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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 22 @ 12:32 AM ET
I'm sure super Sam center will save us
- gerbe75pts


PM
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 22 @ 12:44 AM ET
Fixed and agreed
- sbroads24


We can’t trade Dahlin,
gotta “move him to Center“ 😂😂😂
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jun 22 @ 12:49 AM ET
We can’t trade Dahlin,
gotta “move him to Center“ 😂😂😂

- jdfitz77

sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jun 22 @ 12:56 AM ET
Dylan Cozens is on track to be excellent

If Adams can swing 55 for a 2RW or solid 2/3 center we will be in fine shape.

Goaltending and special teams need to rebound
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 22 @ 1:05 AM ET
Saw a reasonable trade offer for Jack to the Ducks
They get Jack
We get:
-Zegras (C)
-Ducks 2020 1st, currently5th
-Ducks 2020 1st (from BOS), currently 31st
-Lindholm (LD)
-Rakell (LW/RW)

If Jack says he wants out...
I actually think I’d do it

Of course we don’t wanna re-build (AGAIN, ugh)
But that’s about the best offer we could possibly hope for

It would give us one hell of a defense
Rakell adds another scoring winger for the top6

Approximate Lineup:

Skinner- ????? -Sam
Olofsson- ????? -Rakell
Johansson- ????? -Kahun
Girgs-Larsson-Okposo

Left Defense:
Lindholm, Dahlin, McCabe
Right Defense:
Risto, Jokiharju, Montour, Miller

Goalies:
Ullmark, Hutton

Idk wtf we’d do at Center, but...
-we’d have Cozens, Zegras & Mitts all projected as top6 guys that should be NHL contributors soon
-2 of the top10 plus another 1st to make a deal,
or even draft another Center prospect if we like
-moving Sam would become more of a possibility I’d think, maybe to get a Center (could use a pick to take Sam’s replacement- Holtz? Raymond?)
-still have an extra RD & decent-ish prospects like Asplund, Tage & recent defensemen drafted to use as trade chips as well


I know we aren’t “rebuilding”
But if Jack wants out, this does give Adams a good deal for him & helps put us in a spot to really reshape the roster
Camel
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Sudbury, ON
Joined: 04.25.2009

Jun 22 @ 6:36 AM ET
We can’t trade Dahlin,
gotta “move him to Center“ 😂😂😂

- jdfitz77

Right on. All the dumb things you post and now finally you come up with a good one. I agree.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 7:11 AM ET
We can’t trade Dahlin,
gotta “move him to Center“ 😂😂😂

- jdfitz77

rapperray
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Thank God I don't live in NY anymore, NY
Joined: 02.22.2007

Jun 22 @ 7:20 AM ET
So now every article I read about the front office massacre says the firings were all cost cutting measures. I sure hope you all are braced for what is next. The mission of this team is no longer to produce a Stanley Cup winner. The organization is now in full Tom Gollisano mode. No players are going to be brought in to actually improve this team. Those top tier players now on the roster will be gone as soon as deals can be put together to move them out and lighten the payroll. Any dreams you have of this player coming here or that player coming here are done..... kaput......... So prepare yourselves for another decade of Tom Gollisano hockey.......
Camel
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Sudbury, ON
Joined: 04.25.2009

Jun 22 @ 7:30 AM ET

- homiedclown

Who would ever think that a professional athlete that has played a game all their lives would even know how to play another position. Certainly couldn’t happen in hockey and probably never has and never will. Dahlin wouldn’t have a clue how to carry the puck up the ice or pass it to a winger. Yes he is a defenceman as his first coach told him he was and told him to never let anybody tell him anything different.
How do I get out of this box?
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 22 @ 7:40 AM ET
I say double-down and bring Johnny Hockey to Buffalo. Dahlin gets that done. Gadreau looked great next to Jack on Team USA.
- SuperCat


These are the trade proposals I've missed.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 22 @ 7:41 AM ET
Adams is not going to cut his own throat.

And some Bruins reporter "suggesting" they go after him doesn't mean sh!t.

