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I hope they give us their pick this year... Let's add Bennett and Dal Colle or Draisaitl We will still be bad and will still have a shot at McDavid. Draft McDavid in 2015 and sign UFA Patrick Kane... Hello Stanley Cup 2016 :D :D

It's really not his mother?!

That's the only excuse I could understand. That the Sabres are forced to recall a goalie from there AHL affiliate and that they cant just sign a different guy instead.

I don't understand the re-call of Makarov. Let's face it the Amerks are in the playoff hunt. The Sabres have a game that is not important at all. Let Makarov play for the Amerks and give Vinz that backup job again. What could happen... a) Nothing. Knapp plays the game and Vinz is not needed b) Knapp gets hurt and Vinz has to play. Who cares if b) happens. This game is not important whatsoever. From a Sabres standpoint it should be way more important at the moment that the Amerks make the playoffs and that the Sabres prospects grow in a playoff series than having a backup goaltender who really is a goaltender. I know I am probably the only one with the opinion but hell right now it doesn't matter if the Sabres win tonight or not.

Sign a Hasek to a 1day contract... DO IT!

As long as I see progress I am not concerned. As of now I see progress in Larsson's game. I see progress in Girgensons game all year long. Ristolainen looks better... What I hope now is that the Amerks make the playoffs so that Grigorenko,Larsson,Adam,Ristolainen and all the other guys get a chance to make a run in the playoffs.

Yeah but looks like Miller will be the backup vs. Buffalo and Elliott will play

http://youtu.be/5OSJHQFHbGA fantastic!

You can not rate Nolan by the results the team achived in the past few weeks. You wouldnt rate a car if its broken either.

I disagree... The end of this fight doesn't show why those fights should be banned. I am pretty sure both didnt go into the fight thinking well at the end we gonna high5 and everything is ok. It was a long an tough fight and over this fight both realised ...man that dude has balls... It was a spontaneous reaction nothing planed.

Well its more than just a rumor... European journalists are very close with players...

There is only 2 games the Sabres need to win. March 15th and April 13th

I want mcdavid I take another year of tanking for 20 years mcdavid

I think if ever the chances are better for Moulson because I think he is more likely a rental player than Ott. You can argue it in both ways. a) players will always say they like it here b) players will also always say they are happy and excited to be traded to this new team. Whatever is true we dont know. Maybe both but I think the chances for Moulson are maybe 35% for Ott maybe 10% that they will sign here in the summer. Ted Nolan could really become a factor and whoever we draft in the 2014 draft.

Amen! All this Pegula hate sounds a lot like the cheap way out to me.

It's a topic again on the Howard Simon show (of course) Some of those callers really make my day... wow

Actually I like what has happened in the past few days. If this all happened because of Tim Murray, then I gotta say I love this guy! It always occured to me that the Sabres used to be a franchise holding on to things for way too long. For example certain players. "Well he is not that good at the moment but he did so much for us we can't really let him go and trade him, right!?" If Tim Murray walked in and said: "Enough with this, trade him, get assets, trade him, get assets and move on do this and we are starting fresh", then this is the best thing that could have ever happened to the Sabres. If that's what people call dysfunctional, then I love dysfunctional. It is about time, that someone from the outside walks in, looks at everything and says... "guys don't hold on to these memories because you are blocking your own process of getting better."

I think Pat was just there as a "good feeling guy"... Sabres needed one to fill a hole while there was no GM so they had him in a position that made everyone feel better. Imagine a team with a GM or leader for a few months. So now that they have a GM actually there is no need for Pat anymore. Let's be serious this president of hockey operations role always seemed to be like a "representing the team without having any word on anything". You just put a guy who used to play for you in a role for the media and stuff.

Let me summarize my thoughts... If the reasons are that a) Pat didn't want to trade Miller b) Thought he would have the last say in trades/negotiations and stuff then I gotta say Pegula/Murray made the right decision... simple as it is.

Pat is gone, I already moved on... Seems like everyone is making a by far bigger story out of it then it should be.

The only reason for this can be the Nolan situation. The Trade was great there is no reason to get mad about this.

Here we go again, after this blockbuster trade yesterday I changed the WP I wanted to come up with. First I had the plan to put one on it who will not get traded. Problem is, I couldnt be a 100% sure who could remain a Sabres player past wednesday so I decided to honour the 2 guys who were traded for their effort over the past few years. Hope you still can look at it for a month, despite both being traded. The other option would have been a John Scott wallpaper ;) Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Take care!

Yeah but you never know. Young players make giant steps from time to time. In the past some teams just need one rookie to get a boost. I am talking of finishing 25 or 24th instead of dead last in case of "boost" not cup run or even playoffs. see above. There would be a better to chance to not finish last. This might sound odd but players like Jonathan Toews come around more often than players like Shea Weber. ______ I would indeed take Ekblad as it looks like next years drafter will be even deeper when it comes to forwards than this year.

If Ekblad is a Shea Weber type of player ... you better pick him... It would mean another year of tanking next year but I can take that if that means another year of development for Ekblad, Zadorov, Ristolainen, Pysyk ... add Myers and Ehrhoff and you have a great Top 6 on D. And at least 5 of them could build the back end for years...