Curt

What’s an Amerk?

Just curious really: For how long do you train in this way without a break?

Late, but is this line nicknamed The Little Sh*ts line?

Eek. I don’t know. I think they can find a better use for the ~$6M that Hall will probably cost. I’m not sure that he is a winning player.

General rule of thumb in UFA is about 100k per point, so they are roughly 40 pt guys, equals $4M. Very rough estimate obviously. These are exactly the type of guys I would want to add though.

Yeah, his work with the penguins the past 2-3 years was a little questionable, but he won back to back cups with them just 4-5 years ago. Plus, I don’t think the idea would be for him to be the primary guy making decisions on players. He would be more of an advisor/overseer, helping to get this organization running properly.

Hall for Shoresy, Betty-Anne of the Shamrockettes, and Coach (for garbage can kicking purposes)

Hmm interesting. Thanks

Why would they do that? A financial advisor would tell them to get a mortgage and invest their extra money. They may be capable of buying a house with cash, but it’s not usually the smart move.

Why would they not have mortgages? I bet they do.

Honestly, I don’t care that much, because what difference does it make, but I’ve watched a lot of games of slightly different versions of terrible Buffalo Sabres teams over the past decade. Apart from the 2014-15 tank year, I think this Krueger team has looked the worst.

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.