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Now that he cleared waivers, his huge contract is no longer in play. Has struggled so far but scored 26 goals last season.

Maybe Staal can pull a Vonte Davis (Bills) and retire in between periods.

We thought we were getting that kind of captain with O’Reilly but even he got infected by the suck.

Jurassic Park.

Was related to your comment about the tank.

The Fire Sale at the 2014 trade deadline resulted in the following draft picks and how they were used: 2014 Two 1sts- own- Reinhardt (already heavily discussed) Islanders- Isles took advantage of condition of, if Top 10 pick, push to 2015 2015 Three 1sts- own- Eichel Islanders- traded to Ottawa for G Robin Lehner St Louis- traded to Winnipeg as part of deal for Evander Kane 2016 One 1st- own- Alex Nylander: showed signs of development last season with Chicago after being traded for D Henri Jokiharju. They also received a bunch of 2nd round picks that were mainly used as part of trades (the picks or players drafted) for O’Reilly and Kane Present Time: out of all of that, the Sabres currently retain an All-Star center in Eichel (who may not want to be in Buffalo any longer), an average Top 6 forward who didn’t pan out as a drafted center, a solid defensemen and a couple bags of pucks. Overall, a poor use of assets.

Yeah, I’m all for continuity, especially when the winning history was there, but, after 14.5 seasons, it sounded like the players started tuning him out. Hindsight is 2020, with no playoff appearances since he was fired.

Trying for the Ryan O’Reilly way out of town?

I have a Ryan Miller signed Hobey Baker Award puck.

Have you already forgotten that they scored 4 goals on Thursday?

Supposedly the trolls of social media gave her more than her share of grief.

I can’t imagine what’s it like to be a boss these days (non-COVID). When they call a staff meeting, do they have to collect all the cellphones. Now, if they do it on Zoom, they can see if everybody is paying attention but can’t do much about it if they’re not.

Mr Perrault! His end-to-end rushes through the opposing team were awesome. I caught a NHL Network showing of Game 6 of the 1975 Finals the other day. Even though I knew the Sabres lost the series with that game, I enjoyed watching Gil and those guys again. To piggyback on PerraultForever’s post, that team also included Don Luce, Craig Ramsay, Fred Stanfield, Jim Lorentz and Bill Hajt.

Just noticed it.

Ah, to have a power play unit again like the mid-70’s with the French Connection and Stanfield and Korab at the points. That unit not only scored a lot, they did it quickly. Memories.

Hutton gets beat on wraparounds too much.

I’ve noticed in recents sports broadcasts, they have been playing Van Halen songs as the broadcast goes to break and at the locations. Pretty cool tribute.

Yeah, another guy they can sign for the minimum.

Yawn! 🥱

So, the Senators had to give up Jon Gruden and a 2nd round pick , 52nd overall, to acquire Murray. Would the Sabres have had to trade Sean McDermott in order to get him?

In the past, if eliminated early, I’d join a public league. This year on Yahoo there doesn’t seem to be only options to start a league or join a private league that you have the name/ID and password for.

I don’t understand how this ownership gets it right with the Bills, after the dumb hiring of Rex, and is so bad with the Sabres.

My daughter just got married 2 weeks ago. For our father/daughter dance, she selected Jump. It was a lot more fun than a slow dance.

Unfortunately the Braves’ management had no foresight. They had traded away C Elmore Smith to allow Bob McAdoo to play center. Then, after acquiring Malone, an ABA All Star in his rookie year, they couldn’t promise him the playing time he wanted so they dealt him for two future 1st round picks that they later traded away.

Different paths change the outcome, but the franchise just reached it’s 50th year without ever making it to the conference championship. Recently, details were posted of what really happened. Canisius College’s basketball team had #1 priority on dates at the Aud and weren’t going to give it up. I don’t know that a different owner would’ve made any difference. Perhaps one that was rolling in dough could’ve provided Canisius with some financial incentive but we’ll never know.