Sounds accurate.

Adams “tried” to do something but couldn’t get it done and will boast how he’s trying

Also don’t touch that contract.
- ImThatGuy

Yeah, I don’t think it would’ve taken much. He’s older and bad contract.

His next goal is to fix the bottom 6.

Sabres tried to get Logan couture from the sharks and failed
- Sabretooth9

I this from your friend after he said Okposo was going to the rangers or the bruins and the market for E Johnson had dried up??

Sabres tried to get Logan couture from the sharks and failed
- Sabretooth9

He's only played 6 games this year! Why ?

Fwiw, part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2Ys0EndIc
Zito speaks more about how trades come together and the thought processes involved. @1:50 he speaks about Okposo and how respected he is around the league, and what he can add to the team. (Putting closed captions on helps, as some of the reporters’ questions can barely be heard.)

FL claimed Bjornfoot off waivers from Vegas today, anybody know anything about him?

I hope Zito takes a break and gets some sleep...

Bulldog's rant is incredible


- Hank Balling

Totally worth the listen! Freaking nailed it!!!!

Terry should be f ing embarrassed

Rosen with 2 assists tonight.

Savoie has an 11 game point streak down in Moose Jaw. 2 goals and an assist tonight. He is up to 59 points in 29 WHL games.

Dangle’s podcast goes over Okposo trade.
Had a chuckle when Dangle said FL is a “vibe” team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIUb_o5eOYw

Fwiw, part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2Ys0EndIc
Zito speaks more about how trades come together and the thought processes involved. @1:50 he speaks about Okposo and how respected he is around the league, and what he can add to the team. (Putting closed captions on helps, as some of the reporters’ questions can barely be heard.)

FL claimed Bjornfoot off waivers from Vegas today, anybody know anything about him?

I hope Zito takes a break and gets some sleep...
- Ratsreign

He’s so well respected, that we’re willing to give a 7th for him. Smell test checks out

Rosen with 2 assists tonight.

Savoie has an 11 game point streak down in Moose Jaw. 2 goals and an assist tonight. He is up to 59 points in 29 WHL games.
- Swedish_Jesus

None of this matters.

Adams Granato and co will ruin them all once they are here and then cry when they have to be traded because of how much they mean to them.

None of this matters.

Adams Granato and co will ruin them all once they are here and then cry when they have to be traded because of how much they mean to them.
- ImThatGuy

What I took from today's press conference is that Kevyn Adams is irreparably broken. It was pretty clear when he essentially backed the players for not saluting the fans after being booed, but now he's crying about Kyle Okposo and raving about the indispensable Zemgus Girgensons.

Dude has entirely lost the plot. He's gone native. He's still talking about their leadership - along with E. Johnson - after he traded them away due to the team sucking. Bro, their leadership failed. You failed. It's over.

What I took from today's press conference is that Kevyn Adams is irreparably broken. It was pretty clear when he essentially backed the players for not saluting the fans after being booed, but now he's crying about Kyle Okposo and raving about the indispensable Zemgus Girgensons.

Dude has entirely lost the plot. He's gone native. He's still talking about their leadership - along with E. Johnson - after he traded them away due to the team sucking. Bro, their leadership failed. You failed. It's over.
- Hank Balling

what is the plan B for the fall if 6k takes a step back and levi is blah

tokarski?

subban?

comrie extension?

I mean 6k was third when the season started based on our coach and staff

what is the plan B for the fall if 6k takes a step back and levi is blah

tokarski?

subban?

comrie extension?

I mean 6k was third when the season started based on our coach and staff
- homiedclown

Is there a dumber, more "vibesie" option that Adams can put in Rochester? He'll do whatever that is.

No Savoie, No Crouse I was told

No Savoie, No Crouse I was told
- SABRES 89

easy pass IMO

He’s so well respected, that we’re willing to give a 7th for him. Smell test checks out
- SDSabre

Whatever 🤷🏻‍♂️ He’s 36 and on the downward slope, he’s not some huge value trade chip. He’s a depth forward on the Panthers. The point still stands that okposo is highly respected by those who have known him.

I've come to the dark side. I stepped away for quite a while. I couldn't stand the constant negativity in here. I was always one to try and look on the bright side or find the positive in situations. But I'm popping in to vent...

This organization has failed. Terry Pegula has failed. Kevyn Adams has failed. Don "Krueger" Granato has failed. His crappy assistants have failed, miserably. The players have, for the most part, failed.

This team was ONE (frank)ing point away from the playoffs last year. One lousy point. They scored goals in bunches. However, that ridiculous shooting pct wasn't sustainable, and Adams and his analytics cronies should've known that. They were supposed to make the playoffs this year. But, instead of anticipating that players were going to come back down to earth, and giving them enough help to push them over the hump, they decide that the best course of action was to:

1) arrogantly change their system to a defensive one and then wonder why half the team can't adapt to it.

