Mustache of God

I watched the Kane video during lunch today and my biggest impression was how beautiful some of those Eichel/Reinhart/ROR feeds were.

I can't believe there's so much debate about this. Eichel is the face of the franchise. This is his team and he will be named the captain. If I am wrong I will eat a sandwich. ROR will have an A and I'm guessing a veteran with a fair amount of playoff experience will have the other A, which in my mind is Pominsteen.

This post ignores the fact that WPG swapped Bogo for an equally outrageous Tyler Myers contract. Nobody won on the defensive aspect of that trade.

I don't think it's wise to rush or delay development for the sake of the cap. If the players are ready, let them play and deal with the contracts as they come up. If not, keep them marinating in the minors.

In a hypothetical world, let's imagine Moulson and or Gorges get easily out-performed at camp, and get demoted, clear waivers and are assigned to Rochester. In this scenario, they come in with a " this " attitude and head coach Christ Taylor says "I don't want these jerks on my team, cancering up my locker-room". Can they be demoted further, to the ECHL? Has that ever happened or if you're playing on a one-way contract is the AHL the lowest they can go?

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/07/08/report-zadorov-has-mutual-agreement-with-khl-but-waiting-for-better-offer-from-avs/ Zadorov has a deal in place to go back to the KHL if the Avs don't offer him more. While I don't think he'll jump ship this just continues to make the O Reilly trade look even better.

By my count only 3 players have worn 77 in Sabres history: Kulikov, Gratton, and Pierre Turgeon. Hopefully MIddlestat is most like Turgeon. Yes I realize development camp numbers mean nothing but, hey, it's the off-season.

Looks like Grigorenko signed in Russia: http://buffalonews.com/2017/07/07/former-sabres-no-1-pick-mikhail-grigorenko-signs-russia/

I expect to see growth in all aspects of his game, same with Eichel. They're still so young and each year they're only going to fill out their bodies and have more experience playing at the highest level. If he stays healthy he'll put up 60+ points. I'm hoping HCPH abadons HCDDBs insane philosophy of having "line-pairs" and finds out who works well with who and lets them develop chemistry.

Jack is going to be pushing 45 goals and more assists. He's going nowhere but up.

Middlestat wearing 77. How does this make us feel?

Bowel-ewwwww

Only a small percentage of players who file for arbitration actually make it there. That being said, I could see Lehner going all the way here.

It's part of the business. If they accepted the qualifying deal then their agents aren't doing their job and should be fired or JBOT offered them a ludicrous contract and should be fired. I think upwards of 30 players across the league filed for arbitration today and I'd be shocked if more than a handful actually make it to arbitration.

Would you say he'd be grumpy after all this plays out? Yes, not because I think he'd be a good fit here but mostly because I want to hear RJ yell, "EICHEL TO JAGR BACK TO EICHEL HE SCOOUUUUUURRRRRRRGHHHHHHSSS! TOP SHELF WHERE GRANDPA JAGR HIDES THE COOKIES!!!!"

He'll be 38 when the season starts.

Re:2 we flip Gorges at the deadline for a 3rd rounder for a contender looking for depth

I would pay to see an Encino man reboot if brendan Fraser Pauly shore and Ryan miller were all on board.

I love how JBOT has addressed the blue-line and I have a feeling he's not quite done yet.

Exactly. Start Guhle in Rochester and play him top minutes in every situation and call him up when Bogo breaks a finger or something.

Does Pomenville's return break the curse of the Buffalo captaincy? I hope so because Eichel is the next captain.

Do we sign Vanek? ARE WE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER?

Was Pomenville playing wing in Minnesota or are we thinking he's going to be the 3rd line center? This also means we're out on Shattenkirk, which I'm fine with not over-payment and too much term. So what's the D look like now? Scandella - Risto McCabe - Bogo Antipin - Bayloo Gorges?

Pominville has 2 years left at 5.6 million so hopefully he produces. Scandella is making 4 mill for the next 3 years.

LOVE IT! This helps our defense and helps alleviate the log-jam of bottom 6 players without a real role on this team.