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Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 28 @ 2:43 PM ET
Tage has 2 days, I don't see Girgs staying there. Seems like place holder for practice
- DirtyDan


This could be a “ break thru” career altering path for Girgensons getting legit top line minutes. (Finally)

Could plot 15 or 20 this season

If okposo is getting 17 minutes a night and some pp time…….

SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:43 PM ET
it would be better for krebs, skinner and tuch to throw krebs up there for a practice instead of the former all star, IMO
- homiedclown

I was told Krebs is begging for a chance to move up, kid plays with heart.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Dec 28 @ 2:43 PM ET

- homiedclown

This getting old fined something new old man!!!
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Dec 28 @ 2:43 PM ET
it would be better for krebs, skinner and tuch to throw krebs up there for a practice instead of the former all star, IMO
- homiedclown


I agree.
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:44 PM ET
This could be a “ break thru” career altering path for Girgensons getting legit top line minutes. (Finally)

Could plot 15 or 20 this season

If okposo is getting 17 minutes a night and some pp time…….

- Boss34

Girgensons belongs on the 4th line, end of story.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 28 @ 2:44 PM ET
Swedish Jesus is against bringing in players that are tough to play against.

If figure skating isn't on their resume he doesn't want them.

- sabresfan69

Biggest thing this Team is Missing. Probably make are supposed Stars play like there Boy's Dropped to.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Dec 28 @ 2:44 PM ET
Pegs and his Yes Men…


- Gr8daygo

This is 36 at his best!!!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 28 @ 2:45 PM ET
This getting old fined something new old man!!!
- Rsh

piss off beady
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:45 PM ET

Lance Lysowski
@LLysowski
If Tyson Jost clears waivers and joins the Rochester Americans, the Sabres will be spending $5.25 million for three players to be on their AHL roster:

Jost ($2 million)
Jacob Bryson ($1.9 million)
Riley Stillman ($1.35 million)

Not ideal.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 28 @ 2:45 PM ET
This could be a “ break thru” career altering path for Girgensons getting legit top line minutes. (Finally)

Could plot 15 or 20 this season

If okposo is getting 17 minutes a night and some pp time…….

- Boss34

Yeah falls every 15 games!
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 28 @ 2:47 PM ET
This is 36 at his best!!!
- Rsh

OK, don't get why your starting with Me! But that's a Good One Ha Ha! Dumb A$$
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:47 PM ET
Could have had 7mill and brought in a entire new 4th Line, which probably would have been a upgrade. It was actually the perfect offseason to rebuild your Bottom 6. Adams missed his Signal again.
- Buff36

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

Dec 28 @ 2:48 PM ET
Lance Lysowski
@LLysowski
If Tyson Jost clears waivers and joins the Rochester Americans, the Sabres will be spending $5.25 million for three players to be on their AHL roster:

Jost ($2 million)
Jacob Bryson ($1.9 million)
Riley Stillman ($1.35 million)

Not ideal.

- sabresfan69

we have not bottomed out yet
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:49 PM ET
I was told Krebs is begging for a chance to move up, kid plays with heart.
- SABRES 89


Mark Stone even publicly came out and said Krebs is getting shafted here with ice time and opportunity.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Dec 28 @ 2:50 PM ET
Mark Stone even publicly came out and said Krebs is getting shafted here with ice time and opportunity.
- washedup20

Be a line at the Door this Offseason asking for Trades if Sh!t don't change pretty Quickly
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:51 PM ET
we have not bottomed out yet
- homiedclown

Could have signed Tyler Bertuzzi with that 5.25m
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:52 PM ET
Be a line at the Door this Offseason asking for Trades if Sh!t don't change pretty Quickly
- Buff36


I wouldn't be surprised if those requests don't start coming Adams way after new years, what would you sell off at the deadline? Who would you wait to trade in the offseason?
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:52 PM ET
This is 36 at his best!!!
- Rsh


Hey! Don’t give 36 credit for my nonsense!
Swedish_Jesus
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 07.02.2019

Dec 28 @ 2:53 PM ET
Could have signed Tyler Bertuzzi with that 5.25m
- sabresfan69


I could also get a fluffer from Margot Robbie.

