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Concering Allen and his low complettion % Lanny-interesting point that if he threw for 9 more completions on the season, he would've been over 60% completion. I don't really follow college football much at all beyond marrying into a Buckeye family, so I couldnt tell you who the best QB out there is coming up. I have read about the various QBs and the pro's/con's, seems like a crapshoot. Something I thought of recently that may be worth noting about Allen. He played for Wyoming and i just read that is in Laramie (as I said, I don't follow college FB). During my active duty time in the Air Force, I actually spent some time in Laramie on temporary duty, I remember it being pretty windy every single day, I mean crazy windy. I just looked it up, Wyoming is the #1 windiest state in the US and Laramie is one of the top windiest cities in WY. Is it that Allen's completion % is under 60 because he's truly that bad? or does the wind at home games perhaps have something to do with that? I looked at his 2017 stats, his away completion % is about 4 points higher than his home completion %. Food for thought, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino both had college career completion % under 60%. So is Josh Allen really that bad?

I admit, I am drinking the Beane and Bills kool-aide. But some of the things I have read on TBD and Twitter sound eerily familiar. "Beane is cold and calculated" "He's not afraid to make the big bold moves" etc etc. Sounds a lot like what Sabres fans were saying a few years ago about GMTM, in fact some of the quotes are almost verbatim. I am pretty pleased with the moves, especially Murphy, but McCarron, I am not super thrilled about, as mentioned, he only has a handful more starts than Peterman. Assuming the Bills move up again and get their top 4 rookie QB, next year could truly be one of those one step backwards to eventually take 3 steps forward. The biggest thing we have going for us is our defense, was solid last year and they really have made it better, addressed the D-line, our secondary will be among the best again, just need a solid LB in the draft and we are going to have a top 5 defense. Not to thrilled about the offense though, WR's are still meh and with a rookie, McCarron and Peterman to be our starter, not looking awesome. will be another year of riding McCoy and now much tread does he have on the tires?

Well then, I'm the @$$clown here, reading is hard, my points on Evander still stand however

But is he really? You look at his career stats, .6 points per game isnt elite, not in my opinion anyway. Never above 60 points a season, granted he never plays an 82 game season, and even if he did, his career avg says he'd have 49 points in an 82 pt season. Elite players can take over a game, or multiple games over a period of time, how many games can we say that Kane has done that? He's generally a 20 goal scorer, is that the magic number to be considered elite? The next contract Kane gets will be a vast overpayment, he's borderline worth his current salary, glad GMJB is trying to move on from him.

You'd think, but, thats what Dreger reported is the asking price for Kane now. Hopefully its like when you sell a house, you start asking for under market value, then let the bids roll in.

Bogo, Larrson and 2nd for Barrie? What are you smoking bro? That's a homer trade if i have ever seen one, send them our trash for their treasure. Not happening And isnt that a gross overpayment for Domi? Tavares wont come here ever.

Absolutely, I was doom and gloom after that sh!tshow on Monday, but, I gave it some more thought. What more could we have done against Montreal? We pounded Price with over 40 shots, he's the best goalie in the world. There could've been some better effort here and there, but on the whole, the game against the Habs was pretty solid. Obviously we came out flat against the Isles, but we fought back, Eichel made it 5-3 and then we had a goal taken away on what looked like it got over the line and shouldv'e been 5-4 with over a minute remaining with a chance to tie it. Instead, the goal was disallowed and NY ended up with an empty netter to make it 6-3. There obviously needed to be better effort the whole game, but its not like they were awful for 60 minutes. Devils game, yikes, just bad all around. That being said, that is not the norm whatsoever, there's no way they are that bad. I may be back on the cliff after the road trip if we only get 2 points out of the possible 8. we shall see

I hope so, because there is a real chance of them being 0-6-1 before the next home game against the Canucks.

I get all that, but, teams would have to be desperate to take on an almost worthless Moulson, that's been my point. IMO, they can find other vets, pay them a little more in free agency and get a decent return on production than they would with Moulson. Unless of course, they're willing to eat the salary, take the cap hit to get to the floor AND be willing to have him be a healthy scratch, I guess its possible

If no team wanted Moulson to get their floor for this season, why would they suddenly want him to get to the floor in 2018? He'd be another year older, probably will have seen a lot of the press box, and will still carry the same cap hit

I get the point you're making, but, a quick look at teams salary caps, every team is above the cap floor, Arizona and Carolina are close, but, still above the floor. I am going to stick with my call that no team will be willing to take on Moulson unless we sweeten the deal like crazy. You make a great point with Datsyuk, but I believe that Arizona was way under the floor, and got a 1st rd pick which they used to get Chychyrun, who will likely be a very good defenseman. http://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/

Amazing picture, could use a few more pop marks and acne on Eichel's face though

If Kane is having an outstanding season, that would likely indicate a lot of chemistry with Eichel, which would make me believe that the Sabres are doing well, toeing the line of the playoff bubble. You don't just trade a player like that mid-season or at the deadline. If his character flaws are such an issue, then why would a team give us "useful options" as you put it? Wouldn't those teams be afraid of taking him on especially giving up futures? Richie Incognito had some serious character flaws but the Bills gave him a 2nd chance and I'd say its worked out well. Kane has stayed out of trouble a while now and if he's clicking with Eichel, then i want to see that pairing for years to come.

Eichel sets up Kane on their first shift!!!!

Kane and Eichel connect for the first goal of the game on their first shift tonight

I don't know if i would classify all of these as bold predictions to be honest, they're very positive and optimistic, but i wouldn't say bold. You do have a couple bold statments, I think Reinhart having 60 pts on the 3rd line is bold, so you get that one for sure and Girgensons having 40 pts is also quite bold.

yeah, thats why i put it there i forgot the quote the other posters, my bad

https://twitter.com/ByMHarrington/status/915948442882633734 Looks like Gorges, Moulson are scratched and Bogosian out, thats a lot of cap money not playing tonight

I get that, but, he was listed as day to day, so he could be back for Saturday's game, then what is the plan?

yeah that kind of through me for a loop too, perhaps he has been a leader at practice and PH liked what he saw in him? And whats with four A's, how does that work? does one person not wear one each game?

So,Buffalo Sabres twitter just put out a picture a few minutes ago https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/915947610669756421

I think that one should be posted under BOLD predictions

It'll be a tough pill to swallow if we lose tonight and Eichel has 0 pts

I'm hoping, although, they did a good job of not really leaving any clues about it at the presser. i'd love nothing more than to hear the announcer say it with a super long drawn out "your Captain. Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack Eichel!"

it's possible but unlikely. I was positive we could've figured out a way to get Vegas to take Moulson off our hands to get to the floor and even they didn't bite. IMO, if a team wants to get to the floor, they will throw a contract at an older vet who still has something left in the tank. It sucks because i had the chance to meet Moulson and he's an awesome guy, but, i think that his career might be over soon. he might get some one year deals here and there, thats about it though