Gerbe - I disagree that it's like the Drury/Briere fiasco.

The Sabres don't have to decide between 2. They have 1 big free agent-to-be. He should be/and probably is their main focus.
- Whatnot78

No no i’m just pointing out that you see rumors of house for sale and images of that player still in Buffalo and you try to connect the dots lol

if skinner was hanging out with the boys at the masters yesterday, very good sign he stays

if he wanted out, there is no chance he is going to that event with teammates
- homiedclown

thought that myself

We're at the point where we can't afford to lose any goals. Keep Skinner and have VO and Nylander ADD to the total goals scored.
- Whatnot78

we should release Reinhart after next year and we can replace him with Erod, Zemgus, Larry, Sobotka, Berglund, Okposo and Bobby Orr

Torts is a really good coach
- homiedclown

according to steve Kournianos, coaching in that series doesn't matter

wegmans subs are legit.
- ImThatGuy

No no i’m just pointing out that you see rumors of house for sale and images of that player still in Buffalo and you try to connect the dots lol
- gerbe75pts

Gotcha...I misunderstood your connection there

if skinner plays the type of game that Botterill wants his team to play, then why would they let a 40-goal scorer in the midst of his prime walk?...doesn't make a lot of sense
- Michael Pachla

No one is going to "let" Skinner walk. He'll be signed, and it'll be within reason.

I hate talent and I want to clone the latvian 12 more times so the forward group is all Zemgus.
- TheSabresTaco

or I don't want to pay an extra million/year because...

"Will he re-sign in Buffalo and if so, what will the price be?"

I sure hope so and $9 million per year. 40-goal scorers don't grow on trees.
- SabreWest

I would give him 9 Mill, but for only 5 years....

we should release Reinhart after next year and we can replace him with Erod, Zemgus, Larry, Sobotka, Berglund, Okposo and Bobby Orr
- TheSabresTaco

At least there is 1 HOFer in there...

or I don't want to pay an extra million/year because...
- Michael Pachla

This is my favorite line. Ya know, like we're the ones paying the players.

What did we assume Casey would get this year
- TheSabresTaco

Would you rather have a center for the 2nd in Matt Duchene at 9m or just a wing that will score 10 more goals

You can then trade risto for a winger and maybe sign a Jordan Eberle or a Dzingel

At least there is 1 HOFer in there...
- Whatnot78

They're all HOFers. That's why they're all replacing Reinhart, because we don't need that knob slob.

what's the saying around here? I don't give a poop, just win?
- TheSabresTaco

I don't think Skinner's drought is a valid criticism because it's not like Stafford in 2011 where he scored half of his 30 goals in 5 games. I don't think Skinner even had a hat trick. Whether he spread the remaining goals out more, it wouldn't have had a material impact on the standings because no one ever picked up the slack

Gotcha...I misunderstood your connection there
- Whatnot78

All good

Everyone wanted him when he got fired from vancouver
- TheSabresTaco

out of coaching for a whole year

(see contract and q's contract)

They're all HOFers. That's why they're all replacing Reinhart, because we don't need that knob slob.
- TheSabresTaco

Maybe in Lockport

Maybe in Lockport
- Whatnot78

huge if true

huge if true
- homiedclown

Troll.

huge if true
- homiedclown

Would you rather have a center for the 2nd in Matt Duchene at 9m or just a wing that will score 10 more goals

You can then trade risto for a winger and maybe sign a Jordan Eberle or a Dzingel
- gerbe75pts

Nashville's 2C had 23 points this year.

I want a center that can play center and put up in the range of 50 points. I don't need someone making 9M to do that. If I was on NHL 19, my roster would be much different than if I was trying to think like an actual GM.

There's ways to go about paying Duchene AND Skinner AND fielding a competitive roster.

out of coaching for a whole year

(see contract and q's contract)
- homiedclown

I think you're starting to realize my overarching point here.

We here know (frank)all about the coaching candidates.

Want to know what I think of Skinner??

Honestly...If he wants 8 years, Im not going over 8m. Id even give him 9m over 5 or 6 years..

one of the other.

8y - 64m
or

6y - 54m

Take one or leave them...

Would you rather have a center for the 2nd in Matt Duchene at 9m or just a wing that will score 10 more goals

You can then trade risto for a winger and maybe sign a Jordan Eberle or a Dzingel
- gerbe75pts

the odds of either Eberle or dzingel leaving their respective teams is getting more remote with each win

Nashville's 2C had 23 points this year.

I want a center that can play center and put up in the range of 50 points. I don't need someone making 9M to do that. If I was on NHL 19, my roster would be much different than if I was trying to think like an actual GM.

There's ways to go about paying Duchene AND Skinner AND fielding a competitive roster.
- TheSabresTaco

yes, part ways with scrubs


pilut or mccabe with his raise are decisions you need to make, as well as only having 1 of the 3 scrubs known as girgens, lockport larry and sobotka on this roster in the fall