Around the League Thread | Holiday Season!

[SeawaterOnIce]

Would be nice to see a talented 1st overall pick only accept a 3 or 4 year deal and put a deadline on the team to improve.

The Pegula family is the worst thing to happen for the Sabres. It's no coincidence that franchise has been a dumpster fire since they took over. Rash decisions, meddling, someone like Kim being a presence in hockey ops.

That family lucked out getting a franchise QB like Josh Allen who has saved their pathetic football franchise. They were facing extreme heat in the 2010's.

 

[F A N]

The Pegula family is the worst thing to happen for the Sabres. It's no coincidence that franchise has been a dumpster fire since they took over. Rash decisions, meddling, someone like Kim being a presence in hockey ops.

That family lucked out getting a franchise QB like Josh Allen who has saved their pathetic football franchise. They were facing extreme heat in the 2010's.

It’s a double edged sword. The Sabres’ previous owner refused to spend money and couldn’t keep talent. Remember the Sabres fired a bunch of scouts and were the first team to focus on “video scouting?” The direction they were going there was a chance that the Sabres would have moved. But ya Mrs. Pegula running the Sabres…

 

[Jerry the great]

Did any of you guys see the Kevyn Adams press conference.... yeeeeeesh Buffalo is a mess.

this was pretty good.

 

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[StreetHawk]

It’s a double edged sword. The Sabres’ previous owner refused to spend money and couldn’t keep talent. Remember the Sabres fired a bunch of scouts and were the first team to focus on “video scouting?” The direction they were going there was a chance that the Sabres would have moved. But ya Mrs. Pegula running the Sabres…

Well, she suffered a cardiac event and is no longer involved with the team. Pegulas have made poor executive decisions. Regier removed in 2013 before the really bad tanking. Murray from Jan/14 to Apr/17, so 2 years into the Eichel/ROR/Kane, etc era. Murray was a long time scout.
Then it was Botterill and Adams, both first timers. Botterill had about a decade in Pitt before getting the GM job while Adams had maybe a year in management before taking over the GM job.

Botterill, I get, Adams is just way too inexperienced to turnaround a club that had missed the PO like 8 years at the time he took over.