Maybe now we can officially put the rumors from Blueandgold to rest now?
Who are those blue and gold people? Does anyone know?
Though I'm done with them, I already know the go-to destination on the net for people who make stuff up about hockey teams.
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That tells me firing them is an option now but if they do it they want it done in a dignified way.
I have no problem with this. Seriously. I think there will be more top-notch replacements available in the off-season. If I want to replace my GM/coach, I want to do it at a time where the best coaches are available. Not when all the top notch assistants, AHL coaches, and the like are hard at work.
and finally, I think Darcy is GMing for his career right now. and I don't think that means he'll try and make a playoff run. If he doesn't make good faith trades in a rebuild manner, he'll never get a job in the NHL again. He may not be employed in Buffalo, but he will be motivated to demonstrate that he can work towards the good of a team.
The last thing this team needs is a reason to start playing now. A new coach/gm could ignite them out of a top pick and not into the playoffs.
Keep the tired combo. Fire them the week following the last game of the year. Find suitable replacements, have a great draft, get the wrong players out, the right players in, and win.
fire darcy and lindy, hire dudley and carlyle, begin rebuild
I wouldn't be opposed to it but would rather wait until the off season to screen more candidates. Since more will be available then.
Two questions
1) how would you feel if they got his team to go on a run and miss out on a lottey pick?
2) I think Dudley is a sharp hockey guy. But to my knowledge he has never been a successful GM. Why so gung ho to hire him? Is it just because he isnt Darcy?
The Leafs would have to allow him to interview in-season. That's not likely.
That's my assumption.
How often do you see guys switch organizations mid-season who haven't been fired. Frankly I was shocked that Nashville let Muller take an NHL job this season and I can't think of any others off hand. From Burke's point of view, he's hired Dudley to be his director of player personnel for this season, it's not in his interest in letting Dudley leave before the year is over. That's my opinion anyway but from an anecdotal standpoint, you simply don't see guys leave organizations during the year (obviously a response to Jame, not you Beech)
The Lightning fired Lawton at the end of the year but didn't hire Yzerman until Detroit's playoff run was over.
Dudley, Botterill, Sweeney, Jim Nill, Paul Fenton, whoever else are fair game but it doesn't seem realistic that they'll join the Sabres before April.
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I don't totally disagree with that, but in his case he resigned and negotiated release from his deal to take the Toronto job.
Unless Duds did the same, he'd need Toronto's permission just to interview in season.
Burke was a different scenario. If Dudley resigns or talks himself out of the organization he's fair game. Right now he's property of the Leafs.
Burke was a different scenario. If Dudley resigns or talks himself out of the organization he's fair game. Right now he's property of the Leafs.
Burke quit, but could not officially start talking to the Leafs until the Ducks released him from his contract.
Same thing would apply here. Duds could resign, but until the Leafs voided the contract they could prevent him from making moves to start somewhere else.
In practice I think Duds would rather wait until the season was over anyways, but that's just a guess. Nobody even knows if the man would WANT this job.
I wouldn't be opposed to it but would rather wait until the off season to screen more candidates. Since more will be available then.
Two questions
1) how would you feel if they got his team to go on a run and miss out on a lottey pick?
Personally, I wouldn't be crazy about it but that's something that's hard to legitimately control. If it happens it happens, they can upgrade the organization without a lottery pick and, if necessary, they have the resources to make a Carter/Couturier-type move.
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2) I think Dudley is a sharp hockey guy. But to my knowledge he has never been a successful GM. Why so gung ho to hire him? Is it just because he isnt Darcy?
I'm not crazy about hiring a former GM period because I feel they basically went that route when they kept Regier in the first place (which I was open to). Regier had a long, specific track record with the organization under certain ownership constraints. Pegula/Black came in, got his plan for building a team with unrestrained resources and it went kablooey (sp?). My desire for a new GM is to find the next Chiarelli/Shero/Yzerman. Dudley has had some success, but is he "that" much better than Regier? I'm not sure but I'm not convinced he would be.
My only concern with the whole "even if they lost every game" for the rest of the season bit is...what kind of player would want to come here as a UFA for a team that sits on their hands?
I don't totally disagree with that, but in his case he resigned and negotiated release from his deal to take the Toronto job.
Unless Duds did the same, he'd need Toronto's permission just to interview in season.
I don't disagree that the Sabres would have to get permission to talk to any person that is under contract to another team (and that has to happen in-season or during the off season as long as the person is under contract).
I just doubt that Burke would deny the Sabres permission to talk to Dudley.
As far as when you make front office moves, the real downtime is after the trade deadline as you have the ramp up to the draft and UFA during the playoffs.
