Curt

Ducks have some actual good NHL players on their roster who could be part of a win now team.

The first four and TB are ok. Although I worry about Tkachuk. I wish the Ducks and NYR Athletic guys would have participated.

Zegras or Drysdale. In my eyes they definitely have the pieces. That makes no sense really, but ok. Maybe they think Anaheim would be a lot more interested than LA for some reason. Or maybe it’s just an empty head talking.

I wouldn’t want him either but he could just be waived to Rochester or bought out. Only one year at $4M on the contract.

You talking about Samson Reihnhardt?

-No one projected an 80 point season. How could someone make a projection? We don’t have to foggiest idea what the roster will be. I said exactly this in the post you quoted. -I don’t know if they are going to be trying to make true hockey trades or trades for youth. I think either path, or some combination of the two, could lead to great success if properly executed. I will not scorn the moves until I actually see them. -This may be an unpopular thing to say, but I don’t think the team needs to go for an immediate playoff push. They need to follow the path that is best for the team mid-long term. While I don’t think that should be a “tank” because it’s emotionally destructive, I also don’t think it needs to be an immediate playoff push (although that could potentially be successful, depending on the moves that are made). I just don’t think that decisions should be made based on fan frustrations built up over a decade. Decisions need to be made based on an honest evaluation of the roster situation here and now.

We don’t know what the roster will be next season. The 80 points thing was not a prediction. It was a bar for what constitutes a non-soul crushing season.

Who proposed these proposals?

Or your phone was unlocked in your pocket or something and you didn’t even know what was going on. This is dumb. The Sabres have actually problems.

I don’t know man, I press ***** by accident all the time. Also, I don’t think this means anything.

Are you sure that he currently isn’t following? A couple people here had a minor excitement a couple days ago. Reinhart’s IG account unfollowed the Sabres and then started following again 10 mins later. Disaster avoided.

I think this was posted somewhere. To me, this doesn’t make any difference. Firstly, anything Hamilton says about Reinhart, I can’t really trust. Second, what Sam wants is going to be very clear to management as soon as they start discussing contract. If he wants a 1 year deal, he wants to leave ASAP. If he is bought in to staying in Buffalo, he’ll be open to a longer deal.

That would probably be in the 5-10 draft range. If the team were to finish there, while playing a style that could scale up and the young guys are contributing & progressing, that’s not soul crushing for the younger guys. Probably for some of the old guard, it would be though. Kind of depends on who is on the team.

Ok I guess. I suspect that Eichel, Reinhart and Risto have their mind made up (even subconsciously) that this isn’t going to work in Buffalo. They don’t believe and have mentally moved on. For me, that’s a reason to move on from them. Although I’m willing to admit that I could be wrong and maybe any one of them can be salvaged (so to speak). So you think Risto and one of Jack/Sam will be back? I feel like losing a lot of games and drafting Wright/Lambert/Bedard/Michkov is not going to turn around the Sabres. Only finding the correct combination of players to be competitive night in and night out will do that. It is possible to do that with a lot of young players, but it’s important to have the right type of guys mentally, and it’s important to have some half decent players with some experience and leadership to keep the young guys boosted up.

What do you mean by “the culture would be in different if they stayed or go”? Sounds like you are say the culture will be the same whether they stay or go. Or are you meaning to say that the culture is bad with them, so maybe trading them will improve it? Easy-Peazy

I don’t know man. What you are saying looks a lot like continuing a cycle as opposed to breaking it. -Trade everyone draft Reinhart/Eichel -ROR sick of losing, trade him, draft Dahlin -Eichel/Reinhart sick of losing, trade them, draft #1 -rebuild with youth, stay pretty bad for a couple years???? -Dahlin sick of losing, trade him???? -Draft Wright/Bedard/Michkov???? Looks like a continued cycle, not a broken cycle.

Could you go into more detail on this? What was the culture like 5 years ago? What is the culture like now? What are you basing your evaluation of culture off of?

Can we schedule the carpal tunnel surgery, or do we need to wait until after 12 weeks of rest? @Thorny would you like a 2nd opinion?

I disagree with the premise. Asking/requiring buy in does not equal rebuilding in my mind. Botterill/Adams/Kruger talked a lot about buy in the past two years and they certainly weren’t rebuilding.

Eastern NY either apparently.

Thanks guys. I live in a bubble, confirmed. That sucks. Seems like it won’t last long.

Ok, I don’t feel that way though. There are teams every year who don’t have a captain. Naming a captain is a long term thing. Sometimes there just isn’t someone that you are ready to make that commitment to yet.

I agree that most everyone would ditch the mask if they thought it was no longer needed. I don’t think anyone actually likes them. That doesn’t mean that people are on the verge of freaking out. To me it seems that people on average are much less uneasy and much less panicked than they were a year ago. I just don’t see the overall mood of the country(s) as at max tension. Things seemed to have calmed down a lot. Where are there actual gas shortages? Have you seen any gas stations with sold out signs? I haven’t. Heard a couple people at work mention this today but that was the first I’d heard about it. Panic buying and grocery store shortages were commonplace for a few months last year. That stuff isn’t happening now. Didnt know anything about a chip shortage until I just googled it. Am I living in a bubble??? Has this stuff been affecting the day to day lives of a lot of you people out there???

Why do you feel that way? Its not an unheard of thing. Let the team grow for a year and if a player shows himself worthy of being the long term captain, give it to him next offseason.

And on May 11th, Robinson hit his first HR since returning to pro baseball. Incredible. Seriously, dude has one eye. Congratulations. I hope he makes it back to the major leagues. Anyone who hasn’t read the links in the OP really should.