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“Bae”

People who rooted for the bruins last series… now look at this mess

Maybe, but he’s the guy who wanted Lindy, right? Seemed pretty set on him. If Adams adds a bonafide top 6er we’ll have to give him full credit

Who’s the best centre we’ve seen brought in by Adams so far in 4 years? Actually asking Krebs?

Absolutely

I wonder what a deal for 1st overall would yield in a trade? Don’t see it often if ever maybe a trade down has happened

I’m so lost OH bottom half spending?

Sounds like an issue for The Family. I’ll try and stay out of it

7 of 9? Which 2 years did we finish 16th or up? I could be wrong but I feel like our highest finish since 13 years ago was 12 years ago and 19th 19th lol

I think you’ll find you are justifiably and rightly welcomed with open arms for your excellent posting. That’s rather obvious and not something that would ever change. My viewpoint need not apply: Am I butthurt because you implied I wasn’t a hardcore fan? Sure, but there’s a lot of that going around rn apparently. There was nothing in Brawndo’s post about UPL being pissed off (unless I missed it) so yes i had no idea that’s what you were alluding to in your post

This is such an inane post. “Supposedly” a fan of. Could have just stopped there, tbh. Ok, I’m not a fan. Join the dudacek club of fans rankings “In order to spite the fans”. That’s not what it’s about, at all. It’s like you haven’t followed my position on it since the beginning. Jack was my favourite player. Yes there’s a level of vindication relative to my feelings on how bad the organization wasted the asset, but joy I get from his success relative to the disappointment in sabres fans it causes *only* applies to yokels like you who’ve been quoting me endlessly since the deal with endless conflations of what I’m actually saying. People like you and a select few others who were wishing injury and/or poor fortune on him. (I cannot remember if you personally went as far as those hoping he’d not be long for the league). Those tar and feathering his character on his way out. I always had an issue with that and always framed my position in this way. In general pointing out that Adams lost the trade is rooted in the idea the fans deserve better, to not have that asset wasted in the name of a perpetual rebuild: it’s the opposite of delighting in misery. I like when Jack succeeds because *I like Jack.*. Which is something you’ve never been able to wrap your head around/take at face value

You are framing your argument to me as if I was one who was arguing UPL was ready. I was not. Are you just professionally carrying water now again because it’s the offseason? Are we going to get another rah-rah about actually needing to have expectations, chastising the fans who don’t, and then another full retraction if we miss? JK. Anointing Levi the starter was bad. Is this an argument I have to strain to make? The comp isn’t just sabres relative: it’s league relative. Levi ended up an AHLer this year. The guy we anointed with the starting job (BEFORE CAMP. Camp battles need not apply I guess) ended up an AHLer this season in actuality. A big part of the reason we missed the playoffs was the handling of the goaltending in the first few months of the season. That we “didn’t have anyone better” isn’t a mitigating factor in mistakenly annoying a child as the starter the goalie output (up to and including the good results in the second half of the year) are a product of Adams *4 years* in office not just a product of the daily decisions of training camp 2023 If Adams made the right decision by the prism of the moment, which is arguable, the prism itself was poorly constructed and faulty: that’s the entire point. At least by way of the goal of making the playoffs: which we are supposed to be measuring by. If that’s not the case anymore, just let me know

And I’m sorry, if you want my heart of hearts truth: I don’t have disdain for your position I find it humorous. Jack won. it’s over. You lost. There’s no taking that Cup away and he led the playoffs in scoring to do it The more you post about your hatred for him the better - I fought that war for so long and the vindication is ever so sweet

I’m not really sure what to say: everything my understanding of hockey over the course of my life has told me is that these guys toughing it out through a laundry list of injuries during the playoffs isn’t just normal it’s so expected guys like Matthews get lambasted when they sit out. There’s nothing magical about Mark Stone “miraculously” being ready: he was ready only because pain tolerance goes up by choice in the playoffs. He contributed because he’s mark freaking stone but if you watched the games he was NOT good. Slow. Laboured. He gave an interview today where he said they lost because they needed a better regular season/first round matchup was tough. They aren’t trying to avoid playing their guys in the regular season they are simply using a questionable rule to their advantage

What about if the Amerks win the Calder cup this season? Does that shift the narrative of Adams’ performance in 23-24?

This is infuriating practice from the organization if true

It’s a powerful potion because there’s, unfortunately, a lot of logic in it on its face: if you are merely rooting against a team to NOT win a title, it’s more less a Monty Hall switcharoo where your long odds are flipped: very likely you “get what you want” every year

If the teams doing our dirty work are Dallas and Boston, it defeats the purpose With you. my lone exception/guilty pleasure is the Jets, but that’s a home town team dynamic

“Destruction of traditional team building principles.” lol ok Kevyn

What are you even talking about? It’s not a surprise, at all, that a non-healthy Stone would decline game 82 of the regular season and suck it up for a playoff game. Use your noggin Occam’s razor just once Teams have been doing the LTIR then back for playoffs thing for ages. Tampa did it. Your issue is with the league, not the teams Vegas just burns more (by the way, you should get that checked out) because of how much Eichel lives in your head rent free. You can admit that, right? They aren’t sitting a healthy stone out to expose and take advantage of a loophole: that’s a conspiracy theory. They are utilizing an arguably unfair rule because they have a legitimate injury

He wasn’t very good in the series and was clearly not 100%. Keep being big mad

Apparently that’s about it, any sort of actual success would be setting up for disappointment

Disagree