2) force-feed a young goalie to the wolves before he is ready, then realizing it too late to the point where, when you DO finally send him to the AHL (where he should have been the entire year), you've left yourself with a backup (Comrie) who has zero business playing in the NHL.

3) bring back the band on the 4th line and give them more ice time than your offensive players some nights, especially when you're down a goal or two.

4) continue to push a player into the top 6 who has ZERO business being there (Greenway).

5) do nothing about the gaping hole where Quinn was supposed to be (you knew going into the season, Kev-O!).

6) sign a slow, aging defenseman who, rumor has it, thinks he should get a pass for crappy play.

7) bungle the Victor Olofsson situation to the point where he became untradeable.

8) fail to read the room regarding Zemgus Girgensons and all but announce his contract extension today, calling him "vital to the fabric of this team" - a team that has either underachieved or just plain bottomed out year after year after year with Girgensons as a part of it.

9) FINALLY make a ballsy hockey trade, but your timing SUCKS, and only shows your inability (or just plain REFUSAL) to deal prospects and/or picks to help improve this team by actually ADDING to the talent you already have. Instead you spin your wheels and trade your leading scorer, thus depleting an already underachieving (or is it, "coming back down to earth") top 6. (yes, I realize that they weren't going to pay Mitts, but figure it tf out, regardless. The best GMs seem to be able to).

10) fail to recognize how bad the coaching is on this team, right down to the assistants (and their terrible coaching of the PP and PK), and even allowing Peca to leave.

11) expect (or at least insult us by trying to spin it that) Krebs and/or unproven kids will make up for Mitts' production, whether it be the rest of this year or next 😂

Thank God for UPL, or this team might be flirting with a bottom 3 finish. It's clear that this d!ckhead isn't going anywhere, so me, now of waning faith, has to hope that the light has gone on in his head and hope he does something of significance this summer and actually go get some players who can actually get this team to the playoffs and STAY THERE. And THEN, actually ADD to the team at the deadline (here's me, holding my breath 😂😂😂).

But, now I'm hearing that he was in hot pursuit of Logan (frank)ing Couture?! Are you kidding?! The guy has played 6 games all season and is now reported as being DONE FOR THE YEAR.

And so am I.

Signed,

The Formerly Positive One Known As Powerslave

What I took from today's press conference is that Kevyn Adams is irreparably broken. It was pretty clear when he essentially backed the players for not saluting the fans after being booed, but now he's crying about Kyle Okposo and raving about the indispensable Zemgus Girgensons.

Dude has entirely lost the plot. He's gone native. He's still talking about their leadership - along with E. Johnson - after he traded them away due to the team sucking. Bro, their leadership failed. You failed. It's over.
- Hank Balling

This baby poop soft ass organization needs an enema

I've come to the dark side. I stepped away for quite a while. I couldn't stand the constant negativity in here. I was always one to try and look on the bright side or find the positive in situations. But I'm popping in to vent...

This organization has failed. Terry Pegula has failed. Kevyn Adams has failed. Don "Krueger" Granato has failed. His crappy assistants have failed, miserably. The players have, for the most part, failed.

This team was ONE (frank)ing point away from the playoffs last year. One lousy point. They scored goals in bunches. However, that ridiculous shooting pct wasn't sustainable, and Adams and his analytics cronies should've known that. They were supposed to make the playoffs this year. But, instead of anticipating that players were going to come back down to earth, and giving them enough help to push them over the hump, they decide that the best course of action was to:

1) arrogantly change their system to a defensive one and then wonder why half the team can't adapt to it.

2) force-feed a young goalie to the wolves before he is ready, then realizing it too late to the point where, when you DO finally send him to the AHL (where he should have been the entire year), you've left yourself with a backup (Comrie) who has zero business playing in the NHL.

3) bring back the band on the 4th line and give them more ice time than your offensive players some nights, especially when you're down a goal or two.

4) continue to push a player into the top 6 who has ZERO business being there (Greenway).

5) do nothing about the gaping hole where Quinn was supposed to be (you knew going into the season, Kev-O!).

6) sign a slow, aging defenseman who, rumor has it, thinks he should get a pass for crappy play.

7) bungle the Victor Olofsson situation to the point where he became untradeable.

8) fail to read the room regarding Zemgus Girgensons and all but announce his contract extension today, calling him "vital to the fabric of this team" - a team that has either underachieved or just plain bottomed out year after year after year with Girgensons as a part of it.

