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I think everyone is sick of me defending Ennis, even though I really want Bobby Ryan and in no way did I say anything bad about him. Just to make things clear, I just want both players.

When is the hockeyy insiderr on Twitter going to tweet who Buffalo put on the table to Anaheim today for Ryan?????

That guys acually has got somethings right, and already way more noteworthy than Eklund has been in his entire career.

Drew ,Luke , sekera,1st ( sundher or catenacci)

is my offer
- gerbe75pts

hope we get more than just Ryan back for this one. doesn't have to be anything earth shattering. just seems a little lopsided, imo.

Rumor says we put an offer on the table for B. Ryan last night that didnt include Ennis.
- joevthree

I mentioned all this at 10AM and yesterday

hope we get more than just Ryan back for this one. doesn't have to be anything earth shattering. just seems a little lopsided, imo.
- EricNearBuffalo

maybe we could get peter holland with ryan ..

hope we get more than just Ryan back for this one. doesn't have to be anything earth shattering. just seems a little lopsided, imo.
- EricNearBuffalo

True, Stafford and Sekera is a good trade for both sides.

Sekera is a good d-man, he might not have "sick" trade value, but is a good #4.

I bet if Andrej Sekera's name was John Smith( inferring he was American) I don't think people in Buffalo would be so quick to include him in every trade proposal.

maybe we could get peter holland with ryan ..
- gerbe75pts

Luka Sbisa

Luka Sbisa
- SABRES 89

I would be cool with that

maybe we could get peter holland with ryan ..
- gerbe75pts

Hopefully if we trade for Ryan they don't make us take Jason Blake as a salary dump.

well then again we do get bobby Ryan

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I think everyone is sick of me defending Ennis, even though I really want Bobby Ryan and in no way did I say anything bad about him. Just to make things clear, I just want both players.

When is the hockeyy insiderr on Twitter going to tweet who Buffalo put on the table to Anaheim today for Ryan?????

That guys acually has got somethings right, and already way more noteworthy than Eklund has been in his entire career.
- Morskdog89

I agree. He has gotten a lot right. He tweeted his initials earlier and many are speculating that he is Alexander Daigle. Still waiting for him on what we offered, should be interesting.

Hopefully if we trade for Ryan they don't make us take Jason Blake as a salary dump.

well then again we do get bobby Ryan
- Morskdog89

blake is a ufa right now .. so good news for us

i'm gonna try something.

give me a few minutes (5-15) so i can geek out on NHL12 and try trading with Anaheim to get Ryan and Getz...just to see what it would take. i don't care if my GM rating plummets into the negative.

::pushes up white-taped glasses with finger::

blake is a ufa right now .. so good news for us
- gerbe75pts

lol my bad.

And it was good news for us.

Hopefully if we trade for Ryan they don't make us take Jason Blake as a salary dump.

well then again we do get bobby Ryan
- Morskdog89

Jason Blake is a UFA

i'm gonna try something.

give me a few minutes (5-15) so i can geek out on NHL12 and try trading with Anaheim to get Ryan and Getz...just to see what it would take. i don't care if my GM rating plummets into the negative.

::pushes up white-taped glasses with finger::
- EricNearBuffalo

i'm gonna try something.

give me a few minutes (5-15) so i can geek out on NHL12 and try trading with Anaheim to get Ryan and Getz...just to see what it would take. i don't care if my GM rating plummets into the negative.

::pushes up white-taped glasses with finger::
- EricNearBuffalo

lol i will be waiting on the edge of my seat to hear the results, instead of getting work done at work which I have been too busy posting from my desk rather than anything productive.

Please change your avatar. Do you remember what happened to the last guy you had as an avatar during the Olympics?
- keptupl8

I Doan't, actually.

Jason Blake is a UFA
- sabresfandan

True that, that was my bad.

So the Islanders would totally take him back....

Toni Lydman???

lol I wasnt saying Ennis is the best in the league! I'm just fighting his sterotype!
- Morskdog89

I know, I'm a big Ennis fan myself.

