Thorny

It’s just not happening. He’s clearly coming back Word has it the press conference he just had made it even more clear

Ok so essentially nothing. Moving along

Rip revamped 4th line. The key to our success that never opened any doors

Had we claimed him earlier I mean

Specifically traded for him rather than claim him for free on waivers so we could send him straight down to the A Without him having to go thru waivers again

For Dreger

Pastrnak for Joki. the trade is 1 for 1

And he used the deadline to “change of scenery” a bit of the roster: something needed, that teams usually struggle to do when it comes to something like the trade deadline. the deadline makes sense - especially when viewed through the context of the GM having more time later on to work on other stuff if he wants. Presumably someone doing their job would look to improve the roster on paper and not just shuffle things: that part remains to be seen. deadline was a fitting one. It’s just not the right guy wearing the fit.

Quicker than tsn you beautiful bastage I love this board

Adams disagrees so you are probably right

Adams has honestly done his part in making this deadline worth watching on a Friday I had off. extend the man

This trade should kill the “won’t trade in division” narrative for this or any GM really

Non needle mover is exactly where I’m at. I think it IS a needle mover among fans though - in that it’s a substantial discussion morsel. I’ve no doubt Adams understood the value of doing SOMETHING We didn’t just randomly happen to draft a bunch of immature players. It’s the product of putting a bunch of young players together all at once. It’s the created environment

Your father only obsessed over his work

Agree, functions as that as well in actuality I could see it going either way or staying mostly the same here, we won’t know until we see. Can make a case for either. But smart money here seems to me a more less even trade off - at least from the perspective of the moment

They need better if they can get it Was supposed to be no stone unturned, playoffs or bust LAST offseason

An interesting thing proposed by I think our good Brawndo was that Adams has been shopping Cozens since summer so there’s a bit of a Rorschach test there - adams correctly foretold the cozens dip? Adams putting DC on the block contributed to his lack of performance?

It was posted by Brawndo that the sabres tried to ship him for EP first, so we do know who Adams preferred

Losing cozens isn’t actually addition by subtraction. If you legitimately are asking this question, put yourself into the minds of those showing a lack of enthusiasm: the GM who made the deal JUST SIGNED THE GUY he traded away, to a 7 year deal, either contributing to the player’s looming futility or drastically missing on his evaluation or both. The same GM who created the “addition by subtraction” 50 million dollar monstrosity is supposed to be allowed to trade said player for their fix? At the very least benefit of the doubt may be excused in the interim - - - Adams should be fired, not making trades. We are of course still discussing the merits of the deal but that’s going to be a dark cloud of context irremovable from a balanced discussion

I feel this way too. Sort of odd for a trade. It very well may end up that one team benefits way more, but my immediate reaction is that my overall feeling about the composition of our team today is exactly the same. Especially when you add the two signings even a non run back from Adams feels like a run back haha

The new one was so good, too

Because I admitted he’s likely back? It’s hard to read it any other way I’ve never maintained he WILL get fired merely that should

Adams re-signed 2 players, and did a substantial core shakeup. Not only is he almost assuredly back next year, he might feel he’s almost done for the summer