Curt

No. They just lost 18 in a row. Are you seriously trying to....”they aren’t thaaat bad”? They were absolutely horrible. Worst in the league.

Nothing new, but I am really liking the diverse skill sets of Buffalo’s group of young D. Dahlin-Jokiharju Bryson-Borgen Samuelsson-Laaksonen Johnson-Fitzgerald This group contains a couple versions of pretty much every type of defenseman, and a nice mix of L and R, all still currently on their ELC.

Ok, fair enough. He is a bit of a wild card out there. I don’t hate that, but I think he needs a partner that suits him, and Dahlin isn’t that guy right now. Plus I would say that Buffalo needs a couple more solid, stay at home types as opposed to Montour’s kind of wild transition style.

Could you elaborate on what this is?

It’s almost incredible how much what Krueger wanted the D’s to do, did not fit the style of D’s on the roster.

What would we expect those guys to cost? 2-4 years at around $4M? Just a rough guesstimate.

Are you sure you don’t want to lock him up long term?

If the NHL wasn’t crazy boring we could think up some 3 team trades, but that’s just an impossibility with this league.

I’m not really sold on him personally either. He seems a little red flaggy. Stayed in Russia extra long, was traded by Tampa then by Vegas because he wanted more money than they would offer, now he falls out of favor with Lindy in NJ. I don’t know him, but seems red flaggy.

He is a UFA after this season, so expansion draft considerations are irrelevant.

You guys realize that this Rutherford rumor is only 4 days old, right? There have been rumors of me getting a new job for longer than that, and it hasn’t quite happened yet either. Just chill and let this stuff play out.

What a fun holiday!

Hall and Ullmark (both 50% retained) for Robertson, a 1st and whoever they want to send for $ balance.

I think has shown that, no? Just hasn’t been an AHL standout like we would hope.

I’m curious to see how much he sustains and whether scouts think he has taken a real step up in skill/talent. He had 8 point is his first 2 games. He hasn’t been as impressive after that, so I’m inclined to think it’s a little fluky. Though he is still very good. Just more of a nice 5-10 range type of good, not a maybe he should go 1-5 range type of good.

They didn’t really say that. Maybe early in the season, but not by draft time. Its silly to try to decide, right now, where he should play next season. Not enough information. I would say normal development path would be to put him in the AHL for about half a season and then see where things stand after that. Hopefully get him some NHL time at some point. With prospects, I don’t think it’s a good idea to make decisions based of small sample sizes. Maybe a kid looks good in 5-10 AHL games (or even NHL games!), but that doesn’t mean that he has the physical maturity, mental maturity, self confidence, or depth of skill set to be successful in the NHL over the course of a 82 game season.

If he isn’t a shithead, there’s no harm in grabbing him. If other UFAs are traded, they will need some bodies.

Personally, it’s not that I blame Jack or hold him responsible for not winning. I know the organization is messed up. For me it’s mainly two things: (1) During Jack’s time here, there have not really been any positive moments to look back fondly on. There is no feeling that “without Jack the team never would have been able to do.......”. Jack just does not have any sentimental value or any emotional currency built up. He hasn’t really meant anything to me. There is no emotional connection. (2) As time goes on it has appeared more and more likely that the Jack-Sabres relationship will end badly with a trade. I think many have come to expect it, at some point, and are psychologically prepared for it.

For me, it’s less salary, and more term that is terrifying. Goalies are super important, but also their performance is super hard to project over the course of a few years. So, from my point of view, it’s not that I’m unwilling to pay for quality goaltending, it’s that you very often do not actually get the goaltending that you are paying for.

My emotional reaction. Shock, a rush of excitement, but not disappointment.

On the one hand I agree with you, but on the other hand, I think a team needs more leadership than just the guy wearing the C, so I hate to pin it on Eichel, even if he shouldn’t really be the captain.

It seems that RK deployed the unusual pairing of being incredibly stubborn, while also not insisting that the players work hard. He combined this with a slew of corporate jargon speech patterns. The results were not great.

Do a GM thing and acquire a better player. I’m guessing.

Only question is if it’s a 30min lunch or if you get a whole hour. Seriously though, I don’t know the exact wording of the rule, but the result is that teams don’t give other teams picks in exchange for non-player employees.

I’d say that’s reasonable actually. Although I would always try my best to call anyone by the pronouns they wish to be used, I don’t think I’ll be asking everyone that I interact with what their pronouns are at the start of a conversation. Is that what the tweet was implying that everyone should do? It kind of seems like it, no?