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Yes, many PSE employees are now above the Labatt House. PSE has been in part have been trying to clear out some of their office spaces on the main campus of 1 Bills Dr.

One caveat with this however is that playoff hockey differs from regular season hockey in this regard. During regular season games stacking one line can work wonders. The playoffs however inspire players to do much more to actually lockdown a line making a stacked line more of a detriment than an advantage. Effectively, in the season you can do well and even make the playoffs on the back of one high end line and a combination of good goaltending and a couple solid Dmen. Whereas in the playoffs, depth is absurdly important to a degree that is almost immeasurable. Its also where the whole “need of a superstar” question is raised. However you do need a superstar or two; but said players must be completely willing to sacrifice their own personal success to win in the playoffs. Stars carry you to the playoffs, depth and goaltending advances you through the playoffs, and your overall cohesion wins you the Stanley Cup

Im unsure how’d they build a new arena since the Harbor Center connects to the present one. I could seriously see retrofits on both the Bills and Sabres homes however. Modernize Rich/Ralph Wilson/ etc Stadium with a retractable roof. As for the arena they could remodel the whole interior and potentially move the Sabres front office into a newer built add on.

I don’t really fault McDavid much for Edmonton’s failure. When your coach pairs you with your team’s only other game changer then you are going to literally be put into a defensive vice anytime you’re on the ice. We’ve seen it this year and last year that if you can neutralize McDavid w/ Draisital; it’s rather easy to beat the Oilers in a series. They needed their other 3 lines to play better but also split up McDavid and Draisital. It’s more difficult to lock down two separate lines than a single “super” line

Is this becoming some kind of common phrase now or something?

Even our tank teams had 20 goal scorers....

Probably wouldn't go that far; we'd end up effectively the same as Edmonton is now with the Best Player in the league along with little to nothing else. If you acquire McDavid for Eichel you have to keep Dahlin in order to assure you're in a better place than Edmonton is presently.

I just had a strange dream recently about McDavid being traded here for Eichel and our 1st. The HFboards crashed and our forum did as well.

God I wish we would of got Ehlers for Risto. Maybe Eichel for McDavid? Two unhappy stars.

Nope, halfway through the 2nd he hurt his right arm, tried to come back but left again. At the start of the 3rd they said he was done for the game.

Drouin would be a huge no; he has been god awful with Montreal and is a serious head case

Tage Thompson got hurt

I void this, no offer will be accepted due to it being in the division.

Are the Oilers even trying to free up either McDavid or Draisital? They seem to be a package deal 9 times out of 10 and thus very "easy" to shut down and take advantage of their weaker depth. Its effectively what Chicago did last year as well.

Eichel for McDavid 😏

Technically hiring a new coach would be something within the purview of most ownership groups. After all, the HC will be their most prevalent representative of the team outside the team's stars. What it really comes down to is Adams and Karmanos asking the Pegulas for permission/opinions or are they laying out their strategy for future spending. The former could very from awful to shoulder shrugging indifference going forward. The latter would mean that at very least the Pegulas were no longer directly trying to make player personnel decisions. As for Donato being willing to take a AC job under a different coach I would be very hesitant to believe it could happen. The lone scenario I can come up with would be the Sabres hire an older coach, all 32 NHL HC jobs are filled, Coach Q doesn't have space for him, and the vet coach invites him to return. Aside from a Hitchcock/Yeo situation I cannot see it playing out that way.

I could certainly see that being the case. Eichel, Reinhart, and Risto are tired of being here to various degrees but likely have genuine positive feelings towards the Sabres and the city as a whole. After all, we drafted them, developed them, cheered for them, etc. After all, one can be heavily disappointed with management/ownership and be open to trade yet still have a semblance of loyalty to their teammates and fans regardless. It seems as if Hall literally only came here to work us over and play with Krueger. If Eichel hated the team and city, he wouldn't of bothered trying to play this year and would of outright stated he wanted out. Risto is by far the most ready to leave yet he's never shown it during games; he has never become unwilling to lay his body on the line for the team.

Beniers The Yotes can win the a drawing however in that case the NHL will merely put the balls back in and run it again.

The Carolina one was good, I can understand why we didn’t take Montreal’s offer. Essentially the MTL trade would of been downgrading ROR for a 2nd and Poehling. We held firm on getting the Top 5 pick they had. Begs to question why we took such a rough offer from StL. Botts must of really had confidence in Berglund being a solid 2/3C

Dumba kind of makes me want to say no. He has been on the trade block for multiple years now and hasn't exactly impressed; plus his contract is nearly up.

Martinez's contract is up at the end of the year. They'll have 21 players signed and 3mil in cap space going into next year. Alright let's have a go at it. Tuch would be my 1st target as he's a fast, big, player from Syracuse. His 4.75mil cap hit also aids in that cap crunch. I want Glass and Krebs, why? Both haven't lit it up at the NHL level yet and are 22 and 20 respectively. Plus with Eichel they actually won't have a center role for them. (Their center depth would be Eichel, Karlsson, Stephenson, Roy/Kolesar) From there I have to find some more cap, while Fleury would be the most preferable due to his skill and position of need; I just can't imagine him waiving to come here. Thus we are left with Ryan Reaves at 1.75milx1 and Will Carrier at 1.4milx3 Lastly a 2021 1st Really the problem with Vegas is they have no game breaking potential piece. Krebs and Glass are solid prospects but neither are can't miss future 1Cs.

Yes Also Taylor Hall deserves to go to hell for what he did in Buffalo and in his trade.

That's why if we are left with Boston or eating his salary then Eichel better be ready to sit around for 4 years.

To be honest I would never expect any public admittance to guilt. We’ll likely just see a drastic change after it has occurred and we will all draw conclusions from that. That being said, I doubt they’ll ever fess up to running the team badly as it is rarely something done from the negative angle in any situation. One basks in the light of success and hides or downplays the darkness of defeat.

The Pegulas are well-intentioned inept hockey owners. Typically involving some amount of overconfidence in their own skills and lack of an ability to read the crowd. But at their core, they do want the Sabres to succeed for both money, prestige and the city itself. Melnyk is honestly a terrible individual whom happens to have money and uses it at every chance he gets to punch down and around. He doesn't care if the Senators win per say as he does if they are profitable. If someone convinced him that injecting his players with a special serum could help cut down on food costs, he would immediately ask for free samples.