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Forums :: Blog World :: Michael Pachla: Mittelstadt at No. 8 leads the 2017 Buffalo Sabres draft class
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LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Jun 26 @ 11:00 AM ET
Reasons why we sucked last year

Dan Bylsma

- sbroads24



Fixed


The reason we will be better in the future? No Dan Bylsma.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Jun 26 @ 11:00 AM ET
Now is our time for payback.
- Powerslave


I would do it .. we be basically just paying the same contract that we would be paying Sam Reinhart if he was producing at the level
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jun 26 @ 11:00 AM ET
Now is our time for payback.
- Powerslave



As much as the Vanek situation irked me, I really have zero interest in doing another team's negotiating for them.
sabreswarpath
Joined: 10.09.2008

Jun 26 @ 11:01 AM ET
https://twitter.com/sabre...status/879352502193467392

GMJB hires two assistants.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Jun 26 @ 11:02 AM ET
Careful. This type of talk can get you arrested and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. I wish I was joking.
- LandlordTom


bro she pushed him to the edge come on now
Mentalorgasm5
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "F-" Robert, NY
Joined: 06.29.2007

Jun 26 @ 11:03 AM ET
[quote=GERBE!!!75PTS]
Keep the dog, dawg
mattmoulson
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WNY, NY
Joined: 06.14.2015

Jun 26 @ 11:04 AM ET
I would offer him 10 mill and let them match it. Then I will enjoy when they have to sign McDavid for 14 mill he is asking for as is being reported in Edmonton.

24 mill for 2 players

- Matthews_Auston


Good thing they have Kris Russell at $4 mill per to shore up the back end
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WE'RE PRACTICING THE POWER PLAY!, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jun 26 @ 11:05 AM ET
https://twitter.com/sabre...status/879352502193467392

GMJB hires two assistants.

- sabreswarpath

More Pittsburgh guys? Rex Botterill. Hopefully he doesn't have a brother.
JVince11
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Alright Sigfreid, Lets Go Roy... Eye of the freaking Tiger!!!, AK
Joined: 07.13.2011

Jun 26 @ 11:06 AM ET
[quote=GERBE!!!75PTS]

Hoffman, Turris, and Stone all scored more than Kopitar and within 5 pts of Jonathon Toews this year.

To me.. there are ELITE players like McDavid, Crosby, Malkin, OV, P. Kane, Marchand, Kucherov, Tarasenko, Getzlaf, Backstrom, etc. (consistent 75+ pts)

Then there is that TOP TIER... Kessel, Benn, Seguin, etc. (Consistent 50+)

To me... that is where the Hoffmans, Turris, Stone, ROR, Kane, Okposo, etcs sit.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 26 @ 11:07 AM ET
More Pittsburgh guys? Rex Botterill. Hopefully he doesn't have a brother.
- Hatboro_Swords


Greeley is from the Rags.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:09 AM ET
https://www.theplayerstri...ury-thank-you-pittsburgh/

No mention of Murray in there LMAO

Like I would expect there to be one...
Matthews_Auston
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 04.30.2016

Jun 26 @ 11:09 AM ET
Huge newsflash : Ek says Dallas Stars not done yet. More to come.

What a site.
JVince11
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Alright Sigfreid, Lets Go Roy... Eye of the freaking Tiger!!!, AK
Joined: 07.13.2011

Jun 26 @ 11:09 AM ET
Good thing they have Kris Russell at $4 mill per to shore up the back end
- mattmoulson


And

Lucic at 6M for 6 years
RNH at 6M for 4 years
Sekera at 5.5M for 4 years
Klefbom at 4.2M for 6 years
Larson at 4.2M for 4 years

Then Strome, Letestu, Maroon, Slepyshev, Caggiula, and Nurse as RFAs after this season in addition to McDavid.

Granted they have 22M in cap space right now but that can be eaten very quickly by Draisaitl this year.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:10 AM ET
Good thing they have Kris Russell at $4 mill per to shore up the back end
- mattmoulson



POTD!
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 26 @ 11:11 AM ET
[quote=GERBE!!!75PTS]


Karlsson is an elite level talent.

The term 'generational' gets thrown around here way too liberally.

McDavid. Crosby. Ovie. Those are generational.

We have a burgeoning elite level player in Eichel.

Imo, you don't need a generational talent to win the Cup.

In fact, just because you have one (Ovie) doesn't mean sh!t.

Give the damn NEW GM A CHANCE to fix this crap.

And for those that think it's going to happen this summer, I'd say stop holding your breath and get a job.


Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:13 AM ET
[quote=Powerslave]


Agreed

I do believe it starts this summer though.

Hiring Housley most important move this summer so far
Trading a 3rd for Beuleiu (man I will never be able to spell his name)
Antipin signing


MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:13 AM ET
Ok so after the initial disappointment of the 8th pick (wanted Tippett) im actually very excited about Mittelstadt. I think he could be a one and done player and could potentially be signed after his season this year similar to Keller. Sucks that Liljegren went to the leafs. I think he could be in a leafs uniform by next season. Mittelstadt is a semi higher risk but I think the reward could be huge. Many are saying he has one of the highest ceilings in the draft and one of the only players with top line upside. Alot to be excited about with this pick.
Lilroot9
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.18.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:14 AM ET
I would offer him 10 mill and let them match it. Then I will enjoy when they have to sign McDavid for 14 mill he is asking for as is being reported in Edmonton.

24 mill for 2 players

- Matthews_Auston


$10 mil is (4) 1st round picks as compensation.

So once you get past $9,814,000 you mind as well go a little higher.

Or if you go just below that it is (2) 1sts, (1) 2nd and (1) 3rd. Seems more logical.

I really want to see a team offer sheet him though. This will screw with them so hard moving forward. The question is, do you go right to 7 years or go with maybe 3?
It does seem they have the cap room to make it work, but it will hurt the "other" players they want to sign moving forward (which is the idea).
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jun 26 @ 11:22 AM ET
Blog new, read you must
sabreswarpath
Joined: 10.09.2008

Jun 26 @ 12:33 PM ET
More Pittsburgh guys? Rex Botterill. Hopefully he doesn't have a brother.
- Hatboro_Swords


Yeah why would we want them, they only one the last 2 Stanley Cups!
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 26 @ 1:10 PM ET
Did you mention that he's white?
- TheSabresTaco


But he is French Canadian, therefore a total Richard.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 26 @ 1:18 PM ET
He also didn't trade a 1st round pick for a 4th liner like Ryan Reeves like his former team did either.
- JVince11


I still can't believe they did that.
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