Thorny

A common denominator with all 3 of his GM hires is a low expectation to win in the now

It’s largely a commentary on the roster i think people forget sometimes that this isn’t the nfl. In an 82 game season the bad teams win a lot of games, it’s that simple And the good teams lose a bunch. It’s why I am always poking fun at the extreme nature of the GDTs Like the players recently said, it’s an 80% league. Of course no one gives full effort every shift, every night. That’s pie in the sky, it’s not human the functional difference is the teams with the talent and roster construction to win when they play at 80. That’s not us

Some of this is probably the symptom of a GM who has overstayed his welcome in the sense that his original plan and core (cozens, Peterka, Quinn) is gone or sort of fallen by the wayside at this point, whatever his vision was whether we like it or not is essentially long gone in favour of whatever the current mish-mash of players is. I don’t think we have a coherent team build right now, it’s a salient thing you touched on there Why would they feel they are accountable when the owner has proven management is not

Won’t watch. Fire Adams. Go Sabres.

Byram’s metrics away from Dahlin are still bad. He’s an illusion. Easy answer especially without dudacek running around the place concocting salient arguments in his favour Thread And you have my bow

lol ya that one was a bit off the rails, infused with worry wart-itus. He likely wouldn’t have been fired had they lost and honesty I really find it hard to believe he’s getting an extension. I mean even if they did make the playoffs somehow, how do you trot this guy out to announce an extension after what he’s contributed to. Maybe if he was under contract but actually giving him a new deal… im just tired. Already in the hole. Sometimes it feels like I’ll never be able to watch games again, and it makes me angsty when the moment seemed close to being in the offing. One canning, and I can be back. I’ll continue praying.

We’d likely have a new GM today had Detroit held on. Now we are likely headed for a GM extension. There’s that one stretch every year he just needs to get through and then he’s clear

lol ya right behind, just a mere Kevyn Adams regime. 5 years like that is nothing, this last stretch has been the best of drought so far! Simply the drought *difference* between us and Detroit is as long or longer than the active total drought of 28 of the 32 teams

You don’t think 8th seed ends up around 94/95 where it’s currently at? Frankly it IS pretty likely the sabres need to play at the pace suggested to make it

lol we were a period away from Adams being gone

The most unified fanbase in a generation, perhaps?

Baker is a total knob but he’s correct here I think. There will always be Alphas who are intrigued by the challenge That’s a good point too

The sad irony that Adams essential mandate was fixing the culture and he’s made it oh so much worse than it ever was that’s what a long form rebuild tacked on to 9 years already missing will do for the record, no sabres GM has missed the playoffs more than 3 times in a row, all time, besides Adams. Who’s on track to double it definitively the worst sabres GM of all time

Kevyn Adams woke up today and got back to the grind An inexorable force of raw nature. If you have the ability to perceive anything at all, you can rest assured that Kevyn Adams is still relentlessly employed, pushing the boundaries of ineptitude further in the role than they have ever been pushed “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, poor Sabres fan.” “You call it ‘greatness,’ what you have been doing, do you?” asked the Sabres fan delicately. “Certainly,” said Adams, and his eyes seemed to burn red. “I have experimented; I have pushed the boundaries of evaluation years and team building further, perhaps, than they have ever been pushed -” “Of some kinds of team building,” the fan corrected him quietly. “Of some. Of others, you remain…forgive me…woefully ignorant.”

Logo change

But nooooooooot out!

Premonitions…. ….premonitions

Just sit back and enjoy the magic

This feels like a Sabes win

Right in one