That contract has to go. Amnesty buyout or bust
- keptupl8

I think we could squeeze a pick out of him......on second thought though, the buyout might be better....with a trade we would probably still have to pay something, no?

Anyone think that if we keep Leino around that it might be a good experiment to play him on the left wing with Armia on his opposite side? I feel like the obvious nationality chemistry would benefit both of them. Plus, think about Leino saucing that puck to Armia. Gets me too excited
- bsabres716

Had he played and contributed this year I would say yes, keep him. But its been a flat out failed experiment. Just walk away now.

Armia - Grigorenko - ??
Girgensons - Hodgson - ??
Foligno - Larsson - Tropp or Flynn or new guy

is how I see our top lines in like 3 years from now...
- JVince11

Realistically I see our line 3 being
Foligno Klea Girgensons in like 3 or 4 years.

Armia - Grigorenko - ??
Girgensons - Hodgson - ??
Foligno - Larsson - Tropp or Flynn or new guy

is how I see our top lines in like 3 years from now...
- JVince11

Depends on who we draft this year!

- sambarugh

Had he played and contributed this year I would say yes, keep him. But its been a flat out failed experiment. Just walk away now.
- Buffalo--Sabres

cut your losses and move....thats kind of how I see it.....then we can watch him sign somewhere in the division on a cheap contract and light up us and the league

unlikely....yes.....plausible because its the Sabres....yes

Realistically I see our line 3 being
Foligno Klea Girgensons in like 3 or 4 years.
- Mentalorgasm5

Kea is solid..... and Larsson is solid too...

Between Girgensons and Foligno.. I would really like one of them to be our 2LW and be our tough guy like Ott but can still pot 20-25 goals.. and be tough to fight like Lucic...

Realistically I see our line 3 being
Foligno Klea Girgensons in like 3 or 4 years.
- Mentalorgasm5

Thats a gritty shut down line full of sand paper!

I like it

Maybe add another Rusky in Barkov to that mix or a Fin with Nishuskin...

maybe the winning touch is a Canadian in Drouin and Zadorov.
- JVince11

Hes from Finland

Valeri Nichushkin
is russian

- sambarugh

Realistically I see our line 3 being
Foligno Klea Girgensons in like 3 or 4 years.
- Mentalorgasm5

I think Foligno ends up on the top 6. He will play the role of Wayne Simmonds in a few years. He will be in front of the net on the PP and play on a talented line. Kid is gonna be really good

I just have such high hopes that this guy is going to be such a f'n bad@ss on this team..... I hope that he is our future captain and will just punch your Richard off if you talk poop to him...

cut your losses and move....thats kind of how I see it.....then we can watch him sign somewhere in the division on a cheap contract and light up us and the league

unlikely....yes.....plausible because its the Sabres....yes
- Sabres2012CUP

yes

Hes from Finland

Valeri Nichushkin
is russian
- hubie

oh I switched? my bad.

Kea is solid..... and Larsson is solid too...

Between Girgensons and Foligno.. I would really like one of them to be our 2LW and be our tough guy like Ott but can still pot 20-25 goals.. and be tough to fight like Lucic...
- JVince11

Lucic is in a catergory of his own. The dude is a tank. However I dont see him being a Bruin much long. He is having a horrible horrible season

I just have such high hopes that this guy is going to be such a f'n bad@ss on this team..... I hope that he is our future captain and will just punch your Richard off if you talk poop to him...
- JVince11

"they say you are what you eat....so I woke up and ate some steel this morning"

We are rebuilding and Vanek isn't worth his salary IMO. He's just frustrating, for 10 games he's the best player in the world, the next 10 he is invisible with some nagging injury
- sbroads24

Still worth it imo. Lots of players are streaky. And lots of players get injured. He's does enough for me, guy gets beaten up and he has tons of skill.

Thats a gritty shut down line full of sand paper!

I like it
- Stripes77

thats what I am hoping and thinking. I dont know much about larsson but I hope he turns into much more than a 3rd line center.

Still worth it imo. Lots of players are streaky. And lots of players get injured. He's does enough for me, guy gets beaten up and he has tons of skill.
- sambarugh

Other teams will pay top dollar for him

"they say you are what you eat....so I woke up and ate some steel this morning"


- Sabres2012CUP

He gains about 15 pounds of muscle he would be one bada$$ in this league

Make the Sabres a team to be feared to play against again

"they say you are what you eat....so I woke up and ate some steel this morning"


- Sabres2012CUP

that quote was the turning point for me.. I went from liking him.. to loving this kid as a future Sabre....

I watched him play for Dubuque when I coached for Waterloo... NONE of our players even wanted to go into a corner with the guy... They just saw him as a f'n monster that you couldn't even touch or try to compete with...

Hes from Finland

Valeri Nichushkin
is russian
- hubie

Barkov has some sort of Russian connection

I just have such high hopes that this guy is going to be such a f'n bad@ss on this team..... I hope that he is our future captain and will just punch your Richard off if you talk poop to him...
- JVince11

Man he needs to wrap that poop around because it looks god awful right now imo.

thats what I am hoping and thinking. I dont know much about larsson but I hope he turns into much more than a 3rd line center.
- Mentalorgasm5

im fine if his floor is the 3rd line and hope for a 2nd line guy

Barkov has some sort of Russian connection
- MCGUIZZY

i think one of his parents is russian and one is finnish

could be wrong though