#freejame

If I owned a professional hockey or baseball team you bet your ass I’m sitting in every meeting I can, taking as many notes as my hand can write, and asking any damn question I want to ask. None of that is an issue to me. The problems come in when the own starts dictating decisions. The owner has one decision to make—who do I trust enough to execute my vision for a successful sports franchise. Let them execute it and if you don’t have faith in the execution anymore, fire them and bring someone new in. Play sports owner all you want, but there’s only one decision an owner needs to be in on and that’s who steers the ship for me. Something tells me Terry gives his yacht captain a course to follow and then lets the captain do his job. No different here.

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I completely forgot about Wayne Simmons on the Sabres

His pride

The entire organization needs to embiggen their expectations. To think these results are acceptable is anything but cromulent.

There’s no reason Tuch and Kulich shouldn’t be available.

Yes, they provide Adams an excuse to run it back. No, the excuse doesn’t hold water.

I haven’t paid much attention but is Celebrini really projected out higher than Eichel was? That’s surprising.

Pegula has an asset that is likely appreciating in value faster than any of his non-Bills assets. It's likely going to continue to outpace any other asset for quite some time. Why would he sell it? My interactions make me believe most the city still loves the guy. Methinks we're stuck with the guy.

I actually also agree with this but figured most people would get the gist of it

I always wonder how much of this is actually true. These guys have all probably spent at least ages 12-18 playing under different coaches and systems. Not only that, they’re all professional hockey players so they much grasp the game to some point. I’m not saying it should be plug and play with a new coach, but I don’t think the Sabres next hire will be some revolutionary Mike McDaniels hockey wonk. I just hope there is a next coach relatively soon.

Quite frankly would eating half of Skinner’s contract even have any impact on our salary cap the next three seasons? We have plenty of space for the right parts.

You mean one of the only players to earn a contract extension will be mad if he doesn’t get a juicy contract like everyone else who DIDNT earn it? Colour me shocked!

Ship him off to get some experience! In five years we can bring back him and Sam as our crusty vets with Stanley Cups. KA thinking long term and I for one LOVE IT.

As if Terry would do something to give back to the fans.

Steve Ott is one of those guys that some people absolutely LOVED. Can’t say he was a favorite of mine ever.

“Can’t you tell him? I’m just his father. You’re his coach! You’re like a father figure to him.”

Watching 6K gives me a beautiful bone

You’re supposed to hate losing…

I like that you get a Woody when you think of me

You’ve got a friend in me, @Thorny

Why wait 3 years when you can rush him up in 2?

There shouldn’t be any perverse incentives towards awarding the #1 pick.

The legend is in the bottom corner for each team. They use different colors for each team as well. I don’t love it either.