I would expect teams to be more open to letting people look in March as opposed to waiting until the season is over and the draft and UFA are weeks away.
My only concern with the whole "even if they lost every game" for the rest of the season bit is...what kind of player would want to come here as a UFA for a team that sits on their hands?
It's largely about the money.
Besides, if there is a new GM and a new coach in place, they'll sell the culture change angle big time to UFAs.
Although, how many UFAs are the Sabres going to be after this summer?
As far as when you make front office moves, the real downtime is after the trade deadline as you have the ramp up to the draft and UFA during the playoffs.
I would expect teams to be more open to letting people look in March as opposed to waiting until the season is over and the draft and UFA are weeks away.
And, of course, there will be back-channel, third-party type inquiries going on as well. If the Sabres hire a new GM, they'll have a decide idea of who is interested in the job.
I wouldn't be opposed to it but would rather wait until the off season to screen more candidates. Since more will be available then.
Two questions
1) how would you feel if they got his team to go on a run and miss out on a lottey pick?
2) I think Dudley is a sharp hockey guy. But to my knowledge he has never been a successful GM. Why so gung ho to hire him? Is it just because he isnt Darcy?
1. I'd hate it. However, I think don't think any in season move returns immediate improvement. It would take time. By the time they POSSIBLY started turning things around, it would be deadline day, and I would expect such a drastic change as GM/Coach getting fired would mean rebuild, in which a lot of our veteran talent would and should be sold off. So, it doesn't worry me.... im more worried that a healthy team, in the system they've been in forever, turn it around on their own...
2. I think Dudley is a sharp hockey guy too. He's respected around the league as such. And he's been involved in franchises that turned things around. Never for the entire time, never at the head of the ship. But his fingerprints are on Cups in Tampa and Chicago.
My only concern with the whole "even if they lost every game" for the rest of the season bit is...what kind of player would want to come here as a UFA for a team that sits on their hands?
The Sabres have no business being in the UFA market this coming offseason.
When the Sabres rebuild a contender, and the owner continues to demonstrate his willingess to spend, and word about the quality of ownership/amenities/life spread.... UFAs will return, when the time is right
The Sabres have no business being in the UFA market this coming offseason.
When the Sabres rebuild a contender, and the owner continues to demonstrate his willingess to spend, and word about the quality of ownership/amenities/life spread.... UFAs will return, when the time is right
There's not much in this class that helps us anyways, when you look at the list and the biggest name that pops out as a guy who I really want on the team is J. Stoll...that's not a good thing.
I'd be all for it if they decide they need to tear-down and retool -- which is still my personal preference. Playing a guy like Adam 4 minutes a night isn't good for his long-term development even if right now it's better for the team to keep the rookie away from making a mess. The build direction would either have him sent down or getting some serious OJT. They're going to have to live with those mistakes if the OJT is in Buffalo and that's going to cost them goals (and games) at times.
They need to finally try to maximize returns on pending UFA's, something Regier has shown no ability/willingness to do most years. Take the roster hit, load up the system. They need bluechippers at multiple positions, the more picks the more ammo to trade up on draft day. Letting any of the UFA's walk -- other than Brochen who likely has no trade value right now due to his latest concussion -- is not good asset management. They need to improve their asset pool.
Since they haven't shown an ability to adapt to unfettered funding and support from ownership, I don't know if a direction from above to retrench/build/tool for the future would get through any better than what they had this season.
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I'd be all for it if they decide they need to tear-down and retool -- which is still my personal preference. Playing a guy like Adam 4 minutes a night isn't good for his long-term development even if right now it's better for the team to keep the rookie away from making a mess. The build direction would either have him sent down or getting some serious OJT. They're going to have to live with those mistakes if the OJT is in Buffalo and that's going to cost them goals (and games) at times.
They need to finally try to maximize returns on pending UFA's, something Regier has shown no ability/willingness to do most years. Take the roster hit, load up the system. They need bluechippers at multiple positions, the more picks the more ammo to trade up on draft day. Letting any of the UFA's walk -- other than Brochen who likely has no trade value right now due to his latest concussion -- is not good asset management. They need to improve their asset pool.
Since they haven't shown an ability to adapt to unfettered funding and support from ownership, I don't know if a direction from above to retrench/build/tool for the future would get through any better than what they had this season.
OJT : Took me almost a minute to put that one together
to his credit, he did sell Campbell while they were in the thick of a playoff push
The Sabres have no business being in the UFA market this coming offseason.
When the Sabres rebuild a contender, and the owner continues to demonstrate his willingess to spend, and word about the quality of ownership/amenities/life spread.... UFAs will return, when the time is right
No #1 centers this year? Honest question, I haven't looked.
