PerreaultForever

Quite possibly. It'll mean nothing though if Terry is still in on all the meetings and they are all yes men.

A little bit of the nasty came out in the Florida series tonight. It's heating up.

I agree about Zucker. I think Sabres have to do it mostly by trades. The McLeod trade was a good one (even if eventually Savoie is better). We need more like that and even bigger for even better.

Yes of course, and if you win people accept whatever it is you are preaching more. That's obviously true. Why Cassidy could do it though was the culture was already set. They were a pull together team first place right from the get go and it stayed. They brought in leaders like Stone and the team had strong compete. Anyone who comes into that (like Eichel) is under instant pressure to suck it up and get with the program. That's the key. Establishing the culture at the start of the rebuild, not the end. That for me is the Sabres biggest problem. Not establishing the culture FIRST.

Doesn't hurt to keep saying it. Fans speak loud enough MAYBE eventually Terry listens. (I know, probably not, but what else can you do?) Fire Adams Fire Adams Fire Adams There. Three times. It'll happen now right?

Hasek seems really intelligent. Offer him the Sabres GM job. Maybe we will finally prioritize goaltending.

Adams is the one that needs to look in a mirror. He's a failure plain and simple.

But it does work. Cassidy won a cup.

Because that's what we have. I suppose this is what I'm hoping Terry would do. I mean I would never have gone down these roads period but for this discussion I'm kind of saying if I was Terry. Terry trusts and respects Ruff (apparently) so why not give him the power?

Playing as individuals and not a team has been a thing here for all the last decade since the tank. They destroyed the culture. They didn't rebuild the culture. They let young star players just go out and "play". TEAM as a concept has been secondary for a long long time. Believing that this has finally changed in the last 20 games is questionable to say the least.

The idea of bringing in Lou as a senior advisor appeals to me in the same way Dudley did years ago but I think he's a little too old at this point. I do however firmly think we need someone in that role. Someone with a lot of experience. Someone who will sit in the room and say "hell no that's stupid" . A dissenting voice (or three). I think this Sabres group lives in a fantasy bubble of their own creating and they need dissenting voices and more arguments in the room instead of yes men. The problem is Terry doesn't believe in that role existing because he sees himself as the de facto director of hockey operations (or whatever you want to title it) and the GM just says yes to him out of fear or subservience or whatever. Unless he steps back and lets someone else have that role we are in trouble. Maybe latter part of the year as he experienced the failure Ruff started to speak up more and be more dissenting and maybe Terry respects his views but it's still a disconnect. If I was the owner? 1. Fires Adams and all the assistant coaches. 2. Elevate Ruff to Senior advisor/director of hockey operations. 3. Allow Ruff to choose the GM from the existing assistants but he will ultimately answer to Ruff. 4. Hire a coach like Pandolfo or Carle. new but also tested. Allow Ruff to have a say and choose the assistants (Peca, McKee, Ott maybe idk, his choices) 5. Spend to the cap adding D, more D, goaltending and toughness. 6. Sit back and enjoy the winning.

Yes. I like all 3 of them. I identified Peterka's potential early and some people laughed at me when I said he'd be better than Quinn but all 3 of them are good young players. They are too young however to be the driving force of the team. Peterka's maybe there now but the other two aren't ready to be the top line (yet). Zucker was an okay add (although his durability still worries me) but I want more and even better. Make some more McLeod for Savoie type deals.

Perhaps. But that also speaks to having veterans in the room who want to compete and who drive the kids rather than listening to the kids get their way. Consider that in Buffalo Eichel was in charge. They did whatever Eichel wanted and ran things Eichel's way. Eichel goes to Vegas, with Bruce Cassidy, a far harder coach than Ruff. Probably the meanest next to Torts among recent coaches. Eichel needs to adjust but gets on board. Why? Because that team was led by people like Mark Stone who are warriors and competitors. That's the difference.

Yes, remember though the bs about calling it a "development year" earlier. How do you think guys who feel they are already developed feel about that? It's a horrible way to try to build a culture. We all know that but for some reason Adams didn't. He had a firm plan in his mind. Subtract the disillusioned stars and acquire picks to stock the cupboard. Then spend several years developing the young guys all together and then magically it will all come together and under the veteran coach they will launch into the next level and stay there forever. That was his plan, and it always was and still is stupid.

The case of Erik Johnson is interesting. The way it's worded there seems odd to me and yes, he didn't work out but I remember his being the first veteran voice to speak up that year and in Philly I heard he was considered a leader and culture builder despite his declining play. If I'm not mistaken he's dressing for Colorado right now. So it seems weird to me to suggest he was seen as not wanting to win by others here. The bottom line though is many people here, myself included, have been screaming to have more veterans on the roster for years and it just never happens. A little bottom end rotation is all we get. The few adds they have done recently are a step but only a tiny one. They have to do much more and yes, as others have said, all of this screams FIRE ADAMS and yet he's still here. The one thing I don't like regarding Ruff is the statement he made saying he "met the players half way". That still says a little the inmates running the asylum to me but I suppose details on exactly what that meant might matter. To me though, if he was brought in to be the man, he should be that and the players need to step up and step in line. Now fire all the assistant coaches. All of them.