Pimlach

Sabres need to wake up. How about getting a late goal and starting a new trend.

UPL had help and overcommits anyway.

Murray sighting.

Sabres policing their game. Good to see.

What? Get Mitts for roughing. 😂

Time to break out the summer Fedora.

Krebs scores on the PP!

Sabres 5 Broons 2 and you will hear boo birds afterwards.

I am not using nostalgia in this response. What can Lindy bring to the FO in an Exec position? Lindy as a GM lacks the contracts side of the business, contracts and cap management are a big part of it. He also lacks scouting experience and that could impact his ability to draft. Both of these things can be overcome by the use of AGMs and other FO staff members (Scouting Directors, Analytics staff, Pro Personnel Directors) that specialize and advise. Because Lindy was an NHL coach for decades he is certainly qualified to assess both players and coaches, to have say in NHL roster construction, and a say in a pipeline of players needed to support an NHL team. How good he is at it is TBD. So he has some of the tools a GM has right out of the gate, but he is not looking to be the GM at this point. POHO is more a strategic position that selects the GM and AGMs, assign roles and responsibilities, and advises them. It is a less hands on position than the GM and AGMs. Many former players get into coaching (usually juniors or minors first) or scouting. Either path can take you to a GM and POHO position down the road. Scouting might be a more logical path to pursue if you want to be a GM but the NHL is filled with people who did one or the other or both. Lindy is too old to go down the scout path. No one has any idea what role beyond coaching that Lindy has right now, if any. Know one knows if Lindy will be good at FO work either. But he does have some of the qualifications needed and he fills a few gaps that Adams has. In summary, by virtue of his long coaching career he has some skills that relate to FO work, but he lacks real experience in that area If we are stuck with Adams and Lindy another year, and I think we are, then I prefer that Lindy has some say in his roster and in his coaching staff, and that he has Pegula's ear. Yes, some of this is based on how bad Adams has been, clearly Adams needs help. I would not pick him to replace Adams or be the POHO at this point, that is another conversation.

But he loves Gil?

The current road whites are the best if you have it. Otherwise classic blue. Wear Goathead when the team is wearing them. I only have one Sabres jersey, the classic home whites from the 70's, of course.

I would put an "agree" on this but the stuff about military force and Javelins and invasions is way over the top. It is also not accurate. But yes, most Americans do not like the Canada/Mexico rhetoric that came out under this new regime. First, there are no special subsidies given to Canada that I can find anywhere. Right now the US has a large trade imbalance that needs to be fixed, coupled with massive debt. There is no doubt that US has been on the wrong end of tariffs for way too long, even with Canada/Mexico. So I agree that fair trade should be addressed but I just wish it was by someone that can be diplomatic and not throw crazy ideas out to the media. I did some research and Trump was part of the USMCA, the current trade agreement that replaced NAFTA in 2020. Nothing in the USMCA changed under Biden to my knowledge. So whatever Trump still does not like about the USMCA that he signed could have addressed in normal and private negotiations. More tit for tat ... Canada and Portugal are strongly considering dropping procurement of the highly advanced F-35 Fighter made in the US by Lockheed Martin. This is bad for the US, bad for NATO, and bad for the USAF and the US Navy since Foreign Military Sales serve to not only strengthen allies but also lowers the unit cost of the aircraft for everyone. Yes, the fact that I am having to think about this stuff does appear insane to me.

RIP Claude. 8th rounder drafted in 1980. AHL rookie of the year. He played in 14 NHL games and lit the lamp twice. Scotty Bowman selected Housley, Cyr, and Andreychuck in the first round that year. Two Hall of Famers.

Who said anything about nostalgia? I didn’t. First you complain about former Sabres in front office positions when the league has several. Then you complain about former coaches moving to front offices when that is also common. Now it’s nostalgia. ??? Assume that Terry does not clean house, because he isn’t going too. You can continue with Adams working with Terry and the HC reports to Adams, or you can have Adams and Lindy both reporting to and influencing Terry. To me this is a no brainer. Your other choice is to follow another team for now because this is the reality of it.

There are several ex Sabres in front offices all around the league. There are many ex NHL coaches in front offices all around the league. I am not thrilled with Lindy’s coaching either but Adams running this is failing. Maybe Lindy can help more from a team roster building perspective? Maybe he turns out to be good at it?

This is a positive. Adams wanted Appert as coach and didn't get it, and Adams does not want advisors/consultants and now he has one. Terry decided on Lindy and the direct line to Terry is exactly what Coach McDermott has. I just hope Lindy becomes the more influential of the two and that leads to positive changes. Still prefer Adams is replaced but that is not likely unless he plays the politics of this triad wrong.

Just want to add one more hopefully constructive point to this. Thinking about how the league should look at this going forward. If you whack (hard to ferocious level) another players gloves/wrist/forearms you get a slashing minor or even roughing, you will get a penalty. Today, if the blade of your stick even touches the gloves or near the forearms of another player you get a minor penalty. This gets called routinely as slashing or hooking. Even the softest glances get called, do not touch the gloves with your stick. The benefit is it reduces players having to play in pain for the rest of the game, or sometimes part of a season hurt , or even worse get sidelined for awhile. Why are head hits treated different? Why not all head hits draw a penalty? But just don't touch the gloves, right? Why is touching the gloves with your stick blade more important? Seems like the priority is all wrong to me. It makes no sense that a ref would not call something on that play.

I get your points. I still think Howden got off easy. He got nothing. Kulich was slightly low coming out of the turn but not really leaning or stretching forward, I cannot even say his head was down. He was also being pushed in the back by #15 on Vegas. The hit was was reckless, Howden turned to his side and contacted his head first, he is out of control. That is my judgement. Player safety? Who is responsible for it? The leagues inaction says they are not. So we should see more of these legal hits, right?

Not making it years on end. Its not even close.

Players bend over reaching and stretching all the time. Are they supposed to play scared and just stay straight up. Howden took advantage an opportunity to bury a vulnerable younger, smaller, rookie and he got away with it. He actually got rewarded for it. A head hit is a head it. Either you enforce player safety or not. Which is it? You want the ref to determine if he meant it or not, in real time? No. And the extra misconduct on Krebs, which I'm told could have been a game misconduct, the ref does what to decide that?

The misconduct is either a 10 or a game? Stupid rules. What determines that decision? The NHL is famous for these poor rulings. Why didn't Kolesar get an extra 2 and a 10? He told the reporter afterword that the Sabres were playing a "heavy game" and he went out to stop it. Why isn't that an instigator? Ridiculous rules.

I edited my list to include him, I mixed him up with another player. Can't forget good ole' Slava.

You just said they will be "warm and hospitable". Now you say don't expect a congenial response. Ok. Image of "Pimlach visiting Victoria, BC"

I am no fan of Matty as a coach but a being a good player does not translate into being a good coach in the NHL. Looking at the top 4 winningest NHL coaches. #4 - Paul Maurice - no professional games after juniors #3 - Barry Trotz - no professional games after juniors #2 - Joel Quinnville - NHL 4th liner #1 - Scotty Bowman - no professional games after juniors

Is it just a coincidence that Samuelsson and Cozen have had such bad seasons right after being given the A? I wish Cozens well, moving him was best for all parties. Unfortunately, it could prove to be another indictment on how the Sabres have mishandled their youth.