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Forums :: Blog World :: Michael Pachla: Plenty of intrigue concerning the Sam Reinhart benching.
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SabreWest
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BC
Joined: 03.02.2015

Mar 30 @ 6:53 PM ET
Shows we suck at drafting
- gerbe75pts


Going out on a limb here but I think that Murray is probably better at drafting compared to you or any of us armchair GM's on this board. Let's evaluate Murray's Buffalo draft record in about 3 years. I think Pach did an a column on his drafting history in Anaheim and Ottawa. If i remember correctly, he is at >50% of his drafts play in the NHL. Could you imagine where the Sabres would be today if >50% of our draft picks played in the NHL during the Regier era?
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 30 @ 6:58 PM ET
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.

If any of this is true it would mean that the General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres is NOT a completely incompetent BOOB, and that the incessant criticism of his trades by some the most regular posters on this page is unfair and inaccurate.

What kind of evil trick are you trying to play, here.

- Der Kaiser

You should probably ask what words he would use to describe Bogo, Kulikov, and Gorges.

Good grief that's like half the equation just ignored
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 30 @ 7:02 PM ET
Hey *insert fan of other team*, what do you think of Hudson Fasching?

Response - "Who?"
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:03 PM ET
Terry Pegula: Buys the Buffalo Bills so they won't have to relocate "No team and their fans should have to go through that."

Also Terry Pegula: "I voted in favor of the Raiders moving from Oakland to Las Vegas."


This (frank)ing guy.

- BeadyEyedDouche

Just what this city needs, more gangs and gang members oh and, our property taxes going up because we have to foot the 750 million dollar damn bill.

Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:25 PM ET
You should probably ask what words he would use to describe Bogo, Kulikov, and Gorges.

Good grief that's like half the equation just ignored

- sbroads24


Bingo - let us know, if you will.

From my perspective:

Bogo - worst part of a big trade for us. This is a miss. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.

Kulikov - has not played well here, but mostly has not played here. The trade is impossible to grade in light of the back injury - but bear in mind, we gave up a "pretty average" guy. We found a few "pretty average" guys riding buses in the AHL. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.

Gorges - Frankly, I don't get the hate. He isn't great. Wasn't selected to be great. Maybe I'm not as good a hockey watcher as the critics, but I would say his play had been OK, and that's what we brought him in to be. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:25 PM ET
Just picked up (3) of these in NorCal. $7.99 per bottle. Very hard to come by. People line up at store openings to get them ......


- fastek


I have a bar in my neighborhood that taps a new keg of this every tuesday at 3.
Im not much for IPA's but this one is so well balanced that if im nearby and it's Tuesday, I stop in for one....
$9/pint!

Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:28 PM ET
Hey *insert fan of other team*, what do you think of Hudson Fasching?

Response - "Who?"

- sbroads24


Answer: He is the 4th rounder who has a slightly lower career P/60 than 16th overall Joel Armia.
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:35 PM ET
Bingo - let us know, if you will.

From my perspective:

Bogo - worst part of a big trade for us. This is a miss. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.

Kulikov - has not played well here, but mostly has not played here. The trade is impossible to grade in light of the back injury - but bear in mind, we gave up a "pretty average" guy. We found a few "pretty average" guys riding buses in the AHL. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.

Gorges - Frankly, I don't get the hate. He isn't great. Wasn't selected to be great. Maybe I'm not as good a hockey watcher as the critics, but I would say his play had been OK, and that's what we brought him in to be. It does not make GMTM an incompetent BOOB.

- Der Kaiser


I almost feel like BOGO was a salary dump we took as a favor. But if thats the case, something/someone shouldnt have gone the other way. I almost feel like it should have just been Staff and Meyers for Bogo and an injured player Wpeg wanted nothing to do with anymore.
However, we did offload a long NTC in Meyers.

Kulikovs injuries make him look like crap. He would have been a perfectly serviceable 3/4 had he never got injured. GM's dont have crystal balls. Murray had no idea he was going to get messed up THAT much this year.

Georges should be a 6/7 and I dont think he ever has been the entire time he has been here. Biggest problem with our D is that guys are constantly playing more than they should be.

I also like some the kids that we have brought up lately as well as Guhle. We may have a few possibilities there plus may be someone in FA this summer or a trade? Frankly, I feel like the #1 thing we need to get rid of this year is Bogo and his contract.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 30 @ 7:41 PM ET
Answer: He is the 4th rounder who has a slightly lower career P/60 than 16th overall Joel Armia.
- Der Kaiser

Could have sworn we traded 2 2nds and that awful D man for someone better than the guy tied for second in the NHL in short handed goals (That's Armia)
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Mar 30 @ 7:44 PM ET
New schplog
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Mar 30 @ 7:47 PM ET
Could have sworn we traded 2 2nds and that awful D man for someone better than the guy tied for second in the NHL in short handed goals (That's Armia)
- sbroads24



That's pretty respectable work, but I think with another 10 minutes of Google you could find something more arcane where he leads the league outright.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Mar 30 @ 8:19 PM ET
He just signed to play with Derek Grant in Rochester next year
- homiedclown


Hey, he had 5 goals last weekend! Just another Cal O'Reilly, TJ Brennan. Amazing in the AHL, can't do poop in the NHL it was a mistake not to bring back Legwand. Unless he was really intent on retiring.
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Mar 31 @ 7:16 AM ET
Just what this city needs, more gangs and gang members oh and, our property taxes going up because we have to foot the 750 million dollar damn bill.
- SABRES 89



That is why i cannot believe it got passed. The government should of stepped in IMO. If they stayed in Oakland they would of got a Billion dollar stadium too and the cost to the taxpayers was only going to be 150-200 million.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Apr 1 @ 12:12 AM ET
Paul Hamilton‏ @pham1717
Reinhart participated for about a half hour in the O'Reilly practice. He has not been a regular this year. He never missed one last year.

Looks like someone quit on O'Reilly oh my .. maybe that's why he regressed

- gerbe75pts




Nice!
Looks like the benching had an affect
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