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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 26 @ 12:59 PM ET
Noted, ban forthcoming
- stashu

rapperray
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Thank God I don't live in NY anymore, NY
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:00 PM ET
Did we lose yet?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 26 @ 1:01 PM ET
You should press that on yourself sometimes (DD-5)
- dadeadhead

DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 1:01 PM ET
There's a chance that deal might of worked out.

Daigle on Sakic's wing instead of Yashin's might of helped his career.

- dadeadhead


Look at what the Nordiques were offered by the Rangers for Lindros but the league blocked the trade...it just seems crazy looking back at it now
Carubba-Kaleta
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.27.2013

Mar 26 @ 1:02 PM ET
Wasn't fully recovered. Still has soreness in his knee.
- cabin

Shoulda been on IR then. So he's ok to be a backup and go in if lindback goes down, but to sore to start
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 1:04 PM ET
Look at what the Nordiques were offered by the Rangers for Lindros but the league blocked the trade...it just seems crazy looking back at it now
- DDM-Coga



Yep.

There's a chance you don't have an NHL team if they Keep Lindros though.

Clark, Lindros, and Nolan on the same line? F the Legion of Doom line.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 1:07 PM ET
Yep.

There's a chance you don't have an NHL team if they Keep Lindros though.

Lindros and Nolan on the same line? F the Legion of Doom line.

- dadeadhead


I was a Nords fan to begin with bu I would still have a team either way
I think they were on the way out even if they had Lindros, when they moved they were one of the top teams in the East, just cheap ownership and not enough revenue coming in to support the team in a very small market. They were gone either way bc that ownership group wanted out bad.

Which is for the best, we never had to deal with the new uniforms coming if they didnt relocate. The legend of the igloo lives on

dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 1:09 PM ET
I was a Nords fan to begin with bu I would still have a team either way
I think they were on the way out even if they had Lindros, when they moved they were one of the top teams in the East, just cheap ownership and not enough revenue coming in to support the team in a very small market. They were gone either way bc that ownership group wanted out bad.

Which is for the best, we never had to deal with the new uniforms coming if they didnt relocate. The legend of the igloo lives onelove:


- DDM-Coga



Those are horrid.

Clark/Lindros/Nolan would have been real fun to watch.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 1:11 PM ET
Those are horrid.

Clark/Lindros/Nolan would have been real fun to watch.

- dadeadhead


90s jerseys at its finest...man was that a bad time for the NHL with some of the Unis they produced. Just woof
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:11 PM ET
Hat what do you think about Nolan possibly starting hackkett?

Seems tank worthy to me.

- Carubba-Kaleta

i get what you are doing.. but, Lindback has looked off a little and needs a break regardless of the game.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 1:13 PM ET
90s jerseys at its finest...man was that a bad time for the NHL with some of the Unis they produced. Just woof
- DDM-Coga



Carubba-Kaleta
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.27.2013

Mar 26 @ 1:16 PM ET
i get what you are doing.. but, Lindback has looked off a little and needs a break regardless of the game.
- IndianaSabresFan

Ya I agree, I want hard head to answer but he's just gonna lurk. But let everyone know he to awesome to post here.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 1:16 PM ET

- dadeadhead

RynoBull
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BFLO
Joined: 02.13.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:17 PM ET
There's a chance that deal might of worked out.

Daigle on Sakic's wing instead of Yashin's might of helped his career.

- dadeadhead


Probably, in the short term, but he admitted that he just didn't enjoy playing hockey. He "cashed in" his motivation and drive. It happens.
BackSlider
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man, CO
Joined: 07.05.2012

Mar 26 @ 1:18 PM ET

- dadeadhead


DontBeThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 03.02.2015

Mar 26 @ 1:18 PM ET
Mock draft with both Sabre picks.
Enjoy

1)Connor McDavid - 6-1, 190 - C - Buffalo Sabres - Big surprise here. Sabres take a generational talent and can be competing for a playoff spot within 5 years.

- optimus-reim


That's a joke, right? If the Sabres landed McDavid, this team is instantly a much better team.

Look at what Crosby (player he is most compared with) did for Pittsburgh:

Year before Crosby (year before lockout) - 58pts
1st year w/Crosby - 58pts
2nd year w/Crosby - 105pts
3rd year w/Crosby - 102pts
4th year Stanley Cup Champs

The Sabres have the best prospect pool in the NHL currently, which isn't even factoring the plethora of picks they have this year. Adding McEichel to that equation will separate Buffalo by a far distance to the next best pool of talent in the league.

IMO, GMTM starts making a lot of moves this off-season to vastly improve this team (no more tanking maneuvers). Two years from now the Sabres will be in the playoffs, with legitimate chances at Lord Stanley starting year 3 and beyond.



RynoBull
Buffalo Sabres
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Mar 26 @ 1:19 PM ET

- dadeadhead

The Don
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Glasgow, VA
Joined: 02.03.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:20 PM ET
He had all world talent but didn't have the drive. IMO the more you read up on him, the more it screams Hockey wasn't his main goal.
- dadeadhead


This is why I'm not worried about McDavid or Eichel being a bust. Everything I've read about each one seems to at least mention the drive they both poses.

Now an injury derailing either of their careers, that would just stink.
deadmau5
St Louis Blues
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Joined: 10.28.2010

Mar 26 @ 1:20 PM ET
Michael Pachla: What if McDavid or Eichel turned out to be busts?
The Sabres are in a good position to overcome a bust of epic proportions

- Michael Pachla

Then they will fit in with the rest of our pathetic roster. And we'll keep tanking until we get it right. Worked for pittsburgh so I'm hoping we can make it work with two or three more tank years.
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 1:22 PM ET

- RynoBull

LamontSanford
Buffalo Sabres
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Mar 26 @ 1:25 PM ET

- homiedclown


TUBORG GOLD!!
Pierceme69
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Joined: 02.13.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:28 PM ET

- dadeadhead

Ahh, yes. The fish sticks classic.
RynoBull
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BFLO
Joined: 02.13.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:30 PM ET

- DDM-Coga


Just aweful.

Those jerseys make me want to sign up for GUTS!

Pierceme69
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Joined: 02.13.2007

Mar 26 @ 1:31 PM ET
Just aweful.

Those jerseys make me want to sign up for GUTS!


- RynoBull

I like the saguaro cacti on the bottom. Ha ha
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 26 @ 1:34 PM ET
YOTES IN 60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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