Jerry Jabber

Agreed! Not resigning the teams top Centers was the biggest boneheaded move. Next was resigning Vanek, instead of getting multiple first round picks from Edmonton.

The Sabres were the first sports team the Pegula’s bought, so they were brand new to owning and operating a sports franchise and it showed. The LaFontaine hire backfired in many ways, between LaFontaine quitting abruptly and Pat’s choice of GM [Tim Murray]. Murray gave away all the assets the Sabres were stockpiling during “the tank” as he tried to accelerate the Sabres rebuild, which left the Sabres void of talent and depth. The players that Murray overpaid for were traded away by the new Sabres GM [Botterill], so in actuality, all those years of tanking only got the Sabres three good players: Eichel, Reinhart and Dahlin. So after being at the bottom of the league for so long, I’m sure it started to impact a lot of people in the organization, but I don’t think overall the Pegula’s are bad owners, just inexperienced. With the Bills, the Pegula’s have had many of talks with Bill Polian, so Bill was able to provide a lot of mentoring to Terry and Kim. With the Sabres, they’ve had to learn as they went along.

The 1992-93 team was also incredible. It’s too bad Muckler didn’t play Hasek more and let him develop instead of trading Andreychuk for Fuhr.

I just hope the next GM is an experienced one and not an Assistant GM. Both Murray and Botterill were Assistant GM's before they came to Buffalo and their lack of experience was detrimental to the team.

I hear ya about the cap hit, but from an organizational standpoint, having to pay Ehrhoff $879k for 14 years after he's been off the team, Hodgson $791K for eight years and Leino $1.2M for six years after both players have been off the team are just bad contracts/business decisions.

You and me both! Too bad we didn't play sports on a professional level. I think Ehrhoff has been getting this settlement payment every year since 2014?

Another bad one. I wonder how many of these bad contracts the Sabres still have to pay?

In the words of the late Ronnie James Dio...

The Sabres have to pay Ehrhoff $857k every year until 2027-28... that’s ridiculous!! Good job on that contract Darcy!

Are the Sabres still paying for Ehrhoff?

Jeremy White Retweeted Chad DeDominicis @CMDeDominicis 2m This is going to be close to see if they can get in another deal by 3 PM

Jeremy White Retweeted Chad DeDominicis @CMDeDominicis 3m They're not done

WGR 550 Retweeted Chad DeDominicis @CMDeDominicis · 1m I believe the Penguins are the team where Rodrigues is headed

I wonder what the return will be for him... a bag of pucks?

According to the interview with Darren Dreger on WGR550 last week, he wasn't expecting much from Botterill before the trade deadline. Dreger believes Botterill will be very busy trying to overhaul the roster in the offseason. Maybe Botterill will be busy trying to find a new job? Who knows?

This move leads me to wonder if Botterill is planning to trade someone and Simmonds is their replacement?

What about not resigning Drury and Briere?!

Overkill/M.O.D./Demolition Hammer in NJ next month In May: Testament/Municipal Waste in DC Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus The Cybertronic Spree in DC Possibly going: Megadeth in Bristow, VA (June) Disturbed in Bristow, VA (July)

Agreed. The Sabres most likely would have been out of the rebuild mode if it hadn't been for Murray trading away almost every single asset the Sabres gained at the start of the tank job. So, in essence, the tank produced Eichel, Reinhart and Dahlin and that's it. All the prospects and draft picks were given away like a drunken sailor's paycheck on payday weekend. I get JBots logic of trying to build through the draft, have the players develop in the minor leagues, then get called up when they are ready, but so far, it's not working for the Sabres and I'm not sure if he's the right GM for the job. Maybe he needed more experience as an Asst. GM before the Pegula's hired him as the Sabres GM?

Best pits are still the old thrash metal bands as everyone is there to have a good time bashing into each other and pick each other off the ground after getting knocked down. The worst pit I saw was when Sick of it All opened for Slayer years ago, nothing but punches, elbows and kicks in the pit.

I saw Slayer earlier this year in MD and I'm going again in November when they come to VA. I saw Alice In Chains last year and I was impressed with their new singer, he sounds a lot like Layne in concert.

I'm going to see Slipknot when they come to VA. I saw that twice at the Ozzfest, so it will be nice to see them again. I like Volbeat a lot and they put on a good show, so I'm glad they're one of the openers.

Alice in Chains/Korn Breaking Benjamin Slipknot and Volbeat Slayer And hoping to get tickets to see The Original Misfits in NYC when they go on sale

John Carpenter's original idea was to make movies based around "Halloween" and not keep them all around Michael Myers. But once Carpenter saw everyone's reactions when people wanted to see Michael Myers, he changed it back for the 4th Halloween. I think "Prince of Darkness" was originally intended to be in the Halloween franchise.

Halloween. While we were out in L.A. this year, we went to Pasadena and found the original Myers house (which is now a business). Halloween II and III are really good. I enjoyed the new Halloween (saw it at the theaters on Friday). The Conjuring, the Insidious movies, the Paranormal Activity movies (except "the Marked Ones), Evil Dead I, II and Army of Darkness and Devil's Rejects. Newer films this year I enjoyed were Hereditary and Unfriended: Dark Web.