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I keep seeing these charts with defender X de jour being compared to Risto and have to ask myself “why would a GM want Risto so bad??”

Botterman is the GM of a team of players that are too old to be AHL players, but not good enough to make an average NHL roster.

Fragile. Bust. Fire Jbot immediately.

Getting swept in the first round of the playoffs 2 years in a row is unacceptable. This needs to be fixed.

Yep, we’re a bottom 6 player away from the playoffs.

My guess is that it was dislocated and they reduced it in the locker room. Monday’s appointment will be a precaution. From him being all smiles in the video, it’s obviously still not dislocated. Is it fractured? He seemed awful confident it wasn’t. Anyone know if they have x-ray capabilities in the locker room?

Yes, but there’s no rush and no deadline to move him. Send him out when the return is highest. This may even be during the 1st half of the season when injuries start mounting.

I agree with this. Don’t move Risto unless something very attractive is coming back to us. We don’t need another ROR and we certain have no need to move Risto.

I’d be willing to forget about a 2C if we get Ehlers. Put him on Mitts wing.

If we do, it’ll probably end up being this set: https://us.homerfever.com/homedecor-c-6/full-set-18701873cc-4pcs-seated-liberty-silver-dollars-one-dollar-coins-retail-p-32616.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw9dboBRBUEiwA7VrrzVz-vUm6q6AzwBauz9zcioynsb4nq_Ay9EahHJzU4skUkSappcLsbBoCVaYQAvD_BwE

Aggressively using a metal detector on a beach when there’s only quarters under the sand won’t make you rich. I just don’t see any difference makers in UFA besides reshuffling the bottom 6. I hope he doesn’t make any desperate moves we’ll regret. We need a 2C.

Actually, if we had drafted him (ie wasn’t exchanged for ROR) and he showed an identical development up until now, many of us would be trying to run him out of town. See Nylander. I’m glad we’re showing him patience.

I went back and looked at offer sheets over the past 10 years. It has been a rare event, only 5 times. In each of them, the sheet was matched. Granted, most of these offers were small potatoes, with the exception of Shea Weber, and wouldn’t have necessarily triggered the 4 1st rounders (although I’m not positive about this because the threshold changes every year). RORs was in 2013 and just a 2 year, $10M deal. We all remember Vanek’s in 2007, which, in hindsight, would’ve been amazing if we didn’t match it.

I think signing a RFA in exchange for 4 1st rounders is reckless. I don’t think Jbot has the nuts and opposing GMs would likely call his bluff. I also think the “forced trade” of ROR still stings for him. If a team isn’t calling him with a small treasure for Risto (and they likely aren’t), he’s not going to unnecessarily trade him.

Finally some toughness. Definitely won’t be afraid to join the scrum.

I agree. I can’t believe it. I didn’t have Filip this high on my draft board.

Of course you can find one in any round. Franchise QBs can be found in any round too, as can HOF wingers. Is it that top goalie prospects rarely pan out?

Pardon my ignorance, but why is it so bad to pick a goalie in the first? These are people who can singlehandedly win games for you. Wouldn’t we have liked this last season?

And Pegs $$$

I don’t want another team’s old spare parts again. I’d rather a draft pick or at least pair it up with an obvious piece of junk and send us a decent prospect. If some team’s 27/28/29/30 year-old isn’t good enough for them, then they shouldn’t be good enough for us. And I want quality, not quantity.

Again, stop making things personal. This is a message board about the Sabres, not me and not you. Go out and take a walk or something.

During the Vesey saga, for better or worse, pretty much everyone was throwing the word “coddled” around. This word was debated ad nauseum. The b-word part was mine. Sorry, it was a joke. I thought for sure this word would be properly filtered. You can take that up with the mods if you wish. This is the internet. Don’t take things so hard.

Really? Do you honestly think someone would say they still can’t sleep over that episode? Next time I’ll try to be more over the top and say that I’ve sending him daily bombs in the mail or have a life-sized effigy of him in my basement. Lol.

I’ll all for signing him and sending him to Cincinnati or Rochester. He’ll be a RFA and under our control for a while. That’ll show that coddled bitch. I’m still extremely pissed. Still can’t sleep.