klos1963

It was the right call, even if you've seen other calls that were incorrect. You need to have possession while crossing the line, he clearly did not.

Eichel was clearly offsides.

it's because ROR is used to losing...

He scored 1

Not saying that, but we did have some great success with him as GM.

The team will be fine, all we need is a rich owner with deep pockets.... remember that ?

same with Kane in San Jose

I blame Kane and ROR - they are locker room cancers. Get rid of them, addition by subtraction.

We trade a power forward (Kane) and surprisingly we are in need of a power forward. Who woulda thunk?

We didn't screw up getting rid of those guys, we screwed up getting rid of Kane and ROR with nothing really to show for it. But, Zadorov is doing better in Colorado, Johnson had one very good season after he left, Ennis is on a stanley cup contender, and grigorenko probably played better during his time in Colorado than he did in Buffalo, although nothing too special. Are you trying to defend the trades of Kane and ROR ?

I think my list is better.

Leaving Buffalo certainly seems to help careers- Lehner, Kane, ROR...

we can't have good things.

Not sure how it turned out better for us, but definitely better for Lehner. I'm guessing it would have better for us had he played this well as a Sabre this season.

I'm not quite sure how to assess his play. The skill set is obvious and exciting, but the mistakes are often. Waits too long to react defensively, many bonehead passes in his zone, gets caught out of position a lot. I know he's only 18, still learning, but he's nowhere near the best player on the team. I'm not down on him in the least, and the encouraging part is that he is pretty effective despite the many mistakes.

defenseless

our forwards and defensmen play lousy in our own zone, it's our biggest weakness in my opinion. Pilut is a prime culprit, he makes too many mistakes.

nope Not really a lot down on the farm right now.

why does everyone just assume any trade will be for a rental? But if a rental helps us get into the playoffs, why shouldn't GMJB consider it?

actually 9 of the 10 were OT, not shootouts. But yeah, I'm sure Lehner played a role.

and good teams win... but you discount our wins. We are in a playoff battle right now. We have a 7 game homestand which will probably give a good indication if we will stay in the battle or not.

at roughly this same point last season, we had lost 10 OT games... did that mask the reality as well?

Trading at the deadline doesn't mean you need to mortgage your future. If you see an opportunity that will help the organization, you have to consider it. but we didn't.

How can someone who is not all that effective, not currently playing to expectations be a steal? He was set up to be our 2nd line center, a lot was expected out of him. And a #8 pick is expected to be a valuable player, how do you steal someone @ 8 unless they are a superstar? Again with Pilut, he made the team, sort of, he's been a healthy scratch because he hasn't been playing well in our own zone. Not a steal. I expect both of them to do well eventually, but just saying they aren't steals. That's all.

Pretty solid summary. My 2 minor criticisms- calling Pilut and Mittlestadt 'steals'. Pilut looks promising, but isn't there yet. Mittlestadt has been disappointing this season considering the fact that he was thought of as a ROY candidate. Not to say they both won't be good, but too early to tell, let alone consider them ' a steal'.