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.

 

[MS]

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.

Things like this never happen because the agent is always advising the player to take the biggest total sum possible so that agent gets the biggest commission possible.

This is also why you see players like Zadorov and Stamkos leaving ideal situations where they were a great fit just so they can get a little bit more $$$.