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Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 10:43 AM ET
Michael Pachla: Life without Jack Eichel proved pretty ugly for the Sabres last night
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Dec 20 @ 10:44 AM ET
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Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Dec 20 @ 10:45 AM ET
Feel the Shake

Feel the earth shake
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 20 @ 10:56 AM ET
Feel the Shake

Feel the earth shake

- Powerslave

No shake, just sinking.
AxlRose91
Joined: 09.24.2013

Dec 20 @ 10:56 AM ET
Just because Eichel isn’t as good as Matthews, doesn’t mean he isn’t still a deadly player. The dude is unreal. We saw last night just how much he means to this team.

Issue is a complete mismanagement of the roster around him. Poor trades (Kane x 2, O’Reilly), poor draft picks (Nylander, Reinhart), ill-conceived FA signings (Skinner, Okposo), and the constant dumping of assets in exchange for mediocre, replacement-level (at best) talent on the back end (Scandella, Montour, Miller) has crippled this team.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 10:57 AM ET
Just because Eichel isn’t as good as Matthews, doesn’t mean he isn’t still a deadly player. The dude is unreal. We saw last night just how much he means to this team.

Issue is a complete mismanagement of the roster around him. Poor trades (Kane x 2, O’Reilly), poor draft picks (Nylander, Reinhart), ill-conceived FA signings (Skinner, Okposo), and the constant dumping of assets in exchange for mediocre, replacement-level (at best) talent on the back end (Scandella, Montour, Miller) has crippled this team.

- AxlRose91

who said Eichel wasn't as good as Matthews?
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:00 AM ET
who said Eichel wasn't as good as Matthews?
- Michael Pachla


utterly embarrassing and peppered with aggressive, classless posts that "fans" use as an attempt to prove how "smart" they are.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Dec 20 @ 11:02 AM ET
utterly embarrassing and peppered with aggressive, classless posts that "fans" use as an attempt to prove how "smart" they are.
- Der Kaiser



Thread killer
gordong
Location: NY
Joined: 02.06.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:02 AM ET
Just because Eichel isn’t as good as Matthews, doesn’t mean he isn’t still a deadly player. The dude is unreal. We saw last night just how much he means to this team.

Issue is a complete mismanagement of the roster around him. Poor trades (Kane x 2, O’Reilly), poor draft picks (Nylander, Reinhart), ill-conceived FA signings (Skinner, Okposo), and the constant dumping of assets in exchange for mediocre, replacement-level (at best) talent on the back end (Scandella, Montour, Miller) has crippled this team.

- AxlRose91



BWHAHAHAHAHAHA good one!



BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Dec 20 @ 11:14 AM ET
Just because Eichel isn’t as good as Matthews, doesn’t mean he isn’t still a deadly player. The dude is unreal. We saw last night just how much he means to this team.

Issue is a complete mismanagement of the roster around him. Poor trades (Kane x 2, O’Reilly), poor draft picks (Nylander, Reinhart), ill-conceived FA signings (Skinner, Okposo), and the constant dumping of assets in exchange for mediocre, replacement-level (at best) talent on the back end (Scandella, Montour, Miller) has crippled this team.

- AxlRose91


Eichel has a 14 point lead on Matthews this season, and well over 20 points more over the past 3 seasons.

He's also produced at a higher rate than Matthews over that same time period, so the missed time for Auston doesn't count.
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

Dec 20 @ 11:15 AM ET
who said Eichel wasn't as good as Matthews?
- Michael Pachla



We're not going to know the answer to this question for another decade at least. All we know this year is that Eichel is having the better season.
Mahewman
Season Ticket Holder
Boston Bruins
Location: NH
Joined: 07.01.2009

Dec 20 @ 11:21 AM ET
Matthews is the bigger name. Eichel is the better player. Right now.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:23 AM ET
We're not going to know the answer to this question for another decade at least. All we know this year is that Eichel is having the better season.
- buffalofan19

totally
adambuffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: United States, NY
Joined: 01.30.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:23 AM ET
From Spector's page:

He points out Buffalo Sabres blueliners Colin Miller, Zach Bogosian, and Marco Scandella are among those in the rumor mill for some time. Carolina Hurricanes rearguards Jake Gardiner, Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Joel Edmundson are also out there.

McKenzie said the market’s been soft for those defensemen that are available.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Clubs in need of defensemen might be awaiting better options to appear in the trade market. Some of those teams could also be unwilling to part with a scoring forward.

Salary cap issues could also be a factor. Bogosian, for example, is carrying a $5.14-million cap hit this season while Scandella’s cap hit is $4 million. Gardiner’s earning over $4 million annually through 2022-23.


