Big Decisions Facing Jarmo Kekäläinen w/ Paul Hamilton | The Jeremy and Joe Show
Jeremy White and Joe DiBiase are joined by Buffalo Sabres beat reporter Paul Hamilton for his reaction to the Buffalo Sabres firing GM Kevyn Adams and replacing him with Jarmo Kekalainen. The guys discuss the hiring and point out the fact that it’s the first GM hiring by the Sabres with experience in the job since Scotty Bowman over 40 years ago. Paul shares that he thinks the first priority for Kekalainen should be figuring out what to do with pending UFA Alex Tuch.
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25 Comments
It's Christmas, at least let him go after Christmas
Resigning Okoposo and Girgensons was pointless. If I were Tuch, I don't want any more of this. Get what we can for him – a competent physical D man, which is what we need here
Oh really Paul? You think Pagula doesn’t want to sign Tuch? Pagula gave Skinner 72 million Bro. Of course he wants to sign Tuch but Tuch doesn’t want to stay, possibly the length of term is the issue, 10 million for 6 years would be ok but still not great. You have no clue with what you said, no proof. Pagula has always sighed his own guys to a fault, he should have said no to skinner, Greenway, bums like that.
Ullmark sucks as a goalie, he BOMBED in the playoffs so bad, now in Ottawa giving up 4 goals a game
hire jay mckee as the new head coach and peca as the assistant….lindy needs to go and his entire staff…
agree pegula is cheap that’s why Sabres won’t get better don’t matter who the GM is pegula is the issue
TUCH is on excellent player , should be signed , might have to overpay for him but this is what you get , when you overpay for average players like the guys the Sabres have signed long term . ( minus THOMPSON , DAHLIN) . The moves are obvious to make by the new GM , trade UPL , BYRAM , get couple of nonsense players and move on .
I think the players found out about the change after the three loses. Then went on the three game winning streak.
I like Tuch. He's a good player who happens to be from the area. But I don't believe any player on this team is untouchable considering they haven't been to the playoffs in 14 yrs.
John Muckler built the 90's Stanley Cup Sabres, to which the banker GM Darcey Regier took credit for.
Tuch isnt worth 10 mill I like him to but that doesn't mean pay him like we paid others who are not worth it and it burned us bad. Tuch is worth like 7-8 mill like seriously.look at what tage is making and Dal and then power..like cannot give him 10 mill and him asking that is a spit in buffalo's face
Id take upl over skinner and a few others ngl
"why was levi thrown in and did not earn it" b.c we already knew what UPL was.
I am for a complete mass exodus, Tuch, Dahlin & Tage have not provided the winning leadership, get them out of here. Get Levi & Ellis in net and lets see what the kids can do
How are ANY assistant COACHES STILL WITH THIS TEAM
Tuch has earned nothing. Wouldn't mind if he left.
Just Win
So we know Tuch is an asset, who can we get for him? if I can get 2 players that can make a immediate impact and is cheaper than 10 mil and it fit. Id rather take 2 for 1 all day
Buffalo (and, more specifically, Terry Pegula) have to swallow the bitter pill that they will have to overpay for some players. For now, that’s our lot in life. Let’s get the stink of losing off of us, and then maybe we can attract some value talent who will take less because they want to be on a team that wins.
If a Tuch trade improves Sabres , do it. I want to watch a competitive team again.
Alex Tuch is hockey player for fanatuc hockey fans just like ones right here in Buffalo New york " Alex Tuch scores goals is around 40 goal scorer this is a Slam dunk for Jarmo get Alex tuch to sign a Long term deal for around 10 or 11 milly over so many seasons per examples 3 " with a Jarmo Deal & Alex tuch that keeps General manger and goal scorer happy thats would keep both partys happy!" Alex is one heck of Hockey player!thats worth long a term deal
I think 9M is outrageous and anything north see ya bub. Good well rounded player but wouldn’t even call Tuch great. Even at 9M he’s MAYBE worth the money for 3 more years then it looks worse and worse. I hate to trade him but there is not much choice with that price tag
The fans would rather part ways with Power, than Tuch, thats the facts around the ole 'water cooler' (using a old phrase)…the appetite to keep Seth As, and the other ACs, Lindys gotta bring in his own guys, if this turns into Lindy moving to president or up in the franchise, then just Seth Arse being the next HC, we will detest this.
So Paul because you bought your house 40 yrs ago for 60k your should pay 120k for your Chevy Trax today? Great Tuch logic.
Salary cap is going up, players realize that, its a new reality. Give up on Tuch like you did on Rienhardt, Eichel (how did that turn out) Let the merry go round continue .