BuffaloBorn

Look at Las Vegas' roster, look at Sabres. Then realize that Vegas made the SCF. No season is lost before it began.

I wouldn't even trade him for McDavid NO ONE, he will be viewed as the Connor of Dmen, d-men are on the ice longer, a position of need, he will be the best D man on day 1. No way I'm trading him even if they throw in Drai. Keeping it no matter what. Dahlin is the real deal. Save my post and look back 10 years and you'll see that I'm not being ridiculous.

Incredible at scouting, outstanding at drafting, acquired O'Rielly, aptly skillful at 'accidentally' tanking. But overall, a train-wreck at asset management. B- If he had another GM job I'm sure that he'd learn his lesson, and would probably be a great GM.

Do you think Montreal would trade their 3rd overall for O'Rielly? I've been as anti-trading O'Rielly as anyone but that seems extremely intriguing.

I think Miller would also add a certain presence in the lock-room. I just wonder what gets it done without burning core pieces. Maybe Girgensons a second in 2019 and the rights to Robin Lehner?

I may be far off, but what do you think about a Ryan Miller/ Ullmark tandem? Too old? Can he be cheap? He was .928 last season.

Would not trade Dahlin for McDavid..

I just don't want to be like Edmonton and experience misery for high-end talent only to p*** it all away setting back the rebuild years, because of "character" or related trivial, qualitative reasons. This is also part of the reason why I was BEGGING people to give Reinhart a chance. Then he started playing well.... so he's not a bust. Can you imagine if we traded him, selling low, for scraps and watch him become a hall of famer? Not all high-end talent dominates the league at 22, DEVELOPMENT. I think what the Sabres fan-base needs is a little bit more optimism, coupled with just a little bit more patience. 31st place. Yeah, it sucks. But there's so many better options to build a team around young/younger/in-prime pieces than pull a Chiarelli and trade it all away for essentially nothing.

What's the obsession with "third line"? Look at Vegas rolling 4 scoring lines, or Phil Kessel driving the third line. (I guess he's not worth it?) The reality is, it DOESN'T MATTER what number you put on it, your line is generally only as good as your center. Also, do we really need to "drastically change the core"? The "core" is ambiguous enough, obviously something didn't work this season, doesn't mean they're destined to loserdom and we have to trade all of our talent. Why not add some vets? That's right, add. Look at how Colorado bounced back. Parity. Don't blow it up because of a 5 second sound bite of a p*ssed ROR. Risto is still ONLY 23 and has LOTS of development to go through as a D-man. I can't fathom how bad the Sabres would be if they didn't have Risto to stabilize the blue-line. So he's not lightning fast = dispose? I get where you're coming from but we need just a little bit more patience here, IMO.

Montreal Canadiens propaganda to make it seem like they have a single asset that is worth at least Ryan O'Rielly outside of #1 overall pick. (Galchenyuk? Really?) Don't buy into it. Don't run your best players out of town to see ROR PPG on another team (he's more than capable). Add to this mess, not subtract. By the way- I hope we can all learn something about center depth after the Briere/Drury fiasco of 2007. Short-memories, let's not tread those waters again.

Alexander Nylander is NOT a bust. He's just very, very raw.

Goals are easy. You just shoot it into the net. The interdynamics completely change with tallying assists. Assists require hockey iq, timing, spatial awareness, passing at the right place at the right time, patience. With a goal you simply shoot it in the net. Source : play hockey. Assists are profoundly undervalued

You don't trade a guy like eichel, at that age too? You're talking about a potential top 5 guy. Any trade involving him would be a disaster. I didn't realize Chiarelli was a sabresspace poster

Linus has skill and is steady/calm mentally. He will be good

He's been pretty damn consistent bro I'm pretty sure having Sam for 3 years then wanting a monster 9 mil contract is less of a good idea than locking him up NOW. my opinion anyway, record my comment in the historical databanks of sabresspace in 5 years and you'll defer to my brilliance