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gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:01 PM ET
That’s my point
The situation your daughter is in is absolute BULLSH!T

And that’s the same for most college students today

- jdfitz77


agreed.... And what am I supposed to do I can't afford that kind of money unless I never want to retire.... Its just another system that is completely broken.


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

Jan 11 @ 5:02 PM ET
Can we get a 40 goal scorer for around 7 mil instead of a 25 goal scorer please?
That would be nice... (frank), I'd take someone that scores 35 a year for that much.
Fonzie be praised!


- jochfr



No
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:03 PM ET
My sons tuition was $26k a year...
- jochfr


Private high schools in buffalo (Canisius, St Joes, etc) cost 12-15k
Nichols is over 20k

Totally insane

I went to CHS my 1st two years
Wasn’t that much better than OP where I went for my last 2
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:04 PM ET
agreed.... And what am I supposed to do I can't afford that kind of money unless I never want to retire.... Its just another system that is completely broken.
- gordong


Sad but true man
That’s why it drives me nuts when u see giant tax breaks that the rich get while the average person can’t even afford to go to college
It’s BS
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jan 11 @ 5:06 PM ET
Tuition Buzz
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:08 PM ET
Sad but true man
That’s why it drives me nuts when u see giant tax breaks that the rich get while the average person can’t even afford to go to college
It’s BS

- jdfitz77


No argument here..
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jan 11 @ 5:08 PM ET
Trade Kane for what you can get at teh deadline.

Trade ROR in the Summertime for a D-man
Trade Reinhart for a D-man

Bring up the young kids next year and have it as a learning season. I'd be more entertained wathcing that. then this crap.

Eichel, Middlestat, Asplund down the middle.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 11 @ 5:08 PM ET
I would like to know what other players from this draft I have been bragging about ?

I was on the Z Train before anybody else what a shock top 3 pick


Tk has always been one of my favorites if you don’t remember I was all about drafting older TK And the great Clayton Keller !!

I guess I did do some bragging

- GERBE!!!75PTS


Except no one was against Keller or Tkachuk. They went where they were projected to go.

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:09 PM ET
Thing is, im not sure why hes asking for this. If Turris went for 6x6, marchessault went for 5x6 years? and JVR is asking for 6x6...why is kane asking for money that would put him ahead of Johnny Hockey? Who the hell is going to give him that?
- Sabresfan-365


All guys ask for more than they’re worth though
That’s the agents job

It’s not like I actually think Kane is worth 7mil
It’s just that I don’t wanna lose him & play a guy like Pouliot in his place
And if we wanna keep him,
we will have to pay

If I thought that Mittelstadt, Nylander, E Rod, Bailey, Smith & Baptiste could all step in & score 20ish goals...
then obviously we could lose Kane & still be ok

I’m just worried our scoring suffers even more without Kane here
We’re already horrible at it

Fingers crossed that these young kids are ready to produce
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jan 11 @ 5:09 PM ET
Looking back at Kovolchuks contract is insane. Guy signed a 17 year deal that had a cap hit of $6,666,666 until 2025


The guy is 35 years old right now
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:10 PM ET
Can we get a 40 goal scorer for around 7 mil instead of a 25 goal scorer please?
That would be nice... (frank), I'd take someone that scores 35 a year for that much.
Fonzie be praised!


- jochfr


Well that would be great...
but what 40goal scorers are signing with us for that?
Heck...
what 40 goal scorers are available at all?

Salaries get inflated every season
That’s just how it goes
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 11 @ 5:12 PM ET
Ok...
again though

White (non-Hispanic) is obviously a lower %

I’m not sure how u can count them as white or black or whatever...
ethnicity isn’t just the shade of your skin tone

Regardless though
It seems (from what I’ve seen) that those who identify themselves as “white” is dropping

- jdfitz77


It's ethnicity vs race.

Hispanic is an ethnic group. Black, White, Asian, Indigenous/First Nations, Pacific Islander are races. Hispanic means relating to Spain or Spanish speaking countries, especially those of Latin America. That's why Hispanics identify as White, Black etc...
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:13 PM ET
It's ethnicity vs race.

Hispanic is an ethnic group. Black, White, Asian, Pacific Islander are races.

