They win because they draft superstars in the 6th and 7th rounds. Plus they know how to groom their draft picks, not destroy them like this "Organization"
- sbroads24

Agreed... Every "potential" star the Sabres have drafted, they stick them in the AHL to never appear again. Used to be that the Sabres number 1 picks were always on the NHL roster.... Darcy will not allow this..... And now Grigorenko gets lost on the 3rd or 4th line to fade away and he will never reach his potential in Buffalo...

SABRES HAVE NOT HAD A TOP FIVE DRAFT PICK IN FOREVER.

Would Darcy have (frank)ed it up anyways? Maybe. But there isn't a gm in the league that wasn't taking Crosby when he went, or malkin, or sedan, or Kane, etc etc etc

I'm done. I'm tired of writing the same thing over and over for it to be ignored.
- Putzfrau

Pretty sure rapperray is just trolling everyone. He's just going against about every single positive point that people try to make. I'd advise to just ignore him.

Wings have bumpy years ahead. They won't be good for a few years, the loss of lindstrom is obvious and there depth is nothing impressive.
- Putzfrau

Just in time to join the division.

Just in time to join the division.
- nfph

Lol yep. Still the wings tho, the bad will quickly outweigh the good IMO

This
- twistedwrister9

I concur.

Wings have bumpy years ahead. They won't be good for a few years, the loss of lindstrom is obvious and there depth is nothing impressive.
- Putzfrau

Never count the Wings out. They make sure their young guys are role players for years and then when they are ready they make an impact. Franzen, Flipulla, Kronwall, all of them were mid-twenties before they became impact players

Pretty sure rapperray is just trolling everyone. He's just going against about every single positive point that people try to make. I'd advise to just ignore him.
- BuffSabs88

Yep, why I said I'm done. No time for trolls.

I said that while his trades aren't "bad"
they don't make an impact

Hodgson and Ott (2 players that I really like) have made little difference to the overall team. No impact
- ZamboniMassacre

What player s do you think he could of got ? I mean really its Buffalo not exactly the chosen destination for most super stars.

False
- PassionBucket16

Oh right Ville Leino or an other overpaid talentless (frank).



Let me rephrase. No one worth a (frank) wants to play here ever. We'll never be good.

Agreed... Every "potential" star the Sabres have drafted, they stick them in the AHL to never appear again. Used to be that the Sabres number 1 picks were always on the NHL roster.... Darcy will not allow this..... And now Grigorenko gets lost on the 3rd or 4th line to fade away and he will never reach his potential in Buffalo...
- rapperray

Name one "potential" star the Sabres have buried in the AHL.

Just in time to join the division.
- nfph

Well NF... I'll be damned if the Sabres are going to give up last place for the Wings.....

This
- twistedwrister9

Exactly

Never count the Wings out. They make sure their young guys are role players for years and then when they are ready they make an impact. Franzen, Flipulla, Kronwall, all of them were mid-twenties before they became impact players
- sbroads24

They'll never be the blue jackets but the next few years won't be paved with gold like the last decade and a half was

Never count the Wings out. They make sure their young guys are role players for years and then when they are ready they make an impact. Franzen, Flipulla, Kronwall, all of them were mid-twenties before they became impact players
- sbroads24

Top to Bottom the best run organization in Hockey.Pittsburg maybe second.

Darcy is fired at Midnight tonight. You are GM for the next two weeks. Give me your top three REALISTIC moves. I'll hang up and listen.......

Top to Bottom the best run organization in Hockey.Pittsburg maybe second.
- buffalo 1

Agreed and even in the so called "down years" the Wings will make the playoffs unlike the Sabres.....

1) Stafford, Grigs and Pick for O'Reilly +

2) Miller for Howard +

3) Leopold for 2nd rd pick


Release Hecht

Lol yep. Still the wings tho, the bad will quickly outweigh the good IMO
- Putzfrau

I respect the Wings, but they had a magic rabbit foot jammed up their asses building that last group (along with a jump start scouting Europe).

They have great players still, but they are on the right side of the bell curve, their prospect pool is thin, and I can't imagine they have another zetterberg waiting in the 5th round.

Darcy is fired at Midnight tonight. You are GM for the next two weeks. Give me your top three REALISTIC moves. I'll hang up and listen.......
- DixonWard

Trade Pomminville, Stafford and Hecht for whatever draft choices you can get....

Darcy is fired at Midnight tonight. You are GM for the next two weeks. Give me your top three REALISTIC moves. I'll hang up and listen.......
- DixonWard

1) Trade for O'Reilly.

2) Trade for picks

3) Do nothing. Tank out the rest of this season and start the rebuild at the draft.

Wings have bumpy years ahead. They won't be good for a few years, the loss of lindstrom is obvious and there depth is nothing impressive.
- Putzfrau

And yet they are much better than the Sabres.

Darcy is fired at Midnight tonight. You are GM for the next two weeks. Give me your top three REALISTIC moves. I'll hang up and listen.......
- DixonWard

Miller and stafford for markstrom and a mid pick
Pommer and the mid pick for brown
Vanek to someone for a 1st
Gerbe And 500k for future considerations

Agreed and even in the so called "down years" the Wings will make the playoffs unlike the Sabres.....
- rapperray

Yep and thats all a poor hockey fan can ask for right.Is that too much to ask for Terry P ? Really is it ? Ok done with my useless rant.

And yet they are much better than the Sabres.
- Pierceme69

How is that relevant to what I said

And yet they are much better than the Sabres.
- Pierceme69

Yeah probably because they have these two guys named Zetterberg and Datsyuk. You may have heard of them...