The odds of that happening though ? Impossible.

Bertuzzi had his eyes on Toronto from the very beginning.
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:54 PM ET
I could also get a fluffer from Margot Robbie.

The odds of that happening though ? Impossible.

Bertuzzi had his eyes on Toronto from the very beginning.

- Swedish_Jesus

Oh thats right, he doesn't wear a dress.

You have no freaking clue what you are talking about when it comes to hockey.

You think you sign Hathaway to rely on him to score goals.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:54 PM ET
If Jost clears waivers, he'll likely become the third Sabres player on a one-way contract to join the Rochester Americans this season. The Sabres would be paying Jost and defensemen Jacob Bryson and Riley Stillman a combined $5.25 million to play for the Amerks. They're also spending a combined $2.075 million for five veteran players to be in Rochester: Dustin Tokarski, Devin Cooley, Jeremy Davies, Kale Clague and Joe Cecconi. The Amerks are fourth in the AHL's North Division with a 13-11-3 record.

Owner Terry Pegula can't be pleased with that development. He wanted to slash spending in Rochester when the Sabres fired their former general manager, Jason Botterill, in 2020. Now, they're back to paying big money for depth players to take ice time and opportunity away from the prospects on the Amerks' roster, which flies in the face of Adams' long-term vision for building a sustainable winner.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 28 @ 2:54 PM ET
I could also get a fluffer from Margot Robbie.

The odds of that happening though ? Impossible.

Bertuzzi had his eyes on Toronto from the very beginning.

- Swedish_Jesus

Sprong was a more realistic get

he signed for "jost" money
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 28 @ 2:54 PM ET
Girgensons belongs on the 4th line, end of story.
- SABRES 89


Agreed

I’m more disappointed in the “stars”

Tage, cozens, power

These core guys are just average so far…..

Power looks completely lost
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Dec 28 @ 2:55 PM ET
Sprong was a more realistic get

he signed for "jost" money

- homiedclown

Bertuzzi signed a 1 year contract. What Swedish dress wearer posts is clueless.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 28 @ 2:56 PM ET
Lance is limiting himself to only the past 2 seasons with free agents, Adams has never signed a successful FA:

The problems began in each of the past two summers. The Sabres haven't received enough production or consistent play from their free-agent signings.

Eric Comrie has an .881 save percentage in 26 appearances since signing a two-year contract with the Sabres in 2022. Defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin was traded to Anaheim in August after only one season in Buffalo. Neither of the Sabres defense signings in 2023, Connor Clifton and Erik Johnson, have filled the team's need for someone who can be relied on to skate next to Rasmus Dahlin or Owen Power on one of the top two pairings.

Granato lauded the Sabres' director of pro scouting, Jeremiah Crowe, recently for identifying Robinson as a competitive, checking-line winger, but the team isn't surrounding Crowe with a robust staff to help him identify talent.

The Sabres recently hired longtime NCAA assistant coach Brad Dexter as a pro scout, though he hasn't been involved in pro hockey in 22 years. Otherwise, Adams relies on Crowe, Granato, Amerks coach Seth Appert, associate general manager Jason Karmanos and the analytics staff to scout possible free-agent, trade and waiver acquisitions.

The Sabres have built an effective amateur scouting staff, but they're relying on only a few sets of eyes to improve the margins of a roster that's filled with young players whom Adams identified as franchise pillars.

Jost's departure is more evidence that Adams' plan to bring back the same roster didn't work. The forward depth chart hasn't been healthy. A few players who received lucrative long-term contracts are struggling to perform up to expectations. Others are enduring sophomore slumps because a player's development curve in pro hockey is never linear.

Victor Olofsson, who, like Jost, was a healthy scratch late last season, has only four goals and 12 points in 30 games while skating primarily on the fourth line. He wasn't going to be on the power play Wednesday against Boston until the Sabres learned that Thompson would be unavailable. The Sabres aren't getting a return on their investment for the $4.75 million that Olofsson counts against the salary cap and it won't be possible to trade the winger before the deadline if it continues.
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