darksabre

Does anyone remember which media personality started the whole "Eichel and O'Reilly don't get along" thing?

Gillian Anderson will always give me the vapors, my man

The amount of praise Krueger gets, versus the distinct lack of praise for Botterill, is...enlightening.

Sounds like Risto's lost his love for the game

I think what he means is guys who don't get pushed off the puck easily and are willing to put their bodies on the line to generate offense, i.e. not Casey Mittelstadt, or Tage Thompson, or Vlad Sobotka, or Olofsson, or any of the other guys that he's had to put up with on the top lines over his career so far. Holding on to the puck is part of generating offense. Winning battles is part of generating offense. I don't blame him for wanting real NHL players in the lineup. That's all he's saying: he wants real NHL players. Not prospects, not JAGs, not reclamation projects. It sounds like he misses Ryan O'Reilly, doesn't it? Like maybe all that stuff about him and O'Reilly not getting along wasn't true? Like maybe it was "leaked" so that management would have an excuse to move him...

I believe in Jack Eichel. I don't believe in the Sabres.

Murray was a mess. There's no getting away from that. The guy might have been a good GM but he couldn't act like a professional. That's his fault more than anything. Botterill feels like an overcorrection from Murray. The Pegulas decided "culture" was important and wanted someone more professional. I can't blame them for that. The problem is that just because someone can take a shower and not curse his bosses out doesn't mean they'll be good at their job. Ideally, that would be the case though lol

The problem with Botterill's "cap space" is that he actually doesn't have any because he has to sign so many players to even ice an NHL roster next season. He's going to get back-burnered by every FA looking to sign with a team that actually has half a roster. Who would want to sign here before they know whether or not their linemates are going to be a bunch of AHLers, undrafted college players, and overagers from Europe? Who's ready for Botterill to overpay some players!

Oddly enough Skinner's contract doesn't bother me. He'll bounce back.

He has done such a poor job in all aspects of asset management that it's hard to believe Murray would have done worse.

Yes, yes he is.

Frolik, duh.

Personally, I don't believe a lick of the Super Secret Source stuff.

Him not being here has no effect on his agent talking with Botterill though. It's not like the players do their own negotiating. The Sabres should know what's going on with one of their RFAs, especially since they've been doing basically nothing for months.

I love how this stuff leaks out and the Sabres response is always something like "we're not sure what's up" or "we didn't know this was a thing that could happen"

Fancy Stats Twitter gonna be upset

"No way! More pay for more hay!"

I find it ridiculous that not a single production worker is friendly enough with you to give you ***** for having your garage door open

I'm picture Terry trying to Horse Whisperer a horse by offering it money.

Anyone can find anything on the internet if they know what they're doing. I really wish GoDD was here. He'd probably just guess it lol

I am decidedly not anonymous lol

Boy do I wish I could. Hopefully it leaks someday and I'll be able to say something. But let's just say that the Pegulas have no problem letting other people take the blame for their mistakes.

Lettuce goes on the bottom of the sandwich, not the top.

I learned some new things today about some old stuff, and let me tell you what, I believe this more than ever. There is no limit to the incompetence with the Pegulas. They are in over their heads with the Sabres and I don't think they're going to be able to fix it. They'll sell the team before they get it right. It's too hard compared to the NFL, and not nearly as glamorous.