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Kuntar might have needed that second game to pay the bill and make a little extra dough, but I suspect in this modern era the players are more understanding.

I don't recall when you started posting @JohnC but I do recall you were 100% behind the Adams/Granato re-build plan which emphasized almost exclusively young players and draft and develop. For awhile you were lock step with the Adams. It is nice that you have sympathy for him now, but this is a business, just as it was a business when he laid off a big portion of the staff.

Terry could have just said I want to approve all moves. There was no need to extend him for these reasons. The extension was an act of good faith by Terry that Adams will have a job after this shakeup, or at a minimum, have one year of severance pay in the form of the extension. I lowered the bar.

Different than the old Chuck Norris division.

Norris is recovering from “illness”

Like Erik Karlsson, I think Quinn Huges is a bit overrated, even with his Norris Trophy, his game lacks on the defensive side. He is flashy and he is fantastic on the offensive part of the game. I see that. When it’s playoff time I prefer defensemen like Ekblad and Slavin.

The POHO option bothers me because Adams can and will influence Terry. If he can do it from his Business Admin job, he can do it as a fake POHO. He needs to go.

A clandestine contract extension would make this saga even better. Ican’t wait to hear what Adams new job is. I’m gonna bet he gets promoted.

There is no JR. Jarmo last name is Kekalainen, not Routsaleinen. I don’t know who Ruff reports to. No one does apparently. It almost like Adams announced a coach search for an experienced NHL coach and Ruff just showed up so they hired him. Makes a great sit com skit. Adams interviewed him and it went kind of like the Costanza job interview … “ Lindy, I want you to have this job, of course… oh wait, I’ve got to take this call now, good seeing you Lindy. … “. So Lindy just shows up and both Terry and Kevyn think the other person hired him. Lindy takes the small office, he gets the Cozens file, and he is off and running.

Yup. They will most likely hire a new coach in the off season. Jarmo, or whoever the GM is, should run the coach search, and the coach should report to him.

Thinking small? You don’t want a proven coach that has been knocking on the door of the Stanley Cup. You want a first time AHL coach.

Probably true. Very unconventional. Do all of these guy report direct to Terry? I know Guelli does. Jarmo was supposed to be an Advisor to Adams. Ruff the HC but is he not under Adams? Going back to the LaFontaine days - I think Terry needs a class on organization development.

Terry is bringing in extra security for the meeting.

This is a million dollar question. The leak is: "The Buffalo Sabres have been holding internal discussions about replacing general manager Kevyn Adams, three NHL sources have told The Athletic." The Sabres Executive organization is Terry Pegula, COO Peter Guelli, Sr VP of Business Ops Rob Minter, and CCO Jacob Vernon. You could possibly add Kim Pegula and/or maybe Laura Pegula. maybe. The Hockey Operations is lead by Adams so I doubt he is in the room, but this the Buffalo Sabres. The Sr Advisor is Jarmo and they have never said who he reports to. I will assume it is Terry. All others report to Adams - Stahl, Karmanos, Jakubowski, Forton, etc., ... so I would not think they are involved in this decision. Then there is the head coach and I have never seen anything saying that the HC report to Adams or Terry. The football coach reports direct to Terry so it is possible that Lindy does. So Monday "they" get Terry, together finalize the plan and the comms for it.