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I disagree in that cost primarily due to the contract situation. They aren’t getting 2 1sts and a D prospect for approximately 20 games of Taylor Hall. If he had an extension however that would make sense. I would guess if Hall has made it clear he wants to be a UFA he’ll be worth a protected 1st or a 2nd and a middish prospect. Cap stuff not withstanding.

Maybe this can be a reverse of last year in that we did great in November and then fell apart around the time we lost to Toronto. This time we can have a terrible November and then build up and get better as the year continues.

Blow Leafs Blow! Eichel really likes playing divisional opponents. He devours them mercilessly. Yesterday Allen led us to victory over a hated rival and today Eichel did.

I wouldn’t take Lucic if he was literally a 0 cap hit. I want grittier players yes, but they still must be at least competent players. Lucic isn’t anymore

Anderson would be hard to say no to but Wennberg is just another soft skill player. My one hang up on Anderson is his stats are very goal skewed which makes me question his skill in passing. If they want Mitts for Anderson straight up I’d likely need to really think it over though.

Wouldn’t trade Olofsson or Mitts as of now

Sabres ran out of gas and played scared after Dahlin was elbowed. This offseason we should cut ties with some riff-raff and brought in Boyle and Maroon. Older guys but guys who can still score some and will beat the hell out of players who do stuff like Tampa has done to us this year. Let's see GMTM became fixated on specific players and would trade anything to get them Botts seems unwilling to deviate from the Pittsburgh blueprint even though they have Hornquist and Malkin(dirty player) We are the early 2010's Penguins without the same level of skill. A lot of soft players Paging Dr. Ristolainen, paging Dr. Ristolainen; Where the Hell are You? Where did his grittiness go again? A non-physical Risto is a nigh-useless Risto and one I couldn't care less about. BOTTS FIX THIS TEAM!!! Granted I really fear if they fire Botts and look to hire a more experienced GM they'll pick up the joke in Charelli looking for grit......

Kinda made up for Boston’s game. Against Boston we should of won, and we should of lost today but in the end it evens out.

Phew, the defense depth is maintained lol

Randall, as our resident analytics guy, how does Sam Bennett look. Would he be a candidate for an effective guy to play with Eichel and Skinner

At least as we can tell, for all we know he's been spot on but the trades fell through. So Mr. Flagg, are there any 3rd or 4th liners we could deal for by using some of ours that could at very least give both sides a fresh start?

I'd say Eichel's fight marked a change. They seemed faster and willing to use their bodies.

Maybe we can have a St. Louis turnaround; granted I'm unsure how we could since we aren't firing our coach 45 games into the season.

There isn't exactly any real good vet GMs on the market presently....

Botts, you're on the clock! I've been patient, and I've tolerated far too much to watch Eichel try to one man army teams night after night. Aside from the two Dach goals which I honestly believe surprised him, he played mediocre but at least he scored and tried to create chances to no avail. The hell is everyone else doing?

It would certainly be fitting for Babcock to lose his job after losing to the team he stood up.

What happened to our wonderkin? Why does nearly every elite player that comes here turn to dust.

Technically Dahlin's man was likely the opposing Dman based on how he went to side where Hamilton was. He then collapsed down low to protect the net and gave up Hamilton who scored.

I’m not trading Mitts in any trade involving the names mentioned. The only guys worth a recent 1st rounder who has a lot of skill but has had some bumps would be Dumba, and maybe a half retained Suter since he’d eat minutes.

Ottawa.... Mr. Melnyk your player is ready for pick up

I have seen those two before and they are both rather knowledgeable; but at this time it only look like a PC move versus a legitimate promotion. I can't see HNIC doing this and not receiving extreme backlash since its appearance would be yet another example of modern society's propensity to swing to extremes rather than be sane and moderate.

Well aside Vesey what should he have done?

I just don't understand how this team doesn't change; we change players, coaches, and managers and yet the same problems always persist. Player always seem to regress when coming to Buffalo. We have no power forward and it shows. Tampa is getting away with mugging and slashing to an extent only seen in the playoffs yet we get called for defending our goalie.....

Not trading Risto in the division for “hope”

I don’t believe they officially called him up based on the wording. He still an Amerk on paper but will be in Sweden in case of an injury