9) FINALLY make a ballsy hockey trade, but your timing SUCKS, and only shows your inability (or just plain REFUSAL) to deal prospects and/or picks to help improve this team by actually ADDING to the talent you already have. Instead you spin your wheels and trade your leading scorer, thus depleting an already underachieving (or is it, "coming back down to earth") top 6. (yes, I realize that they weren't going to pay Mitts, but deal some of these "top" prospects/picks for that defenseman you were after, then).

10) fail to recognize how bad the coaching is on this team, right down to the assistants (and their terrible coaching of the PP and PK), and even allowing Peca to leave.

11) expect (or at least insult us by trying to spin it that) Krebs and/or unproven kids will make up for Mitts' production, whether it be the rest of this year or next 😂

Thank God for UPL, or this team might be flirting with a bottom 3 finish. It's clear that this d!ckhead isn't going anywhere, so me, now of waning faith, has to hope that the light has gone on in his head and hope he does something of significance this summer and actually go get some players who can actually get this team to the playoffs and STAY THERE. And THEN, actually ADD to the team at the deadline (here's me, holding my breath 😂😂😂).

But, now I'm hearing that he was in hot pursuit of Logan (frank)ing Couture?! Are you kidding?! The guy has played 6 games all season and is now reported as being DONE FOR THE YEAR.

And so am I.

Signed,

The Formerly Positive One Known As Powerslave
- Powerslave

This organization has that effect on people

what is the plan B for the fall if 6k takes a step back and levi is blah

tokarski?

subban?

comrie extension?

I mean 6k was third when the season started based on our coach and staff
- homiedclown

Unless your plan is Levi in Roch, I don't know how you do much better.

Sucks they have no one else in the system.

I've come to the dark side. I stepped away for quite a while. I couldn't stand the constant negativity in here. I was always one to try and look on the bright side or find the positive in situations. But I'm popping in to vent...

This organization has failed. Terry Pegula has failed. Kevyn Adams has failed. Don "Krueger" Granato has failed. His crappy assistants have failed, miserably. The players have, for the most part, failed.

This team was ONE (frank)ing point away from the playoffs last year. One lousy point. They scored goals in bunches. However, that ridiculous shooting pct wasn't sustainable, and Adams and his analytics cronies should've known that. They were supposed to make the playoffs this year. But, instead of anticipating that players were going to come back down to earth, and giving them enough help to push them over the hump, they decide that the best course of action was to:

1) arrogantly change their system to a defensive one and then wonder why half the team can't adapt to it.

2) force-feed a young goalie to the wolves before he is ready, then realizing it too late to the point where, when you DO finally send him to the AHL (where he should have been the entire year), you've left yourself with a backup (Comrie) who has zero business playing in the NHL.

3) bring back the band on the 4th line and give them more ice time than your offensive players some nights, especially when you're down a goal or two.

4) continue to push a player into the top 6 who has ZERO business being there (Greenway).

5) do nothing about the gaping hole where Quinn was supposed to be (you knew going into the season, Kev-O!).

6) sign a slow, aging defenseman who, rumor has it, thinks he should get a pass for crappy play.

7) bungle the Victor Olofsson situation to the point where he became untradeable.

8) fail to read the room regarding Zemgus Girgensons and all but announce his contract extension today, calling him "vital to the fabric of this team" - a team that has either underachieved or just plain bottomed out year after year after year with Girgensons as a part of it.

9) FINALLY make a ballsy hockey trade, but your timing SUCKS, and only shows your inability (or just plain REFUSAL) to deal prospects and/or picks to help improve this team by actually ADDING to the talent you already have. Instead you spin your wheels and trade your leading scorer, thus depleting an already underachieving (or is it, "coming back down to earth") top 6. (yes, I realize that they weren't going to pay Mitts, but deal some of these "top" prospects/picks for that defenseman you were after, then).

10) fail to recognize how bad the coaching is on this team, right down to the assistants (and their terrible coaching of the PP and PK), and even allowing Peca to leave.

11) expect (or at least insult us by trying to spin it that) Krebs and/or unproven kids will make up for Mitts' production, whether it be the rest of this year or next 😂

Thank God for UPL, or this team might be flirting with a bottom 3 finish. It's clear that this d!ckhead isn't going anywhere, so me, now of waning faith, has to hope that the light has gone on in his head and hope he does something of significance this summer and actually go get some players who can actually get this team to the playoffs and STAY THERE. And THEN, actually ADD to the team at the deadline (here's me, holding my breath 😂😂😂).

But, now I'm hearing that he was in hot pursuit of Logan (frank)ing Couture?! Are you kidding?! The guy has played 6 games all season and is now reported as being DONE FOR THE YEAR.

And so am I.

