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Mark Edwards ‏@MarkEdwardsHP3h Productive deal for the #Sabres another 1st rounder in good draft this year plus a 2nd in what could be a great draft in 2015. Plus Moulson This is the opinion of a guy who should be in tune with the draft. If he says it's a good draft then I'd rather take that to the bank then joe blow.

Dave Davis ‏@DaveDavisHockey 20m Decent return for Vanek. That's now 17 1st/2nd round picks for the Sabres from 2012-2015 - and counting...

We will see. Vanek will obviously help them but they don't have great D or goaltending from the parts of games I've watched. If this turns into a lottery pick then the trade is well worth it for a rental. If not, I still think we made the right move.

I'm with ya.

Thanks guys, appreciated.

I think the WGR listen live is down. Perfect timing.....

Wonder if Moulson will be in Buffalo in time to go tomorrow night?

Let's get ready for full on tank mode now.....

+1

That's why we also got the 1st and 2nd.

Wow, all the sites I'm reading think the Sabres just ripped off the Isles but of course here we got jobbed :wallbash:

Of course it would be less than Pommers as Vanek has less than a year left and everyone and their grandmothers know he's signing with the wild. Question is, why would the Isles make this trade? They're giving up a guy who put up 30 goal seasons in each of the last 3 full years. Plus their 1st and 2nd? I think we came out on top because now we can still flip Moulson at the deadline if need be.

Moulson has some great numbers but is a UFA after this year?? http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=71387

Wow. Was just going to post. Finally one domino falls.

Is it too early to start cheering for Philly?

That's true, but I thought 500 ppl would then say but we've played two more games!!

Does anyone else find it mildly humerous that we have been awful, I mean a-w-f-u-l yet we still don't have the worst winning percentage in the league?

I don't know LGR. I admit that I only watched about half of the Colorado game as it was the first Saturday Sabres game night in awhile that I didn't feel the need to tune into from start to finish. Having said that, I thought they were thoroughly outplayed, again. I do like some of the young pieces coming along and think Girgs and our D have a very bright future but we're getting outplayed badly in most games. In past years when the Sabres made those late runs there were signs earlier in the season that the team was atleast competitive. I don't see that with this team and if/when Miller and Vanek go, we're really going to be in trouble. I honestly believe we're finishing in the bottom 3 which means the worst we could pick is 4th. Time will tell.

Ummmm maybe because we don't have many (any?) stars right now so rather than throw my hands in the air and say I'm never going to watch or support this team, you hope that there is someone around the corner. I have absolutely no say in the teams plans (nor do you) but as a fan of a hockey team that's the only hope I have right now. I can't change anything so rather than piss and moan day in and day out, I'm going to look to the future. I hope Darcy gets fired and a braintrust can come in here and turn things around but what can I talk about now that doesn't involve b*tching about how bad my hockey team is. If it's so bad and you don't enjoy it, don't watch.

Although I do agree with wishing we had a top 3 pick in last years draft, I still think (hope?) 5 years from now if this team has turned it around they will be talking about multiple cornerstones of the team picked in last years draft: Risto, Zadarov, Compher.

Absolutley and you don't think twice.

I think it's because I've liked everything I've read and watched on Compher that I'm not as upset as others that we didn't move up but still traded Sekera. Sounds like this kid plays with a ton of energy and competitiveness. It's sad when you have to consider things as competitiveness when evaluating a professional athlete, but we do.

I'm not saying whether or not they should have made the Sekera and 8 for 5 and Mcbain if it was available but the trade for the second rounder is superior to moving up 3 spots IMO. The Sabres picked up pick 35. IMO adding 35 > moving from 8-5. The Sabres obviously valued having Compher and Risto more than Lindholm/Monaghan. Secondly, I don't think too many people thought Zadarov would be sitting there at pick 16. I think their intention was to go into the draft and take Risto at 8 because they valued him the highest and then wanted to take the best available forward at 16 but when Zadarov was still there it was just too much for them to pass up. There was alot of chatter about how great Lindholm will be at the draft (which may very well be true) but I'm nowhere near ready to say Lindholm will be a better prospect then Risto let alone Risto AND Compher.

I've been to quite a few Generals games over the past couple of seasons and Dal Colle looks like a good prospect. He finds a way to score timely goals. He's got something like 16 points in 10 games so far this year.

One might say because he never wanted to take even one more life but then I'd say he killed Todd two minutes previous. The only reason I guess makes sense is Walt told him too and that was Jesse's revenge by not and knowing he'd die anyways. I just wasn't satisfied with that I guess. The real part that had me disappointed at the end was the ricin debacle. I mean they had been talking about that the whole second half of the series! Lydia? Really??