Mr Peabody

If Byram gets traded don’t we revert to needing a top 4 D man again? Unless we get an offer that knocks our socks off there’s no need to trade him.

I imagine TP’s daughter is getting an earful of “you need a better face to the franchise” at the governors meeting. This could justify kicking KA up to a behind the scenes role (POHO?) and promoting Jarmo to GM and new face to the public. A strong off season could facilitate that.

I think this one has Lindy’s fingerprints all over it.

I think Sabres may have paid a little goodwill for now, but I like the trade. KA is finally adding the types of players needed to succeed. Add these two to Dahlin, Tage, Tuch, Zucker, and Norris and we are building a proper NHL core. As good as JJ is on O, we needed a trade like this. We’re a better team today.

Guessing JJ wanting out was a mutual feeling with Lindy with Hamilton saying JJ didn’t like Lindy. Wild guess is they disagreed over defense. Ignoring the return (and as a wise poster above mention 30 other GMs had a chance to offer more), this trade seems to trend our team toward playing NHL type hockey.

If JJ gets offer sheeted we’ll end up with ~ $30M of our cap between JJ, Muel, Power, and Norris. In about 3 years that may be a deal but it’s a stretch for next season.

Needs to delegate any press meetings to Jarmo. Starting building back credibility for the Sabres brand.

Imagine buying out a 25 year old D man you gave the A to the prior year?🤣

Listening to Shane Malloy on XM and he was asked about (paraphrasing) a prospect who might be a surprise early pick and he raved about Logan Hensler. Complete game d man who would have been a 60 point scorer in CHL. Thought he could go as high as 11

Was that Paul Hamilton’s jersey??

Not necessarily sticking up for Mule, but if he jumps in and gets his a$$ kicked does that make TT feel any better? Fire up the team? The problem is roster makeup. Size doesn’t equal toughness or grit on this team. I actually feel for Tuch when he feels obligated to jump in and do something he’s not very good at.

I think the Rangers would turn down the JJ trade Pono proposed.

What stuck out to me is the “building block” along with Dahlin. Probably nothing but only one current player named?

Maybe Lindy reached out and couldn’t get any takers? Or, was part of his job to evaluate the coaches in our system? Or…..were they dictated to him as he really had no other options?

I’m with Weave, knowing the make up this team not sure any coach could be successful. Regarding Appert as the heir apparent; if we don’t make playoffs this year I don’t believe KA will have a voice about the next coaching staff.

As far as adapting it looked to me it took Lindy 2/3 of the season before he said screw the defensive structure I’m trying to teach and went to Granato hockey. Thats when they had their uptick if I recall. DG and LR both couldn’t get a team D going. Cost Donnie his job and Lindy fared even worse. Just my opinion.

Serious question for you or anyone with an opinion on Power. Is there an NHL comparable within the last 20 or so years you feel Power will grow into? I keep coming back to Tyler Meyers given the size and temperament - and I don’t mean that as a negative.

Did KA hire his successor for an eventual transition to P0HO? I thought the advisor to GM was merely a rumor but obviously not. If the former, this makes sense to ensure a smooth transition and prevents a ‘new guy’ from playing cowboy and blowing everything up.

Only a quarter of the team? Should be all of them.

This rumor makes less sense the more I think about it. What would an “advisor” to KA actually tell him that isn’t obvious? He (KA) could turn on the radio, read SabreSpace, listen to the ushers, STH, etc and he’d hear a very common theme about team needs. Hopefully Ruff and the coaching staff would also be aligned with what we need. Can’t see an outside source with reporting only power making an impact. Maybe to leverage relationships around the league? That I could see. I’d think if Pegula is looking for an advisor it would be reporting to him.

After the palm tree and taxes presser I’d guess the corporate strategy would be silence is golden. Answer questions as briefly as possible.

Those 3 instantly change the culture of this team. All tough players who hit.

Maybe take on Kreider’s contract as part of a multi-player deal? Cuylle, Kreider, Borgen for JJ and?

I too was thinking if they were that high on JJ a sign and trade would be something to work on.