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Whoa whoa WHOA does Meghan Chayka maybe need her own thread?

As a parent, I understand what he means.

I do not mean to sound flippant but did KA's plan include finding an NHL-caliber goaltender? At what stage of KA's plan implementation are we allowed to expect him to secure a real netminder? I like KA, I like listening to him talk, I think he's probably a good dude. But for me the inability to find a capable goalie over the past two offseason is a major checkmark in the KA "CONS" column - it is simply inexcusable (to me, at least).

Are we not counting Ullmark?

I have never seen an NHL GM have as much trouble closing on a goalie as Adams seems to have. It’s almost becoming a sitcom.

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I didn’t have a strong opinion about it until I watched the actual clip of him saying it - and now I’ve concluded that he’s just a bitchass.

Rhymes with “holy.”

Why fiery?

That was a sick goal.

Is Mitts gonna start dominating now? He seems to be on a trajectory.

Dahlin just CRUSHED a dude like an aluminum can.

Lol if you thought the “maintain our lifestyle” slide was scary, wait until you see the PE PowerPoints…

In hell, every night at 5 pm they serve meatloaf and discuss whether the tank was a success.

(UPL not so much.)

Quinn belongs.

Dahlin clearly has the coach he needs now. Excited to watch him continue to develop.

Always remember that, at the end of the day, all of these people are basically, in some form or another, gym teachers.

My biggest nightmare right now is Adams getting fired. It would mean that this was all for nothing.

My biggest fear at this point is that Adams is fired within the year - which would mean that this was NOT the plan (or that the plan was executed poorly) and it has all been for nothing…

Congratulations Kevyn Adams for holding firm.

Jack gets his disc replacement. The Sabres get their heart transplant.

For those of you saying Eichel hasn't actually said anything about wanting to be traded, or denigrating the Sabres' management - Jack Eichel is clearly a student of the Aaron Rodgers School of Passive Aggressive Advocacy, and he's enrolled in the "How to Say Something Loudly Without Actually Saying It" class where they teach you how to plausibly deny/blame the media if your agents' messages start to go south from a PR standpoint. To put it more simply: come on. Eichel has done and said plenty. I continue to blame both camps: Adams for deciding the relationship isn't salvageable (though Adams gets major credit for not caving in and taking a crappy deal - yet), and Eichel for being a bit spineless (ironic, I know, given that he's got a spine issue).

Who’s Jack?

This is an underrated point. Fish's strategy of using a medical issue to create a wedge with the Sabres had the consequence of lowering his value and market to the point where a deal couldn't get done. It was totally stupid.