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

Jun 30 @ 1:29 PM ET
Flawed logic : judging players on sv% and gaa.

You get individual trophies for those stats...


Winning wins the cup - the ultimate winner

- Boss34


I thought they were using fancy stats now to evaluate the team
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 30 @ 1:29 PM ET
we had chances to make moves already

we got bishop and anderson

kings got falia

- homiedclown



Fiala doesn’t even fit the parameters that YOU set out
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:30 PM ET
So lets summarize.

The team is only a year away from the darkest 2 years of its existence. In an amazing turn of events, we actually had an unbelievable season given the circumstances. Just about all of the prospects had fantastic years (and the ones that didn't looked good when healthy). We have the #1 rated prospect pool and a ton more prospects on the way. On top of that we are going to be adding 3 top-flight prospects to the team next year.

And free agency hasn't even started.

Never mind all of that... they traded for a retired player and signed another player to be the emergency goalie. And we haven't shown interest in signing a 37 year old center or defenseman.

I am a convert now. I too want to be " that guy" and snicker at every move they make as if there is no plan and it is the last move that they will ever make.

- Slump Buster
it's been an 11 year blackout

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 30 @ 1:30 PM ET
I did all these posts to get you out of your spider hole


it's like fishing in a barrel

- homiedclown


No, u made all these posts bc you’re a miserable old man
Way to enjoy your golden years
Very impressive
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 30 @ 1:31 PM ET
Flawed logic : judging players on sv% and gaa.

You get individual trophies for those stats...


Winning wins the cup - the ultimate winner

- Boss34


So then the Sabres being one of the worst 10 teams in the league means the goaltending was also that bad then No? Since winning = good and the Sabres didn’t do a lot of that.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:31 PM ET
Fiala doesn’t even fit the parameters that YOU set out
- jdfitz77

I want to use the cap to ice the best team possible


your response is elder abuse


tell me how many other celebs near my age died this week


stay classy
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jun 30 @ 1:31 PM ET
it's been an 11 year blackout
- homiedclown



So what? Are we trying to end the playoff drought our are we trying to set ourselves up for the next decade? The two are not the same. I couldn't care less about the former and I want to do everything for the latter.

The last thing Adams should do is feel the pain from the mistakes of his predecessors.
dmarsden2988
New Jersey Devils
Location: stafford is about equal to rya, NJ
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jun 30 @ 1:32 PM ET
Would you do 9+goalafson+2nd or prospect for 2OA
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:32 PM ET
No, u made all these posts bc you’re a miserable old man
Way to enjoy your golden years
Very impressive

- jdfitz77

I can do 3 things at once

you should try it sometime


Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 30 @ 1:32 PM ET
I thought they were using fancy stats now to evaluate the team
- homiedclown


Anderson was a sentimental move, not an analytics move. I don't like seeing that.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jun 30 @ 1:32 PM ET
you can offer malkin more money then any other team right now on a 2 year deal

prove me wrong

- homiedclown


Doesnt mean Malkin signs in Buffalo .

Prove me wrong

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

Jun 30 @ 1:33 PM ET
So what? Are we trying to end the playoff drought our are we trying to set ourselves up for the next decade? The two are not the same. I couldn't care less about the former and I want to do everything for the latter.

The last thing Adams should do is feel the pain from the mistakes of his predecessors.

- Slump Buster

team is never going to be more stacked with high end prospects then now

he taps the brakes


makes perfect sense
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 30 @ 1:33 PM ET
So lets summarize.

The team is only a year away from the darkest 2 years of its existence. In an amazing turn of events, we actually had an unbelievable season given the circumstances. Just about all of the prospects had fantastic years (and the ones that didn't looked good when healthy). We have the #1 rated prospect pool and a ton more prospects on the way. On top of that we are going to be adding 3 top-flight prospects to the team next year.

And free agency hasn't even started.

Never mind all of that... they traded for a retired player and signed another player to be the emergency goalie. And we haven't shown interest in signing a 37 year old center or defenseman.

I am a convert now. I too want to be " that guy" and snicker at every move they make as if there is no plan and it is the last move that they will ever make.

- Slump Buster


Unbelievable season = 25th in the standings, 40 points out of the playoffs.

