May Day 10

Nothing there makes me think he should/can be in charge of pro scouting. It's like they randomly selected a lofty position for a guy they like.

I have had these thoughts too. Once Allen is gone, games wont be worth that much. I'm hoping the new building wont be like the soulless Keybank Center and resemble a fun atmosphere like the current Highmark (many of the drought games were fun to attend to some degree). Go through another drought though and everyone is under water with those ticket prices, locked in to buying them for 30 years. If it feels like a Sabres game where everyone is bored, distracted, kids going to get cotton candy and go to face painting every 15 seconds, and shrill music dissecting my eardrums, Ill want to stay at home. I tossed my Sabres tickets of almost 25 years. I just don't feel like the organization wants to win as much as they want to keep their people employed. Their head pro scout is from being an assistant at Buff State. Their head amateur scout was an unpaid volunteer for Notre Dame. Assistant GMs have similar histories. They have a guy they have been training on the job to be head coach some day. The same guy is probably better equipped coaching at Fredonia than the NHL. Changes are needed and wont be coming. Their Division is uniquely challenging looking at the quality of the organizations now, top to 7. These seems to be such a lack of sophistication with the Sabres, Im not sure they can ever compete. Sure, they can have a "good" season and snake 1 of the wild card spots and get swept or lose in 5 in round 1. But they are Mt Everest away from truly competing with teams like Toronto, Florida, Tampa, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, Vegas, LA, etc.

The problem is, the nhl is a lot more intricate than an nfl program. In the nfl you hit on a qb and a competent coach and you have a generation of results. We are Josh Allen retiring from again going back to the org who endlessly promoted russ brandon, Whaley not being "privy" to who the coach was, marrone essentially quitting as hc, and Rex Ryan not being allowed to "leave the room". In the nhl, coaches are throwaway at the bottom of the food chain. There is a lot more need for scouting and development. You are looking at teenagers across the world playing in apples to oranges leagues. Then drafting them at 18, forecasting who they will become, then being responsible for development to reach their potential. The cap in the nhl is also unforgiving. You also have much of the league at ufa status or have no trade protection who view the sabres as not serious or relevant. The construct of a good nhl team is also based on intricate chemistry and balance. Pegula being involved at all is an inefficiency the franchise can't afford. After Ruff and regier's way-too-long run, they have trotted out a series of first timers culminating with adams who had zero applicable experience. Top "officers" in the hockey department have dubious resumes to be manning their positions. Pegula and adams don't seem to want to be threatened by someone who knows what they are doing. Before he had to hide, hearing pegula speak about hockey made me seriously wonder if he had been a fan at all. Not knowledgeable.

Yeah, this is a tough one, but I get it. Him being on live these days can be borderline uncomfortable. I tuned in to college gameday so many times in large part because of Corso. I've tuned in recent years, calling my son down at noon so he can see his prediction. I wonder if the parties will consider a taped feature every week like they had lou Holtz do for awhile. End of a fun era nonetheless.

This sounds stupid. Will not buy

Love this guy

I think this is the correct answer

I have a 75 in both my living room and basement. IMO that is plenty. I would always buy either Samsung or Sony.

I dont get why they would need to keep adams if he is under contract. The money is spent regardless. Best off ridding themselves of him. Pegula won't because he admires him so much for some reason nobody else can figure out. He needs to be gone, and it's more than a year overdue. Worst gm and front office in the nhl and we all shouldn't be suffering his opportunity to learn in the job. Someone from the outside needs to be hired to fix this. No bias or ties to any of these people/cockroaches who occupy the sabres' staff. And no, lindy Ruff should not be GM. I dont even think he should be HC.

I'm not a huge fan of the current nfl format, but not sure what the answer is. I dont like the 1 seed getting the embarrassment of riches

I never hated Bon Jovi really. I hated that there was a Toronto group with him as the face with hopes of purchasing the Bills and moving them. It wasn't his fault, his dream is NFL ownership.

I did not attend that game, but attended several games down the stretch that year. My last time in the aud was when they unveiled the goat uniforms and like 19K people showed up.

They have needed to do that for a decade. It seems like an organizational philosophy under pegula.

Since Danny Briere left the sabres, he has more playoff goals than the Buffalo franchise. He has been retired for 10 years.

Bocce is my favorite, but it seems like a divisive place. People hate it.