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If we are still below 30 pts by April 1st we have no hope in making the playoffs so I would assume we would at least entertain the seller role because of there being a small market of teams selling rentals. We have Expirery Rentals: F Hecht 1.25mil D Sulzer 725k D Pardy 2mil D Leopold 3mil D Brennan 550k RFA (Prospect too) D Regehr 4.02mil (NTC) (I doubt very much seeing how we got him in the 1st place) Longer term players: Stafford 4mil (2 more years) Gerbe 1.45mil (1 more then RFA) Sekera 2.75mil (2 more years) Prospects: Adam RFA + maybe 1 D-Man We have ample to offer, we may not deem them all amazing assets; but to other teams they may see them differently Remember Briere when we got him. Sometimes a new location is all a player needs to be woken up. Leopold will fetch more than a 3rd Rounder if the market contracts due to most teams being in the hunt. Leopold might be able to get us a 1st rounder in the right circumstances if there are few D up for trade.

Well that certianly doesn't help Buffalo in the slightest; how the hell are we going to get 4 stars on the team like Chicago does?

But Getzlaf has a cap hit of 8.2 which matches his 66mil in contract years, not his 6 mil in bonuses.

Is there a limit on a signing bonus? Like is it possible to sign Perry to a 8 yr 40mil contract with 3 mil signing bonuses every year in order to keep his cap hit at 5mil. If so, why not do similair contracts for Miller, Pommers, and Vanek?

I wouldn't blame Enroth for that goal seeing as he did get injured and he kept us in the game at time during the game. I blame it on the rest of the team; you must win a game you get a 2 goal lead.

He wants to play against his former team it seems.

Hodgson, my God! That goal was awesome to watch!

Supposedly the Avs may way want to trade Statsny.... His production has gone down, but that might also mean a cheaper contract next year.

Why do you want Ott to be a mailman? ;)

He's sort of like a big man who can't decide between being a scorer or a checker. Gets about 1.3 hits per game and is younger than Stafford.

I wouldn't trade Vanek, Miller, or Pommers for him though. He's damn good, but he's a head case

Hopefully Vanek is back to his old self against the Rangers; seeing as Hodgson and Pommers surely stepped up their games today. Myers played fine up until that one play, then he seemed to shrink. Roly, kick him back out of his funk. Myers must literally have no inner-strength because one bad play turns him into a farse. Griggy got an assist Hecht scored, someone tell him when on offense just to stand behind the net!

I just want him as a mentor for our multiple young centers. Who are they to talk to? None of the coaching staff are former centers, and the only players with center experience are wingers who became centers.

Darcy go get him, our young centers need a mentor. Plus he'll be cheap seeing as Philly needs to dump cap something bad.

Go grab Briere for a pick Regier, get us something.......

Briere (Flyers retain 17%) & a 2nd Rounder for a 3rd & 5th Rounder Helps the Flyers with Cap and Buffalo with their lack of leadership and a mentor for Hodgson My problem is, I can't figure out a way of fitting Briere (35% retained) & O'Reilly on the team along with Vanek, Pommers, and Miller. That's even with getting rid of Stafford, Gerbe, and Ennis So we may be better off just doing this: FORWARDS Thomas Vanek ($7.143m) / Cody Hodgson ($2.500m) / Jason Pominville ($5.300m) Scoring Line 1 Ville Leino ($4.500m) / Mikhail Grigorenko ($1.775m) / Corey Perry ($6.500m) Scoring Line 2 Steve Ott ($2.950m) / Ryan O'Reilly ($4.500m) / Marcus Foligno ($0.900m) Defensive Line 1 Kevin Porter ($0.538m) / Cody McCormick ($1.200m) / Patrick Kaleta ($1.250m) Energy Line Corey Tropp ($0.778m) DEFENSEMEN Tyler Myers ($5.500m) / Christian Ehrhoff ($4.000m) Andrej Sekera ($2.750m) / Mike Weber ($1.200m) Robyn Regehr ($2.250m) / Alexander Sulzer ($0.925m) Brayden McNabb ($0.900m) / GOALTENDERS Ryan Miller ($6.250m) Jhonas Enroth ($0.761m) About 2.75 (2.25) mil in cap space. That's with Stafford, Gerbe, Leopold, and Ennis all being gone. Regehr going cheaper due to age and production Perry signing for 6.5 mil a year Hodgson at 2.5 to 3mil O'Reilly at 4.5mil

The sole reason I wanted Briere was primarily for his on ice leadership qualitites seeing as we seem lost and confused. I'm glad people agree with me on Drury, not only did he seem smart enough to be a assistant coach; but I honestly think he may be able to bring more push to the roster. Honestly who on the staff seems to be a player pusher? Plus Drury would make a great mentor.

If we can't get our hands on O'Reilly and we are still struggling by the deadline, I say we try to poach Briere (17% Cap retained) from the Flyers for Leopold and 2nd Rounder..... before you attack me Philly is in dire trouble for next year cap wise, they will have 2.25 mil in Cap space with 10 Forwards, 8 D men, and 1 Goalie under contract. If they were to drop 5.5 mil of Briere's cap off, they'd have 7.75 mil capspace to sign a 4th line and 1 back up goalie. My hope would be that Briere could re-energize the Sabres, give us ample experience for Hodgson & Grigs to learn from & maybe get the Leino of old back aswell. It would solve our leadership problem at least. Additionally I think trying to get Drury as an assistant coach might help bring some expectations to the older players like Pommers and Vanek, maybe Stafford if we keep him.

I highly doubt not one team takes an interest in Stafford or Leopold. At the deadline, Leopold will be worth at least a 2nd rounder because he's a vet D-man who can play many minutes while only being a rental. Stafford is still a former 30 goal scorer, at least some team would be willing to swap another cold player.

At the rate they are going, they may try anything. They are 1-6-3 in their last 10; even we have done better than that. As for Clowe, oh ok, I like him now.

Clowe, why is he so special; his stats arn't great.... is he a power forward? I would still want Couture the most though, he may be a true #1 Center.

They asked for a proven forward or a offensive defensemen....... Stafford when he's on a role is very good, and Brennan is a offensive defensemen Furthermore, What do you think it would take to pry Logan Couture from the Sharks; they are in a massive slump aswell and may be talking. or Joe Pavelski

Seeing as this season is going to hell anyway, I'd tell Hecht to enjoy his 7-12 min per game and retire in the offseason.

Leopold to LA for a 3rd Rounder and a 4th (LA has no 1st round pick so I doubt they'll trade their 2nd rounder) Or we could send him somewhere else for a 2nd rounder. Adam for a 3rd or 4th rounder. Stafford & Brennan for O'Reilly What else?

I wouldn't mind him if it weren't for his political/ gay rights activism. I want a GM who solely deals with hockey.