Thorny

Tkachuk could have not played and the panthers would have probably won. That’s two fold based on depth and also the fact the way he plays has already metastasized to their Crest Tkachuk is a symptom as much as cause. Those teammates don’t need to be dragged anymore They established the standard - they know what the panthers are fighting for: players are aware of this *when they are acquired*, long before any team Dog gets their grip in. What do new sabres acquisitions think the Crest stands for? Eichel knew what they SHOULD be fighting for, he left when he knew he couldn’t captain the ship in that way: not with the on-high mandate to save money above all else. How do you captain that? - - -

Sorry, I stopped at “excellent post”.

Reinhart I think, re the bold

All that culture stuff Adams talked about 5 years ago that everyone bought into? Hey it’s still there! It was real. They are just disingenuous frauds: they are literally the ones infiltrating the franchise and pumping that poor culture right to its veins

A pack mentality is what arises simply from the realization of the group that they are united in a common goal beyond themselves this conversation, imo, is off the rails - what’s missing isnt a “pack leader” (what year is it?), nor do the Sabres randomly just “happen” to add a bunch of guys with no bite what is happening, in actuality, is that we aren’t assembling a group of players who are uncharacteristically stupid: they can perceive and understand that the Buffalo Sabres aren’t committed to a real goal How can the players lay down their hockey lives for a cause when the sabres don’t have a cause worth fighting for? You want them to lie down for Pegula’s yacht costs? come on now, people, use your noggins on this one

“Historically 3rd pair” translates to “found money top 4 upgrade” in the ancient Adams dialect

Timmins on top pair still a pretty big (see: massive) question mark but if anyone can make it work it’s Dahlin. I think I’d prefer the situation where Byram was moved for a top 6 forward and we didn’t make any futures trades to the situation where we re-signed Byram and didn’t make any futures trades, putting my faith in Dahlin if Adams won’t inspire any through actual action B : Byram traded for top 6 F (roster remains break even to last year), 2 futures trades made, 1 for an upgrade F and 1 for an upgrade D. OR Byram retained, 2 futures trades made at F (one to get F back to status quo (Peterka), one as an upgrade) (both of these scenarios under A result in the one F upgrade one D upgrade I thought was bare minimum coming in) C- : Byram traded for top 6 F, and 1 futures upgrade (BPA) OR Byram retained and 1 futures trade for a F (these scenarios result in 50% of the raw upgrades I felt necessary. If Byram is retained and the futures trade backlogs Peterka loss, Kesselring represents the add, etc. If Byram is traded for a F, everything is back square and upgrade TBD, if we make one) D : Byram dealt for top 6 F, no futures trades (break even squad to last year) D- : Byram bridged, no futures trades (break even squad to last year, but no shiny new toy) F : Adams has another press conference

Oh definitely. Slightly better there last deep dive I read

Timmins top pair on his off hand what could go wrong

No idea I’ve never been to one

Exactly, and it’s just the real time witnessing of “the circumstances” this latest action is fine…given the circumstances. That’s always been the point. They create the circumstances and guess what - dollars to donuts the “circumstances” will lead to us not spending to the cap. There just wasn’t anything we could do

Yup, “given the circumstances” Tattoo it to his forehead

3 game lead in Al east

As long as you keep scoring with promo I know I don’t need to respond (but in seriousness I’ve explained it)

It’s the Byram summer What else could Kevyn Adams have even done? Maybe after I make this argument successfully for 5 more years it’ll catch on

Like holy crap guys he’s a terrible GM this shouldn’t have to be litigated every time: he’s doing this poorly He’s going to spend the summer on this charade cause he has no ability to think about anything else and then the team will be bad Oh, spoiler - - - they aren’t going to get a good trade, the next GM (if we ever get one) will be left with an asset that likely walks or gets little return, the Byram we have is still only an ok player that we failed to capitalize on at his highest bidding war value and only represents a reasonable course forward by being signed if improvements are made elsewhere and that’s not happening cause Adams is only capable of focusing his available brain cells on this

There’s been plenty of opportunity to take a haul of futures for Byram and parlay that into improvement @LGR4GMalways hits on it when he says Adam’s has no imagination Wow The timing lol

They aren’t doing other business. They’ve decided to let trivial things like “improving a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in 14 years” fall by the wayside in favour of stretching out their Byram saga over the course of the offseason

Sounds about right. An entire offseason of work to remain at the status quo - that’s what they went with

A lot of people still think he’ll be traded

Well done Adams The fact they’d bring in Jarmo to make him watch them depreciate his asset first hand is sickening and elite

I remember what it’s like to love sports

There shouldn’t be an argument who the mvp of the team is The differential plainly speaks to how good Dahlin is relative to the rest and it’s not just positive Dahlin the differential is wildly negative without him It’s more reinforcement that one player can only make so much difference If it was just “Dahlin is elevated above not so bad stuff” we’d be a playoff team

Ftfy