- Powerslave


Guy's infamous for these bullpoop writeups.

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

Jun 22 @ 8:14 AM ET
Jack's not getting traded.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 8:18 AM ET
Jack's not getting traded.
- TheSabresTaco

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 8:26 AM ET
These are the trade proposals I've missed.
- TheSabresTaco

the owners see some positives that fans might not
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 22 @ 8:28 AM ET

- homiedclown


Myers was traded during/after the best season of his career? Missed that one.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 8:40 AM ET
Myers was traded during/after the best season of his career? Missed that one.
- buffalofan19

where there is smoke there is fire


too much smoke for a guy that has been asked to be traded


either botts got fired because of eichel, or eichel just plain wants out of buffalo


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

Jun 22 @ 9:06 AM ET
where there is smoke there is fire


too much smoke for a guy that has been asked to be traded


either botts got fired because of eichel, or eichel just plain wants out of buffalo

- homiedclown

Or, more likely, Eichel voices his frustration about missing the playoffs again, at the same time the team is bleeding money, they havent made the playoffs in 9 years, they have regressed under GM Botts, GM didnt want to make cuts that the owner demanded, team finds new GM.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 9:07 AM ET
Or, more likely, Eichel voices his frustration about missing the playoffs again, .
- Mentalorgasm5

nope

H8


much more then that
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 22 @ 9:08 AM ET
Pegulaville is probably right that Mittelstadt was JB downfall
- sbroads24


IF you believe what was said, Pegula wanted CM up and dint want to wait for him to develop.

Thats how he feels about all players. "Impatience"
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 22 @ 9:27 AM ET
where there is smoke there is fire


too much smoke for a guy that has been asked to be traded


either botts got fired because of eichel, or eichel just plain wants out of buffalo

- homiedclown


Or maybe Botts just sucked? Nah, can't be.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 22 @ 10:07 AM ET
Or maybe Botts just sucked? Nah, can't be.
- Wetbandit1


The Secret Eichel GM takes are some of my favorites.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jun 22 @ 10:16 AM ET
Everyone wanted botts gone and now people still female dog about it lol

Terry put all his money into helping the sabres and it didn't work
He's doing something new ..

Let's all see wait happens
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jun 22 @ 10:30 AM ET
Dylan Cozens is on track to be excellent

If Adams can swing 55 for a 2RW or solid 2/3 center we will be in fine shape.

Goaltending and special teams need to rebound

- sbroads24


Roslivic + a little seems to be a target. Defensively responsible, and possibly has more to give on O.

Really just the PK. 5v5 GA were ninth lowest. Also, special teams don’t matter......
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jun 22 @ 10:32 AM ET
So now every article I read about the front office massacre says the firings were all cost cutting measures. I sure hope you all are braced for what is next. The mission of this team is no longer to produce a Stanley Cup winner. The organization is now in full Tom Gollisano mode. No players are going to be brought in to actually improve this team. Those top tier players now on the roster will be gone as soon as deals can be put together to move them out and lighten the payroll. Any dreams you have of this player coming here or that player coming here are done..... kaput......... So prepare yourselves for another decade of Tom Gollisano hockey.......
- rapperray


You mean, back when the Sabres made the playoffs because they didn’t overpay for mediocre talent 😉
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jun 22 @ 10:42 AM ET
So now every article I read about the front office massacre says the firings were all cost cutting measures. I sure hope you all are braced for what is next. The mission of this team is no longer to produce a Stanley Cup winner. The organization is now in full Tom Gollisano mode. No players are going to be brought in to actually improve this team. Those top tier players now on the roster will be gone as soon as deals can be put together to move them out and lighten the payroll. Any dreams you have of this player coming here or that player coming here are done..... kaput......... So prepare yourselves for another decade of Tom Gollisano hockey.......
- rapperray

Accidentally flagged you.

Anyhow, it's possible. Then again for the upcoming season, we're not sure where the cap will end up so any internal cap on the roster, which isn't a given yet, might get lost in a reduced cap ceiling
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