Derrico

It'll be interesting to see if one of the 'big 3' dmen are available at 8 or if we go BPA forward.

An hour late to the party my friend :lol:

Yep. Based on the 15 min of research I've done on him he seems to check most of the boxes. I doubt I'll react much either way to any hire. Let's wait until Christmas and I'll tell you then if it was a good choice or not.

Ya don't know a ton about him but his resume looks pretty good. Florida also interviewed him. In jbot I trust.

Meh.

That's a wet dream.

This. Great points. Unless it's Housley this board will probably have a severe overreaction. But this is the right away to approach it IMO. That room was fractured to the core. We need a leader that can come in and pick up the pieces more than an x's and o's guy.

Good lord man. We're talking about Giorgio estephan. I mean even my autocorret wants to change it to estrogen. It's Giorgio estephan. I know it's may 26th. I know we wish it was October 10th. But Jesus, we're talking Giorgio estephan. Woooooooooooo friggen cares.....he won't go somewhere else and haunt us. I'm a guy that gets caught up in our prospects and usually overrate them. I don't give two shits if we sign him or not. It's a 6th rounder who has been ok. Let's stop wasting our time here. I've heard this dudes name like 20 times in the last week. I'm almost positive after July I'll never here his name again so long as I shall live.

This.

He's a 6th round pick. We're comparing his stats to a bust of a pick. Why do I keep seeing this guys name show up??

Our current d are huge....and terrible. I'm a more than excited to get a puck mover. Could he make our league best pp even better?

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My bad. I thought I heard 27th for some reason. :w00t: :unsure: :cry:

I thought he was coming in on Saturday?

I think I agree with this. I know JBots has preached the farm system and letting guys develop. However, Pittsburgh has made exceptions in the past Kris Letang was a 3rd round pick and played a total of 11 games for Wilkes-Barre Scranton. Kris was drafted in 2005 and then promptly played 2 full seasons in junior (same as Guhle) When his team was eliminated from the playoffs in the second year he also played 7 games for the Pens and 1 in the AHL (Guhle also played a couple games for the Sabres and in AHL in his second year) Then Kris started and played 10 games in the AHL and was called up and played the rest of the season for the Pens. He was never send down again thereafter. I could see Guhle starting the season in Roch but also wouldn't be surprised if it's for a month or two and then he's up for good. Kid looks like he's as smooth as they come. I think he's going to be a good one.

Lol true.

I don't think there are any complaints just some who say to pump the brakes a bit on expectations.

I know he was hurt again but for 8.5 per and his ability I would sign up for that deal.

Well then sign already!!!!

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Seems like yesterday the Sabres strength was young Dmen (McNabb, Myers, McCabe, Brennan, Schiestel). The need was high end centremen. Wasn't it just 3 or 4 years ago we heard Darcy say the Sabres had 3 of the top 50 centremen in the league or something crazy? It was obvious to everyone but him the real weakness on the team. Will any of the drafted D be ready to help next year? Even the year after? Who knows what needs the team has in 3 or 4 years time. B.P.A.

So, I'm catching up on draft analysis. Are we looking at 3 D that are all worthy of going 8th overall? If so, and they are all gone, I want the next best forward or trade down. Seems obvious but I could see many crying that we took yet another forward at 8.

This. I'm done with the Kulikov experiment. Let's hope Asplund turns into something to save that trade.

I would hope so. He was a train wreck for 80% of the season.

You two can both go yourselves. Legendary.