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SabreWest
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BC
Joined: 03.02.2015

Jul 2 @ 3:59 PM ET
The guy that played 24 minutes a night and couldn't score 5 on 5 played a big part in that, no?
- Stripes77


well played sir, well played!
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 3:59 PM ET
I'm with you but it's better to let it go it's just going to eat you away in your insides just let it go man

It helps

- gerbe75pts


It would behoove you to heed your own advice.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:03 PM ET
Are you a schizophrenic?
- mhp

Bi-polar
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jul 2 @ 4:04 PM ET
It would behoove you to heed your own advice.
- Wetbandit1

He’s looking up behoove you now... in 5,4,3,2....
bluenote31
St Louis Blues
Location: St. Louis
Joined: 09.25.2006

Jul 2 @ 4:05 PM ET
all we heard last year from flyers fans was that schenn was nothing more than a powerplay specialist.

Clearly playing in a different system with better defense made a huge difference.

I see the same thing happening with ROR. My prediction is that the guy puts up between 60-70 points contributing through all aspects of the game. Does this mean he's anywhere close to a cornerstone piece for a team? No, but I think he's exactly what the Blues needed.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:05 PM ET
It would behoove you to heed your own advice.
- Wetbandit1


You don’t see me female doging about it anymore :$

Yesterday I was red-hot today I’m jello
Shadman306
Joined: 06.11.2015

Jul 2 @ 4:07 PM ET
all we heard last year from flyers fans was that schenn was nothing more than a powerplay specialist.

Clearly playing in a different system with better defense made a huge difference.

I see the same thing happening with ROR. My prediction is that the guy puts up between 60-70 points contributing through all aspects of the game. Does this mean he's anywhere close to a cornerstone piece for a team? No, but I think he's exactly what the Blues needed.

- bluenote31


I think it was a fair trade for each of us, you got a very nice complimentary piece even though hes making 7.5M. we got pieces for the future and some strong locker room presence.

What do you think of Thompson?
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:07 PM ET
all we heard last year from flyers fans was that schenn was nothing more than a powerplay specialist.

Clearly playing in a different system with better defense made a huge difference.

I see the same thing happening with ROR. My prediction is that the guy puts up between 60-70 points contributing through all aspects of the game. Does this mean he's anywhere close to a cornerstone piece for a team? No, but I think he's exactly what the Blues needed.

- bluenote31

Probably
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 4:07 PM ET
You don't understand. He left when his contract expired. Then, he came back, signed for 3 years with the Blues. He's not going back to the KHL while under NHL contract.
- TheSabresTaco


I mean he can, anybody can. There's no transfer agreement with the KHL.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 4:10 PM ET
You don’t see me female doging about it anymore :$

Yesterday I was red-hot today I’m jello

- gerbe75pts


Could've fooled me...

sobotka had 11g and you want him as our 2nd line center
Please no

- gerbe75pts


No one ever said that.

Homie said "sobotka is an under rated center who is good on the dot and pk".

That is not "Sobotka should be 2C".
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jul 2 @ 4:12 PM ET
all we heard last year from flyers fans was that schenn was nothing more than a powerplay specialist.

Clearly playing in a different system with better defense made a huge difference.

I see the same thing happening with ROR. My prediction is that the guy puts up between 60-70 points contributing through all aspects of the game. Does this mean he's anywhere close to a cornerstone piece for a team? No, but I think he's exactly what the Blues needed.

- bluenote31


He absolutely is. There's no doubt he's the best player, today. Enjoy him, but temper your expectations.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 4:13 PM ET
What does Drew Doughty have to do with this?
- Der Kaiser


HI-YO!
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Jul 2 @ 4:13 PM ET
Tage Thompson's P1/60 is same as Mantha, Forsberg, Saad and Meier at the same age
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 4:15 PM ET
From Ryan Wilson's blog:

"Ryan O’Reilly is a great player. The Blues did a nice job of acquiring him without giving up assets that really meant anything to them. Buffalo was in a bad spot with this because it is clear they weren’t making a hockey trade as much as getting a player out of their locker room. The rumblings I heard were that he was sick of "babysitting" Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart. Rather than having locker room strife the Sabres made the decision to move on and get what they could."