I guess if you want to call it that?
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 30 @ 1:33 PM ET
Would you do 9+goalafson+2nd or prospect for 2OA
- dmarsden2988

Hell yes.
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 30 @ 1:33 PM ET
So what? Are we trying to end the playoff drought our are we trying to set ourselves up for the next decade? The two are not the same. I couldn't care less about the former and I want to do everything for the latter.

The last thing Adams should do is feel the pain from the mistakes of his predecessors.

- Slump Buster


The Sabres cap situation is a GM's wet dream. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive, especially in this case.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jun 30 @ 1:34 PM ET
Would you do 9+goalafson+2nd or prospect for 2OA
- dmarsden2988


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

Jun 30 @ 1:34 PM ET
Doesnt mean Malkin signs in Buffalo .

Prove me wrong

- Boss34

pretty sure they would not offer him a deal


just call them the
e buffalo sabres in Feb
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:34 PM ET
The Sabres cap situation is a GM's wet dream. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive, especially in this case.
- buffalofan19

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

Jun 30 @ 1:35 PM ET
So what? Are we trying to end the playoff drought our are we trying to set ourselves up for the next decade? The two are not the same. I couldn't care less about the former and I want to do everything for the latter.

The last thing Adams should do is feel the pain from the mistakes of his predecessors.

- Slump Buster


Just like Colorado and how they…. Oh wait. 90% of that roster was traded for because most of the prospects/picks they drafted/traded fell short of expectations outside of Mac/Makar/Landry
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jun 30 @ 1:36 PM ET
So lets summarize.

The team is only a year away from the darkest 2 years of its existence. In an amazing turn of events, we actually had an unbelievable season given the circumstances. Just about all of the prospects had fantastic years (and the ones that didn't looked good when healthy). We have the #1 rated prospect pool and a ton more prospects on the way. On top of that we are going to be adding 3 top-flight prospects to the team next year.

And free agency hasn't even started.

Never mind all of that... they traded for a retired player and signed another player to be the emergency goalie. And we haven't shown interest in signing a 37 year old center or defenseman.

I am a convert now. I too want to be " that guy" and snicker at every move they make as if there is no plan and it is the last move that they will ever make.

- Slump Buster



If - and it's still an if - the Sabres do not address the goaltending position in a meaningful way yet this summer, will you feel differently?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:36 PM ET
Just like Colorado and how they…. Oh wait. 90% of that roster was traded for because most of the prospects/picks they drafted/traded fell short of expectations outside of Mac/Makar/Landry
- ImThatGuy

if they draft an LD in the first round then they have no desire to win with dahlin
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 30 @ 1:37 PM ET
If - and it's still an if - the Sabres do not address the goaltending position in a meaningful way yet this summer, will you feel differently?
- Hank Balling
you spelled when wrong


jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 30 @ 1:37 PM ET
I want to use the cap to ice the best team possible

your response is elder abuse

tell me how many other celebs near my age died this week

stay classy

- homiedclown


And now you’re crying about “elder abuse”
It’s so easy to get u all riled up gramps
Like fish in a barrel 🤣🤣🤣

Stay hypocritical
Sorry u can’t handle when u get back the same bullsh!t you dish out
Being a 50something year old crybaby is super impressive though


It’s not even July 1st yet
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jun 30 @ 1:37 PM ET
I thought they were using fancy stats now to evaluate the team
- homiedclown


Why not sign a 17-12-2 goalie that likes buffalo and is willing to play for 1.5 million.

Who's the last 17 win sabre ? Injury prone ullmark maybe?

You're pretty upset for June 30th
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jun 30 @ 1:38 PM ET
team is never going to be more stacked with high end prospects then now

he taps the brakes


makes perfect sense

- homiedclown


Correct, so lets continue to see exactly what we have in these prospects.

Where is the break tap? We turned things around by dumping Ralph and letting the kids play in all situations. They had a hell of a 3 months at the end, even with mediocre goaltending. We've got 3 new top-flight prospects that are being added to the roster on top of all of that. I want to see Krebs and Mitts have a full year at center to see what I have. If they don't work out then I'll take some assets and get a stud center in 2 years. I don't want to see either of them playing 3rd line wing so that we can watch Malkin in the last years of his career.


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