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Forums :: Blog World :: Michael Pachla: Boom! Both Tim Murray and Dan Bylsma fired. Opportunity knocks
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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 20 @ 1:12 PM ET
he made a good trade, so did TM. should move on from the old boys club imo
- Sabresfan-365

they need to make a splash, for sure
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Apr 20 @ 1:12 PM ET
This smacks of someone who knows hockey talking to the Pegs...a good sign.
- LandlordTom


My buddy works at a restaurant downtown. The Pegulas came in with some hockey people last week (not Bylsma and Murray). He's got NHL advisors
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:12 PM ET
money talks, as does opportunity...there are only 30 gm positions in the league and they don't change hands that often
- Michael Pachla


Ehhh, Drury said the fish bowl that is Buffalo wore on him.
Money does not always = happiness.
Especially when You are making $$$ only the upper 5% make.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 20 @ 1:12 PM ET
My buddy works at a restaurant downtown. The Pegulas came in with some hockey people last week (not Bylsma and Murray). He's got NHL advisors
- jcragcrumple

then why did this move take 10 days to happen?



serious question
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:12 PM ET
craig ramsay is working with duds in montreal


just throwing another name in the mix

- homiedclown


would LOVE to have Craig....
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:13 PM ET
money talks, as does opportunity...there are only 30 gm positions in the league and they don't change hands that often
- Michael Pachla

was drury's beef with buffalo the management? because now he would be part of it so that doesn't play in anymore
PassionBucket16
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Schopp Sucks, NY
Joined: 12.26.2011

Apr 20 @ 1:13 PM ET
chronic
- homiedclown


Scotty Bowman and trade ROR to Vegas.

Holy poop. I know it's 4/20 but wow.
LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Apr 20 @ 1:13 PM ET
I'LL TAKE BOTH NOW PLEASE
- Buffalo--Sabres

C Ram and Duds would be sweet. Getting the band back together.
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:13 PM ET
And to the playoffs only once.
- buffalofan19



That was pre-cap floor years and you know they had limited resources.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:14 PM ET


he only had a year there

then when they moved, the jets wanted a different direction

- homiedclown



I'm not automatically dismissing him as a candidate, but that guy is as far into the "good old boys club" that is the NHL, and yet keeps missing the boat for GM jobs. Something doesn't smell right to me.
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:14 PM ET
then why did this move take 10 days to happen?



serious question

- homiedclown

good question.. could he be getting his ducks in a row and quietly be lining up his next moves so that they could make a quick decision on hockey ops?
LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Apr 20 @ 1:14 PM ET
then why did this move take 10 days to happen?



serious question

- homiedclown

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

Apr 20 @ 1:14 PM ET
Scotty Bowman and trade ROR to Vegas.

Holy poop. I know it's 4/20 but wow.

- PassionBucket16

never said I would trade ror

Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:14 PM ET
C Ram and Duds would be sweet. Getting the band back together.
- LandlordTom



Has nothing to do with their history in Buffalo but their work in hockey the last ten years.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Apr 20 @ 1:15 PM ET
then why did this move take 10 days to happen?



serious question

- homiedclown



I'm not sure. He just said that it seemed like intense conversation. I think it was a dinner to see what outsiders think of the Sabres situation. And I was wrong, this was like two weeks ago
Acup2buff
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 09.03.2015

Apr 20 @ 1:15 PM ET
Jack eichel..


- GERBE!!!75PTS

went to bed drunk. Woke up to the best news ever
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:15 PM ET


Pathetic.

Maybe now the Sabres can get their poop together and start heading in the same direction as the Leafs, probably not as quickly, but we both know that YOU want to!

Enjoy the series!

- As_I_See_It


Umm, I don't think we have 20 years...
BernardShakey
Joined: 08.16.2016

Apr 20 @ 1:16 PM ET
Lombardi-Pres Hockey Ops
Mike Futa-GM
Sutter- coach

This will not shock me. It will be Pegula's mind set to shake it up big time. Not a fan of Sutter as much but I can see the Lombardi hiring, and he'll get his man from the LA days in Futa.

- mhp


Lombardi? OK
Futa? Like the idea but he just got promoted in LA
Sutter? If Sabres fans were moaning about Bylsma's oppressive systems, then this guy ain't the answer. He's chip and chase, grind it out guy. Besides, Sabres don't have the horses to play that antiquated style
SnipeDevil6
Joined: 08.16.2016

Apr 20 @ 1:17 PM ET
The Pegula's are the problem. They couldn't hire a gardener to plant flowers around an arena let alone a winning organization. Need hockey minds in charge, not business minds.
LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Apr 20 @ 1:18 PM ET
Has nothing to do with their history in Buffalo but their work in hockey the last ten years.
- Buffalo--Sabres

I was jesting about the band part. Yes, 2 very respected hockey execs who have both worked for successful organizations and seem to know their way around the NHL landscape.

LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Apr 20 @ 1:19 PM ET
The Pegula's are the problem. They couldn't hire a gardener to plant flowers around an arena let alone a winning organization. Need hockey minds in charge, not business minds.
- SnipeDevil6

But the concrete work around the arena was SWEET.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:20 PM ET
But the concrete work around the arena was SWEET.
- LandlordTom

schwing!!!
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Apr 20 @ 1:20 PM ET
Lombardi-Pres Hockey Ops
Duds-GM
Craig Ramsey- coach

Drops microphone walks out the door........
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:20 PM ET
Jack eichel..


- GERBE!!!75PTS

Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Apr 20 @ 1:20 PM ET
The Pegula's are the problem. They couldn't hire a gardener to plant flowers around an arena let alone a winning organization. Need hockey minds in charge, not business minds.
- SnipeDevil6



They've actually done a great job with the landscaping around the arena.
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