His injury really screws the projection. He's been out almost all year and when he did play, looked meh. That said he was a 17yr old in the top Czech league so why would he look great? I think if I'm Buffalo, I'd consider trading up either in round 2 or into round 1. I don't think he'll slide much into round 2 but maybe. His 16yr old year in Czech Jr was really solid and I really liked him. Like his brother he's offensively gifted while having a physical element. With a June bday and a full year of development lost, there could be a top 10 talent there. Still, it's risky. He's a 6'2" rhd who can skate with good offensive instincts. He's 100% worth our second round pick.

I have a friend who's big into college football, in that he loves watching and dissecting it. He does a full 3 round mock every year. Last year he got 27 of 32 first round picks and 16 of the 27 went to the team he thought, so is pretty good in the first especially. He spends a lot of time reviewing guys but SEC guys and Georgia guys in particular I feel real good about his opinions on. Considering he lives under 5 miles away from Sanford stadium and all. Yes, he talked about it at the combine. Running routes at 70% so he can stay out the full drive. Certainly a red flag and one I'd drive deep into. Note that thinking the Bills will take him isn't an endorsement of them taking him.

Had a long draft talk with my NFL draft guy. He currently projects us to take Adonai Mitchell at 28 if we stay put. I agree with him that McConkey shares similar attributes to Shakir and the Bills would want to draft someone with a different profile to give themselves more versatility.

You are viewing it at a micro level, that of the Sabres. Terry Pegula is not losing money here, nor will he. Also the reason the Sabres are not in the black is a direct result of the owner not selling a product ppl want to buy.

like you I dont want him back in any role, that makes the temptation to make him head coach too strong for Terry. Would he qualify, yes.

Not to mention if he is running a -10mil (I made that number up to make math easier, it is problem more like -2mil) he gets to write that off on his taxes every year. As you say, he can do so many things to offset his losses because they are such a small amount.

I would need him to bring in veteran coaches with Cup experience either coaching or playing and 5+ years of NHL level coaching experience. I would prefer a veteran NHL coach as well. If that means that Appert ends up as the GMs assistant coach pick fine.

2 things. First, your main point is not correct IMO. What they do in the defensive zone, how they exit the zone, and their ability to play offense are all interconnected and the stats show that. I don't have access to it but the Sabres zone exit data from last year to this year is like the difference between Earth and Saturn. They worked very hard to shut down chances but they did not do a good job of getting up and creating chances at all. The sacrificed offense for defense and they are 100% connected in hockey, especially modern hockey which is predicated on breakouts and off puck movement. We saw them many times take away passing lanes and then pressure the opposition into giving the puck away or taking the puck away and then... nothing. Maybe a quick rush with a shot from the outside and that was it. There were many times this year as well where the defense did not pinch and keep pucks in but were immediately flying the offensive zone. I watched it live on several occasions where Owen Power in particular would be within a Benson stick length of the puck and he would not challenge it but immediately start his back skating to prepare to defend the rush. Not a knock on Owen here, I think and basically have confirmation that it was what Wilford and Granato wanted. Second, this isn't about Dylan Cozens and he wasn't bad enough to have such an impact he alone skews the results. More than welcome to look it up but the point is the overall team and one player is not tanking the teams overall data that hard. Cozens cf% drops 0.81, is sf% goes up 0.99, and his xG% drops 3.37%. So yes he is worse but the real issue is in the offensive zone not the defensive zone. his xGA drops 1.31 but his xGF drop 12.59. It wasn't the defense, it was that the offense was so bad it makes the defense bad.