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In The Buff

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  1. Kane sorta made sense in past seasons, where our offense was an issue & a weapon like Kane (plus him being from Buffalo) made him look like a great addition. But times have changed now, our team is different & our offense is now a strength of the team & a player like Kane, isnt as attractive as before. Truth is we don't need him & as everyone stated, he'd most likely be a net negative for what we'd have to give up. If we're gonna pay a high cost, pay to upgrade an area of weakness, ie: defense/goalie
  2. Was a nice post Taro, i'll just reply to the last part. Can you imagine if Andy loses any time? I'm getting flashbacks to last year of scrambling to find a goalie to dress. The fact that its even a possibility... again, has to be considered a failure on Adams' part to address the position in an appropriate/significant way. Last year one couldve said it was bad luck or a culmination of bad events. There's no such excuse this year. I understand the reasons we give for why the decision was made to go with Comrie & Co this year, there's just too much 'hope' involved with both, where if i were GM i'd want something more dependable & proven. We hope Comrie's previous small sample size carries into a full season or that he can handle that. And we hope Anderson's body doesnt fall apart out there, but its at least probable it will. Im not putting our woes on the goaltending tho as the main issues ive seen stem from just lousy play in front of whoever is in net. Letting forwards skate free, too many oddman rushes against, players out of position, bad passing or giveaways etc. Our margin for error is so low as we have to play near our best everynight it seems to be in a position for a win. We depend on clutch saves to keep us in games when the play breaks down & thats where having an above average goalie helps. Something we haven't had since Miller & before that Hasek. There is 1 common thread between our 2 previous playoff teams, if only we could figure it out lol.
  3. We know all too well about fast & good looking starts to the season around here. With our history in mind i'd say it'll take a larger sample size of games to accurately assess who this team is & where they can go. We've been fooled before so ask next month haha. But its been some great hockey to watch & I'm liking what i see in the compete department. Players are standing up for each other as well which is nice to see. And our speed has been a problem for opposing teams. Time will tell who this team really is, for now they are growing ๐Ÿ˜›
  4. Yep. Money printers have gone brrrr pumping up the markets for years. Now the vacuum cleaners go brrrr, with the Fed sucking up $9 Trillion out of the economy with their QT. We haven't really had the time to see the impacts of these rate cuts, yet alone the removal of so much money from the economy or so many shocks to the system with our stronger dollar & other currencies collapsing & yet the recession is already here. Cant wait to see what happens when we start realizing these other impacts that i barely even covered. I really hope i have money to go see the Sabres in future years but it feels we're just as close to guns & butter time. And the more you know/learn the scarier it gets lol. BILLS, SABRES, just one of you bring it on home once before civilization collapses, PLEASE! ๐Ÿ˜›
  5. Owner's buying an abacus? Talk about being out of touch ๐Ÿ˜›
  6. couldn't have said it any better & for our sakes I hope he is
  7. Well at least we don't have 2 players on that list. For awhile i would've added Okposo & i still think that contract was bad, but at this point its not an issue given where the team is at & what Kyle adds to this team. Hopefully Skinner just keeps his production up, living up to the deal until we can get out from it. But i wouldn't say its the absolute worst deal we've ever made. Plenty of other options for that one... maybe that could be a thread? But tbh I'd rather look forward & at all our potential than revisiting the trash of the past lol. Pretty excited to watch this team continue to improve. We just need the rest of the world to hang in there & not blow itself up these next few years, so our prospects have enough time to season & we can make the playoffs again. Just hang in there world a little big longer! Go Sabres! ๐Ÿ˜›
  8. Is/was Arttu better than Bjork? I'd like to know why he's still on the roster
  9. The way i look at it is he's in our system now. If Comrie had been developed all along by us in the manner he was in Winnipeg, then with his 19 game sample size last year we'd be looking at him to take this next natural step. It just so happens that before today it was with Winnipeg & today its with us. Since we needed a goalie desperately, however we got to this point he is our guy now. And im relieved we did something & with a player who at the very least is on an upward development track & not a declining one.
  10. we're aiming for the stars no doubt, up there in Hockey Heaven
  11. Holtby's injured & according to Frank Seravalli his career may be over. Varlamov is on the Islanders signed for another year. There was some thought that Lamoriello would move him because it'd take $5 mil off their cap sheet, but looks like he's staying. Jake Oettinger is negotiating a new deal with the Stars. I'm beyond desperate for at least an average NHL goalie here. I'd pay a premium with term if it meant having a good one come here. Prospect pipeline timeline be damned.
  12. dangit, thought we were all setup to draft McGroarty & Winnipeg snagged him ahead of us. I know nobody had him ranked this high, but liked him as a player.
