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Sure there is. It's called "mail it in for the rest of the season in Buffalo and then walk for nothing in FA".

holy ***** I think this is actually what happened

Guys, hear me out on this: What if the Bruins called about Lazar and didn't even want Hall?

Okay, everyone go take a lap.

Risky schmisky. Y'all worry too much about getting mid round picks for UFAs. Sometimes you have to do the right thing and keep the guy around if you think you can get a deal done.

I'm fine with that.

Disappointed they traded Lazar. I have no opinion on the rest. Garbage in, garbage out.

I'm about to be upset

They're kinda like the Sabres. When things are going well it's fine, but then they have moments where the wheels come completely off. Their defense is sub par and their goalie situation is kind of a mess too. But I think it's more coaching than anything. They need to fire AV.

I can't believe we wasted so much of this season playing Eric Staal fifteen minutes a night. Good lord.

It's certainly interesting that if we break things down into 7 game sets, the Sabres went 1-6 in their first set after Krueger was fired. They're now 6 games into their next set and have gone 3-3. If they win against Boston that would be an astounding turnaround in such a short time. 7 games without Krueger is all it took for things to start looking different...

It's an interesting thing to ponder. It's not the ideal way to build a winner, but maybe someday we'll look back on these trials as foundational.

They're being allowed to take chances with the caveat being that if you screw up you better hustle to try to fix it. Which is how the game should be played if you have the skill and conditioning to do it.

Best game they played all season.

Holy ***** what a goal

R2!

That was a fun little set play by Jeff and Sam.

Someone on twitter said yesterday that not retaining salary on Montour may have been deliberate because it let's them still have two spots to retain salary on other trades, notably Hall. So perhaps Adams is expecting to trade another player and retain salary in addition to Hall. We'll see if it happens.

I think they'll get it done for around 4.5 for maybe 4 years. I can't see it being less than 4 years, but I can't see the money being more than 5 per.

The thing I keep coming back to with Granato is that the kids are thriving under him because that's what he knows. He knows how to deal with young players. But what about beyond that? I think, in all seriousness, that Ted Nolan could have accomplished the same thing here. We all know this team needs a coach that can take things to the next level. Granato as that guy? I don't know. I would bet not.

Mittelstadt's honesty about his maturity is really endearing. Kid seems to have turned a corner.

I give this mess of a roster credit, even if they're losing they're at least doing the things you have to do to win.

That was excellent

Skinner around the net causing trouble definitely helped there

I expect the Sabres will win this game, but it will be in comical fashion.