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SabresFaninIndiana
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bananaville, IN
Joined: 12.16.2009

Jan 20 @ 3:46 PM ET
Wait a minute is my boss fritz!?!?!? IT ALL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
- BeadyEyedDouche

are you a waitress?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 20 @ 3:48 PM ET
are you a waitress?
- SabresFaninIndiana

Man of many faces!!
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Jan 20 @ 3:53 PM ET
Troll


- BeadyEyedDouche

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

Jan 20 @ 3:56 PM ET
are you a waitress?
- SabresFaninIndiana

You can call me a flower, if you want to.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jan 20 @ 3:56 PM ET
Man of many faces!!
- Buff36

This joke is layered

lulags
Buffalo Sabres
Location: St Louis
Joined: 02.24.2007

Jan 20 @ 4:01 PM ET
I’m surprised Hino cleared waivers. Would have been a good depth grab for most teams.
Guess it explains why we couldn’t get a deal
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 20 @ 4:11 PM ET
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy: Jack Eichel 'not meeting expectations' lately
- SABRES 89

no tears shed
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Jan 20 @ 4:15 PM ET
no tears shed
- homiedclown

I know there’s been some busts at 2OA but could he actually be the most disappointing 2OA ever? You see his stats and watch him play and you just know there’s an extra gear in there he refuses to tap into.

Dude is a headcase. We won the trade.
lulags
Buffalo Sabres
Location: St Louis
Joined: 02.24.2007

Jan 20 @ 4:19 PM ET
no tears shed
- homiedclown

Nope, we are a far better team as a result
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 20 @ 4:25 PM ET
I know there’s been some busts at 2OA but could he actually be the most disappointing 2OA ever? You see his stats and watch him play and you just know there’s an extra gear in there he refuses to tap into.

Dude is a headcase. We won the trade.

- BeadyEyedDouche

usually the number 2 pick is not mentioned as a generational superstar in most drafts


eichel was labeled generational talent and IMO was a bust
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Jan 20 @ 4:55 PM ET
For those wanting to watch Sabres games… get a cracked Firestick
And a VPN.

I get every channel on the planet and NHL Cernter Ice and all
The NFL poop too.

Tivi is the name of the program that someone put on mine.

When I paid $40 cdn a month for Centre Ice, I would only get the Sabres game. It would cut off as soon as the game was over. Now I get pre game and post game for hours. It’s wondwrful. Plus all the movies and everything. Even an Adult section for those so inclined. Best part is I paid some website in Eastern Europe last spring for 6 months and I haven’t been charged since. Wonderful.
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

Jan 20 @ 5:02 PM ET
For those wanting to watch Sabres games… get a cracked Firestick
And a VPN.

I get every channel on the planet and NHL Cernter Ice and all
The NFL poop too.

Tivi is the name of the program that someone put on mine.

When I paid $40 cdn a month for Centre Ice, I would only get the Sabres game. It would cut off as soon as the game was over. Now I get pre game and post game for hours. It’s wondwrful. Plus all the movies and everything. Even an Adult section for those so inclined. Best part is I paid some website in Eastern Europe last spring for 6 months and I haven’t been charged since. Wonderful.

- Da_Cashman


It's because they already have all your info and have probably taken out 16 mortgages in your name.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jan 20 @ 5:07 PM ET
It's because they already have all your info and have probably taken out 16 mortgages in your name.
- Wetbandit1

Probably purchasing cat porn too.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 20 @ 5:08 PM ET
Who signed Dahlin's last deal?
- Lunaion


Kyvyn Adams I believe?

I feel like were getting more then 6 million $ this season out of dahlin. 90+ point pace.

Tage deal is quite possibly the best in the nhl.

You could see why I would be confident

Still gonna be 11.5-12 per.
Dahlin has no real comparables...
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Jan 20 @ 5:15 PM ET
It's because they already have all your info and have probably taken out 16 mortgages in your name.
- Wetbandit1



Blood from a stone, friend!
Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Jan 20 @ 5:19 PM ET
Probably purchasing cat porn too.
- jochfr



Kinky stuff… like two dogs making love to a cat.

It’s a Kids in the Hall reference.
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Jan 20 @ 5:22 PM ET
It's because they already have all your info and have probably taken out 16 mortgages in your name.
- Wetbandit1


There's a decent chance this is true. Not that there's any real repercussion to you other than a few annoying phone calls you may have to have in the future, but the free TV is probably worth it.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 20 @ 6:04 PM ET
Kyvyn Adams I believe?

I feel like were getting more then 6 million $ this season out of dahlin. 90+ point pace.

Tage deal is quite possibly the best in the nhl.

You could see why I would be confident

Still gonna be 11.5-12 per.
Dahlin has no real comparables...

- Boss34


The guys you'd like to call comps are all-stars.

All-star games have gotten stupid, but no D on your team is next level.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 20 @ 6:13 PM ET
The guys you'd like to call comps are all-stars.

All-star games have gotten stupid, but no D on your team is next level.

- Lunaion


I think dahlin's agent could make a pretty good argument that he's going to be a top 3 defenseman/ each of the next 8 years.

He's still pretty young and really may not have peaked yet.

Likeable, durable, physical, offensive, defensive.

Could be a tough negotiation

What do you think about his next contract?
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 20 @ 6:43 PM ET
I think dahlin's agent could make a pretty good argument that he's going to be a top 3 defenseman/ each of the next 8 years.

He's still pretty young and really may not have peaked yet.

Likeable, durable, physical, offensive, defensive.

Could be a tough negotiation

What do you think about his next contract?

