Buffalo Sabres and NHL 2024-2025

[Doc]

1 minute ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

@Doc... A Sabre won something!!

 

Yeah.  Small consolation, but something I guess.

[Mike in Horseheads]

Brendan Shanahan anybody?  Mike Harrington had a story about him and the Sabres in TBN

[Doc]

3 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Brendan Shanahan anybody?  Mike Harrington had a story about him and the Sabres in TBN

 

As HC?

[Mike in Horseheads]

34 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

As HC?

Team president or senior advisor

[BillsFan4]

17 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Brendan Shanahan anybody?  Mike Harrington had a story about him and the Sabres in TBN

Yes. In a heartbeat.

 

I just don’t see a scenario where it happens if the reports are true that the Sabres are looking to hire a senior advisor to report to Kevyn Adams.

 

I don’t see any world where Shanahan goes from running the biggest brand in the NHL with BY FAR the most money, and having dozens of people reporting directly to him (the leafs had a GM, special advisor, FIVE assistant GMs, seven directors…) to reporting to Kevyn ****ing Adams. lmao

 

It was reported he turned down the team president role with the NYI because he wouldn’t get to hire his own GM right away. He ain’t coming to Buffalo to report to a GM who’s entering year 6 with no success to show for it, and who already seems to have the next head coach picked out (Seth Appert - another guy who seems to be failing upwards in Buffalo under Adams). 

 

The only way I could see Shanahan coming here is if he was given full power over hockey ops and Pegula was willing to start spending money again.

 

 

I keep reading rumors about Rick Dudley possibly coming back to Buffalo though. I would love that hire as well, assuming he actually had some power. 

[That's No Moon]

On 5/25/2025 at 5:56 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

Brendan Shanahan anybody?  Mike Harrington had a story about him and the Sabres in TBN

Shanahan is NEVER going to come into a situation as some sort of senior whatever and not be able to choose his own GM and HC. Since we already know that Adams isn't going anywhere, and that he's going to be allowed to choose his own daddy...err...senior advisor, we can go ahead and eliminate any candidate that wouldn't participate in a hive mind. 

 

FWIW I think Dudley is a pipe dream as well.  Why would he come into this mess when he doesn't have to? Why would he accept Adams' and Terry's terms when he doesn't have to?  Florida is humming along just fine.  Also, I would argue that Dudley and Adams would have VASTLY different ideas on how to appropriately build a hockey team and that situation would come to a head very very quickly.

[BillsPride12]

7 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

Shanahan is NEVER going to come into a situation as some sort of senior whatever and not be able to choose his own GM and HC. Since we already know that Adams isn't going anywhere, and that he's going to be allowed to choose his own daddy...err...senior advisor, we can go ahead and eliminate any candidate that wouldn't participate in a hive mind. 

 

FWIW I think Dudley is a pipe dream as well.  Why would he come into this mess when he doesn't have to? Why would he accept Adams' and Terry's terms when he doesn't have to?  Florida is humming along just fine.  Also, I would argue that Dudley and Adams would have VASTLY different ideas on how to appropriately build a hockey team and that situation would come to a head very very quickly.

This is exactly what we need to happen, but sadly I agree with you that it's a pipedream and never going to happen

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

This is exactly what we need to happen, but sadly I agree with you that it's a pipedream and never going to happen

Oh I agree completely; this NEEDS to happen but it has a zero percent chance of happening.