Boss,
U were right!

I thought we’d get more
Bummer
- jdfitz77

Thank you for reaching out Fitz,

As a sabres fan, I wish you were right.

#Sharks GM Doug Wilson: "Evander is one of the top young power forwards in the NHL. He is a dynamic player who has a unique combination of size, grit, speed and goal-scoring ability. We wanted to add a player that could help this team but also was just hitting his prime."

Notice the word "unique." It's almost like Doug Wilson plagiarized my comments about him. Oh well, he's gone and the Evander Kane era is over in Buffalo. Now, the Sabres will try to find a "dynamic" and "unique" power forward with scoring ability.
- GilPerreault11

Unique.
40 points a year.
about to cost 6MM+ per year if not more.
Unique.

which half is the bottom?
- IndianaSabresFan

You're being facetious, but Nolan, larsson, Girgensons, Moulson, Pominville (surprisingly Pouliot), Josefson, antipin, Falk, gorges, Bogo and johnson

I think today is less about Botteril and more about how little value the heap he was left with holds around the league.

well we now know they go for cheap..
- Sabresfan-365

Botterill "Bottom line, we had one legitimate offer for Evander"

B-R-U-T-A-L

Botts is talking total rebuild....watch it snow tomorrow

Disappointing... This team needs a complete overhaul. We shipped out 1 guy??
- hehateme

Okay but who are you trying to ship and what are you trying to get back? Any UFA will be gone next year and most of them aren't getting you more than a 6th, so if you want to be mad about that, cool but that's not worth me being upset.

90, 55, 21 are all big deals that rarely get done at the deadline, especially for players that aren't playing at a level to justify their money.

23 is an RFA, if you're willing to give up on him that's debatable for sure.

Yes, the team needs to be redone, but it wasn't going to happen today. This is an offseason/multi-season process. Rushing is what got us here.

Is the AHL championship prize called a Stanley Cup? Because we were promised a Stanley Cup.

They only thing that TM did was actually have the stones to make trades. I do not fault him for swinging and missing. I will always rather go down swinging, then to strike out with the bat on my shoulders.
- hehateme

Maybe u strike out when u could’ve walked though

It would be one thing if GMTM had a better success rate with all the moves he made...

The ONLY one u could consider a success is the O’reilly trade
And even that’s debatable

Also,
If he would’ve just “stuck out looking”
we would have all those assets still that he essentially wasted

B-R-U-T-A-L

Botts is talking total rebuild....watch it snow tomorrow
- washedup20

That's what the team needs. We're all complaining that we didn't get rid of all our garbage, but then we want to be ready to compete next year. It doesn't work that way.

I think today is less about Botteril and more about how little value the heap he was left with holds around the league.
- Shadman306

Ding ding ding.👍

B-R-U-T-A-L

Botts is talking total rebuild....watch it snow tomorrow
- washedup20

If we are ever going to win a cup, we will need to sit through another TOTAL rebuild.

You cannot patch up this roster and make them winners. Quick patches will leave us the same as we were 2010-Pegula, perennial middlers who will never be more than a first round sweep

Botts hasn't even extinguished the dumpster fire, much less clean it up build a new one.

I do like how professional he sounds while also admitting the organization is a mess

I think today is less about Botteril and more about how little value the heap he was left with holds around the league.
- Shadman306

Ding ding ding we have a winner.

B-R-U-T-A-L

Botts is talking total rebuild....watch it snow tomorrow
- washedup20

thank god

Thank you for reaching out Fitz,

As a sabres fan, I wish you were right.
- Boss34

I told u I’d admit if i was wrong
I was

He got a 2nd & a “b” level guy

Unfortunately,
the market didn’t bear a better deal

My assumption that teams would bid up his value apparently never happened

It’s a bummer

If we are ever going to win a cup, we will need to sit through another TOTAL rebuild.

You cannot patch up this roster and make them winners. Quick patches will leave us the same as we were 2010-Pegula, perennial middlers who will never be more than a first round sweep

Botts hasn't even extinguished the dumpster fire, much less clean it up build a new one.
- Shadman306

Not another total rebuild, this would be the first. Murray didn't do the total rebuild. He tried to rush it and didn't do it properly.

So the 2019 conditional 4th becomes a 3rd in 2020 if the Sharks wants to keep their 2019 4th, hmmm

They only thing that TM did was actually have the stones to make trades. I do not fault him for swinging and missing. I will always rather go down swinging, then to strike out with the bat on my shoulders.
- hehateme

Tim Murray was so reckless and had so much stone yet he didn't have the balls to offersheet Kucherov?

I told u I’d admit if i was wrong
I was

He got a 2nd & a “b” level guy

Unfortunately,
the market didn’t bear a better deal

My assumption that teams would bid up his value apparently never happened

It’s a bummer
- jdfitz77

Not negative at all, just a realist.... We have sucked for years. have we won a lottery?
- hehateme

Doesn’t mean we can’t win this year
Right now,
we have the 2nd best chance to do so

Maybe we finally get a little luck
No harm in being hopeful

I do like how professional he sounds while also admitting the organization is a mess
- washedup20

He comes across well on the radio

Tim Murray was so reckless and had so much stone yet he didn't have the balls to offersheet Kucherov?
- MCGUIZZY

Tunnel Vision.

GMTM wanted Grit and size.

Not another total rebuild, this would be the first. Murray didn't do the total rebuild. He tried to rush it and didn't do it properly.
- Zschalberg

I agree.

Tim Murray was so reckless and had so much stone yet he didn't have the balls to offersheet Kucherov?
- MCGUIZZY

How nobody offer sheeted that guy is amazing.