Buffalo Sabres and the NHL: 2025 - 2026. I'd trade UPL for a speed WR. Kevin? Are you listening?

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, davefan66 said:

I don’t think knRuff is the issue. I feel he is doing the best with the hand he has been dealt.

 

We need a GM and coach combo like we have at the Bills. Change the losing “culture”.

 

They should bring in Lou Lamoriello as President. He knows the league as far as hiring GM's and HCs. He did get the Isles turned around from the Garth Snow days. He hired Barry Trotz and the team went to back-to-back ECF's. They just got beat by a better Lightning team. I don't think he should be the GM anymore and handle the day-to-day duties but as President he can bring in the right people for the FO. He certainly knows more about hockey than Terry. Lou is a hockey man. Terry thinks he is a hockey man. Big difference.

[coloradobillsfan]

11 minutes ago, davefan66 said:

We need a GM and coach combo like we have at the Bills. Change the losing “culture”.

 

I have zero faith in Uncle Terry to be able to find anyone like this.  I think the "H" tab in his Rolodex has been empty for a long time now.  

[BillsFan4]

46 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

They should bring in Lou Lamoriello as President. He knows the league as far as hiring GM's and HCs. He did get the Isles turned around from the Garth Snow days. He hired Barry Trotz and the team went to back-to-back ECF's. They just got beat by a better Lightning team. I don't think he should be the GM anymore and handle the day-to-day duties but as President he can bring in the right people for the FO. He certainly knows more about hockey than Terry. Lou is a hockey man. Terry thinks he is a hockey man. Big difference.

The problem with that idea is there’s no way Terry would ever feel “heard” enough under Lou.

 

Brendan Shanahan was willing to come here as team president if he had autonomy. I’d rather go down that route than hire Lou but I don’t think that’s an option either for similar reasons.

 

I don’t think Terry wants a team president at all. Maybe at some point he becomes desperate enough to try it but I’m not sure if/when that day will come. 

[davefan66]

2 hours ago, coloradobillsfan said:

 

I have zero faith in Uncle Terry to be able to find anyone like this.  I think the "H" tab in his Rolodex has been empty for a long time now.  

As much as it was heralded that he was a Sabres fan back in the day, and the thought was he was going to pour his heart and soul into the team was just bunk.

 

I feel he is an NFL owner first and a NHL owner way after that.

[QCity]

6 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

They should bring in Lou Lamoriello as President.

 

It's funny I was banging the table for Lou 10 years ago. How time flies. He's 83 and hasn't spoken on his future plans yet so... probably looking like retirement.