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

Sep 6 @ 1:59 PM ET
I thought Adams was wrong to let him go, though.

How can 32 GM's be so wrong?

- Powerslave

He chose *checks notes* Cody Eakin for multiple years over him

Yes he was wrong.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 6 @ 2:01 PM ET
He chose *checks notes* Cody Eakin for multiple years over him

Yes he was wrong.

- sbroads24



Pfft. You didn't "check your notes". Cody Eakin is the first thing you think of every morning.
rangerdanger94
New York Rangers
Location: NY
Joined: 05.23.2010

Sep 6 @ 2:04 PM ET
zero. You take a bad contract(s) that have 1 and 2 years of term left.

You dont retain anything on Eichel. Period.

- Mentalorgasm5

Beggars can’t be choosers
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 6 @ 2:05 PM ET
Pfft. You didn't "check your notes". Cody Eakin is the first thing you think of every morning.
- Powerslave

I mean, it’s super funny to defend all of the moves of a GM who finished in last place but hey, you do it well
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 6 @ 2:07 PM ET
I mean, it’s super funny to defend all of the moves of a GM who finished in last place but hey, you do it well
- sbroads24



And it's another to obsessively bury ONE move that a GM makes but you are the king. I bow to thee.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 6 @ 2:07 PM ET
Let's see if that ridiculous catch by Gardy inspires them.
- Powerslave

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

Sep 6 @ 2:11 PM ET
And it's another to obsessively bury ONE move that a GM makes but you are the king. I bow to thee.
- Powerslave

I didn’t make the stupid “ErrI tHouGht adAMs maDE a mIstAke” comment bringing an old conversation to light, but you’ll be here complaining when someone else does, as usual
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 6 @ 2:22 PM ET
Atleast Gardy came to play
- Buff36



They're going to have to grind one out here.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 6 @ 2:25 PM ET
I didn’t make the stupid “ErrI tHouGht adAMs maDE a mIstAke” comment bringing an old conversation to light, but you’ll be here complaining when someone else does, as usual
- sbroads24



Don't comment on it, then. Pretty simple. You choose to be miserable about it. I don't. You choose to obsess over things (Myers, ROR, Eakin). I don't.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 6 @ 2:29 PM ET
Maybe we should just call you on-ree instead?
- Wetbandit1


Bien sûr, mon ami
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 6 @ 2:30 PM ET
IF he's traded...

He could come back after surgery, be showcased, play a little bit here and then be traded. Or he could light things up, lead us to the playoffs, and live happily ever after here.

- kritter65


You might end up accompanying Bezos on the next flight to space.

I'd put the chances of that happening the same as the bold above: Zero percent.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 6 @ 2:33 PM ET
Don't comment on it, then. Pretty simple. You choose to be miserable about it. I don't. You choose to obsess over things (Myers, ROR, Eakin). I don't.
- Powerslave

Why wouldn’t I comment on it? I have no issues with what people bring up here unlike you.

Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 6 @ 2:56 PM ET
Kahun signs overseas :

https://www.nbcsportsedge...layer/27350/dominik-kahun

- kritter65


That trade tree perfectly encapsulates the Botterill experience

4th round pick (meh)
For
Sheary (meh)

Sheary (meh)
Erod (meh)
For
Kahun (meh)
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 6 @ 2:56 PM ET
They're going to have to grind one out here.
- Powerslave

Way to many times with no run support
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Sep 6 @ 2:58 PM ET
The Hawks had a surplus of D and D prospects at the time. The Nylander name also has a lot of cachet - plus the draft pedigree - which I think helped the Sabres get the return they did.
- Hank Balling



Good answer. Probably the best jbotts trade?

Just wondered if there was any bad effort or fortnite issues.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 6 @ 3:00 PM ET
That trade tree perfectly encapsulates the Botterill experience

4th round pick (meh)
For
Sheary (meh)

Sheary (meh)
Erod (meh)
For
Kahun (meh)

- Hank Balling

It will be interesting to see if Adams/Karmanos has the ability to add good NHL players via trade when the time comes. So far in two offseasons that has yet to happen
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 6 @ 3:01 PM ET
That trade tree perfectly encapsulates the Botterill experience

4th round pick (meh)
For
Sheary (meh)

Sheary (meh)
Erod (meh)
For
Kahun (meh)

- Hank Balling

Bad thing with Sheary is if he would have brought the same production here as in Pittsburgh in wouldn't have been a bad trade.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Sep 6 @ 3:02 PM ET
Why wouldn’t I comment on it? I have no issues with what people bring up here unlike you.
- sbroads24


24 - When you're arguing with another poster who never argues....


It's you ☝️
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Sep 6 @ 3:04 PM ET
Bad thing with Sheary is if he would have brought the same production here as in Pittsburgh in wouldn't have been a bad trade.
- Buff36


It wasn't even a bad trade. Sheary is fine as a depth winger but the Sabres had too many of those kinds of guys without play driving centers for them
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 6 @ 3:07 PM ET
It wasn't even a bad trade. Sheary is fine as a depth winger but the Sabres had too many of those kinds of guys without play driving centers for them
- Hank Balling

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

Sep 6 @ 3:10 PM ET
It wasn't even a bad trade. Sheary is fine as a depth winger but the Sabres had too many of those kinds of guys without play driving centers for them
- Hank Balling

Wonder when that will change because that’s the situation now too
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 6 @ 3:10 PM ET
I know some like to wait and see how things turn out before deciding if a signing or trade was good or not.

The two big players (Hall and Staal) the Sabres brought in last year were a cross between bad, terrible, and horrendous on the ice.

They helped 'lead' the team to a last place finish that has resulted in the team's best player in years demanding a trade, and a tear down again with the goal being another last place finish.

Talk about a horrendous first season as the GM.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Sep 6 @ 3:13 PM ET
I know some like to wait and see how things turn out before deciding if a signing or trade was good or not.

The two big players (Hall and Staal) the Sabres brought in last year were a cross between bad, terrible, and horrendous on the ice.

They helped 'lead' the team to a last place finish that has resulted in the team's best player in years demanding a trade, and a tear down again with the goal being another last place finish.

Talk about a horrendous first season as the GM.

- kingcong39

The current GM traded Sam Reinhart and Taylor Hall for a total of a late first, late 2nd and C goalie prospect. It’s some of the worst work a GM has ever done.

It’s not comforting knowing he’s leading rebuild 2.0
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 6 @ 3:16 PM ET
Bad year for a GM, it's been a bad decade for GM's in Sabreland. Especially when your trying to fix some of the mess from the former GM's.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 6 @ 3:17 PM ET
The current GM traded Sam Reinhart and Taylor Hall for a total of a late first, late 2nd and C goalie prospect. It’s some of the worst work a GM has ever done.

It’s not comforting knowing he’s leading rebuild 2.0

- sbroads24


There are quite a few that support him, even to the point of absolving him of blame for the moves made last season.

I think that mentality is entirely based on hope and optimism, not competency at this point.
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