Signed,

The Formerly Positive One Known As Powerslave
- Powerslave

I've come to the dark side. I stepped away for quite a while. I couldn't stand the constant negativity in here. I was always one to try and look on the bright side or find the positive in situations. But I'm popping in to vent...

This organization has failed. Terry Pegula has failed. Kevyn Adams has failed. Don "Krueger" Granato has failed. His crappy assistants have failed, miserably. The players have, for the most part, failed.

This team was ONE (frank)ing point away from the playoffs last year. One lousy point. They scored goals in bunches. However, that ridiculous shooting pct wasn't sustainable, and Adams and his analytics cronies should've known that. They were supposed to make the playoffs this year. But, instead of anticipating that players were going to come back down to earth, and giving them enough help to push them over the hump, they decide that the best course of action was to:

1) arrogantly change their system to a defensive one and then wonder why half the team can't adapt to it.

2) force-feed a young goalie to the wolves before he is ready, then realizing it too late to the point where, when you DO finally send him to the AHL (where he should have been the entire year), you've left yourself with a backup (Comrie) who has zero business playing in the NHL.

3) bring back the band on the 4th line and give them more ice time than your offensive players some nights, especially when you're down a goal or two.

4) continue to push a player into the top 6 who has ZERO business being there (Greenway).

5) do nothing about the gaping hole where Quinn was supposed to be (you knew going into the season, Kev-O!).

6) sign a slow, aging defenseman who, rumor has it, thinks he should get a pass for crappy play.

7) bungle the Victor Olofsson situation to the point where he became untradeable.

8) fail to read the room regarding Zemgus Girgensons and all but announce his contract extension today, calling him "vital to the fabric of this team" - a team that has either underachieved or just plain bottomed out year after year after year with Girgensons as a part of it.

9) FINALLY make a ballsy hockey trade, but your timing SUCKS, and only shows your inability (or just plain REFUSAL) to deal prospects and/or picks to help improve this team by actually ADDING to the talent you already have. Instead you spin your wheels and trade your leading scorer, thus depleting an already underachieving (or is it, "coming back down to earth") top 6. (yes, I realize that they weren't going to pay Mitts, but deal some of these "top" prospects/picks for that defenseman you were after, then).

10) fail to recognize how bad the coaching is on this team, right down to the assistants (and their terrible coaching of the PP and PK), and even allowing Peca to leave.

11) expect (or at least insult us by trying to spin it that) Krebs and/or unproven kids will make up for Mitts' production, whether it be the rest of this year or next 😂

Thank God for UPL, or this team might be flirting with a bottom 3 finish. It's clear that this d!ckhead isn't going anywhere, so me, now of waning faith, has to hope that the light has gone on in his head and hope he does something of significance this summer and actually go get some players who can actually get this team to the playoffs and STAY THERE. And THEN, actually ADD to the team at the deadline (here's me, holding my breath 😂😂😂).

But, now I'm hearing that he was in hot pursuit of Logan (frank)ing Couture?! Are you kidding?! The guy has played 6 games all season and is now reported as being DONE FOR THE YEAR.

And so am I.

Signed,

The Formerly Positive One Known As Powerslave
- Powerslave

If you believe in sentiment indicators.

This is a bullish indicator

If you believe in sentiment indicators.

This is a bullish indicator
- Swedish_Jesus

Turns out vibes alone do not constitute a successful operating philosophy.

Unfortunately, today has proven that Kevyn still hasn't learned that lesson, as evidenced by his effusive praise of Zemgus and his teary eyed remembrances of Okposo.

Maybe in 2 or 3 more years that will resonate somewhere in his brain

Guys remember the days when everyone hated Afinogenov god wouldn’t it be nice to hate him on this team right now though right?

Guys remember the days when everyone hated Afinogenov god wouldn’t it be nice to hate him on this team right now though right?
- Jet Jaguar BD

Owen Power took the mantle from Reinhart did he not ?

Turns out vibes alone do not constitute a successful operating philosophy.

Unfortunately, today has proven that Kevyn still hasn't learned that lesson, as evidenced by his effusive praise of Zemgus and his teary eyed remembrances of Okposo.

Maybe in 2 or 3 more years that will resonate somewhere in his brain
- Hank Balling

Actions speak louder than words. The Mittelstadt trade was a step in the right direction in terms of an admission external additions need to be made.

There is a sense of urgency that wasn’t present in prior years.

They underestimated the team they had last year, overestimated the team they had this year.

Adams even admitted in his press conference he was looking to add a veteran forward but that at this time of year with teams chasing the playoffs that it wasn’t attainable.

Having Tomas Hertl on the books till he’s 37 wasn’t the answer either.

I’m not buying Fitz saying we were in on Couture