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With cheap housing prices, these players make enough money to buy a house in both cities. Maybe Botts was giving them investment advice. They can rent it out while they are in Roch.

He would’ve if he saw Joki and VO involved in these types of shenanigans.

Assuming that we couldn’t trade Montour because we only recently acquired him, Alex.

Don’t let that blind you to the possibility though. If he’s the one of the 2 that gets you Ehlers, then it’s bon voyage. I wouldn’t trade him for anything less than a 60 point player though.

It’s just an odd piece of information for the press to put out. It’s personal advice between a player (actually 2 in this case) and a GM. Besides the fly on the wall, that’s 2 personal conversations only 3 people who have access to. Of course, these players could’ve bragged to their friends or relatives, who spoke to the media, but I doubt it as this scenario would’ve had to happen twice and leaked. Sounds like nonsense and highlights the lack of accountability the press enjoys. Botts would never leak this to potential trade partners.

Montour and Tage may be what I would prefer. Our second line with Ehlers on it (and Sobotka not) would be fantastic. Or, even put him on the top line and drop Rhino down to 2nd would be equally as great. But, just to be clear, I love what we are seeing right now and would be very hesitant to disrupt any chemistry by subtracting Risto. I’ve never been in the must trade Risto camp. He provides a definite role. Montour may be the odd man out.

What would we be looking at here, Risto and Montour for Ehlers? Too rich?

Panthers were obviously playing with much more urgency those final 10 minutes. Let’s hope it doesn’t carry over to OT.

Oh, Larry...open net.

If we can assume it was a “boatload” as reported, it likely was indeed a good haul. I doubt the trade failed due to Botts turning it down, but rather because the other GM pulled the offer for reasons unclear. Or, maybe the original offer was altered in an unfavorable way and Botts walked. The only thing we know for sure is Botts didn’t trade Risto for a bag of spare parts. That’s reassuring.

I’m glad Botts stuck to his guns by not settling for less. That is, it’s better no trade happens than a bad one.

Maybe he’s saving up for new boat?

They can give us Ehlers for Risto. Otherwise they can bugger off, I don’t feel sorry for their situation.

Hopefully he’s not down there long. Sobotka is keeping his spot on the bench warm.

It’s better than an air sandwich, which is just 2 slices of bread with air between them.

Actually the original “no pull up” controversy was at the 2014 NHL Combine when Sam Bennet registered none. https://www.nhl.com/news/no-pull-ups-no-problem-for-top-nhl-draft-prospect-sam-bennett/c-721393 Despite this epic failure, he was drafted 4th overall by the Flames. However, the no pull up fiasco has had lasting effects through his career as Sam Bennett remains a 3rd liner. Scouts and GMs take note; no pull ups = future problems.

Can anyone PM a streaming link? I’ve been all through the reddit ones, no luck.

Sobotka, into our own goal.

I remember, faintly, seeing Sobotka and the 2nd Liners in the mid-80s. Wasn’t impressed. They sucked.

Do you mean playing 5-6 games all of 19-20 season? Sounds good to me.

And if Buflyn retires, they’ll have an even bigger need for Risto. Either way, Risto will be fine under Kruger. Keep him.

Agreed. Context is important here. Last preseason, he was acquired in a trade of a malcontent. This preseason, he’s the guy we acquired for the most recent Conn Smyth winner. This perception matters, big time. But should it? Maybe he has been having a worthy preseason, if we would allow him to.

It just seems strange though. We can give personal guidance, but can’t really impose a gameplay, correct techniques, or a style of play. It’s all in their hands. Now, the cream always rises to the top, so I don’t worry about Cozens being mishandled, but I could see it happening to a lesser player. Heck, we seem to “mishandle” or irreparably “ruin” prospects ourselves, so I guess it can happen anywhere (or, they were never really good to begin with). And we have no say in where our prospects play, even it’s still in the CHL.

The question I have is, what sort of role does the Sabres organization play in his development over the next year? Is it just “bye, see you next year” as we leave his development up to people outside of the organization?

Wasn’t this the ROR trade in a nutshell?