I answered too
Hire a credible and experienced team president who would build an actual pro sports front office (and hire a gm). Terry pegula goes away with his communication, collaboration, and daily phone calls.
It's a mickey mouse pre sports franchise who made the jr sabres guy general manager and have like an assistant coaches from buff state as the director of scouting
The rot is so deep and extensive in this franchise, no moves (coach, player, half measure hire of a gm is going to change anything. Internally and perceptions in the hockey world, the sabres are poison. They need to essentially rebrand with a new credible leader.
I actually believe that players would respond on the ice and you would see immediate improvement. Expectations and standards would immediately be raised across the board. The team got worse after adams' presser about how nobody wants to play here and no help is coming.
As long as I remember, management speaks and acts like they are perpetually on year 1 or 2 of a 4 year rebuild. It's all a stall tactic and bleeds into the lockerroom