I have a better idea. How about Garth for Adrian Dater?

Hey Garth, will you just offer everybody up on the Sabres roster, until a trade is actually made, then toot your own horn saying that you "called the trade"???

Dealing Vanek leaves us with a LW corps of:

Ott
Foligno
Leino
Gerbe
Scott

The 5 of them combined for 31 goals last year.

Not a wise move, especially for an "enigmatic" center, as you called him. Why the hell would we trade our top LW-er for an "enigmatic" player?

If I'm trading one of our top 3 players, I'd better be getting Ryan Kesler, Anze Kopitar or David Backes in return.

IMO it's hard not to sign Semin when we need a center, if they won't move Ennis foe Ryan then just add Semin without giving up players.
- SABRES 89

OH MYYYY!!!!

People seem to forget that the only reason Vanek's salary is what it is.. comes after he signed a 7yr $50 million offer sheet from Edmonton few years back in which Buffalo matched After being burned by losing Briere & Dru.....Sabres could not afford to lose another big name.

If Buffalo did not match we would have 4 #1 picks from Edmonton...something interesting to note as we look back
- Skeezix459

do you trust that they would have made the right picks given our draft records at the time? I dont

IMO it's hard not to sign Semin when we need a center, if they won't move Ennis foe Ryan then just add Semin without giving up players.
- SABRES 89

i agree. i dont want to give up any of our top players. just sign someone forget trades unless we can fleece someone.

i agree. i dont want to give up any of our top players. just sign someone forget trades unless we can fleece someone.
- LizzyJo

Bad move not to trade Ennis for Bobby Ryan IMO.

do you trust that they would have made the right picks given our draft records at the time? I dont
- CaptPantalones

and there's no guarantee they finish as bad as they did, either.

I have a better idea. How about Garth for Adrian Dater?

Hey Garth, will you just offer everybody up on the Sabres roster, until a trade is actually made, then toot your own horn saying that you "called the trade"???

Dealing Vanek leaves us with a LW corps of:

Ott
Foligno
Leino
Gerbe
Scott

The 5 of them combined for 31 goals last year.

Not a wise move, especially for an "enigmatic" center, as you called him. Why the hell would we trade our top LW-er for an "enigmatic" player?

If I'm trading one of our top 3 players, I'd better be getting Ryan Kesler, Anze Kopitar or David Backes in return.
- Powerslave

Luke Adam, and Joel Armia can be Lw's. I say trade Vanek. Just not for Statsny.

People seem to forget that the only reason Vanek's salary is what it is.. comes after he signed a 7yr $50 million offer sheet from Edmonton few years back in which Buffalo matched After being burned by losing Briere & Dru.....Sabres could not afford to lose another big name.

If Buffalo did not match we would have 4 #1 picks from Edmonton...something interesting to note as we look back
- Skeezix459

Sweet jesus. NO ONE HAS FORGOTTEN THAT.

do you trust that they would have made the right picks given our draft records at the time? I dont
- CaptPantalones

Shoot me.

Bad move not to trade Ennis for Bobby Ryan IMO.
- SABRES 89

I think they are both about the same. IMO your really underrating Ennis. He had a rookie year of 20 goals and a half year last year where he was our best player. We dont know how good he can be yet.

Sweet jesus. NO ONE HAS FORGOTTEN THAT.
- nfph

It's ok we have Kevin Porter now. The Cup is coming to Buffalo.

Luke Adam, and Joel Armia can be Lw's. I say trade Vanek. Just not for Statsny.
- sbroads24

what are you offering for my best forward, then, Mr. GM?

and there's no guarantee they finish as bad as they did, either.
- Powerslave

oh they wouldnt have. I expect the Oilers would have gotten us no better then 8-10 in any of the drafts

I think they are both about the same. IMO your really underrating Ennis. He had a rookie year of 20 goals and a half year last year where he was our best player. We dont know how good he can be yet.
- sbroads24

We also don't know how bad he might be.


He still has to prove he can produce consistently over an 82 game stretch for me to consider him untouchable...and I have an Ennis jersey and is probably my favorite current Sabre.

Bad move not to trade Ennis for Bobby Ryan IMO.
- SABRES 89

Cant do it. Hodgson our #1 center, I dont think so.

Cant do it. Hodgson our #1 center, I dont think so.
- devereau

Neither one of Ennis or Hodgson are number 1 centers

what are you offering for my best forward, then, Mr. GM?
- Powerslave

Who Pominville? Cause Vanek isnt our best forward

Neither one of Ennis or Hodgson are number 1 centers
- SABRES 89

Too early to say that

i would not trade van for stastny
- LizzyJo

To be fair it said Stastny ++ for vanek, so I guess it would depend on the ++

I think they are both about the same. IMO your really underrating Ennis. He had a rookie year of 20 goals and a half year last year where he was our best player. We dont know how good he can be yet.
- sbroads24

I'd take Ryan.

Too early to say that
- Powerslave

Hodgson hasn't shown anything.

Who Pominville? Cause Vanek isnt our best forward
- sbroads24

I'll value my own talent, thank you very much, and I think Van is our best forward.

So what's yer offer?

Hodgson hasn't shown anything.
- SABRES 89

In the 20 games he was here?

How dare he take so long to show us what he's made of!!!

Neither one of Ennis or Hodgson are number 1 centers
- SABRES 89

Exactly and you want to trade one for a winger we need centermen. To treade ennis there would have to be another trade in place for a center.

Too early to say that
- Powerslave

agreed. both have #1 potential in terms of different skill sets. I see Hodgson being @ low end Drury, high end Stamkos-lite. Ennis looks to me like a Claude Giroux/PM Bouchard type