morning Ray !!!
- cabin

Morning Cab

Thank your GM for his cowardly lion routine.
And then, then we have the scarecrow behind the bench.
Lots of players on this roster playing dual roles as tin man and Dorothy.

Pegula, the Wizard well, we all know about the wizard behind the curtain.
While toto, Murray continues to urinate on everyone's leg.

And I agree with RapperRay.
Eichel and Dahlin are both overhyped on this board.
Playing good once every 5-10 games does NOT make you a superstar.

I called out Murray and was right.
And the natives here finally had to eat crow and realize that I was 100% right.
GMJB needs to stop sitting on his hands and get into the game.
He's already allowed yet another season to seep into the non playoff sewer.

The end of December is when moves were needed to be made.
Not now when every other GM knows that you're desperate.

Modern day GM's are too predictable.
- Over50

Somebody agrees with me?

Elie waived

Nice job jcrags

Wonder if they give Nylander the call instead of Smith (I doubt it just think it would be interesting)

Wonder if they give Nylander the call instead of Smith (I doubt it just think it would be interesting)
- sbroads24

Showcase him. Wouldn’t be surprised at all.

Just was wondering.... Have you ever seen a team miss the net as often as the Sabres do?

Elie waived

Nice job jcrags
- Boss34

Well that move didn’t pan out. Maybe should’ve been CJ’s spot all along.
Maybe they wanted to wait for after the Stars game, for fear he’d light us up.

Well that move didn’t pan out. Maybe should’ve been CJ’s spot all along.
- PrinceChill

Elie did have an assist as a sabre....😐

Glad to see all the posters who believe this team is one player away from contending came to their senses last night!
After back reading, I had to look out of my lanai to see if the sky was still up, or on the ground, lol!

I offer this up for perspective, from my vantage point:
Eichel - keeper
Skinner - keeper
Reino - keeper for now at least
Mitts - keeper, needs more time
Tage - keeper, needs more time
Sobotka - nope
Okposo - nope, but how?
Pommer - nope
Girgenson - nope
Larsson - keep for another year
ERod - keep for 4th line for now
Elie - nope
Wilson - who, wtf, 4 months tor an ankle? Keep, go, whatever
Dahlin - mmmmm, ok Keeper
Risto - keeper for now
Bogo - nope
Pilut - keeper, needs more time
McCabe - keeper
Nelson - keep for 7th
Scandella - nope
Blow-boy - nope
Hunwick - retain for this year, save the 3rd, trade in offseason
Hutton - nope
Ulmark - keeper
By my count, that's 13 "keepers" of varying degrees, 9 "nopes" and 2 whatevers.
Their record reflects the above...some say on track for 92 pts...assuming they replicate 70% of the 10 game win streak based on games reamining.
Anyone really think that WILL happen..not can, WILL?
Without the 10 game anolmoly, it is closer to 72 pts...BUT it did happen, so more realistic prediction of other 41 games played to date to project remaining 31 gets them to 83-85 pts.

That perspective tells me they aren't a 2C away from competing as was ranted about by a couple posters last night. Further, they aren't an OS away in which one has to 1) widely overpay, and 2) lose valuable draft picks for talented young, cheap players; either.

Stay the course in this Year of Transition in which fools-gold is presented as some sort of panecea.

- Drain the swamp using the deadline to maximize asset management. Can't drain them all, may need to wait on Okposso for another year if he doesn't retire. But Scandella, Sobotka, Bogo, Hunwick should all be targeted after they let Pommer and Moulson retire.
- Make a shrewd hockey trade at the deadline to fill a hole
- Use the FA period to sign a core player, and a couple of lesser signs to fill some more holes
- Draft well. Looks like this scouting team can uncover a couple of hems for the future...they will be needed
- infuse team with young talent from Rochester...Smith, Guhle, Yes even Nylander
▪or use those assets and others to acquire other young talent.
- IonSabres

I like what Bogo does when healthily this year. I’d keep him

I like what Bogo does when healthily this year. I’d keep him
- lulags

He brings other things to the table, I'd be ok with him as a 3rd pairing...but at $5.3 or whatever, not so much...brink him back at $2.75 of trade him out.