Not sure the guy who ran his car into a Tim Hortons while drunk can claim to be babysitting anyone

- Shadman306


Ryan Wilson is a moron, and the biggest troll on the site.
bluenote31
St Louis Blues
Location: St. Louis
Joined: 09.25.2006

Jul 2 @ 4:15 PM ET
I think it was a fair trade for each of us, you got a very nice complimentary piece even though hes making 7.5M. we got pieces for the future and some strong locker room presence.

What do you think of Thompson?

- Shadman306



He def has some potential. If we had to lose someone out of him, kostin, kyrou, or thomas there is no question I'd hope it was him. With that said he's got some slick hands and a very heavy shot. He got rushed into the lineup because of all the Blues' injuries last year and looked lost defensively and that seemed to hurt his confidence.
Gerk
St Louis Blues
Location: say it aint so TARASENKO, YT
Joined: 01.07.2008

Jul 2 @ 4:21 PM ET
Could've fooled me...



No one ever said that.

Homie said "sobotka is an under rated center who is good on the dot and pk".

That is not "Sobotka should be 2C".

- Wetbandit1


Sobotka thinks hes a 2C. Which is why he went to the KHL. When Blues traded for him he was an excellent 3rd line guy and PK specialist. His contract negotiation didn't go great as he and team didn't see eye to eye. He also felt he "lost" his arbitration and thus left for KHL. Finally came back and now he working off that arbiter deal. Want to say was gone maybe 3 years or so.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:21 PM ET
all we heard last year from flyers fans was that schenn was nothing more than a powerplay specialist.

Clearly playing in a different system with better defense made a huge difference.

I see the same thing happening with ROR. My prediction is that the guy puts up between 60-70 points contributing through all aspects of the game. Does this mean he's anywhere close to a cornerstone piece for a team? No, but I think he's exactly what the Blues needed.

- bluenote31



You tell all those non-believers what you think hes going to be a franchise center for you putting his team On his back ..fighting through a broken leg with his nose dripping down with blood

Hes going to be a stud muffin for you enjoy The best 2 way center in the nhl
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 2 @ 4:21 PM ET
Ryan Wilson is a moron, and the biggest troll on the site.
- Wetbandit1

Definitely close.

Shadman306
Joined: 06.11.2015

Jul 2 @ 4:21 PM ET
He def has some potential. If we had to lose someone out of him, kostin, kyrou, or thomas there is no question I'd hope it was him. With that said he's got some slick hands and a very heavy shot. He got rushed into the lineup because of all the Blues' injuries last year and looked lost defensively and that seemed to hurt his confidence.
- bluenote31


Sounds like his confidence has been bolstered by talking to Botteril after the trade.

Let's hope that continues through camp and into the season.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:24 PM ET
Sobotka thinks hes a 2C. Which is why he went to the KHL. When Blues traded for him he was an excellent 3rd line guy and PK specialist. His contract negotiation didn't go great as he and team didn't see eye to eye. He also felt he "lost" his arbitration and thus left for KHL. Finally came back and now he working off that arbiter deal. Want to say was gone maybe 3 years or so.
- Gerk


Sounds like a Russian ROR
bluenote31
St Louis Blues
Location: St. Louis
Joined: 09.25.2006

Jul 2 @ 4:26 PM ET
You tell all those non-believers what you think hes going to be a franchise center for you putting his team On his back ..fighting through a broken leg with his nose dripping down with blood

Hes going to be a stud muffin for you enjoy The best 2 way center in the nhl

- gerbe75pts




Heard he's got a hog to
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 2 @ 4:26 PM ET

- gerbe75pts


The most obvious troll you've ever done and you got a couple whoppers right off the bat.

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:28 PM ET
Could've fooled me...



No one ever said that.

Homie said "sobotka is an under rated center who is good on the dot and pk".

That is not "Sobotka should be 2C".

- Wetbandit1


You must’ve missed where he said he’s a second line center last night
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jul 2 @ 4:30 PM ET
I like fast water type players sorry
- gerbe75pts

what honestly does this even mean
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jul 2 @ 4:31 PM ET
what honestly does this even mean
- BeadyEyedDouche


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