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If you believe that the Russian will be contributing in a year or so, I would say no. I would rather trade Bryam for some immediate help on the blueline, a defenseman who has different attributes (rugged) than a puck carrying defenseman. With the assets that this organization has there are no excuses for not adding two defensemen to the unit that change the character of it. And it should be noted, contrary to the group thinking here I would prefer keeping Samuelsson. At least for now.

They also have Lamoreaux and Lavoie in the pipe who are rhd. There could be a deal there. Idk how to balance it out though.

Sergachev is their top lefty but they have an aged Ian Cole (36) as their #2 lefty whose contract ends next year.

Could have had Cossa but Forton. I literally can draft better than the Sabres and I'm some dipshit on a message board. Do they need a lefty? I feel like their right hand situation is good.

Anyone think we could pry away Michael Kesselring from Utah for Byram? As he's a right hander, good point production as a bottom pair but also gets his nose dirty with PIMs. I think he's more of a top 4 tbh. Might be good complement to Power.

Yes to your question. I'd like to help Novikov but we need to win hockey games, not extend our losing to 15yrs.

I heard they have palm trees in Florida.

I'm not huge into Lacrosee, but it's definitley a fun sport and atmosphere. Buffalo really gets into it and it's cool to see the city support them. With that being said, I'm not sure there's been a more dominating performance of a Final in a half like I saw yesterday. Zero goals allowed in a half of a winner take all game that was 7-6 at the break. It was an absolute clinic in strategy and execution. God I wish we could see even a semblance of this from our boys on blades.

I'm sensing an Ozzy intermission mini concert with special guest Zappa....

Terry and his non-meddling. Hire the right people, empower them and stay out of the way. A recipe for success.

Let's not forget the taxes are better in Florida for the players also.

Holy Crap, it's you!!!

We have size and speed and could, if we wanted to, play this sort of hard nosed forechecking game. We do not however, have the fortitude, tenacity and aggressiveness it requires. Except maybe Benson.

Agreed, but the problem is Terry doesn't like that style. He said as much early on. I talk about Dudley but I know full well that isn't a direction TP would ever go in. He just doesn't see it as the right way and thus we get what we get. Zito's been a great GM and they have a solid management structure. I have to think a guy like Shawn Thornton is also loving how they play. It's a culture.

Well that's not exactly what I'm saying. I think TP THINKS he is committed to winning but he's set in his ideas regardless of the evidence to show how flawed it is. People outside Buffalo however see what they do, how they spend, who they hire and don't hire and they don't see it as a real serious commitment to winning. Terry has to turn over the top decisions to a hockey voice like Dudley or this will just continue .

He has now 3-Peated as Champion TWICE in his career with 2 different teams...probably the only player in history of sports perhaps to have that honor.

What are we talking here, signing his grandkid and then ritualistically sacrificing him to a swarm of bats at center ice?

Those long term projections puts us about 5 milj over the cap. Byram is the one that has to go imo. Finding a new partner for both Dahlin and Power for the rest of the money will be challenging even if we probably can sign Docker for a miljon less than projected. Unless we move Samuelsson and Clifton.

It is probably a style of game that our group can’t play well without a lot of change imo. But I think we can move closer to that if we can get some rugged players. Who play hard nosed and create a tougher culture.

Terry and his meddling...

Well, they are competing against the Bandits for fanbase and losing badly

Florida’s facility is great, awesome, and probably in a league of its own. Reminds me of the Bills facility, which looks much bigger and better than Floridas and includes an indoor practice field for winter. Harbor Center was pretty nice at one time and still is in good repair and probably could be expanded into some of the other levels. The Sabres dressing room was already refreshed to one of the tops in the league when Pegula took over. In the 70’s and 80’s the Sabres were a good destination for many players. The team was always in the playoffs, the Aud was always packed, and players did not avoid Buffalo, lots of players lived in Buffalo for many years and a bunch still do. Anyone who thinks otherwise was not close to the team back then. JUST START WINNING. Veteran Free Agent players want to win. If you’re not a winning team they won’t sign unless it’s for a big paycheck. The action, or inaction, of the Sabres ownership and their FO is telling the hockey world that the Sabres do not know how to win and are not trying to win - probably both.

Florida is just running roughshod over the Hurricanes. The series is a joke. The score is 16-4 over the 3 games and Florida has never scored less than 5 goals in any of the games and Hurricanes have never scored more than 2. They are getting shellacked.

Some players manage to make a living playing indoor (NLL), then outdoor (PLL), and hold lax camps in between.