  13. Would you trade #16 for Dach? Someone further along in their development than whoever the pick might be? I'd probably say thats too high for us.
  14. I'd give him the least term possible even if it meant paying a little more if thats what it took for him to accept it. Money shouldnt be an option if we're picking up players to get to the floor. Reasons i wouldnt give him more you've already covered, but he most likely is near his ceiling & doesnt forecheck & provide what we'd lack once Quinn, Peterka & Rosen & our youngins start coming up here. I have to think we still could add a veteran player into the mix which would change the complexion of the team as well. Now there's no guarantee they'll be as good as VO, but with the way VO plays do u envision a 31 year old VO in his same role down the road? How about a 30 year old VO? Where would he fit in i guess? And could we get the same thing he provides from one of our youngsters coming up? Its a good problem to have because it means theres real competition
  15. I think the team & players themselves should have a say in deciding. I mean they would know the most of who the real leaders are in the room. I wonder how much input the players have or if this decision is made from the top. But Kyle & Tuch make the most sense imho.
  16. For me it started early when i was a kid, staying up really late pretending to be sleeping all while hiding a small radio under my pillow late at night so i could listen to RJ call the games. Hearing that crowd at the Aud roaring over the airwaves as RJ called the play: as dreams of Sabrespace danced thru my head. I'd say his calls had a big role to play. Have to also include Rick Vaive on the list. Watching him play, sticking his neck out on the ice & seeing the pain he'd be in with the nerve issues & his neck. Seeing his determination growing up hooked me as well. Later on it'd be Hasek of course & the identity of that team in general. nice topic!
  17. I agree. Whatever anyones thoughts on it, in the end after decades of being able to study the impacts of various stadium locations on the region, we settle for a smaller stadium next to the old one. Seriously thats what we go with? Idk how that is anything other than missing an opportunity in a region lacking opportunities. Did we plan on ways to maximize the revenue this stadium can generate? Did we have any strategic thinking about any of this? KBC needs renovating? Perhaps we couldve combined the 2 projects into a sports corridor? Or how about our City has needed a new convention center for years, decades even. Dallas has their huge stadium, that also houses conventions & concerts & brings in revenue every month of the year. Will our new stadium do that in Orchard Park? Nope, we just spent a billion $$ on a smaller stadium next to the old one for what, to be used 15 or so days a year max? Glad the team will be here in the future but this was a golden opportunity & in the end we just settled for a smaller stadium next to the old one
  18. haha, on a positive note at least its not true... i hope ๐Ÿ˜›
  19. Saw a tweet that simply said: 8 UFA's 1 6th rd pick I hear what everyone has been saying but for a team thats rebuilding their assets, it just seems we didn't maximize our return on all that we had is all. And given our drought of historic proportions its not like our cupboard's been overflowing with them. Surely we could use as much as we can. What Dudacek has been saying makes a lot of sense & has a lot of merit imho. But aside from his points, just on the current trade deadline: I dont care what the odds are for a 5th rd pick, once and awhile you hit on one (Tom Brady GOAT 6th rd wrong sport but yeah you get it). Maybe you can flip those picks for a future player or package. Maybe that player turns into Oloffson or the greatest of all time. If the argument to not trading someone like Vinnie Hinostroza is that our team is playing too well right now & trading him would hurt our progress too much, then whats that say about the rest of the team, where we need him that much, or better yet, whats that say about Vinnie Hinostroza? lol
  20. dangit, wish i wouldve checked here sooner to share this. They had the practice live streamed on youtube Its over now but if u want to watch it here's the link. Action really starts a 1/3 of the way thru
  21. I've always thought we should pair 1 offensive D with a more defensive minded player for balance. So ideally in the future i'd like a Joki/Dahlin type paired with Power. But Power's 1st season i can see how having a seasoned veteran paired with him would be a great idea.
  22. how would we feel if Americans were being suspended due to our invasion of Iraq? At least with Ukraine there's a joint history involving the 2 nations. I don't agree with what Russia is doing & feel bad for all the victims & hope Ukraine survives. But lets not kid ourselves, usually when we go to war, its halfway around the world, under false pretenses & usually for some geopolitical reason in support of our global hegemony. We've lost a bit of our ability to grandstand about some morale high ground & thats a shame. But we see how hard it is to affect change here with our government in America. What power do you think the average Russian has over what Putin does & their own? How easy has it been here to steer our leaders to the will of the People & we supposedly live in the Land of the Free? What do we expect a Russian to do? And a Russian hockey player at that? lol Suspending athletes or hockey players from Russia who have no power at all over what their govt does seems like something an autocrat would do, kinda ironic since it'd be that behavior we'd be against in the 1st place lol. Ban hockey events from Russia, hurt the State, not the individual largely powerless in all this is what i say.
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