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- homiedclown

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- dadeadhead

one day I will give him $5


maybe to have him say eklund or grey eye glances

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- stashu

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He's not the decision maker in that group. Maloney is.
- buffalofan19

If you think Regier doesn't have the power to make decisions in Arizona then you are sorely mistaken.

3 1st round picks in this years draft with the open lottery style...

your sayin there's a chaaaaance???
- JVince11

St Louis won't be picking in the lottery. Islanders have improved everywhere but defense add that to a healthy Tavares then I think you got yourself a playoff team. Plus Reinhart may be up next season for them as well. So don't settle on the high hopes just yet.

Can't credit Regire for the Miller trade, that was TM.

Not so sure that the return from STL was quite "Darcy worthy" anyways..

One has to think that Regire would have fielded two 1st rd picks with that ammo... a 1st for Miller & then another 1st for Ott.
- SuperCat

Correction he did field two 1st rounders ( if the blues made it to the finals) which looked like a verrry good possibility at the time of the trade when they added miller and ott to an already killer roster!!

Correction he did field two 1st rounders ( if the blues made it to the finals) which looked like a verrry good possibility at the time of the trade when they added miller and ott to an already killer roster!!
- DannnnyBriere

Ironic that the blues falter down the stretch with Miller in net,get a bad match up lose the series

Miller now has not won a playoff series in 7 years

Fvck the apple, I hope he rots.


- dadeadhead

Oh my.

St Louis won't be picking in the lottery. Islanders have improved everywhere but defense add that to a healthy Tavares then I think you got yourself a playoff team. Plus Reinhart may be up next season for them as well. So don't settle on the high hopes just yet.
- Jammerz04

NYI downgraded... They didn't fill the role of Moulson/Vanek.

Grabo and Kuli aren't very good.

St Louis won't be picking in the lottery.
- Jammerz04

rookie in net

ducks, av's, kings, sharks, stars, hawks, wild are honestly all in the same hat as the blues

yeah that's 8 team

who comes out of nowhere to be this years colorado?
oilers?
yotes?
preds?


unless canada get's it's poop together out west it's not likely the blues miss the playoffs though

Michael, another solid blog! I look forward to them. Keep up the GREAT work.

I am amazed at the haul both GMs received for that core group, who under achieved regularly...and with the Wild acquiring a couple notable ones, I think that team will never reach the promised land either. (Has Roy signed anywhere yet?)
For me, it is exciting to watch the rebuild take place as TM now assembles the pieces for the Sabres to contend for many years...and unlike his predesessor is acquiring heart and soul players driven to succeed. The future is bright...Go Sabres!
- IonSabres

What are you talking about? Darcy always acquired heart and soul types. Lydman, Gilmour, McCormick, Ott, Drury, Hecht etc. if anything we had to many of those types over the years. Regier's mistakes came from horrible ownership. He assembled the president winning sabres and Stanley Cup favourites from scratch.

Any trade or Ott rumors so far today? Don't have time to skim through pages

NYI downgraded... They didn't fill the role of Moulson/Vanek.

Grabo and Kuli aren't very good.
- Smittyx36

How is losing Nabokov, Vanek and MacDonald while adding Johnson, Conacher, Halak, Grabovski and Kulemin a downgrade?

Only downgrade I see is defense. Kulemin, Conacher and Grabovski will easily replace Vanek's offense. Halak and Johnson are a HUGE upgrade over Nabokov.

Any trade or Ott rumors so far today? Don't have time to skim through pages
- bluengold12

All I'm hoping for is that he doesn't come back.

one day I will give him $5


maybe to have him say eklund or grey eye glances
- homiedclown

Or Dwayne............

Yes, but does Meszaros make Myers expendable?
- CaptainRivet

A resounding YES

How is losing Nabokov, Vanek and MacDonald while adding Johnson, Conacher, Halak, Grabovski and Kulemin a downgrade?

Only downgrade I see is defense. Kulemin, Conacher and Grabovski will easily replace Vanek's offense. Halak and Johnson are a HUGE upgrade over Nabokov.
- Jammerz04

Halak has never started more than 57 games in a season and always has some type of nagging injury/s he's dealing with. Can Johnson put up similar Boston numbers on the Island? That is the question. Conacher is on his 4th team in a 2 yr period. Kulemin and Grabovski are meh.

Are they in a better position? yeah maybe.

Can they make the playoff's? Sure but no higher than 7/8 IMO. They look more like a 9/10 honestly.

A resounding YES
- TheSabresTaco

All I'm hoping for is that he doesn't come back.
- Jammerz04

Why?

Halak has never started more than 57 games in a season and always has some type of nagging injury/s he's dealing with. Can Johnson put up similar Boston numbers on the Island? That is the question. Conacher is on his 4th team in a 2 yr period. Kulemin and Grabovski are meh.

Are they in a better position? yeah maybe.

Can they make the playoff's? Sure but no higher than 7/8 IMO. They look more like a 9/10 honestly.
- dadeadhead

Islanders are tough to judge.

Okposo could fall back to his normal, Strome could be huge, Reinhart could make the team

IMO a big move for them would be to trade a prospect and pick to CHI for Jonny Oduya

Analytics be damned! TO has no need for such witchcraft!
- TheSabresTaco

4yrs from now it will be Buffalo, Tampa & Florida fighting it out for division supremacy while teams like Boston have to rebuild
Montreal seems to always be good, but not good enough

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- homiedclown

Oh my!

Islanders are tough to judge.

Okposo could fall back to his normal, Strome could be huge, Reinhart could make the team

IMO a big move for them would be to trade a prospect and pick to CHI for Jonny Oduya
- sbroads24

NYI plays like NYI and fails again in a season that isn't 48 games long.

St Louis won't be picking in the lottery. Islanders have improved everywhere but defense add that to a healthy Tavares then I think you got yourself a playoff team. Plus Reinhart may be up next season for them as well. So don't settle on the high hopes just yet.
- Jammerz04

I agree to all the above statements.
However, this is the New York Islanders we are talking about here.
They are well known for self-destruction, so there is hope my fellow Sabres fans, there is hope!

Halak has never started more than 57 games in a season and always has some type of nagging injury/s he's dealing with. Can Johnson put up similar Boston numbers on the Island? That is the question. Conacher is on his 4th team in a 2 yr period. Kulemin and Grabovski are meh.

Are they in a better position? yeah maybe.

Can they make the playoff's? Sure but no higher than 7/8 IMO. They look more like a 9/10 honestly.
- dadeadhead

i still think they are a bottom 10 type team. those players are decent additions but their D will prob struggle. Halak will look very average with that type of D in front of him