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  1. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    14 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    Well he is now. Was he surrounded with elite talent on the Bills in 2018? At Wyoming? Junior college? My point is one player had to fight for his place. The other was always 'the guy.' It doesn't make Jack a bad person. But, to me, it explains his reaction when things don't go as expected.

    I think we need to stop blaming Jack for the worst organization in professional sports. The Pegulas have hired incompetent coaches and incompetent GMs. Any player who wanted to win would want out of this shitshow after 6 years. 

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  4. Roster Off-Season Gameplan

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    1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    Question:  What is your ideal lineup of returning players assuming Risto, Jack and Sam for futures are traded, Miller is lost to expansion, none of the UFA's re-sign but all the RFAs except Sam are retained?  What I'm getting at is assuming this worst case scenario, where are the holes in our roster?

    Based on this scenario, I have to place forward Skinner, KO, VO, Girgensons, Mitts, Cozens, R2, Thompson, Asplund, Bjork, and possibly Eakin and Quinn.  On Defense I have Dahlin, Jokiharju, Bryson, Borgen and Samuelsson to work with and nothing in goal.

    To me the roster kind of looks like this

    Skinner  ?????  VO

    R2  Mitts Thompson

    Asplund Cozens Bjork

    Girgensons ????? KO

    Eakin (13th forward); Quinn AHL to start

    Dahlin Jokiharju

    ????  ?????

    Bryson Borgen

    Minors: Samuelsson, Laaksonen

    Goaltenders: Nothing

    I think this is a pretty good framework from which KA can work this summer.  He needs two goalies, 2 top  4 D, a top line center, a 4th line center and at least one scoring RW.  No way Meatball wants Eakin in his lineup.  I think there is a good chance that Quinn and Samuelsson force their way onto the roster by mid season.

    I think it also clarifies what KA needs to get back for Jack, Sam and Risto.  I'd like to see as part of their deals, at least one stay at home D, a center that can play 1st line well enough to take pressure off Cozens and Mitts and at least one goaltender.  I also think it helps clarify what KA needs to do in the draft if he can get Sam or Jack traded by the draft.  We needs centers and another dynamic scoring threat in the pipeline.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say Eklund (C/LW) is probably NHL ready and the more I read I think he should be our 1st pick in a close race with Beniers.  

     

     

    Here is where we disagree:

    I think Samuelson makes the team immediately.
    The 1st pick should be Power regardless of our needs.

    I don’t think any of the top draftees will play as rookies in the NHL.  

    We’re losing Asplund in expansion draft and not Miller. 

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  7. Official Don Granato Named New Sabres Head Coach

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    16 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

    If DG can unlock Skinner, it will be quite an accomplishment and will make a difference on the ice.

    I think he might be able to do it.  Skinner to me looked last season like he had lost his mojo.  DG seems like an underachieving-forward-whisperer.

    It would sure be nice to add a 40-goal scorer back into the mix.

    We’ll see.  

    He won’t be successful without a quality Center. Jack barely played and was not healthy, Staal is a 4th line Center that we put on the 2nd line. I don’t feel that we currently have a first or second line quality center if we move Reinhart and Jack. 

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  9. Official Don Granato Named New Sabres Head Coach

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    13 hours ago, Thorny said:

    And that was Terry's idea. 

    Who does not meddle. 

    No evidence whatsoever that Terry not Botterill was responsible for the horrible Skinner contract. People love to blame the Pegulas when it was the incompetent GMs who caused the Sabres to be in the position where there at. You can blame the. Pegulas for hiring the 3 incompetent GMs and that is fair  

     

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  10. Toews: Chronic Immune Response Syndrome

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    34 minutes ago, Derrico said:

    Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.  It’s a debilitating illness.  I otherwise live a great life with a wife and 2 boys.  But I was absolutely suicidal when at my worst.  The pain is so bad it’s difficult to describe.  
     

    Again, personally I’m glad to be on the right path and it appears Mr. Toews is as well.  
     

    IMO this is a massively under diagnosed condition because the medical research is just starting to fully understand now the impacts mycotoxins have on human health.  The majority of the medical journals and research is within the past 5 years.  

    Did you have a lot of mold in your home?

  13. Shopping Jack Eichel: Vegas

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    1 minute ago, Second Line Center said:

     

    What if you make a deal with Seattle for the #2 for Eichel a first next year and they agree to draft Skinner in expansion draft?

    I don't like it but right now as the Sabres are in cost cutting mode as well as a rebuild I can see it happening.

    Skinner would have to agree to waive NMC. I think that’s highly unlikely.  

  15. Suitors for Reinhart?

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    10 minutes ago, Curt said:

    As of right now, Reinhart is basically a 1 year rental.  Is one year of Reinhart worth more than  the #9 pick?

    If a team is able to negotiate a long term extension beforehand then that changes things.

    I’m sure the Sabres will allow them to negotiate a long term deal to increase the return. 

  16. 2021 Buffalo Bills

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    33 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

    I should have worded that better, and I agree a wholeheartedly on a Dome Stadium Downtown.

    It’s pointless to build a new open air stadium in Orchard Park. 

    Dome stadiums are lame.  The atmosphere becomes like a corporate office or shopping mall.  Its more cost effective to build a new open air stadium in OP than to retrofit the Ralph.  Plus it allows the tailgating culture to continue. 

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  18. Roster Off-Season Gameplan

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    4 minutes ago, sabrefanday1 said:

    My computer went for a crap and I had to reload Windows thus lost all my passwords and forgot my sign in for Sabrespace...finally I got a new account so I have been dying to ad my two cents (about probably all it'[s worth) but watching the World IIHF championship I found out my 1st-cousin's  husband's son is Mike Bunting of Arizona and who played a nice role in helping Canada win gold! Needless to say my cousin and her husband were real excited! Anyways I liked how Henrique of Anaheim played in the worlds. he was captain and really looked good. Maybe he'd be a good 2nd center moving forward? I am sure the Ducks would not need too much for him. He is big plays well and is good on faceoffs. Just a suggestion!

     

     

    Henrique is a cap dump.  He will be a throw in when we trade Eichel or Sam to Anaheim.

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  20. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    1 minute ago, Hoss said:

    Chandler Stephenson, Leo Komorov, Ondrej Palat, Artturi Lehkonen. Those are the names of four players playing on the first line of the four remaining teams. It is not realistic to expect to have three first-line players, six top-six players, etc etc. For cost reasons. Olofsson plays a role that can be valued on a line like that.

    Disagree. He can’t defend and forecheck against a teams top line. Those teams you mentioned have much greater talent and have chosen to spread their talent among the top 3 lines. 

  21. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    1 hour ago, Hoss said:

    I’d definitely do that Eichel, Johnson for Lindholm, Tkachuk, Zary and a 2021 1st. I’d be willing to add another piece on our end (like pick 33 or Tage or something like that).

    Then if we could get 8 and Turcotte for Samson which seems to be a popular offer, that’d be a great start to this reset.

    Throw Risto and a pick to Arizona for Connor Garland.

    Top nine of:

    Tkachuk - Lindholm - Olofsson

    Skinner - Cozens - Garland

    Bjork - Mittelstadt - Tage

    If VO is in your top line, you’re not a playoff team. He’s a 3rd liner and a pp specialist. 

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