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  3. Rasmus Asplund Called Up

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    29 minutes ago, inkman said:

    So does anyone want to offer up an opinion on Asplund?

    I'm liking his speed. I look forward to seeing him given a couple more weeks to gel with a line at this level now that Sobotka is on LTIR. He's had Thompson and Okposo and Gilmour as wingers thus far. Whomever he lines up with, I want that to follow RK's "keep 'em united" mentality give his line a chance. I like the concept of Olofsson-Asplund-Mitts. The kid gloves mitts line that will get sheltered minutes (which should have been together in Rochester all last season).

    Going back and reading this: are we sure Asplund isn't a bad penny? Everyone gets hurt or waived on his line! Or... is he secretly making room for someone new?

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  4. Dreger on Botterill: "Open to Just About Anything"

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    21 hours ago, Carmel Corn said:

    R2 has been known to make mistakes.....from time to time.

    He's young. He will learn patience.  Wait, we're talking about Rasmus the Younger, right? Not Rasmus the Third or Rasmus the Elder?   ?

    Staying on target: Botterill does need to get a top six forward this year. I wouldn't bank on getting two players, that's difficult to do when you're trying to protect/accumulate draft picks to build through the draft.

    I do appreciate the long-term approach of Botterill is gathering the d-men now. They take longer to develop and there will be attrition amongst their ranks. Forwards are much easier to plug and play at younger ages. The previous two GMs got Risto and Zadorov and Pysyk and McNabb and then proceeded to rush them to the NHL or trade them. All of the moves were justifiable independently by their current GM (and in some cases it meant getting an established 1st/2nd D back), but it also meant that the pipeline of D talent was lacking 1st and 2nd rounders with the highest odds of making it. I always want the next top-4 D waiting in the wings and pushing for a spot....

    Which leads us back to.... if you have an excess top-4 pushing for a spot but blocked by established players: trade someone. (either established or the up-and-comer). It's OK to take action JBott. You can use the Moulson for knowledge and defense, and also you can use it for attack. Because we've achieved balance with our Moulson.

  5. Dreger on Botterill: "Open to Just About Anything"

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    1 hour ago, Let's Go B-Lo said:

    It's times like this I'm glad I don't live in WNY anymore. It's going to a be a terrible December followed by a looooong winter when the Bills start regularly getting their butts kicked because they finally start playing some decent teams (and ultimately miss the playoffs IMO) and the Sabres end up doing nothing of consequence and settle in at the bottom of the league and everyone shrugs their shoulders and walks away.

    C'mon Threepio. What kind of talk is that?

  6. Gilmour Clears Waivers

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    He's passed through the planetary shield and is landing at the data vault at Scarif Rochester now. He'll commence operations soon.

    Gilmour is a borderline NHL D; each team has them. It's good for the Amerks although he may be a little redundant with both Pilut and Redmond fully healthy again. Alas -- we're all fine here now.

    Up in Buffalo, we still have 8 NHL-caliber D and someone needs to move for an impactful forward. But that's a story for another thread at another time.

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  7. Mike Babcock Fired by Leafs

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    So maybe it wasn't Babcock... but instead Datsyuk and Lidstrom and Zetterberg and Franzen and Holmstrom.... and also Giguere and Kariya and Oates and Vishnevski and Rucchin and Sykora... and... Byslma?

    This is a surprise, but a welcome one. Now, if only Keefe can somehow mess this up to our advantage.

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  16. GDT: 11/19/19 Minnesota @ Buffalo, 7 p.m. EST

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    44 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

    It's like a close friend getting laid off at his job, and instead of pounding the pavement and looking for a better job, he decides -- against prudent advice -- to throw himself in front of a truck in the hope that he wouldn't be badly hurt, that the truck would be owned by a rich company, that the friend would win a lawsuit, that he would receive a huge award in the lawsuit, that the award would be paid quickly, that the company wouldn't appeal, and 10 other contingencies that need to play out exactly right.  Sure enough, when we fast forward 7 years, he's still out of work, and is badly hurt, broke and bitter with dim prospects for improvement.  And yet some of his dudes are still insisting that his plan was a good one.

    The Sabres went the route of Mama Compensation...  said, "Oops, the wind..."  and then did get the claw end of the hammer. I like it.

    32 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

    If this helps any, when someone says as I do, Ottawa vs. Buffalo, the vs. team is always the home team. Buffalo vs. Chicago means Chicago is the home team. At and vs. are one in the same.

    Unless it's soccer...

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  17. GDT: 11/19/19 Minnesota @ Buffalo, 7 p.m. EST

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    4 minutes ago, WildCard said:

    Time is a flat circle

    We'll win tonight, relax everyone

    I'll translate: "Suffering" leads to losing. Losing leads to higher draft picks. Higher picks lead to reliance on higher picks without a full roster to support. An incomplete roster leads to… suffering.

    All that said, let's go win a game tonight! Let's go Buffalo!

  19. GDT: 11/19/19 Minnesota @ Buffalo, 7 p.m. EST

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    I need Mitts to do something tonight on the scoresheet. His line was producing (when Sheary was in the lineup) at the start of the season, and they've disappeared all of November. Just like the power play.

    One thing I learned about Tanks courtesy of Quake II. They're really slow. Sure, they can hurt you if they catch in a corner or unaware. But if you plan for them... they're sooo slow. How long have we been doing this rebuild madness? We've seen Disney buy Lucasfilm, create a new trilogy, two standalones, a full animated series, another in progress, and a live show already in action. Even Ewan McGregor is getting close to original Alec Guinness age. All since we last made the playoffs.

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  21. Practice Lines 11-18-19

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    35 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    The fact Botterill still hasn't done anything is appalling. 

    Sometimes you send a hologram message and no one ever watches it. While it would be nice to get a top-line winger, if I'm another GM I'm starting my response asking for a #1 pick, a Joker or a Cozens, etc. At this point, our Risto train has probably passed the station (until the trade deadline... when we're getting rentals anyway).

    I think we've got to go Skinner-Jack and let Reino take line 2 with MoJo once he's again healthy.

    1 minute ago, Doohickie said:

    I kind of like the idea of throwing Bogo around on the forecheck.  Could be interesting.  It could just be a stop-gap until they move someone else up from Rochester, or maybe it isn't.  The Sabres have a wealth of defensemen right now; ONE of them at least is capable of skating some minutes at wing.

    Bogo's tenacity is something this lineup needs, but he's been a defenseman all his life. He could be a good power forward, but I just don't see him making this switch at this age coming off an injury. He's no Dandenault as a 7th D.

    But yes --- it'd be fun to see Bogo go hunting on the forecheck. And having him and his reach and straight line speed... and willingness to boggle people... It would open up space for Asplund and player X. Maybe for a couple games?

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