Elie did have an assist as a sabre....😐
- Boss34

At least it didn’t cost any Bottcoin, but he did take a spot better suited for someone else’s development.

I like what Bogo does when healthily this year. I’d keep him
- lulags

Not as a 2nd pair guy.

Perfect deadline guy to move. But Phil doesn’t want “the chemistry” messed with. Since things are going so good and all.

I knew the Sabres would regress hard after the win streak.

Never thought this hard.

Everything that could’ve gone wrong has

Eichel injury, both goalies on a massive cold streak, the entire defense is lost.

It was fun for two months

He brings other things to the table, I'd be ok with him as a 3rd pairing...but at $5.3 or whatever, not so much...brink him back at $2.75 of trade him out.
- IonSabres

Good post.

I knew the Sabres would regress hard after the win streak.

Never thought this hard.

Everything that could’ve gone wrong has

Eichel injury, both goalies on a massive cold streak, the entire defense is lost.

It was fun for two months
- sbroads24

Lose for Hughes?

Lose for Hughes?
- PrinceChill

The Sabres need their version of Marner/Kuznetsov/Point etc.

A young stud.

The Sabres need their version of Marner/Kuznetsov/Point etc.

A young stud.
- sbroads24

Offer sheet?
Trade?
Use all the 1sts and hope for a bullseye?
Package the 1sts to move up as far as possible?

The Sabres need their version of Marner/Kuznetsov/Point etc.

A young stud.
- sbroads24

Tank on.

The Sabres need their version of Marner/Kuznetsov/Point etc.

A young stud.
- sbroads24

I'm sure jbotts and the pegulas feel the same way.

This could be the year? Deeper draft.....

Or Botts recognized just like Homie and I that this roster was very flawed and decided to let Eichel, Reinhart, Risto et al continue to develop and try to will the team there on their own. Knowing that if the team were to flop (as they have) they could have 3 first rounders in this draft and we can do another roster overhaul in the offseason to get short term fixes (free agency) and long term solutions (through the draft).
- Pegullaville

You think highly of yourself and your opinions.
I can tell.

Offer sheet?
Trade?
Use all the 1sts and hope for a bullseye?
Package the 1sts to move up as far as possible?
- PrinceChill

This seems like the logical choice to me.

Unless some team is willing to trade a 21-24 year old stud

This seems like the logical choice to me.

Unless some team is willing to trade a 21-24 year old stud
- sbroads24

If the Blues remain in their spot, they can push our 1st to 2020. Leaving only two arrows in the quiver. And no 2nd from the Skinner trade.

I never thought he should have made any moves. In my opinion they were never good enough to contend anyway.

I will say this. At the risk of being attacked. If they could bring in the right players I’d move those #1 picks. The shelf life to win with guys like Jack, Skinner and Dahlin is short. Unless you hit gold on every #1 pick coming up (meaning that they all contribute right away) you’re wasting another 3-4 years watching guys develop while our current core guys rot on the vine. Chances are slim that they hit on even one of those picks.
- Pairo11

I certainly will not "attack you" for your opinion.

While some other know it all posters (their opinion is the only opinion that's right, the obligatory["voices of reason"]) here may attack you.

I agree with you Pairo.
I have said the same in a previous post that 1st round picks don't always pan out.
And Botts needs to stop hanging on to them like they do.

And with a complete hypothetical, let's say that they do pan out?

That's yet another 2-3 years on top of an already 8 year playoff haitus.

Average life expectancy for a man in this country is 68.
At this point we are sitting at 1/8 th of your life and this franchises ineptness.
And we want more of this?

The day for excuses has come and gone in my opinion.

You think highly of yourself and your opinions.
I can tell.
- Over50

What happened to your advice on responding to someone's post and not insulting the poster?

It was just an hour ago.

What happened to your advice on responding to someone's post and not insulting the poster?

It was just an hour ago.
- Boss34

Paid him a compliment.

Edit: I have also said previously that I RESPECT his posture on this.