thewookie1

The cap recapture problem is what would prevent me from even asking about it.

I do wish they had left it; it was a cool name

Terrible to watch, but I'll give the player credit in that they never gave up. It has to be one of the few blowouts that didn't feel out of reach until midway through the 2nd. I do enjoy seeing Dahlin throw some huge hits though; almost put Vatrano in the bench.

To be honest, there isn’t a coach in the league that doesn’t have 1 or 2 players that he latches to. For whatever reason Granato likes Eakin. Hell it could be as simple as KA told him to keep Eakin in the lineup for trade reasons. Remember last year he benched Eakin 3/4th the time he was coach. Another possibility would be that Granato is becoming confused by Eakin’s lack of improvement no matter what he does with him. And/or trying to find what made him play better for the 1st 10 games or so.

When a team plays the trap, you should be allowed to slew foot everyone of them. Honestly it makes the game so freaking boring. Sabres were sloppy but not terrible for the most part. But thanks to refs and Kings pretending it was a game in 1994 it became a boring affair. And I hope that bas**** traitor Petersen gets hit by a dude riding a bike

Marionette Whale

I looked it up after my slew of guesses so I won't spoil it but #10 certainly surprised me.

You can only retain 50% max, 75% if through 2 teams

So in regards to players with 1 year still after this year we might look at to take on for a price? Who is out there? Zucker 1x5.5mil Hornquist 1x5.3mil Can anyone think of others worth looking at?

Perrault Andrechuck Martin Gare Vanek Lafontaine Robert Pominville

God, I just figured out Hayden.... he's Matt Ellis with less skill but more physicality.

Once Don became coach last year you saw Mitts start being a bit more assertive. He has a little of Jeff Skinner's type of fire in him. Cozens is more a "cool" aggressor; he won't do a ton of yelling but he speaks with might behind every word.

I really love when they play like this; a group of guys all pulling the same way and fighting the opponent at every step. Skinner will forever curse Krueger for utterly crushing him for two years. Dahlin being an ass, like all 1Ds tend to be, I love it lol

Ideally I’d want a depth chart of Sabres Francouz at 2x5.5mil UPL Amerks Levi Portillo Cyclones Houser- as the break glass in emergency goalie

They both suck, I’ll take Varlamov though

Likely there are few season ticket holders for both teams

Moscow Wimps

He signed an extension with Chicago earlier this year.

To me it depends where the picks land. If Vegas misses and Florida is ousted in round 1, we likely end up picking around 6,15,24,38 In that situation I’d use all 4. If Vegas and Florida meet in the Finals, we’d end up with 6,31,32 and 38. In that case I’d either trade a pick for a player now or package the 31/32 with our 3rd to move up some. If well spaced, we can hit multiple levels of prospects and get both quantity and quality. If they are stacked at the back, it’s wiser to trade up once to get more quality at the cost of a little quantity.

Yes, seasons tend to start looser and higher scoring. Upon reaching January the regular season begins to buckle down which makes games more difficult in general. It’s where teams like the Sabres the past few years have died. When teams locked down, the Sabres had no ability to break through and would slowly cease playing. While the Sabres general skill is lower this year; they seem a bit more resilient to completely surrendering like in years past.

Toronto has had goaltending since Dec. 1 that is barely better than ours. Their defense is made up of Reilly-Brodie and a bunch of dudes who without Muzzin are too similar. The Leafs rely almost entirely on their offensive firepower and like Edmonton fall into the same trap every playoffs. Shut down their big scorers and their team looks vulnerable.

Well one huge positive is what Tuch brings as a person and role model. Eichel will likely always be the better player; but Tuch alone may effectively solve our team's culture dearth. In my honest opinion, where we serious hurt the Sabres was by cutting off the entire team's past upon the start of the tank. Every team needs a sense of the importance of the crest they wear. Essentially, since the 70's I would bet the Sabres have had at least a couple players overlap between different versions of the team thus carrying the torch through the ages. Think about it, as I'm not old enough to know the 70's/80s I'll merely guess that the torch was passed from Perrault to someone else in the 80's, Rob Ray for instance played on both the high flying early 90's team and the late 90's Cup Run team. Jay McKee was youngster on the 99 Cup Run team and a savvy player for the team in the 05-06 run. While no where near as successful, the core of 2010 were almost entirely vets of the 06 team. When we tanked and traded Ennis, Myers, Stafford, Vanek, Pominville, and Miller by the end of '13 we had practicality cut the line with our entire past. Murray brought in GIonta and Gorges but both were Canadiens, not Sabres. But more importantly they were well past their primes. The only real connection we have left is a thin line between Girgs and the 13-14 team. We had a chance to fix this problem with Pominville's return and we did see a positive result but Botts decided to let him leave while still playing at a solid level. Pominville alone wouldn't of completetly solved the issues plaging the team culture but he gave the franchise some continuity which it lacked. Tuch is a weird case since he is a fan, like us, whom is not directly linked to the past Sabres teams but has the personal connection to the franchise that can spread to his teammates. He's like a time capsule from 05-06 whom genuinely wants to be here and play hard for this franchise and its fans. Essentially Tuch could be the transplant this team needs to finally get out of the ditch we've been in since 2012.

Stalock is trying to return from a serious injury and hasn't looked great in the AHL for Edmonton's affiliate. I wish him luck though.

After the Skinner goal, yes. Seemed like the Leafs just threw up their hands in defeat.

Strikes me as a future coach or commentator.