PromoTheRobot

Is that like "double-secret probation?"

Maybe it's because surgery takes him out for longer than next season?

If I'm KA, I get Jack's agent on the phone and tell him if the Sabres don't get proper value Jack can rot on the IR.

Way to drive your trade value down, Jack.

LOL, now he's refering to 'Jack Eichel' in the third person.

I don't see that. What I see is a an owner who is a fan and got himself too involved without knowing what he was doing.

Maybe it's because he never really led the team, like Josh Allen did. They catered to him and I guess he expects to be treated a certain way.

"As long as I'm here..."

Jeff Skinner gives it "5-stars!"

McCabe?

It would be nice to see a larger body of work but I was impressed with Houser's movement and body control. Maybe it's his age and experience. He made many good saves against the Isles and Pens. Again, the real test is when other teams break down your video and find flaws. How do you respond? But I would bring Houser to camp. Ullmark is a question. There's no guarantee he'll resign here. The current crop of UFA goalies are JAGs. But you can improve your goaltending a bunch by playing smarter in your end. The Sabres biggest problem as I see it is playing in their end, coughing up turnovers that result in dangerous scoring chances. Maybe a lot of that was the result of youth being thrown together mid season. But that's got to get fixed.

Eichel @ 11:10 approx.

I don't agree. No more trouble than Jarry did.

He played 3 very good games. Lots of quality saves in high shot games. He got lit up in one game. There were few if any bad goals overall. What's your bar?

I thought Houser was excellent in his 4 games.

Sounds like Dunleavy is done. Read the entire thread.

I won't say no.

Boudreau is a relic running off the fumes of his reputation. Sure he might bully your team into a playoff berth only to get blown out in round one. He's looking for one more retirement payday.

The point is the Pegulas were ready to pay him $5MM/yr if he came to Buffalo. Only Toronto and Mrs. Babcock changed that. This runs counter to the cries of "cheap" for considering Don Granato. If Babcock, Gallant, Boudreau etc were brought in and had the run Granato had with the Sabres, people and pundits would not be able to contain their effusive praise. But because Granato isn't a name and came from within the organization, everything he's done is considered a mirage.

Better Kool aid than bile. I was making the point that you can't just have a bunch of chiefs without an idea of who does what and who's opinion wins out.

It had the feel of a retirement party.

I'm sure Terry & Kim want to keep losing out of spite. As for a president of hockey ops, how many chiefs do you really want in the building? You hired Karmanos. Isn't it backwards to hire an ops guy and tell him to use who's already here?

Gallant is going to have to want to coach here. I believe we went after him once before and failed. There's also Julien. Brinda'mour ain't coming. Stay far away from Bourdreau or Torts. At least making a "mistake" with Granato isn't going to set you back like making a mistake with a Babcock.