darksabre

They probably need to move at least two players if they want to carry Gilmour as a 7th.

I wonder if this is a play by Botterill to make it seem like he has more time to make a move than he really does? He probably doesn't want a team he's negotiating with to think he's in a tight spot as early as next week.

Thank you.

https://twitter.com/engelheather/status/1194659267942473730 https://twitter.com/engelheather/status/11946592679424 Looks like Scandella will be back tomorrow night if he's practicing with Joker. That's a lotta defensemen...

Losing Johansson for any of these upcoming games would really hurt.

This makes week to week seem exaggerated. What are the odds he's back in by the Bruins game? Is a conditioning stint in Rochester a possibility?

I'm with you. Bogo was actually pretty good last year, and he paired well with Dahlin. The injury bug always bites him but I'm fine with him playing when he's healthy.

He means the Amerks. They have a game tonight.

It's too bad the Sabres couldn't call up anyone other than Lazar.

I mean, I think most people here were hoping we'd have like 4 mil to work with.

It might, but at this point, it's not going to amount to much if he's on track to come back in less than a month.

Welp, if Bogo is truly week to week as reported by the Sabres this morning, then that really makes things interesting for Botterill. The LTIR relief for Bogo is now completely off the table.

Bogo practicing?

Dude was a good anthem singer but it always felt like such a weird choice. Like, he was too good to be a singer at sports in Buffalo.

I can't argue against any of this. He's handcuffed himself.

My concern with the cap is that Bogo ends up being healthy enough to return from LTIR and ruins our cap. I think whatever happens is going to be cash in cash out. That LTIR relief is not a long term solution. Thank you for missing the point.

They can't afford to wait on their D health. It has to happen now.

Someone who fits in on a checking line doesn't have to not be a goal scorer... I think some people are dreaming big about what is possible right now. I think a 15-20 goal guy is the best they could do given their cap situation. If they can add two of that type of player it would make a huge difference. But I don't think we're getting a 30 goal guy from anyone.

I'd like a player on that side that we can switch with Kyle depending on the game. I don't think he belongs in that slot full time, but I'd like the flexibility.

I wonder if we can't get someone from Nashville? They have a ton of players in the AHL who might be ready to make the jump and they have a ton of forwards on decent contracts with a couple ready to expire. Maybe we can get a winger/center from them so they can bring a kid up?

I wouldn't describe us as having jumped off a cliff. More just that we've seen enough of a number of these guys to know who they are and what their value is to this team right now. I don't think the roster is tenable anymore, it needs to be fixed.

Sheary, Mitts, Girgs, Larry, Vesey, Rodrigues, are all expendable in the quest for someone defensively responsible who has 30-40 point potential. Especially since they're all various forms of Free Agent at the end of the year. And then we need another good scoring winger on top of that.

I wish we could get a guy in here like Dainus Zubrus.

I don't know if it's possible to emphasize enough just how bad our forward group is right now at generating any kind of offense, but Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville could make the middle six better right now. Two old guys who don't even have teams.

I assume it's the latter. Our forwards just look outmatched in most areas of the ice.