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BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Feb 7 @ 8:27 PM ET
can you please refresh what Murray did right other than drafting Eichel which was an easy layup
- homiedclown

he single-handedly put Bada-Bing on the map
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:28 PM ET


We’d be scoring even less without ROR & Kane

?

- jdfitz77

no clue what the guys up front would look lie

other than their chemistry could not be worse than this group


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

Feb 7 @ 8:29 PM ET
So 5 out of 6 bottom pair guys. Except risto
Sounds like a 24th place finish

- Boss34




better than 30th place
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:29 PM ET
your D today is

myers-risto
zads-mccabe
pysyk-mcnabb


your not trading for scandella

- homiedclown



Myers & Risto are both RH and not playing on the same pair
So switch Zads & Myers

Also...
subtract the scoring from ROR & Kane,
as well as Okposo, bc there’s no way he signs here without those other 2

So we have almost zero scoring outside Jack & Sam

Armia, Compher, Grigorenko...
maybe they add up to the 25ish goals we get from Kane
Maybe

We still lose a bunch of games where we score 2 or less
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:29 PM ET
Guhle
- Boss34

to a lesser extent, nelson and cj smith
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:30 PM ET
to a lesser extent, nelson and cj smith
- Michael Pachla

don't forget a$$poop and pu
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Feb 7 @ 8:31 PM ET
Sam isn’t getting a Nylander deal
Not a chance in hell

- jdfitz77


I said 2 years @ 3.5m. Now give it a rest.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 7 @ 8:32 PM ET
TBD


he may pan out

he may not


we have been down this road with d men drafted for 25 years

- homiedclown


I really liked tmgm.

I was wrong, he set this franchise back 3 years.
Thus the eichel type tank this year.

2014 Sam
2017 mitts

2015 Eichel
2018 stud

Tmgm did get us eichel. Anyone would have selected him 2nd , few guys could trade every guy away and trash a whole season. It was vintage tanking
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:32 PM ET
yeah, I get that, and agree with you...although he's cut his scouting department and, imo, it seems as if the fans, through this reliance on revenue-sharing, are footing the bill for some very poor asset management over the last couple of years
- Michael Pachla


Well mistakes have certainly been made
But that doesn’t surprise me

How many years did the Yankees suck for in the 80s & 90s before they finally started winning?

Pegula has never been an owner before
Bumps on the road should be expected
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:33 PM ET
Myers & Risto are both RH and not playing on the same pair
So switch Zads & Myers

Also...
subtract the scoring from ROR & Kane,
as well as Okposo, bc there’s no way he signs here without those other 2

So we have almost zero scoring outside Jack & Sam

Armia, Compher, Grigorenko...
maybe they add up to the 25ish goals we get from Kane
Maybe

We still lose a bunch of games where we score 2 or less

- jdfitz77

i would assume bailey or baptiste would be with the big club

maybe lemieux

compher-eichel-baptiste
gringo-ennis-reinhart
foligno-girgens-armia


that top 9 is not much worse, if any than what we have


and the d is better

and the prospect pool is full


and there is lots and lots of cap space
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:33 PM ET
don't forget a$$poop and pu
- homiedclown

the jury's still out on the 2016 draft, as well as players like olofsson, johansson (2014,) and borgen (2015)...and he did draft cal petersen
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:34 PM ET
I said 2 years @ 3.5m. Now give it a rest.
- Lunaion


That’s what i said!!!
1-2yrs @ 3-3.5per
You’re the one who keeps arguing with me

#jacka$$
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:35 PM ET
i would assume bailey or baptiste would be with the big club

maybe lemieux

compher-eichel-baptiste
gringo-ennis-reinhart
foligno-girgens-armia


that top 9 is not much worse, if any than what we have


and the d is better

and the prospect pool is full


and there is lots and lots of cap space

- homiedclown



Ok... fair assessments

But NOT a borderline playoff team
Still a bottom 5 team
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:35 PM ET


Pegula has never been an owner before
Bumps on the road should be expected

- jdfitz77

7 years is more than bumps IMO


he should have hired an experience person to oversee the bills and the sabres



he IMO is no different than the redskins owner
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Feb 7 @ 8:36 PM ET
That’s what i said!!!
1-2yrs @ 3-3.5per
You’re the one who keeps arguing with me

#jacka$$

- jdfitz77

Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:36 PM ET
Well mistakes have certainly been made
But that doesn’t surprise me

How many years did the Yankees suck for in the 80s & 90s before they finally started winning?

Pegula has never been an owner before
Bumps on the road should be expected

- jdfitz77

yanks are kinda different in that they can spend all they want because of the tv revenue they get in the city...and there's no salary cap either...

that said, yeah, ownership may take time to get it, but he made it sound like money was no object at his initial presser and, come to find out, that it really is
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:37 PM ET
Ok... fair assessments

But NOT a borderline playoff team
Still a bottom 5 team

- jdfitz77

pretty sure our pk and pp would be better


that does make a difference


we would probably be a faster team, and play 3 lines


once kane is moved, this top 9 is a joke, not that kane is helping recently
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Feb 7 @ 8:37 PM ET
7 years is more than bumps IMO


he should have hired an experience person to oversee the bills and the sabres



he IMO is no different than the redskins owner

- homiedclown


Bumps are a sign of needing medication .
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 7 @ 8:37 PM ET



better than 30th place

- homiedclown


Not better drafting position #tank

Hopefully the league chooses us for one of the lottery spots.
With the empty building and all the dignity we've shown.

It's not like we invited mcdavid and eichel to play during the season and rub it in the nhl face.

The world juniors chose us, sort of

cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Feb 7 @ 8:38 PM ET
pretty sure our pk and pp would be better


that does make a difference


we would probably be a faster team, and play 3 lines


once kane is moved, this top 9 is a joke, not that kane is helping recently

- homiedclown


Special teams matter ? Since when ?
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 7 @ 8:38 PM ET
i would assume bailey or baptiste would be with the big club

maybe lemieux

compher-eichel-baptiste
gringo-ennis-reinhart
foligno-girgens-armia


that top 9 is not much worse, if any than what we have


and the d is better

and the prospect pool is full


and there is lots and lots of cap space

- homiedclown


that top-9 is terrible...it would be tank-level terrible if not for jack echl
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:38 PM ET


that said, yeah, ownership may take time to get it, but he made it sound like money was no object at his initial presser and, come to find out, that it really is

- Michael Pachla

and if the sabres still stunk in year 5, at least the scouting staff and rochester should be top notch

they were not
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 7 @ 8:39 PM ET
Bumps are a sign of needing medication .
- cabin

I have been banned for less

#ifititchesgoseeadoctor
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Feb 7 @ 8:39 PM ET
Not better drafting position #tank

Hopefully the league chooses us for one of the lottery spots.
With the empty building and all the dignity we've shown.

It's not like we invited mcdavid and eichel to play during the season and rub it in the nhl face.

The world juniors chose us, sort of

- Boss34


i really hope this is the last time we hope for the #1 pick. It's gotten old , Ive gotten old , Everyone is old .
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 7 @ 8:39 PM ET
to a lesser extent, nelson and cj smith
- Michael Pachla


Good point

Erod
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