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Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 30 @ 10:30 PM ET
Skinner and Duchene are in the same tiers of their respective positions. I take the Centre over the winger, especially for $1M less per season.
- Pegullaville



No, no they're not. Skinner is a top 10 winger. Duchene is a 2C.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 30 @ 10:31 PM ET
I would have taken Krebs, loading up on centers is never a bad idea. Plus, chances are one or both of cousins and Krebs ends up on the wing anyway. Cousins and Krebs would have been pretty amazing (Achilles and all)
- turbo044


Not a bad thought. I don't think you can go wrong with the pick. We need top D prospects, we need top C prospects. It's a win/win. More so, just don't (frank) the pick up.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 30 @ 10:33 PM ET
No, no they're not. Skinner is a top 10 winger. Duchene is a 2C.
- Wetbandit1


Don’t make me laugh man. Skinner is in the 20-30 range for wingers as is Duchene for Centres.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 30 @ 10:33 PM ET
yeah Skin's is the better player to have by a long shot.

Matt Duchene is more easily replaceable.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 30 @ 10:34 PM ET
Don’t make me laugh man. Skinner is in the 20-30 range for wingers as is Duchene for Centres.
- Pegullaville


You're high.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 30 @ 10:34 PM ET
GD Panarin's already up to 13M.

(frank) me.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jun 30 @ 10:35 PM ET
LeBrun says that cBJ offered Breadman a 8x12M tonight in a last ditch effort to keep him.


Wooow

- JVince11


I would take it
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 30 @ 10:37 PM ET
Don’t make me laugh man. Skinner is in the 20-30 range for wingers as is Duchene for Centres.
- Pegullaville



20-30 range means that Skins is at least in top 10-15 LWers 😜



Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WE'RE PRACTICING THE POWER PLAY!, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jun 30 @ 10:39 PM ET
What’s up with crunch berries these days? The yellow pieces taste just like the crunch berries. Still the 🐐 regardless.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 30 @ 10:42 PM ET
Check out Brian hedger duchene tweet

Basically duchene loves Nashville and is building a house there.

So no money was going to change that [url]
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jun 30 @ 10:43 PM ET
What’s up with crunch berries these days? The yellow pieces taste just like the crunch berries. Still the 🐐 regardless.
- Hatboro_Swords

They destroy the roof of your mouth but they are one of my favorites.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WE'RE PRACTICING THE POWER PLAY!, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jun 30 @ 10:45 PM ET
Sweet, Four Falls of Buffalo on NFL Network. Perfect, as if the eve of FA wasn’t depressing enough. We would’ve drafted Goal Caufield and the free agents would be lining up to play like dead baseball players in an Iowa Caufield, I mean cornfield.
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 30 @ 10:48 PM ET
Why don't we just all hope they start winning, for cripes sakes.

Who really gives a sh!t about the who, the where, the why, the how or the how many?

- Powerslave



Most care because those things are directly related to teams winning, signing and retaining players
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Jun 30 @ 10:50 PM ET
Check out Brian hedger duchene tweet

Basically duchene loves Nashville and is building a house there.

So no money was going to change that

- Sabretooth9[url]


Not sure how many of you have been to Nashville? I visited when we were checking out a college for my son there. It’s a lot of fun, people are nice but there’s nothing overly incredible about the city. It has its great nightlife downtown (where they held the nfl draft) but a lot of the city is very seedy. Nicer weather in January than buffalo, but brutal there in the summer.
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 30 @ 10:51 PM ET
No, no they're not. Skinner is a top 10 winger. Duchene is a 2C.
- Wetbandit1



Skinner cracks top 20, no where near top 10. When you factor in contract value he drops even more
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 30 @ 10:54 PM ET
Skinner cracks top 20, no where near top 10. When you factor in contract value he drops even more
- Fattony1187


7 wingers had 40 goals or more last year. Only one played on a Sabres team that ranked 24th in goals for.
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 30 @ 10:59 PM ET
7 wingers had 40 goals or more last year. Only one played on a Sabres team that ranked 24th in goals for.
- Wetbandit1



That’s one year. He had more goals then hall, Stone, gadreau, Pasternak, Marchand, to name a few and no way he’s better then them. Plus he has the worst contract out of all of them
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jun 30 @ 11:00 PM ET
That’s one year. He had more goals then hall, Stone, gadreau, Pasternak, Marchand, to name a few and no way he’s better then them. Plus he has the worst contract out of all of them
- Fattony1187



He's also like 3rd in the league in the last 3 years in EV goals.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jun 30 @ 11:00 PM ET
That’s one year. He had more goals then hall, Stone, gadreau, Pasternak, Marchand, to name a few and no way he’s better then them. Plus he has the worst contract out of all of them
- Fattony1187

For now.

Does anyone really believe Panarin is worth 3+ mil more per year than Skinner?
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 30 @ 11:05 PM ET
That’s one year. He had more goals then hall, Stone, gadreau, Pasternak, Marchand, to name a few and no way he’s better then them. Plus he has the worst contract out of all of them
- Fattony1187



So, Tony, what is your point then, exactly?

Does it really matter, at this stage of the game, what he's making, as long as it doesn't hinder the team's chances of winning (which, in most people's opinions, is more likely to happen when you have a natural goal scorer on your team)?

Shouldn't we be good with the fact that we have a #1 LW instead of not?
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 30 @ 11:08 PM ET
7 wingers had 40 goals or more last year. Only one played on a Sabres team that ranked 24th in goals for.
- Wetbandit1


How many wingers average 55 points a season and make $9M per ? The guy needs to score 50 annually to be worth that contract.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jun 30 @ 11:13 PM ET
What’s up with crunch berries these days? The yellow pieces taste just like the crunch berries. Still the 🐐 regardless.
- Hatboro_Swords

All I can taste is blood when I eat them
BigStew
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.09.2007

Jun 30 @ 11:13 PM ET
How many wingers average 55 points a season and make $9M per ? The guy needs to score 50 annually to be worth that contract.
- Pegullaville


Have to pay money for goals.

I find it funny that the biggest issue people have is that we can’t score and yet they don’t want to pay up for a guy who scores goals.
MEBSabresFAN
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lancaster, NY
Joined: 07.17.2006

Jun 30 @ 11:14 PM ET
Comparing players based on their SALARY without including what year they signed it is just dumb.

BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jun 30 @ 11:14 PM ET
Not sure how many of you have been to Nashville? I visited when we were checking out a college for my son there. It’s a lot of fun, people are nice but there’s nothing overly incredible about the city. It has its great nightlife downtown (where they held the nfl draft) but a lot of the city is very seedy. Nicer weather in January than buffalo, but brutal there in the summer.
- turbo044

It's the Country music capital of the world.

That alone is why I will NEVER step foot there.

"Hi there, I'd like you to meet my sister and my wife." As one woman walks up next to him...
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