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Interesting quote in there. He has won just 2 playoff series in 11 years. Now, that is 2 more than anyone on the Sabres has won, but not sure if that’s the type of team we want him to build here.

Gee, I wonder. Should I go to NYC and actually make decisions or should I go to Buffalo to help potty training their GM?

I’ve read the article. Even posted it on here about a month ago. Here’s the most recent Achilles tears: Duclair, Quinn, Pacioretty. Not an inspiring list. There’s also Kempny, Isac Lundestrom, Knyznov over the past 10 years. Not a common injury. Lastly there’s our own Beck Malestyn, which would argue such an injury doesn’t always have to negatively affect speed.

I’d stay aware from Bear as well. Players with Achilles injuries don’t have a good record of fully recovering. Is he going to be the same player as before? And this opinion may be colored by what we say ourselves last season, but for a team who hasn’t played a playoff game in 14 years, why pick a question mark? We don’t have the luxury of lottery tickets, especially for a player like Bear. If we want a player of his intensity, trade for one.

It just seems whenever someone is doing a suboptimal job, they get demoted upwards. Appert fell upwards. Looks like he is going to do so again. Forton, same thing. There was talk of Adams falling upwards, but that’s probably for next year.

I think he’s going to be heading the Culture Change section of the FO.

I would love to know what the NHL thinks about this. The Sabres preach accountability, but do the opposite when it comes to their FO. A GM who has not made the playoffs in 5 years and not fired is unheard of. My only guess is Terry feels paralyzed for what to do, especially when it comes to firing the only person he trusts.

It makes me wonder if Kevyn and crew even watch the playoffs. Can’t they see why some teams are good and others are not?

All we need to do is wait another 3-4 years and we’ll be fine.

I agree that a vet should have been brought in for Benson’s spot, but I also don’t think these players should be the ones complaining. We obviously have a defense issue. Benson probably played the best defense of all forwards, but players are complaining. Everyone wants to look to someone else for improvement but doesn’t want to step up to be that person themselves.

And yet we haven’t had one in 14 years and our GMs have been *****. I don’t see GMs under a POHO as *****, just lacking experience. It’s a mentoring relationship - most successful people have had a great mentor. It’s either that or you hire the guy once he has bounced around the league a bit and has learned (or not) from his mistakes. Call it Senior Advisor or POHO. Same thing. The ***** GM of the Panthers has this guy: https://www.nhl.com/panthers/info/rick-dudley

Maybe this is because Ruff being handed the keys is the most likely thing that will happen. Pegula isn’t going to can the whole front office and bring in some strangers, no matter how well-regarded they are. He abandoned that strategy a while ago. Trust is above competence. That said, while I don’t think Ruff knows how to coach them to be better, it would be astonishing if he didn’t know what the problems are. I don’t see a POHO as one who is dealing with the day to day management of the team, a GM does that. Although they may have veto power, I see Ruff as more of an advisor. I would rather him have this role given Terry has held this role since forever.

I think he knows a lot about hockey and is well connected. Your stats provide good reason on why he shouldn’t remain as head coach. Is a winning record as a head coach a requirement to be POHO? I do believe he should also help name a GM with more knowledge as well.

I’ll be happy with Ruff going to POHO. All ACs gone or the decision of the next HC. And Kevyn donning the Sabretooth costume.

I had a dream about this game 2 night ago. We won 11-4. Or, maybe it was 7-4.

I only have one question for them “when will the Sabres Embedded during the 13 game losing streak be released?”

It’s going to be a game of epic proportions.

I should know better by now, but I’m completely miffed that a GM could trade for $7.95M in damaged goods and there’s no repercussions. Was this truly the best trade out there? Would’ve been better to waive Cozens.

He did. But he’s mostly a non-mobile QB. He’s never had to rely on his bursts and doesn’t have to be a strong runner. His job is to take a few steps back and throw the ball. Outside of QB, Achilles injuries are usually death sentences in football. Look at Takao Spikes, Sam Cowert, and more recently, Tre White.

Yeah, probably. I knew he tore it once, didn’t realize he’s been pretty much done since then. There’s Duclair too, which is probably why Florida quickly moved on from him.

From what I read, I like Bear. The Achilles injury scares me. It may just be knowing what happened to Jack Quinn, but then there’s Erik Karlsson and Pacioretty. Here’s some literature about coming back from a torn Achilles: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11607746/

And just remember, it wasn’t long ago many were calling them a dumpster fire when they lost a 1st rounder for the Dadanov fiasco and Staios hired himself as the GM.

Agree, Ostlander doesn’t look too bad.

I wouldn’t even give him the 15 games. Quinn is probably at his highest value since being injured. Giving an extra 15 games would be a gamble unless he has a much different offseason than last summer. Trade him for a defensively-sound top 6 forward. We also have prospects coming out our ears who could probably replace at the same production, minus the injury concern overhang.

I would ship Quinn out. There’s a very good (not excellent) possibility he regains his past production. We’ve seen glimpses of this already. His value is at the highest it’s been post-injury, so would be a good time to sell and actually get the type of player we need. Preferably a defensively-sound one. We have plenty of excellent prospects in our pipeline to replace him, why roll the dice on a questionable one.