7+6=13

"Well first of all we've been very fortunate to make a lot of high picks the last couple years. It really makes you look good when you're picking that high all the time to be honest with you." Um no Forton, you don't look good and it's not fortunate. What a ridiculous statement.

Ah yes, I grow weary of this organizations endless plague acquiring star players. It's literally the opposite of what we've done, except one time, and trying to get McDavid was worth trying for.

I mean if you can't remember any of the details of the dream, why post?

I'm hoping there's some UFA's that have played for Ruff and liked playing for him.

Eichel ain't gone be happy being a 3rd liner.

Agreed, he was the captain because there wasn't a better option. That wasn't his fault but also means that he wasn't good enough. For what he was paid, he sure should have been more than a good guy.

IMO, grit is a learned behavior at the NHL level. Yes, you need players to take leadership roles and help execute the vision, but I want the HC to be the leader. I hope Lindy still has it in him and I imagine he does. GM get the players, run scouting, oversee development. Team, take on the personality of the head coach.

Maybe I envy you, maybe I don't, but I could never switch teams.

Considering how many players have left our organization and gone on to be great, play well, find a role and stay in the NHL - there's no question IMO, we get players. I think we have them now and never see their best. I blame the GM's a little but mostly coaching. We kept messing around with it. Ruff will at the very least expose, good or bad, what we are/have/need. If history has repeated itself, the players are here to be at the bottom of the top 8 (playoffs).

49 and I'm my wife's miracle.

He's certainly better than RJ and Joker. IMO, he's different than Clifton and Samuelsson - so it's not a better argument for me.. Clifton has skills that Ruff will use. Samuelsson has to be available or he's not better than anyone that's playing.

When I think of Ruff as the Sabres coach I remember him being able to adapt. When we had less skill, he built a plan for that. When we had more skill, he built a plan for that also. He seemed to find a way to be competitive, even when the personnel was fastly different.

I think you're criticism of the organization is of course warranted. However, Ollie is now a player we're going to defend in an effort to further criticize them? Now that's the weak take.

Should have been in sarcasm font.

It's spelled Charcuterie. Folks, 13 is more than 11.

Predictable. I don't think he wants to be anywhere near what the Sabres players are about to experience. Not that they'll hate Lindy and he's about to grind them to a stump. Ollie just doesn't seem like the type of player to embrace the suck. My guess is he won't be in the NHL much longer.

I'm not sure we know that yet but we're about to. There might be more in the belly of some of these players. I'm anxious to find out.

I'll have to disagree with you here. The roster definitely needs to improve, but I think a coach could have gotten more than, not much, out of the current one.

Wow. I don't mind this at all. I just really hope they seriously looked at all the options.

Breaking:?

This is the Ruff residence, who may I ask is calling?

Nice chance, desperately need those to go jn

No politics, please.

I think the difference is Comrie will be 29 in July and UPL turned 25 last Month.

My guess is he meant 6-7 mil total for 3 years.