thewookie1
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SOLD! He looks like girgs flying around the ice poke checking and tossing guys when the poke check fails. I wonder why he dropped
He's Russian
Maybe drafting him lights a fire under Grigs
Where's that other Latvian supposed to go?
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Hmm I wonder how many spots we could hop with the 39th and a 6th rounder
31. Barbashev
35? Demko
49. Lemieux if still there
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No deal. Take out our third and their 2015 2nd and make it 10th overall then maybe.
They don't have the 10th, Anaheim held that one.
Myers for 6th, 50th and Burrows?
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What about 6 instead of 24?
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Burrows is someone they supposedly want to dump.
Myers + 2014 3rd for Burrows, 24th and 50th picks in 2014 + a 2nd in 2015
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I'd be willing to work out a deal with Vancouver, even if he gets good he wouldn't haunt us 5-6 games a year
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Supposedly Garrison + to TB for the 50th overall
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Kesler traded
Anaheim will trade Bonino, Sbisa plus 24th overall pick and teams will swap third-rounders once deal goes through
Damn wanted Kesler in Chicago
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I'd keep him unless wowed by a western team
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Would people be pissed if Florida passes on Ekblad and Buffalo selects him and then trades Myers to Detroit for Mantha?
Yes, I refuse to trade a former Calder trophy winner in division. Especially to a team known to bring the best out of their players.
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The fact that an organ-eye-zation like Detroit wants Myers gives me pause. What do they see in him? I'd hate to see the young man leave and (re-)blossom into a top-2 guy with offensive upside.
That's mainly my fear.
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Actually 70% of Ehlers scoring came while Drouin was on the bench.
As for Gagner 0.89ppg 0.26g are his even strength numbers but like I said there are obviously other things to consider, such as the fact he was only 5'11". Ehlers subsequently is not on my stats sheet but Fabbri is, 1.02ppg 0.53g which even at 5'10" indicates to me Fabbri should be better in the NHL then Gagner. Would I draft him? No, he is to small for my tastes and the league is trending bigger.
Probably closer than what I tossed out. Myers #31 blues 2015 for Mantha and 15?
I feel uncomfortable trading Myers in the division, I don't want to be haunted
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Ekblad is a better prospect than those two, easily. Only reason some would rather have Risto/Zadorov is the attachment factor. I would be fine if we took Ekblad and traded Risto, but I meant that they'd gauge the value of Myers/Ehrhoff more than those kids.
Aah ok. I actually think Risto is better than Ekblad frankly. Zadorov is more of a toss up. Risto really impressed me after the whole minors stint not to mention the WJC game winner.
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So far so good :)
- Leino bought out +
- Buffalo drafts Reinhart +
- Ott resigns with Buffalo
- Morrow joins the Sabres
- Moulson and Callahan offered contracts, 1 signs +
- Tallinder is the only D UFA/RFA to rejoin the Sabres
- McBain's rights are dealt in a bigger trade -
- Girgs will gain an A
- Ott gets the C back
- Isles defer +
- Blues are eliminated in the 1st round by Chicago +
- Myers, Ennis, and Foligno stay
- Ennis/Hodgson have trade rumors circulate but nothing happens
Next Year
-Briere signs a 1/2 year contract then retires a Sabre
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Take Ekblad. Start gauging the value of your other dmen to see when your next pick will be.
I'd still trade Ekblad in the end, Risto is already a year ahead of Ekblad in development and Zadorov has already shown flashes of being great. Ekblad to me is lesser than either of those two so unless you can get a killing for Ruhwedal, Pysyk, or McCabe I'd just deal Ekblad to the highest bidder.
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Hypothetical situation:
This just in the Florida Panthers have traded the 1st overall pick to the Vancouver Canucks for blah blah blah.
The Vancouver Canucks are happy to take from the Kootenay Ice, Sam Reinhart......
Buffalo is now on the clock and you are Tim Murray.... what do you do?
Personally I walk over to Calgary's table and ask what they'd give me with the 4th overall to jump over their bitter rival Edmonton's 3rd pick to get Ekblad. Then sit down back at the Sabres table and wait for Edmonton to throw stuff at us. Like Eberle and the 3rd or Gagner, a 2nd rounder in 2015 and the 3rd overall. If they don't bite, trade the pick to Calgary. I'm unwilling to take Ekblad seeing as we already have a solid base of defensive prospects. But Edm and Cal would be pretty easy to play against one another
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In and of itself you are correct, there is nothing wrong with a teardown. But there is a way that doesnt disrespect the game, the league, and the fans (league wide), and there is the tank. Montreal did it the right way. So did Boston. Chicago's was the product of cheapskate ownership. Those are organic. Had Buffalo made hockey trades instead of selling off assets for the NHL equivalent of bearer bonds I could support it. Now I'm stuck rooting for something that flies straight in the face of the spirit of competition.
Its bull ######.
Sometimes one has to retreat when a position is untenable. Buffalo was stuck inside a ditch always being good enough to squeak in or just bad enough not too. We had a GM unwilling to see this problem thus a natural rebuild was impossible. We had to gut the team, and finding that many hockey trades would be ridiculous. Elite players never grace the trading market nowadays thus drafting them is the sole way to acquire them aside from Free Agency where Buffalo can't draw them for the life of them. What Murray did was a mercy kill to someone being eaten alive by zombies.
The players aren't tanking, and the team is trying to become competitive through radical restructuring. I highly doubt TM goes in everyday telling the team to lose, he's going to help Buffalo hold the Cup rather than merely playing for it again
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And McNabb! How soon we forget.
I thought I had put him down, guess the other M's distract me.
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If both were interested we could hold up until the final seconds, take Ekblad and continue the discussion.
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If Vancouver moves into 1 and takes Reinhart, I'd offer Ekblad to Calgary and Edmonton and let them get into a bidding war with one another.
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I like your thinking. I'd even give him 5 years. It's not like the team won't need a vet scorer when it finally comes together.
I'd love to have Moulson back! Grab Ott too and we'll have gotten all the deadline trades' acquisitions for McCormick, Miller, and 2 2nd rounders + rent a beer/otter
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I think my opposition to signing guys like Ott and Bolland just comes from the fact that I don't think you should spend my like you have to. I get that we have to spend some, but spend it smart. Don't act like you're in a ###### situation and overpay a bunch of third-line guys. Find the guys that can be had on more reasonable short-term deals.
Please name a few, I'm honestly curious who these players are.
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Callahan..... :cry:
Ott and Bolland could still be very helpful. :worthy:
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Steve Ott making $4.5-$5 at 37 years old? :sick:
Let me correct that:
Steve Ott making $4.5-$5 at 31 years old? :sick: :sick: :sick:
I wouldn't sign any of those deals. If you're going to throw whacky money at somebody then do it with Stastny.
We need to throw money at people to get to the floor and acquire vet leadership. And 4.5 in 4 years will probably be about right for a 3rd liner based on the cap inflation.
1st Round pick #2 Sam Reinhart
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I'd do exactly what they did with Zadorov. Play him a few games and barring a spectacular performance send him back to Juniors with a bit of experience and a better understanding what skills he needs to improve.