- Wetbandit1


Sure
That’s why I originally said
White (non-Hispanic)

I guess it’s just how u look at it
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 11 @ 5:14 PM ET
Sure
That’s why I originally said
White (non-Hispanic)

I guess it’s just how u look at it

- jdfitz77


Yeah, see edit.
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:16 PM ET
Trade Kane for what you can get at teh deadline.

Trade ROR in the Summertime for a D-man
Trade Reinhart for a D-man

Bring up the young kids next year and have it as a learning season. I'd be more entertained wathcing that. then this crap.

Eichel, Middlestat, Asplund down the middle.

- ImThatGuy


I'd actually be okay with this.... of course almost anything is better than this.

if you get the first pick you could keep either ROR or Reinhardt or trade then for a different forward.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:16 PM ET
Let’s say the Bills get a UFA QB
(Cousins, Keenum, etc)

Who do we want at 21 & 22?

WR? Maybe Kirk from Texas A&M is there

Or is it more important to go DT & DE?

LB?
OL?

We do have some holes
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:19 PM ET
Kiper just said Rosen, Darnold & Allen all going in the top6

I think that means trading up for a QB is out for us

Unless it’s Mayfield
Kiper think he goes in the mid teens

Jackson, Rudolph & Falk could be there for us at 21
Jackson could also go top10 though too

Might be a pretty crazy draft
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Jan 11 @ 5:21 PM ET
All guys ask for more than they’re worth though
That’s the agents job

It’s not like I actually think Kane is worth 7mil
It’s just that I don’t wanna lose him & play a guy like Pouliot in his place
And if we wanna keep him,
we will have to pay

If I thought that Mittelstadt, Nylander, E Rod, Bailey, Smith & Baptiste could all step in & score 20ish goals...
then obviously we could lose Kane & still be ok

I’m just worried our scoring suffers even more without Kane here
We’re already horrible at it

Fingers crossed that these young kids are ready to produce

- jdfitz77



right, but players better than him asked for cheaper deals. Kind of seems like a misfire on assessing the market by his agent.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:23 PM ET
I'd actually be okay with this.... of course almost anything is better than this.

if you get the first pick you could keep either ROR or Reinhardt or trade then for a different forward.

- gordong


I think Dahlin (fingers crossed) plus Guhle improves this defense A LOT

And if we really wanna go after it,
sign Carlson from WSH

Dahlin-Carlson
Scandella-Risto
Guhle-McCabe
Antipin

Trade Beaulieu

That’s a Cup contending defense imo
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jan 11 @ 5:23 PM ET
agreed.... And what am I supposed to do I can't afford that kind of money unless I never want to retire.... Its just another system that is completely broken.
- gordong



So why abide by it?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:23 PM ET
right, but players better than him asked for cheaper deals. Kind of seems like a misfire on assessing the market by his agent.
- Sabresfan-365


Yeah, that’s a fair point
Would u take Kane at 6x6?
Or is that still too much for u?
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:24 PM ET
Let’s say the Bills get a UFA QB
(Cousins, Keenum, etc)

Who do we want at 21 & 22?

WR? Maybe Kirk from Texas A&M is there

Or is it more important to go DT & DE?

LB?
OL?

We do have some holes

- jdfitz77



In this order


Keenum
DE 1st

2nd first trade down pick up a 3 rd pick
DT 1st
WR 2nd
LB 2nd
OL 3rd
QB or TE
DT 4th


Resign Gaines

add in FA (1 pass rusher and the rest Depth guys)
OLB or DE passrusher
Corner
LB
RG
TE


Imagion how much better this secondary would be with a pass rush.

that get this team to 10-12 wins


washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jan 11 @ 5:24 PM ET
I think Dahlin (fingers crossed) plus Guhle improves this defense A LOT

And if we really wanna go after it,
sign Carlson from WSH

Dahlin-Carlson
Scandella-Risto
Guhle-McCabe
Antipin

Trade Beaulieu

That’s a Cup contending defense imo

- jdfitz77



It improves 2 slots on a 20 man roster, 17 more to go.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 11 @ 5:25 PM ET
So why abide by it?
- washedup20


Well it’s not like his daughter could skip nursing school & just become a nurse bc she wanted to
Not like they have a nurse-apprentice program out there
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 11 @ 5:26 PM ET
You didn’t help her out a little ? That’s rough I hate hearing poop like this
- GERBE!!!75PTS


Not everyone's dad is loaded.
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