Mustache of God

I am beyond words. The only thing Ville Leino is worse at than hockey is painting. http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/16/leino-looks-back-final-year-sabres-jail/ Damn that luxury ass jail that was paying you six million dollars to be there. ###### this guy.

I'm listening to Beane's press conference and my only thought is that this guy sounds like Kenny Powers.

I'll reserve judgement until we see the team take the ice in October. This is all lip service until we have actions backing up the words.

Hopes to have a coach in place by the draft.

No limits to experience for a coach. Wants a "communicator" and someone with locker room presence.

He wants a high-tempo, puck-possession game. I like.

http://v6.player.abacast.net/2103- link to wgr player...terrible audio and they cut in from commercial mid speech by JBOT. Way to go wgr. guy sounds like a high school student rambling off a paper he wrote the morning before an assignment was due.

No, but you can imagine what it would be like if I did. Me and that jersey. GOT. IT. ON.

They all laughed when I bought my Botterill Goathead jersey in 2003. Whose laughing now, jerks!? JBOT284EVER

Even if the Rangers wanted to dump Lundquist, I don't see who would trade for him at this point in his career. He's locked up through the 20-21 season making 8.5 per year. I can't see any team trading to take on that contract. I don't think any goalie warrants that kind of money.

A keeper? More like a placeholder until March. Gorges would be a great playoff rental to team looking to make a deep run next year whose hoping to shore up the defence. There's zero chance we resign him after next year.

^ this. Also, I saw Antipin metnioned above, I won't pencil him in on this roster until the ink is dry. Who knows what the new GM is thinking with this team.

I have a friend who works for a casino whose told me Murray has been ejected from the casino for being too drunk before so I'm assuming he's just became a typical victim of Buffalo Sports.

Jack Eichel for a Erik Karlsson

Thanks for that info. I wish I could stick my Buffalo sports interests head into the sand from now until say...September so I could avoid all the rampant speculation but I won't.

I've been on vacation the past 10 days and have been somewhat out of the loop so forgive me if this has already been discussed: In Pegula's presser after canning Whaley & the scouting staff, he said he waited until after the draft because that was the end of their "cycle" and their work for the year was essentially complete. This made me scratch my head because why would he fire his entire hockey staff 2 months leading up to the draft? Did he have that little faith in Murray and his team? Does he believe a new GM will be able to put together a staff, a draft plan and preferably have a coach in now t-minus 53 days? I understand we're dealing with two different organizations/sports but I can't imagine the process of scouting and drafting can be that drastically different. All these moves come off as Pegula acting like a gunslinger, shoot first, ask questions second. While I agree that these moves had to be made the timing seems very rash and I have very little faith in the immediate future for both teams. I have absolutely zero opinion on who they should bring in as I follow sports to that level of detail. Whomever it is, please, pleeeaseeee take us to the playoffs.

Which, in buffalo terms, is precisely 0%

I'm rooting for Toronto in the East and Edmonton in the West. Embrace the dark side, we have cookies here.

Has Quenville's message gone stale in the windy city? Is he on the hot seat? Does he want to coach here?

I know he's an expert and I'm some schlub on the internet but I have to imagine that these positions, or at least the GM gets filled much sooner than that. The draft is 2 months and 3 days from today and to compound on that you have the expansion draft. The #1 need for this team is to fix the D and that's not happening via free-agency which means that needs to be fixed via wheeling and dealing leading up to the draft. If they take over a month or so to fill that position the new GM will not have enough time to sufficiently prepare for all of that.

It's being reported that Russ Brandon started a WhatsApp group text with Sutter and Lombardi saying "Terry is being a little cost-conscious these days as he's paying a lot of people to not do their jobs. His new craze is BOXED WINE. He loves the sweeter stuff."

Does this close the book on Gionta coming back? I have to imagine the new GM will want a clean slate of leadership in what was apparently a fractured locker room.

So now that we've had time to digest the news how do you feel about this? The team was doomed with Dan behind the bench, he had completely lost the room. Without him we are better. Murray i'm less enthusiastic about but overall accept it and am ready to move on. At least the off-season has gotten a lot more interesting. The draft lottery is next weekend...it'll be great if we hit.

How do you not have answers? You bring in Antipin, Guhle and trade your first round pick for help on defense You fire the coach whose lost the room and find a new one who coaches around his players, not the system. Bam. Problem solved. Does this mean we'll get to see Reinhart back at center?

That's what I was poking at. I will literally flip a table in a public space if the Pegulas bring in someone whose been with the organization for some nostalgia factor. The Sabres have never won anything, there's nothing to actually be nostalgic about. I also don't want dinosaurs coming in who've done it all before with other teams. I want someone fresh and hungry and motivated. Give someone a 1-year deal to prove something. I'm sick of seeing these cushy contracts be signed, it makes people too comfortable. You get the contract when you get the results.