Anyone hear about how the Sabres hired Navy Seals to work out the prospects at 4:30AM on the beach?

Been saying to pick him up for 3yrs now.
- dadeadhead

Still have no idea why that option was not explored last year for the Sabres.

Very similar situation to the Buffalo Bills. Both the Wild and Bills were meaningless nothing franchises in the leagues they play in. They both went out and signed the biggest fish. Their performance on the field is only half the equation. The other half is bringing notoriety and respect back to the franchise which in turn makes it more desirable for other quality players to want to join.
- Gunner Staal

Well my personal opinion has it that Minny's offense was already pretty good on paper.. and with Parise just got even better..

Parise, Heatley, Koivu, Setoguchi, Bouchard, and Bozak..

Their D is where the questions are..

Suter - Gilbert

after that it is Stoner, Kampfer, Falk, Prosser, and Scandella... The rookie Brodin could come up..

I think he will be the top line center this fall

coho with ott and leino seems to be a good thought
leino likes hard workers, he is going to love ott
- homiedclown

vince laid it out nicely...

plus, if girgensons makes it, i can easily see a fourth line of gerbe, girgensons, kaleta

Please do, Im sick of hearing about Semin and the Penguins.
- Gunner Staal

Oh....



Meow.
- dadeadhead

pic ?

I don't want him signed for anything more than 2yrs.
- dadeadhead

We don't need that poop here. If we sign Semin, we can count on him taking Girgs with him to the KHL in 2 seasons.

ok 2 years 11 mil

by then Armia should be ready
- homiedclown

Thats the key part...

I really do think we are just waiting to see when Armia could be ready..

Still have no idea why that option was not explored last year for the Sabres.
- Gunner Staal

Me neither. Arnott and Langenbrunner would've helped this team in many ways

With Semin Vanek and Grigs, you'd be forcing your 2nd, 3rd and spotty 4th liners to spend to much time on the PK.

Then, with people like Pommers, PK, Staff and McMuscles playing PK time (since Vanek and Semin love to take lazy penalties in their own zone), you'd be giving Van, Sem and Grigs a lot of ice time.

And we all know how streaky Van and Semin are...

I don't want anything to do with Semin.
- Chipd

but I thought we needed more scoring?

semin puts up parise points and a fraction of the cap hit

vince laid it out nicely...

plus, if girgensons makes it, i can easily see a fourth line of gerbe, girgensons, kaleta
- b0s0o1

Grigorenko is one thing as he was a top 4 skater in the draft...

but Girgensons making the team!?!?

I might not know a lot of history.. but isn't it that outside of top 10 picks or so a player making the team in his first year is pretty small??

would you move vanek, for market value?

seems with foligno, leino, ott
there is a log jam there

move him and try to get 1 more center or that RW needed
- homiedclown

I think I'd rather move Leino, even if it's for nothing...
Or...
Lindy has said he like Vanek over at RW and has played him there at times,
Maybe that's a solution?

but I thought we needed more scoring?

semin puts up parise points and a fraction of the cap hit
- homiedclown

but he brings in a Leino working mentality with a split of Roy douche bag-ness

Me neither. Arnott and Langenbrunner would've helped this team in many ways
- dadeadhead

yep, better players then neids and grier yet provide the same needed leadership

I was not happy with the moves up front last off season, or lack of moves

Me neither. Arnott and Langenbrunner would've helped this team in many ways
- dadeadhead

I don't think I like your attitude.

Still have no idea why that option was not explored last year for the Sabres.
- Gunner Staal

I inquired about Arnott....some guys in the brain trust like him, others think he is too slow. I think Darcy is on the too slow side, but not 100% sure.
- Homer

If this is true, it's disheartening.

Grigorenko is one thing as he was a top 4 skater in the draft...

but Girgensons making the team!?!?

I might not know a lot of history.. but isn't it that outside of top 10 picks or so a player making the team in his first year is pretty small??
- JVince11

yup...but from everything i've read, he won't let history stand in his way

Grigorenko is one thing as he was a top 4 skater in the draft...

but Girgensons making the team!?!?

I might not know a lot of history.. but isn't it that outside of top 10 picks or so a player making the team in his first year is pretty small??
- JVince11

Ryan O'Reilly was picked in the second rd and did it

Grigorenko is one thing as he was a top 4 skater in the draft...

but Girgensons making the team!?!?

I might not know a lot of history.. but isn't it that outside of top 10 picks or so a player making the team in his first year is pretty small??
- JVince11

Most times teams picking outside of the top 10 dont have as many holes to fill, making it harder for young players to find a spot.

am i the only one that thinks he can hit 30 next yr if we keep ennis.

everyone is complaining we cant score anymore. we got rid of one player. one! one that barely gave us offense that past two season. and yes i know he was hurt but still. we now have the same players that can score. van, pommer, hodge, ennis, staff, foligno, leino (maybe one day) gerbe. plus it is very probable that grigs can make the team, he can score and help his line mates score a little more. i dont know why everyone is freaking out. so what if we don't score as much as the pens or nucks or bruins. as long as we win games. i know we are probably not done tweaking the roster but i am ok with it the way it is now give or take a few players (adam, grigs, tropp, mcnabb)

so stop your b*tching.

end of rant.
- LizzyJo

Here we go again with this absurd statement. Had a bad year last year. Was injured the previous year, although he was a point a game player prior to his injury... contributing mostly by dishing the puck.

chris krieder ( who I insisted the sabres draft instead of kassian) played fewer games and showed more promise than Hodgson. Hodgson is not going to have a "breakout" year.

Ryan O'Reilly was picked in the second rd and did it
- homiedclown

^this^

but I thought we needed more scoring?

semin puts up parise points and a fraction of the cap hit
- homiedclown

I think if...

Foligno - Ennis - Stafford

stay together it could be quite a statistical year for them..

Stafford - 30g/30a
Ennis - 25g/40a
Foligno - 17g/25a

yup...but from everything i've read, he won't let history stand in his way
- b0s0o1

thats true.. he has said that he has the motivation to make the team regardless..

Homie... i did not realize that about O'Rielly.

but I thought we needed more scoring?

semin puts up parise points and a fraction of the cap hit
- homiedclown

You can put up 30 goals... but if your on the ice for 40 goals scored against...

If this is true, it's disheartening.
- buffalofan19

Too slow for what? What a contradiction in keeping Gaustad for all those years and then shunning Arnott who is a way better version of him (way better).