Lets recap here: Trading Leopold and others will get us Briere. So say Leopold Adam and a 2nd so then we trade Ennis Sekera and a First for Ryan?? So our lines are:
Vanek Briere Pomminville
Stafford Grigs Ryan
Ott Hodgson Foligno
Leino Kaleta Gerbe
Love the sound of it but come on - Stripes77
that deal gets it done for Ryan imo
philly would want more for briere... and briere has a NMC, but it might not be that far off
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Aug 7 @ 3:03 PM ET
Briere, or any other player of significance, will not be joining the Sabres this offseason.
Darcy is pretty content with the current roster and will probably only make a minor depth move to acquire a 3rd line center (ie. Matt Cullen) or jettison a surplus defender.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is setting themself up for disappointment. - Losman
Briere, or any other player of significance, will not be joining the Sabres this offseason.
Darcy is pretty content with the current roster and will probably only make a minor depth move to acquire a 3rd line center (ie. Matt Cullen) or jettison a surplus defender.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is setting themself up for disappointment. - Losman
source?
EVERYTHING darcy has said points to the opposite
i get that you're being negative & pessimistic, and i can see why...
but to think he isnt trying to make moves is crazy
will something come of it?
we'll see
but i'd say it's prob about 50/50 that the next guy we get is a "ryan" versus a "cullen"
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Aug 7 @ 3:07 PM ET
source?
EVERYTHING darcy has said points to the opposite
i get that you're being negative & pessimistic, and i can see why...
but to think he isnt trying to make moves is crazy
will something come of it?
we'll see
but i'd say it's prob about 50/50 that the next guy we get is a "ryan" versus a "cullen" - jdfitz77
Really, you need a source. We all know he's right. Darcy is done.
No one wants our third string players, and guys that have value like Ennis and Myers he's not willing to give up.
hes 35 and getting older and past his prime. Makes no sense to me! - buffalofan1027
still killing it in the playoffs
best player we've had since lafontaine...
one of the best in our history actually, although him only being here for 4 years knocks him down the list
he'd be pretty high up there if he were here still & never went to philly
Really, you need a source. We all know he's right. Darcy is done.
No one wants our third string players, and guys that have value like Ennis and Myers he's not willing to give up. - sambarugh
no one thought vancouver would trade hodgson,
or that we'd trade kassian
or that ehrhoff would sign here
or that regehr would waive his NTC to come here
or that we'd drat TWO of the top4 centers available in the draft this year
you can be a crabby pessimist all you want,
i think moves still COULD be made
but darcy isnt going to do something stupid either (likw vanek +++ for ryan)...
so it might not
but i believe he's trying to make a REASONABLE deal
Anyone think we might pick up Bobby Butler since he got bought out. - evatnorth
sounds like the kind of move we'd make
kid has talent
lots of guys have talent & never put it together though
i could see a team like calgary or anaheim being pretty interested too
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Aug 7 @ 3:19 PM ET
Im not understanding why people want briere???
hes 35 and getting older and past his prime. Makes no sense to me! - buffalofan1027
I don't want Briere back either... he still puts up the numbers that we look for in a 1C.. but he could only be that guy for us for another 2-3 years before we are right back where we started.
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Aug 7 @ 3:23 PM ET
no one thought vancouver would trade hodgson,
or that we'd trade kassian
or that ehrhoff would sign here
or that regehr would waive his NTC to come here
or that we'd drat TWO of the top4 centers available in the draft this year
you can be a crabby pessimist all you want,
i think moves still COULD be made
but darcy isnt going to do something stupid either (likw vanek +++ for ryan)...
so it might not
but i believe he's trying to make a REASONABLE deal - jdfitz77
I'm with you... I still believe that between Stasnty, Ryan, or a mystery 3rd person will end up being a Sabre before camp begins..
I mention the mystery because we take the obvious.. but Darcy pulls stuff from his a$$ all the time that was not seen coming..
I think with the plethora of D-men that we have in addition to there being at least 9 teams who have said they are actively looking for a d-man (Anaheim, Colorado, Detroit, EDM, Minny, NSH, STL, Philly, and Montreal) we will make a deal.
A note: i'm sorry I had to ban a few of you. i really don't like doing it, but i've said too many times this isn't a girly thread, i even pulled some strings (pun intended) to HAVE THERE BE A GIRLY THREAD OTHER MODS DON'T MESS WITH for you all to do your thing.
I don't want Briere back either... he still puts up the numbers that we look for in a 1C.. but he could only be that guy for us for another 2-3 years before we are right back where we started. - JVince11
except now we have two legitimate young guys that COULD develop into #1 guys in hodgson & grigorenko
and if one of them doesnt,
we still have enough young center depth to have at least three "#2s"
our biggest problem with losing Briere & Drury wasnt that roy didnt turn into a #1...
it was that connolly couldn't stay healthy & we had no one else to give us any kind of depth down the middle
we have that now... TONS of it...
we have SIX possible #2s... seven if you consider adam might still get a look at center & not permanently moved to wing (catenacci & sundher are decent prospects too... catenacci = roy, with some grit)