- Boss34


Nervous. Comps are very clear, but the Tkachuk path is there for him and he has all the chips. Downside of giving on everything in his bridge.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 20 @ 6:44 PM ET
https://twitter.com/Crazy...amp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Hehehe!!!
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 20 @ 7:19 PM ET
Nervous. Comps are very clear, but the Tkachuk path is there for him and he has all the chips. Downside of giving on everything in his bridge.
- Lunaion


I'm not a "give him whatever" poster , as I realize were a budget team.

If any player, other then eichel deserves an enormous pay day, its dahlin. It's his prime.

Its gonna be 11 million per minimum. IMO

And he deserves it.

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 20 @ 7:41 PM ET
I'm not a "give him whatever" poster , as I realize were a budget team.

If any player, other then eichel deserves an enormous pay day, its dahlin. It's his prime.

Its gonna be 11 million per minimum. IMO

And he deserves it.

- Boss34


Maybe, but Fox and Makar are good comps going to the All-Star game @ 9m and 9.5m. 11 might be a big fight.

Hope 8x10m makes everyone happy. If you want Power long term, he's going to be in the same ballpark.
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Jan 20 @ 8:07 PM ET
The format is largely the reason Rasmus Dahlin isn't going back to the NHL All-Star Game, but anyone watching the Buffalo Sabres knows what the 22-year-old has meant to the team this season.

Dahlin was understandably upset with his performance in Tuesday's overtime loss in Chicago, which featured his untimely misconduct penalty in the third period of the 4-3 defeat.

He responded with a massive effort on Ryan Miller Night on Thursday against the New York Islanders, playing 25:12 and collecting a pair of assists. The second, a spectacular three-line stretch pass to send in Dylan Cozens for the breakaway goal that gave the Sabres a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders after just 12 seconds of overtime, was his 50th point of the season.

Dahlin is on pace for 94 points just past the halfway mark of the Sabres' season, which would smash Phil Housley's franchise record of 81 set in 1990. The team was off Friday and hosts the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 in KeyBank Center.

Dahlin's assist on the Cozens goal will stand the test of time for the way it put a bow on Miller's night, but also for the piece of history it allowed him to forge.

Dahlin now owns the sixth-fastest run to 50 points by a defenseman under age 23 in NHL history, and the three players above him all reside in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

It took Boston's Bobby Orr 32 games in 1970-71 and 33 games in 1969-70 to get to 50 points. Edmonton's Paul Coffey got his 50th point in his 39th game in both 1981-82 and 1983-84, and it took Denis Potvin 41 games to get there for the New York Islanders in 1975-76. Dahlin reaching 50 in 43 games tied New York Rangers star Brian Leetch (1990-91).

Cozens used a football analogy to describe his winning goal when he called the pass "a little Hail Mary" after Thursday's win.

"I saw him take off and I know he's fast so I tried to put in in area that luckily succeeded so I was happy about it," said Dahlin, who unleashed the pass from halfway in his defensive zone. "I probably was thinking 500,000 thoughts. I was just hoping for it to be good and it was. I'm very happy about that."

"That was a lot of skill, a lot of intelligence (for Cozens) get to that position for 'Dahls,'" said coach Don Granato. "To read that play and to knock it down out of the air, still bouncing as he was going to the net, to find some calm and presence to wait till that thing was settled enough so he could pick his spot."

Dahlin is second in the NHL in ice time at 26:15, behind only reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner Cale Makar of Colorado (27:09). He's tied for second among defensemen in goals (13), points and points per game (1.16), behind only San Jose's Erik Karlsson.

The Sabres had 64% of the shot attempts at even strength with Dahlin on the ice in Thursday's game. And it was one of those puck-on-a-string games that he's regularly put out this season.

With just under six minutes to play in the third period, Dahlin nearly brought the house down with a sensational stretch of puck-carrying that brought him from the Islanders blueline – past New York captain Anders Lee – all the way to the edge of the crease. Finally, he was stymied by goaltender Ilya Sorokin on a shot he took with his left knee on the ice after he had been hooked.

Dahlin admitted after Thursday's game he feels "star-struck" every time he meets Miller, and that the goalie's pregame words to the current team resonated as they sat on their bench watching the jersey retirement ceremony.

"It makes us very motivated for sure. The words he says, I know he speaks from his heart," Dahlin said. "It's a special feeling when a legend says that about us, so it's really cool."

As for the All-Star Game, Tage Thompson was the choice off the Buffalo roster by the NHL's operations department and that left Dahlin's hopes riding on the fan vote.

The Sabres heavily promoted Dahlin's candidacy on social media but the league announced Thursday night that the fan vote was won by Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, Boston forward David Pastrnak and Toronto center Auston Matthews – who isn't having remotely close to the season he did last year, when he became the first 60-goal scorer in Leafs history.

Dahlin was also victimized by the 3-on-3 format of the All-Star tournament. Of the 44 players selected, only five are defensemen – and the Sabres' Atlantic Division doesn't have any.

The only defenseman voted in was reigning Norris Trophy winner Adam Fox of the New York Rangers (Metropolitan). Previously selected from the Central Division were Makar, Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg) and Seth Jones (Chicago). The lone blueliner on the Pacific Division is San Jose's Karlsson.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jan 20 @ 8:08 PM ET
Maybe, but Fox and Makar are good comps going to the All-Star game @ 9m and 9.5m. 11 might be a big fight.

Hope 8x10m makes everyone happy. If you want Power long term, he's going to be in the same ballpark.

- Lunaion


Hope you're right at 8 x 10.

The allstar game is a bit misleading .

John scott made it.
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