GARTH'S CORNER: Nilsson Schmilsson

Great. already in last place and now cant even evaluate if Lehner is a possible #1.

The trainwreck continues

Great. already in last place and now cant even evaluate if Lehner is a possible #1.

The trainwreck continues
- Ripped Fuel

Quite a pessimistic outlook. Lehner will miss a game or two with an illness, Nilsson should be getting a start anyway. The Sabres need to score more, that has been there undoing in most of their losses. Hard to win when you are only scoring 1 goal.

he was poisoned

Quite a pessimistic outlook. Lehner will miss a game or two with an illness, Nilsson should be getting a start anyway. The Sabres need to score more, that has been there undoing in most of their losses. Hard to win when you are only scoring 1 goal.
- doppelthat

The rebuild is a colossal failure. ...period

The rebuild is a colossal failure. ...period
- Ripped Fuel

If you say so

If you say so
- Maximum Signal

Last place says so. LAST....PLACE

Last place says so. LAST....PLACE
- Ripped Fuel

You have a point Rip. But at the other end the Oil is in first place . 5-6 games in makes it hard to make a fair judgement. We played only 4.

Last place says so. LAST....PLACE
- Ripped Fuel

After 4 games? Please stay away from the Peace Bridge.

Fowler even being in the conversation for the Norris trophy is laughable let alone winning it.

Garf and his hard on for Fowler

After 4 games? Please stay away from the Peace Bridge.


- Maximum Signal

Really?? The 'rebuild' is done. No more picks to move, goalie picked, trades made. Top draft choices selected. When you watch this team you're thinking "oh yeah....we are on our way"? Because I thunk....same stuff....different names.

But I guess as long as they're 'getting pucks deep and finishing their checks' everything is going to be fine.....at least in last place

Really?? The 'rebuild' is done. No more picks to move, goalie picked, trades made. Top draft choices selected. When you watch this team you're thinking "oh yeah....we are on our way"? Because I thunk....same stuff....different names.

But I guess as long as they're 'getting pucks deep and finishing their checks' everything is going to be fine.....at least in last place
- Ripped Fuel

He does make sense. GMTM has made his bed. Committed to to contracts $4M plus to Kane, ROR, Okposo, Ennis, Moulson and Gionta. ROR is a great player, but is he a $7.5M player? Okposo is good but is he a 7 x $6M player?

Ristolainen and Eichel are gonna be good, but they will need to get paid. So will Samson. Where is the $$ gonna come from? The jury is still out of expensive investments in Bogosian and Lehner. Any trade bringing in top young talent (ie Fowler) will cost good young players, not pixie dust, as is often mentioned on here.

GMTM has mixed in ingredients together and started to bake his cake. Who knows how its gonna taste

Really?? The 'rebuild' is done. No more picks to move, goalie picked, trades made. Top draft choices selected. When you watch this team you're thinking "oh yeah....we are on our way"? Because I thunk....same stuff....different names.

But I guess as long as they're 'getting pucks deep and finishing their checks' everything is going to be fine.....at least in last place
- Ripped Fuel

Who said the rebuild is done . More moves are still going to be made . They improved by 27 points last year .

Who said the rebuild is done . More moves are still going to be made . They improved by 27 points last year .



- Maximum Signal

Last place.

two #2 overall BUSTS.

no goalie

ONE NHL defenseman

no second line.

keep drinking the Kool Aid

Last place says so. LAST....PLACE
- Ripped Fuel

1st) They're not in last place, they're 29th

2nd) If they win in reg tonight, they will jump anywhere from 23rd-18th

The groundwork has been laid for the rebuild, and we won't know if it will pay off for a while. I think jumping to this assessment four games in is a little absurd.

He does make sense. GMTM has made his bed. Committed to to contracts $4M plus to Kane, ROR, Okposo, Ennis, Moulson and Gionta. ROR is a great player, but is he a $7.5M player? Okposo is good but is he a 7 x $6M player?

Ristolainen and Eichel are gonna be good, but they will need to get paid. So will Samson. Where is the $$ gonna come from? The jury is still out of expensive investments in Bogosian and Lehner. Any trade bringing in top young talent (ie Fowler) will cost good young players, not pixie dust, as is often mentioned on here.

GMTM has mixed in ingredients together and started to bake his cake. Who knows how its gonna taste
- EugenesAxe

i cant stand ennis, but the contract he signed was fair at the time. moulson and gionta have contracts that will be off the books soon. lehner has a cap hit of 2.25 this year, then rfa, how is that expensive?

i cant stand ennis, but the contract he signed was fair at the time. moulson and gionta have contracts that will be off the books soon. lehner has a cap hit of 2.25 this year, then rfa, how is that expensive?
- rover16

Both Moulson and Ennis are on the books through 2018/19 at $9.6M combined
True about Gionta. He's a UFA after this year.
The thing about Lehner is he is a RFA after this year. He'll want bigger money. 4.5-5M per year. If he's not worth that dough, they will have to admit they erred trading a #1 for him. It will be a tough call based on his inability to stay healthy