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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:29 PM ET
Hopefully Yzerman shed an eyelash in that Petri dish.
- nfph

Think Adams stole his hair brush.
nfph
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Schadenfreude, NY
Joined: 09.22.2006

Jun 11 @ 1:30 PM ET
Think Adams stole his hair brush.
- Buff36

Curly or straight, I don’t care 😂
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 11 @ 1:30 PM ET
Can you ban Taco already? He's getting very ornery lately
- RhinoFan





Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:30 PM ET
Curly or straight, I don’t care 😂
- nfph

😆😆😆😏😏
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 1:31 PM ET
On another note...

3 players with multiple playoff failures to pick from for the Hart Trophy - "player judged most valuable to his team".
McDavid
Matthews
MacKinnon

Yes, I realize it is for the regular season, yet it is funny those three have won nothing in the past season.
Maybe Mark Stone should have been nominated.

- IonSabres

MacKinnon is now a bum because he got 15 points in 10 playoff games?

TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 11 @ 1:32 PM ET
MacKinnon is now a bum because he got 15 points in 10 playoff games?
- homiedclown


Oh I love this game.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:34 PM ET
MacKinnon is now a bum because he got 15 points in 10 playoff games?
- homiedclown

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7qDSAteMTDT1yNMY
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 11 @ 1:38 PM ET
I'll see your hypothetical and raise you another: is there any way the Pegulas fire Adams after 3 years? It would be like firing themselves

I think we all better hope that Adams can learn quickly because I have a feeling he's gonna be here a loooong time

- Hank Balling


Is there any way? Absolutely. It could be JB all over again. Struggle when forced to sell your players low (RoR and Kane). Walk away from your goalie (Lehner). Have some key draft picks stumble (Nylander, Guhle, Mitts). Then put up mediocre results for 2 years.

Hope he gets up off the mat and nails this off-season, but it's hard to avoid the obvious JB parallels so far.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 1:39 PM ET
Oh I love this game.
- TheSabresTaco

I mean stone has 8 points in 13 games, underachieved a bit this post season

but put him on a throne because he got zero points last night and 3 in the 6 games series



and dog MacKinnon because he got 15 points in 10 games, including 2 last night and 6 in the 6 game series
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 1:41 PM ET
pat kaleta got the sabres 5 clutch points in the playoffs, lets retire #36 and raise the jersey this fall
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jun 11 @ 1:41 PM ET
Is there any way? Absolutely. It could be JB all over again. Struggle when forced to sell your players low (RoR and Kane). Walk away from your goalie (Lehner). Have some key draft picks stumble (Nylander, Guhle, Mitts). Then put up mediocre results for 2 years.

Hope he gets up off the mat and nails this off-season, but it's hard to avoid the obvious JB parallels so far.

- Lunaion


That's not exactly the question though - Adams is Terry's protégé. They've been grooming him for a decade.

You're right though. The parallels are stunning. Adams is in the same position as Botterill was after his first year: Dead last with a pissed off good player.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 11 @ 1:45 PM ET
Oh I love this game.
- TheSabresTaco



I love the game where we predict how an 18 year old's career will play out, and that there's no way he'll better than players picked before him.

Marchand, Krejci, Bergeron, Point, Kucherov, O'Reilly, and dozens of others want a redraft.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 1:47 PM ET
That's not exactly the question though - Adams is Terry's protégé. They've been grooming him for a decade.

You're right though. The parallels are stunning. Adams is in the same position as Botterill was after his first year: Dead last with a pissed off good player.

- Hank Balling

the cookies are better now compared to 3 years ago though
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:51 PM ET
the cookies are better now compared to 3 years ago though
- homiedclown

And a bigger Yacht!!!
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:52 PM ET
pat kaleta got the sabres 5 clutch points in the playoffs, lets retire #36 and raise the jersey this fall
- homiedclown


Played with him as a kid / high school. Hates him. He’s a loser in my mind
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 11 @ 1:58 PM ET
Played with him as a kid / high school. Hates him. He’s a loser in my mind
- Sabretooth9


what makes him a loser?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 1:58 PM ET
https://thehockeywriters..../nhl-rumors-june-11-2021/
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 11 @ 1:59 PM ET
I love the game where we predict how an 18 year old's career will play out, and that there's no way he'll better than players picked before him.

Marchand, Krejci, Bergeron, Point, Kucherov, O'Reilly, and dozens of others want a redraft.

- Powerslave


yeah but haven't you seen the analytic career projections and player comparables that are enever wrong or fluctuate?
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 11 @ 2:04 PM ET
yeah but haven't you seen the analytic career projections and player comparables that are enever wrong or fluctuate?
- TheSabresTaco



They're spot on
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 2:04 PM ET
what makes him a loser?
- TheSabresTaco

willing to do sabres alumni stuff for free
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 11 @ 2:07 PM ET
That's not exactly the question though - Adams is Terry's protégé. They've been grooming him for a decade.

You're right though. The parallels are stunning. Adams is in the same position as Botterill was after his first year: Dead last with a pissed off good player.

- Hank Balling


I think everyone feels he's under pressure to move Eichel before the draft. Deja vu for sure.


homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 11 @ 2:09 PM ET
I think everyone feels he's under pressure to move Eichel before the draft. Deja vu for sure.
- Lunaion

TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Jun 11 @ 2:11 PM ET
what makes him a loser?
- TheSabresTaco

I kicked him out of my bar maybe ten years ago. he was sitting there having a beer and spitting his dip on the floor. he didnt get that it was a problem and couldn't understand why I told him to leave. (frank) him.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 11 @ 2:17 PM ET
I kicked him out of my bar maybe ten years ago. he was sitting there having a beer and spitting his dip on the floor. he didnt get that it was a problem and couldn't understand why I told him to leave. (frank) him.
- TheHank

Nobody likes a spitter
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 11 @ 2:24 PM ET
Nobody likes a spitter
- Buff36


Word.

Spitters are quitters
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