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Yeah that’s called America2021.

I mean, Adams announced (through the Buff News) that bringing Ullmark back to be the starter was a priority heading into the offseason. The whole thing comes off as disingenuous at worst, inept at best. And lurking in the background of all of this is the well-known fact that the owner loves UPL, the guy who Ullmark would theoretically be “blocking” 2 or 3 years from now. It’s really hard not to be fed up with all of this.

Honestly denial would be scarier…

The issue is they’re boxing out their own fans. People have a limit.

See? You just don’t know.

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Notice all the cheap one-year contracts. This is a financial plan not a hockey plan.

They are conserving assets. Not in order to win, but in order to save money, offset some revenues for tax reasons, and position the team for sale. They have destroyed the franchise.

“We have a little bit more information than maybe a fan does, some inner workings that we see some positives in.” Kim Pegula said this in May 2020 in justifying the decision to retain Jason Botterill. Jason Botterill was fired one month later. These people.

Agree

But at least he wants to be here!

You are projecting a hockey plan onto what appears to be a transparent tax planning maneuver. They’re not focused on winning now or in five years from now. They’re cutting their losses and using the hockey team to offset some taxable revenue. And they have no problem selling hope to the fans in the meantime. They don’t give a rat’s ass about the fans. This is fraud. IMO

Attacking the people on this site isn’t really warranted or mature.

Welcome back, Sometimes Y!

It was an issue last year and Adams did nothing to address or plan for it. What are they selling the fans for 21-22?

The plan for next year is to use the Sabres as a loss to offset some PSE revenues for tax purposes. That’s what I infer from what’s going on. Anyone who pays for this product is a serious masochist.

SELL THE TEAM TERRY

Adams is so in over his head - he should not be in charge of managing the Eichel decision. He is a JOKE.

Kevyn Adams is the worst GM in professional sports.

Adams is horrible at his job.

Agree with you there - but squandering their most valuable asset won’t help the situation it will only worsen it. They CANNOT give Eichel away for nothing, especially in reaction to his expressed desire to leave. They’ll get doormatted even more by the rest of the league if they allow things to unfold that way.

AJ Green? Honestly I don’t care whether it’s happened before or not (though it almost certainly has). He just signed a $100 million contract. As quickly as his mood soured toward Buffalo, there’s no reason it couldn’t change quickly again. I refuse to believe that Eichel is going to poison the young core if the Sabres can’t get sufficient value for him. He’s been a competitor his whole life, he’ll compete.

Do what we did in the neighborhood street hockey games - tie some pads to the net.