I was just hoping for the new guy to take the bait

I agree. He has gotten a lot right. He tweeted his initials earlier and many are speculating that he is Alexander Daigle. Still waiting for him on what we offered, should be interesting.
- joevthree

Interesting.....I like that guy though. I'm looking forward to the blogging site he is going to start up.

I know, I'm a big Ennis fan myself.

I was just hoping for the new guy to take the bait
- CaptainRivet

lol thanks.

A lot of hostility with new posters lately. Like they need to come in guns blazing.

Then start making random points I never brought up followed by obvious statements that I also was not arguing.

Interesting.....I like that guy though. I'm looking forward to the blogging site he is going to start up.
- Morskdog89

me2, wondering how the Sabres blogger is gonna do.

Off-topic, but here's an interesting article about the Semin signing. Thought I'd share it...

‘Heartless’ Semin Signed One-Year Contract Because He Was Too Lazy to Sign Multi-Year, GM’s Say

NHL general managers around the league have claimed that enigmatic yet talented winger Alexander Semin signed a one-year contract because he was too lazy to sign longer and not because there is a prejudice against Russian players.

“I offered him a 6-year deal,” said Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford. “But the one-year contract was shorter and easier to read. So he signed that one. That’s what lazy players with no heart do.”

An investigation by Real Hockey News set out to find out why Semin, a player who has scored 408 points in 459 games while maintaining a +65, was only given a one-year contract while players with less impressive stats, such as Zach Parise (502 gp, 410 pts, +57) and Jordan Staal (431 gp, 248 pts, +53), who were each given extremely lucrative, long-term contracts. Parise signed a 13-year, $90 million with the Minnesota Wild and Staal signed a 10-year, $60 million with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Many commentators and fans suspected that the favorable attention on Parise and Staal was due to longstanding prejudiced amongst many of the NHL’s mostly Canadian brass, especially after TSN analysts Pierre McGuire and Marc Crawford obliterated the character of Semin on live TV, calling him everything from “lazy” and “heartless” to “the kind of guy who would kick you in the knee and poop in your mom’s corn flakes.”

However, an interview with several GM’s around the league who claimed to have made multi-year offers to Semin reveals that the one-year contract Semin signed was not a result of widespread prejudice, but because Semin just did not care, really.

“We thought he would be a good fit with Sidney Crosby,” Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero said. “So I considered giving him 5 years at $6 million. More than fair for a guy who doesn’t have heart and is a known cancer in the locker room. But he would just fall asleep during the talks. I’d try to wake him but he would just drool all over himself.”

When asked to elaborate on what Shero meant by Semin not having a heart and being a “cancer in the locker room,” Shero shrugged. “I don’t know. That’s what I heard.”

Columbus Blue Jackets GM, Scott Howson, had a similar story about Semin.

“Look, we barely have a team anymore,” Howson said. “So I needed somebody. Anybody. But I would call Semin’s agent and offer him a great, multi-year contract and you know what his agent would call me back with? He’d say Semin doesn’t feel like looking at a map to see where Columbus is, so he’s not interested. You believe that?”

Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier said he would have liked to make a long-term offer to Semin, but was not able to start negotiations.

“I thought I had his number around here somewhere,” Regier said as he shuffled through post-it notes and graham crackers on his desk. “Where did I put that darn thing?”

Read the rest here: http://realhockeynews.com...-sign-multi-year-gms-say/

i'm gonna try something.

give me a few minutes (5-15) so i can geek out on NHL12 and try trading with Anaheim to get Ryan and Getz...just to see what it would take. i don't care if my GM rating plummets into the negative.

::pushes up white-taped glasses with finger::
- EricNearBuffalo

Vanek + Ennis + Gerbe gets you Getzlaf / bobby Ryan!

I agree moving Ennis who is not a true center would leave a huge whole unless Darcy has another move up his sleeve.
- SABRES 89

How is he not a "true center" as u put it?
Ennis was was a center un juniors & was drafted as a center...
There's lots of guys who start on the wing when they first come up & then move to center