The 'Do something Botts' crowd needs to realize that making a trade isn't as easy as hitting the submit button on your Xbox controller. It takes at least two GMs to make a trade. We all know we need to make a trade, and I'm sure Botts is working the phones to get something done.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:24 AM ET
Matthews is the bigger name. Eichel is the better player. Right now.
- Mahewman

there's really no argument...both are world-class talents
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:25 AM ET
From Spector's page:

He points out Buffalo Sabres blueliners Colin Miller, Zach Bogosian, and Marco Scandella are among those in the rumor mill for some time. Carolina Hurricanes rearguards Jake Gardiner, Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Joel Edmundson are also out there.

McKenzie said the market’s been soft for those defensemen that are available.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Clubs in need of defensemen might be awaiting better options to appear in the trade market. Some of those teams could also be unwilling to part with a scoring forward.

Salary cap issues could also be a factor. Bogosian, for example, is carrying a $5.14-million cap hit this season while Scandella’s cap hit is $4 million. Gardiner’s earning over $4 million annually through 2022-23.


The 'Do something Botts' crowd needs to realize that making a trade isn't as easy as hitting the submit button on your Xbox controller. It takes at least two GMs to make a trade. We all know we need to make a trade, and I'm sure Botts is working the phones to get something done.

- adambuffalo


whoa, whoa, whoa!

it's not that easy?
AxlRose91
Joined: 09.24.2013

Dec 20 @ 11:25 AM ET
From Spector's page:

He points out Buffalo Sabres blueliners Colin Miller, Zach Bogosian, and Marco Scandella are among those in the rumor mill for some time. Carolina Hurricanes rearguards Jake Gardiner, Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Joel Edmundson are also out there.

McKenzie said the market’s been soft for those defensemen that are available.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Clubs in need of defensemen might be awaiting better options to appear in the trade market. Some of those teams could also be unwilling to part with a scoring forward.

Salary cap issues could also be a factor. Bogosian, for example, is carrying a $5.14-million cap hit this season while Scandella’s cap hit is $4 million. Gardiner’s earning over $4 million annually through 2022-23.


The 'Do something Botts' crowd needs to realize that making a trade isn't as easy as hitting the submit button on your Xbox controller. It takes at least two GMs to make a trade. We all know we need to make a trade, and I'm sure Botts is working the phones to get something done.

- adambuffalo


Trevor Van Riemsdyk would be the most Buffalo pick-up ever

Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Dec 20 @ 11:29 AM ET
whoa, whoa, whoa!

it's not that easy?

- Michael Pachla


14 months!
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 20 @ 11:29 AM ET
From Spector's page:

He points out Buffalo Sabres blueliners Colin Miller, Zach Bogosian, and Marco Scandella are among those in the rumor mill for some time. Carolina Hurricanes rearguards Jake Gardiner, Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Joel Edmundson are also out there.

McKenzie said the market’s been soft for those defensemen that are available.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Clubs in need of defensemen might be awaiting better options to appear in the trade market. Some of those teams could also be unwilling to part with a scoring forward.

Salary cap issues could also be a factor. Bogosian, for example, is carrying a $5.14-million cap hit this season while Scandella’s cap hit is $4 million. Gardiner’s earning over $4 million annually through 2022-23.


The 'Do something Botts' crowd needs to realize that making a trade isn't as easy as hitting the submit button on your Xbox controller. It takes at least two GMs to make a trade. We all know we need to make a trade, and I'm sure Botts is working the phones to get something done.

- adambuffalo


No one makes trades more difficult than Botterill. Hopefully he's 10 months into his 15 month process of trading a 3rd for a mediocre winger
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Dec 20 @ 11:30 AM ET
I don’t understand why fans obsess over things like Eichel being better or worse than Matthews, winning a trade, or over whether or not tanking was the right thing to do. Like fans need minuscule and even meaningless victories for what?
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:30 AM ET
14 months!
- Gr8daygo

as opposed to 14 seconds?
hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Dec 20 @ 11:31 AM ET
I don’t understand why fans obsess over things like Eichel being better or worse than Matthews, winning a trade, or over whether or not tanking was the right thing to do. Like fans need minuscule and even meaningless victories for what?
- Buffalo--Sabres


1st day here?
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Dec 20 @ 11:33 AM ET
Pegula didn't want JE to reach his hero Perreault's record. So he fed the team scrapple with their breakfast in Philly yesterday, and extra cheezwiz on Jack's cheesesteak at lunch.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 20 @ 11:36 AM ET
whoa, whoa, whoa!

it's not that easy?

- Michael Pachla


3 years into the Botterill "process"

The top line all picked by Murray

Krueger's favorite D pair picked by Darcy

Starting goalie picked by Darcy

LOG line picked by Murray



3 years
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Dec 20 @ 11:39 AM ET
No one makes trades more difficult than Botterill. Hopefully he's 10 months into his 15 month process of trading a 3rd for a mediocre winger
- jcragcrumple

meh...some trades are good...some not so good

people want filet for chopped liver...it don't work that way most of the time (Jokiharju being the exception)
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