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This is probably the best reason presented. Sure, a team looking to make a SC run may not want to give up productive contributors. But, when a team is stacked with D and has an anemic offense, they're going to want to balance that team out. Balanced teams with great depth are the ones that go deep into the playoffs.

Why are people saying Kane would best be dealt in the offseason? Wouldn't a desperate team be more likely to overpay during the season?

That, and I don't think his current pace is sustainable, from a skill point and injury point. It'll be a risky contract.

I think we need to ask ourselves: why is Kane the leading scorer on our team? We have other offensive firepower on this team, but for some reason they are not bearing fruit. Why is this? I don't know much about hockey as most on here, but I think it has something to do with DD's dump & chase system, which some say is a direct result of our subpar defense. So, if we improved our defense, like GMTM should've done during the offseason, will this lead to a more opened-up offense? Or, assuming we get a 1st-pair D, could the loss of Kane be offset by a more opened-up offense?

True. If they weren't sitting on their butts watching games, I'd wonder what they heck they actually do.

I'm glad this is coming up now before the deadline. What do you think we can get for Jack? Next year's 1st. Maybe a 1st and 2nd the following year? I kid, I kid.

Sounds like it. These are words directed at GMTM.

This is not a valid generalization. IIRC, we picked up Carrier and Fasching in 2 separate deadline trades.

Well, Moulson technically came back as an UFA. Franson was an UFA. Kuli was a hockey trade, but some would argue Pysyk was still young & developing. If we want to trade any of these above players in exchange for younger, developing players, then I'm all for it.

I think the Sabres view of how to win should be an evolving thing. It's one thing to watch a player perform on another team and another watching them play on your team. If you think a player you picked up isn't meshing with your system or "culture", I really don't think you should hesitate to move them. I understand we don't want to be shedding players just based on their top return value. But, if we don't see them in our long terms plans, we should get what we can from them before jettisoning them after the season's over.

What if management doesn't see them as part of the culture they want to build?

It's baffling there would even be any demand.

F5

It's interesting people are still anti-Tank around here. Eichel and Reino may be experiencing growing pains, but are they really that dispensable to people? Because that's where we would be without the Tank.

Bust

That, and Kim is actually a co-owner of the Bills. I guess she set herself up with a "top level" job.

Awesome. Glad to see he's really making a mark.

Not shocking. We had his rights for 1.5 months and he didn't take one step into Buffalo. It was all about the big city. No Cup. Not money. Not winning. Not teammates. He just flushed his career. Good for him.

I feel bad for his agent. Lots of work, but relatively little compensation.

So, we're talking their restaurants and museums are open all night? Concerts at 3am? This is what you can't find anywhere else? Sounds like a selling point to me. Color me enlightened.

What type of culture? Different races? Food? Concerts? Art museums? What? If we're talking a "feel" or "vibe", then I agree. Cities like LA, Chicago, DC have a different feel to them you could never find anywhere else.

I live in DC, so am a passive observer in this. But, you have my interest. What exactly can you find in NYC you can't find anywhere else? Are we talking people, architecture, climate, food, geography, drugs, healthcare, beer, fetishes, flights? Just point me in a general direction.

Coddled

You'll get one when you're drafted. Have patience. :huh: See. I can do that too. The point is is that he's going to settle up and play. He's shown an incredibly inability to do so.

Not to signing and heading to FA is a non-decision. He didn't have to make one decision to land where he is today. He landed where he is by default.