7+6=13

Yeeeeessss

It's my curse bro, haha

I could have sworn we traded Savoie for the present.

Tell him hello back.

You're exactly right. He's 22 years old and shouldn't need any help at the NHL level. I mean if he was the 4th pick, yes, but #1 overall picks shouldn't need any time or help from teammates. Everyone knows defenseman take the shortest time to develop especially when they're 6'6". There's never been an example in all of sports, let alone the NHL, that taller kids need even more time. It's absolutely lunacy.

Let's go SS. Just voted and saw the results so far. I'm impressed with us.

I'm sure you're an amazing person.

Exactly, with players like JJ, so it's time for a change. We all like JJ offensively, after that, not much to like. He's just not the type of player we need, especially for that kind of money. We must move away from the soft one way players. I don't believe any of us would have been thrilled with that contract, especially if we had to potentially pay even more. Doesn't mean he's not a good player but our style of play must change.

Reading comprehension isn't your thing. You cherry picked (misrepresented), instead of naming the ones that didn't perform after leaving. I get it, you don't like being called out for your nonsense.

Care to include the names of the players that didn't play well so that your false narrative gets corrected?

I was just going to ask something similar, but wasn't including next years. I suppose we would then move Tage back to center? If this is possible.

Do you mean like Skinner, Mitts and Cozens?

That's what you're missing. You are being fanatic enough but that's not the critical skill needed. At some point you have to be quiet while the adults talk.

Why do we keep saying this? No he didn't. He was making a ton of money and not producing. That's a contract and player very few want. So far it's already playing out that we won and Norris hasn't even iced.

If it's TBD then why do we get trashed for it until Norris doesn't get hurt or plays good? We're an illogical fan base now, largely . Cozens sucks and you're too scared to say it. Especially at his ridiculous salary. In hindsight, I would have traded him for nothing, we got better just not having him on the ice. Let alone for anything Norris brings.

If you think KA and Jarmo are dumb, imagine how dumb every other GM is besides Utah's. They all could have given just a little more than nothing and got a star player. See now how ridiculous we are?

I have a feeling we're going to really like Doan.

I really disagree that he has trade value. At minimum, partial evidence is the buyout rumors or truth of it. Players get bought out because they can't be traded. I'm not saying it's impossible that he's traded. IMO, if he is traded, we'll have to overcome his negative value and give up more or receive less.

I totally agree. Who cares if winning matters to the tourist or visiting fan. I'm a Yankees fan, if I visit Fenway should they worry about entertaining me? The only main focus in any arena, for that arena, should be winning for the people that are fans of the team playing in said arena. Yeah I'm good with making it fun for the kids and different "levels" of food options, rich people/poor people, everyone in between. But asking if winning matters to a person not a fan of the two teams playing? Who cares! One they're already there, so you already got 'em and two they'll enjoy it more if the home team goes bananas. How could any organization spend time caring if that person or people come back, next time they're in the area?

Oh ok, so spell check got ya. I thought you kept typing allowed.

Allowed isn't the question and it's not, IMO. Are there fights in basketball? Are there fights in football? Are there fights in baseball? Are there fights in college wrestling? Yes

Not surprising to anyone I'm sure, he's one of the best players in the world.

Maybe he should get a couple tips from the owner of the Bills and Bandits to build a base of, what was it called, "Raucous Bandit fans". One poster on SS keeps repeating himself that an upgraded goalie and a few mid level player (no blockbuster) moves, would make the Sabres a playoff team. Would you mind explaining to him that he shouldn't feel that way because this is the worst situation in the entire NHL?

Just so we understand each other (not assuming you care to). I'm not trying to support an ancillary point by saying he won the Mitts trade. You're trying to draw concussions from that and there's no dots to connect. It may surprise you that I agree with most of you said above, except the "who cares?". I think it does matter that we have the better player out of that situation as we hope to be moving forward. It's actually how you move forward. It's small thing, but it's a thing. If we string together things, something can happen. Of course only my opinion. You of course wouldn't hope we lost that trade in retrospect, would you? Then you'd be guilty of feeding an agenda. So if the answer is no, that you wish we actually lost the trade. Then you know who does care? You and me.

Ever hear the saying, they can't see what's right in front of them? That's you. Stop pretending I said anything close to something that would warrant your response. He won the Mitts trade.