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I voted yes the first time, so I will stick with it. To change after only 2 games would be ah, uhhmm, unPunch-like.

Pegula has made numerous “fatal errors”. You don’t blow 13 years with one bad move. This has been a comedy of errors and a case study on how NOT to run a hockey team. It started with his childish “reason for existence” speech. It was really heightened by the misguided hirings of LaFontaine/Murray/Black and the band of disjointed strap hangers. It peaked in the tank years with fans booing wins and Murray trading goalies that gave us any chance of winning. They brought in bad actors and troublemakers to lead our young players. They literally traded away every player that cared about the crest on the jersey. It continued during the Eichel years when no players would come here. Before the Eichel trade there was the O’Rielly trade. A real hockey player tired of losing and Pegula demands his trade. Pegula should have listened to what was being said, instead he forced a lopsided trade and watched ROR win a Cup and an MVP. Pegula put his wife in charge and he gave us the hirings of Boterill, Housley, and let’s not forget the clueless Soccer Coach. After that there were more firings, and the actual gutting of the rank and file employees, and the creation of bizarre EEE policies that only a stooge of a GM would follow. Enter Adams, his band of prospects and $700k players - these kids know a lot about a lack of leadership and dysfunction. Then there was the coaching search that never really happened. Some excellent coaches were out there that said “Buffalo never called me”. Adam’s lied to us once again. He talks playoffs and is $7M under the cap, saving money to pay more unproven prospects. Pegula has made so many errors that his dysfunction has now become normal.

The Bills will rise up and win. They are missing a lot of players due to injuries but I feel a weird game coming, one that goes our way tomorrow.

I need to see more. I’ll be at the a home opener so I can watch everything better. He had some good play last year for the first week. Then not so much. Looking for him to make us better back there.

Agree on Clifton. Agree on Byram. So far he is not impressive but I'm willing to watch more before I say he sucks. Looking at the top 6 you have to agree that the loss of Mitts as a really dumb move. Willing to give McLeod and Maltenstyn more time, two games is way to short to evaluate them. As for Tuch, I am happy he responded but he really didn't do anything. He fought Brady Tkachuk better than this guy. Benson is hurt, so is Peterka, and so is Abe Kubel. We will get to see Krebs, Rousek and Kulich now - oh boy, three minor leaguers injected into the lineup. Zucker? I don't think I heard his name in either game. The $5M that Adams wouldn't give Mitts in what we are paying Zucker. Once again, Adams looks to be over his head.

I think the senior advisor is out of scope, he is the head coach. He made be an advisor to Adams, but not to Terry.

Joki is the poster boy for "same as it ever was". Decent 3rd pair guy but we use him in the top 4. I look at the roster construction and he is like Power and Byram. Do we need 3 of them?

Hmmm. I cannot see Lindy bad mouthing Adams to Pegula. Adams is his boy, and Adams lets Terry be Terry. Terry fired Lindy once, and he will do it again.

Well it took about 800 years to reach its peak. That was after centuries of growth by conquest and the development of some pretty good engineering.

This is really becoming more of a reality, our top 6 is not very good. In the off season I pushed for getting a real 2C and pushing Cozens down to 3C. Cozens is a 3C, if he is a C at all. TNT is a 2C or maybe a winger on a first line. Tuch is not a first line player. For all of the drafting of centers by Adams, we still do not have a top 1C on the roster.

Maybe, but he lit up a defenseless player and the Sabres response was close to ZERO. Tuch did not throw a single punch. This team is so unlike most of the teams in the league.

Some good comments here. The Devils Core is better than ours. Last year it looked like Detroit's young Core was better than ours, and it looks like the Ottawa young core is at least as good as ours. So even if we improve, our division rival are improving too. There was a time just a few years ago when NJ was behind us. Adams drafting has been ok, but he has shown no ability to bring in the right complementary veteran players to help them grow.

I will be there on Thursday and I will not be booing them when they come out. Rome was not built in two days.

Well the Devils are a far better team and in part because Lindy did a very good job bringing the devils out of the lower echelon and into the playoffs. Last year he had no goaltending and a bunch of injuries. The Sabres players are missing open nets, standing around on the PP, and just not generating anything offensively - It looks clear in the last two days that we do not have the horses in the top 6. If this turns into another down year then they will have to look at the Core and shake it up. Unfortunately, the over his head GM is not the guy to do that.

Adams loves him some Appert.

Special teams are bad and a big part of the imbalance.

Allen seems to have big games against us. Unbelievable. An EN goal is coming.

We need a goal and fast. Someone has to step up.

Tuch engages but no way did Dillion answer for it.

You have been getting into the numbers lately? Pretty soon you will be rolling out fancy stats. We need to know: (1) Expected high danger fanning on the puck, (2) % of breakout passes behind the winger per 60 minutes, and (3) % of goals given up by standing around with stick blade in the air, - fixing stuff like this would improve the team greatly.

Damm ....

I get your point, but you will still be watching them on Dec 3rd. I will be there too.

.500 on Dec 3rd is ok, especially if its a Deluca .500. I just don't see any magic instant turnaround. This is a process, just like the Bills went through under McD. Earn the right to win.

Game 25 is Dec 3rd, at home, versus the Avs.

Sounds like a lot of insider info here from the Brawn Man. Thanks! Anyone involved in NHL hockey would flip out if Adams was replaced by Forton and not Karmanos.