Derrico

You forgot Randall didn’t you? ?

Your telling me Skinner wouldn’t have waived it for a playoff run? I could see no thanks to a full season. Then he’s uprooting his family etc. A two month playoff run in a contract year probably would have changed his mind.

Make that change and remove the lottery protection. Would you still do it? Let’s be honest, I would think a sabres non lottery protected first would be pretty friggen valuable ?

True. My point is he still had a year left and they didn’t have to trade him. Heck they may have got more waiting until last years trade deadline.

Couldn’t they have just hung onto skinner for the year? Imagine the team Carolina would of had with him?

Leafs gave that exact same contract to Mathews. Is Matthews better than Marner? You could argue a little but Marner is uber talented and hasnt had some of the health issues Matthews has.

7+31+next years 1st (lottery protected)+Samuelson for Marner

Next years lottery protected first, cap space. Cap space has alot of value and there are more than a few teams tight against it with guys to sign.

Maybe. There has to be some pressure to make the playoffs this year though. 50th anniversary. Team out of the playoffs for so long. I think a big move is coming.

That accent though

I did the same thing but I don’t think Dahlin is even in the picture. Mitts took it with his buddies and posted. Then Dahlin chirped him in the comments.

Ya I know the feeling

HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH We missed you man. Always room for Sabres hockey talk over here. Let's hope to see some smart moves over the next few days.

Man you are spot on with this. My fears too. Very sorry to hear of what your friends/loved ones are going through.

Man if there is a way to get Cirelli AND Mitts I may need a moment. I'm with you on Mitts; I'm still confident in him being a very good 2c. But I'm also with True that I think last year showed we need a one year stop gap 2c at minimum.

Thanks. I've done little research this year so if you're big on Newhook I'll be fine if he's the pick.

Use to have a dollar beer night at the local pub Monday nights while I was in Uni. Luckily I didn't flunk out year one ? There has to be a premiere type home and home matchup with our expansion cousins wouldn't there? Nah this is the NHL.

You know how I feel about the Risto situation but this is a very good point.

Oh my God I've missed you.

Just read this now. Think 'Peg would have taken this trade. Winner winner chicken dinner.

Good stuff! Can you just give a couple names you would hope for that could be available at 31 (assuming we still have the pick)?

Nope. But if they're paying Nylander 8, Tavares 11, Matthews 11.5 and Marner 11 then that is a TON OF MONEY spent on forwards. They're lucky they have Reilly at a good deal but it'll make some interesting decisions come guys like Kapenen and Kadri (if you wanted to go there which I don't). Will they make some moves to improve the D. Pretty tough for them to improve their obvious weakness with little space under the cap. They may be the most interesting team to watch this offseason.

I have no idea why you would use his MBA degree in a negative connotation.

It looks like (and is) a terrible trade. Let’s see what the first becomes. I’m also not going to give up on a 21 year old former first round pick who has that kind of a shot. Tage obviously has some shortfalls but because some of these young guys tear up the nhl from day 1 I think we sometimes forget that developing a player takes several years and most start hitting their prime around 24. That’s still 3 years away. Just pointing out that due to the circumstances of the trade (and beyond Tage control) he is a whipping boy. I still think he’s an nhl player with some upside. Who knows how much but I just hate how everyone’s writing him off already.

I think odds are greater than 50/50 we see a fairly significant sabres trade within next 48 hours. Just have that gut feeling. Unless that’s the tocos we had last night