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washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jun 21 @ 1:09 AM ET
Lol... i think u should look in the mirror troll
Obviously you have some deep issues
Good luck with that
Or not
I really don’t care

- jdfitz77



It’s not this 1 or the other game that you & a lot of others seem to be playing

I has to do BOTH
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 21 @ 1:35 AM ET
I’ll be damned.
- Pegullaville


When it premiered there was a screening at a theater in the city and a bunch of former Bills of that era showed up, and it was like a big party.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 21 @ 1:37 AM ET
20 and was drinking underage at a Blasdell......
- dadeadhead


14 and fell asleep. It was a poopty day all around; that morning riding my bike to school for a final exam with my friends, one friend stopped short in front of me and we rubbed tires and I went over the handle bars and got scraped up.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Jun 21 @ 2:02 AM ET
my fax machine must be broken.
- Mentalorgasm5



I’m still waiting for my telegram line to be set up.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Jun 21 @ 2:04 AM ET
14 and fell asleep. It was a poopty day all around; that morning riding my bike to school for a final exam with my friends, one friend stopped short in front of me and we rubbed tires and I went over the handle bars and got scraped up.
- Wetbandit1



Weather wise it was like mid summer.


Mentalorgasm5
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "F-" Robert, NY
Joined: 06.29.2007

Jun 21 @ 2:55 AM ET
4 trades before the draft starts tomorrow(not all, if any sabres)
Chris16
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CT
Joined: 06.22.2012

Jun 21 @ 7:36 AM ET
Draft day
100goalseason
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Shanghai
Joined: 01.22.2010

Jun 21 @ 7:39 AM ET
I want Cozens, Zegras or Dach.

Caufield or Boldy also acceptable.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 21 @ 7:43 AM ET
People pay to get wet.

Get us wet, Botts.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 21 @ 7:43 AM ET
I think there's a lot of Sabre history people look back on fondly and enjoy, despite none of these events led to a Cup. "Thank you, Sabres", Beating the Habs to go to the Cup. Fog game. May Day. 80 season. Beating the Legion of Doom. Beating the Leafs to go to the Cup. 05-06. 06-07.

I'm honestly wondering if you've ever rooted for the Sabres to win a game.

Seems an odd experience to never want the team to do well, in hopes of a better or (as in this year) not too much worse of a draft pick. Setting aside $kinner, you seem quite on board with JB's choices.

Besides making draft picks, should he do anything to try an improve the team? If he's not going to try and make the playoffs (and ultimately fail to win it all), there doesn't seem to be much of a point in pursuing high priced free agents. The pursuit of lower tier players would just seem to be an exercise in filling out below-adequate lineup. The only clear goal seems to be is to finish as poorly as possible year after year.

- PrinceChill


I would hope that Botts doesn’t overpay for free agents, or overpay in the trade market for vets for the sake of expediting the rebuild. Take advantage of the cap strapped teams and acquire assets for pennies on the dollar and use FA to fill out the depth of the roster. The team has to make the playoffs in order to have a chance at the cup, however I would love to see them actually have a chance when they make it and not just be a first round exit.

The only Sabres moments I’ve been alive for were 05/06, and 06/07 (when I jumped on the bandwagon) and those teams were stacked and everyone knew when they made the playoffs that they were cup contenders. There is more then one way to build a cup contender but due to the fact our prospect cupboard is all but dry, drafting high is one of the ways to do that. So yes, I’d rather draft top 10 in the hopes of building a foundation like the 05-07 teams then just make the playoffs and know deep down we don’t have a shot.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 21 @ 7:48 AM ET
Zzzzzzzz
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Jun 21 @ 7:58 AM ET
I’m just here for the “stupid nutso” trade roomers advertised on the main page.
PrinceChill
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.06.2014

Jun 21 @ 7:58 AM ET
I want Cozens, Zegras or Dach.

Caufield or Boldy also acceptable.

- 100goalseason

Yeah, I’m flexible too. Just get it right Botts.
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jun 21 @ 8:05 AM ET
Zzzzzzzz
- homiedclown

Piss Off

Signed

Navin
100goalseason
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Shanghai
Joined: 01.22.2010

Jun 21 @ 8:07 AM ET
Zzzzzzzz
- homiedclown


Spice it up for us....
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jun 21 @ 8:10 AM ET
Spice it up for us....
- 100goalseason



mattsox
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.14.2012

Jun 21 @ 8:15 AM ET
On Spectrum news sports: will Callahan join the Sabres...

Ughhh....
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 21 @ 8:23 AM ET
On Spectrum news sports: will Callahan join the Sabres...

Ughhh....

- mattsox


As long as a damn good player comes with him. Sure.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 21 @ 8:28 AM ET
Posts picture of stick figure poking a Sabres logo with a stick

“DO SOMETHING”
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jun 21 @ 8:34 AM ET
I would hope that Botts doesn’t overpay for free agents, or overpay in the trade market for vets for the sake of expediting the rebuild. Take advantage of the cap strapped teams and acquire assets for pennies on the dollar and use FA to fill out the depth of the roster. The team has to make the playoffs in order to have a chance at the cup, however I would love to see them actually have a chance when they make it and not just be a first round exit.

The only Sabres moments I’ve been alive for were 05/06, and 06/07 (when I jumped on the bandwagon) and those teams were stacked and everyone knew when they made the playoffs that they were cup contenders. There is more then one way to build a cup contender but due to the fact our prospect cupboard is all but dry, drafting high is one of the ways to do that. So yes, I’d rather draft top 10 in the hopes of building a foundation like the 05-07 teams then just make the playoffs and know deep down we don’t have a shot.

- Pegullaville


Don’t know how old you were, but I know it was just a small kid, sonyou can be forgiven for being wrong.

The teams were not looked at as “stacked” when this run started. It was a huge surprise they did as well as they did. The reputation of most of those Sabres players is far greater *after* those runs than they were before the runs started.

In fact, 05/06 almost all the players were considered pretty MEH at the beginning of the season. The Miller Vanek Pommer Campbell Roy Connolly thing was brand new. Drudged was expected to be really good but Briere was a reclamation project, Tallinder and Lydman were steady but unspectacular.

Why do you think RJ’s famous call exists: “NOW do you believe. “

Just get in.

Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jun 21 @ 8:34 AM ET
As long as a damn good player comes with him. Sure.
- ImThatGuy


He’s going on LTIR.

Tampa still needs to move salary to sign Point and make another move.
100goalseason
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Shanghai
Joined: 01.22.2010

Jun 21 @ 8:45 AM ET

- washedup20



Not what I had in mind.
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jun 21 @ 8:49 AM ET
He’s going on LTIR.

Tampa still needs to move salary to sign Point and make another move.

- Stripes77


If memory serves me they can't put him on LTIR until after the season starts?
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jun 21 @ 9:15 AM ET
Not what I had in mind.
- 100goalseason



Would you trade 7oa for a Stanley cup, conn smythe and Selke award winning player?
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jun 21 @ 9:16 AM ET
Would you trade 7oa for a Stanley cup, conn smythe and Selke award winning player?
- washedup20



Pavel Datsyuk left the NHL about 4 years ago...
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