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Ryan O'Reilly, quit on his team, because he lost his smile. He can eternally shove it. He's the biggest bold face lying scrub I've seen wear a Sabres uniform. Yes, we were bad, yes he never "said he wanted to be traded", but he did decry like a whimpering little soft shelled egg of a player. Congrats, on your success, but this bridge is burned, both because of his exit, and the return we got stuck with. Tage Thompson, is trash. Sobotka is out of the league as is Berglund. Ryan Johnson is the only piece with any upside.

He's been one of the worst defensemen over the last three years, outside of some slight peeks of offensive point production. Thank god he started scoring about 2 weeks ago, I'm happy with the 3rd. Trade Colin Miller, next.

Thank god (Mind you I only say this because Adams finally gets we need roster construction even if it means adding via wavers)! I love Drake Caggiula's game, I know he hasn't shown much, but he's a decent addition. He should have claimed Nick Merkley over Drake, but we need to be creative.

To me Brandon Montour has to be more valuable than an at best 4th defensemen who is a defensive style only player.

Honestly, we just have to get something back for him, whether it's a 2nd and a good quality prospect, or two seconds. Just jettison him. Get what you can. The same with Montour.

This is my question. Jesus, this makes no sense. How was Ralph that clueless.

My bad. I don't typically pay attention to the Leafs, so fair play. Sorry for the mistake on my part.

I'd love a 1st, and Rasmus Sandin in the midst of the deal. I would personally rather get Kerfoot than Andersen. Everyone here knows Andersen will not re-sign with Buffalo.

I agree, if you can get Sandin, and Robertson and a prospect, I'd do that in a heartbeat. Then flip Andersen.

This is the first time he's playing with players that he is familiar with in Asplund and Thompson. I wonder what type of confidence would be if that was a line all year. Familiarity, comfortability and just less pressure of having to figure out guys on the fly. Casey, has a solid shot, and he's not a terrible creator, it's nice to see him putting in solid effort on the forecheck for me. If he can just work on those things, we're looking at someone who can be something, versus an out and out bust. I'm still not a fan of Thompson, but it is what it is. Asplund is crafty, creative and does the little things that you need. More Asplund, less Okposo.

Exactly, I will take a decent middle tier player and a 1st for an expiring.

I see more drive to the net and a bit more effort, but you're right, the production is completely lacking. However, if he can get his confidence and positivity back, that's where I was going with it. Tough group! 😄

Thanks @LGR4GM Props for the explanation.

Definitely looks a lot more impressive. I think he's let his players play as well. Looking at Mittelstadt, Skinner, Montour and Dahlin in particular, and you see them having less stress on their play style. If you could explain HDCF for me, I don't know that stat type.

Fine by me, I'd rather have a prospect like Jesse Ylonen over Lehkonen/Kulak. Draft picks are fine though.

Take Montour while he's somewhat producing.

I always thought Kotalik was an underrated Buffalo Sabre. He definitely had his moments like quite a few players of his era. I'm not a fan of Connelly, though he had skill for days.

I completely agree, at this point if they were to take a contract back longer than 2 years I'd definitely do it.

Of course it can be done. I will say that they are playing more like a cohesive team, than I have personally seen in almost a decade. Outside of the last team they finished at .500, they are looking like they are getting better. Montour, actually is looking like our best defensemen. That speaks volumes. Year two of Kruger, looks immensely better than year one.

I like our chances here. Also, Dahlin needs to punk O'Dowd. Scum!

Wow, right back to Washington, that's weird, but okay. Let's go!

They also brought in Irwin for the PK and they had our least responsible defensive defender on the ice in Brandon Montour. It was a ***** show.

On numerous times, you would see the Washington forward enter the center scoring lane and walk in on goal. The team defense is terrible. This is completely on Steve Smith. Krueger relies on his specialty coaches to coach up that side of the game. If you recall that was pretty much brought up in his introductory press conference. That being said, Krueger needs to wake up, and fix this now, or else his head will be on the chopping block come game 28.

The team was sloppy all over the ice. I get that Ullmark didn't get much time with the team, but he would have been better than Hutton. I liked the play of Reider and Hall, they definitely shined in a game full of meh. The hit on Staal was bush league.

GO SABRES!