Gatorman0519

Looks like the old Allen so far. Oline with 3 holding calls already. Clean it up.

If it is the Eichel surgery it is almost certain a deal is in place and will be kept under wraps. Maybe the new agent talked Eichel down from it if he wants to get out of here.

Here in Florida it’s raging worse than ever (but we are “free” according to our governor). I know dozens of people here in town who are sick. Whole families even. 4 in the hospital and one just died two nights ago 50 years old. Our friends grand daughters whole class tested positive one week into school. One kid ended up hospitalized. The thing in common they all share: none were vaccinated. A nurse we know said the vast majority coming in are unvaccinated. It’s beyond disturbing how weirdly politicized and the conspiracies that are virtually non stop. Certain political streams are really having a destabilizing effect on this nation. Just the reality. Sadly my “Qanon” buddy at work, wife is in the hospital with it. Belief has consequences.

What a sad way to go out. But age has taken its toll. In his prime RJ is amazing. Our press box will now be subpar like the rest of the team.

At this point I doubt we can get much for him. It will be another disaster along the lines of the ROR trade. We will hand Eichel to somebody for a first round and couple of mid level prospects. That’s all he’s worth right now. He will most likely get healthy and turn into 100 point producer somewhere eventually in a couple of years. At this point it’s toxic. Just another disaster in Sabres history. Hopefully we hit on a couple of these studs in the next few drafts and eventually turn this thing around because this current roster is scary bad.

No reason to play this year. It’s better for his development.

Once he is gone, hopefully they do not name a "C" for a few years.

Everybody reads and article or a blog and thinks they are experts nowadays. It is mind boggling how certain political persuasions have influenced this pandemic. The fear and conspiracies are off the chain. Certain strains of politics have been reduced to never ending paranoia.

So much for "he is going to bolt and play for Vancouver". Clearly did not get enough of a return. A late round 1st pick and a goalie that may never play here long term for a steady productive player is a loss for us.

Injured

Nobody is coughing up for injured Jack right now. He will have some sort of surgery and be out long term anyways. They will get him back to playing level and ship him out next winter. I don't think he suits up in a Sabres uni again.

This has been the most incredibly, dysfunctional long term situation I can remember in any sports. The NY Jets are close. The fact we have no homegrown goalies on the roster, let alone a starter, is mind-blowing. I certainly wont be spending money on them.

The hard reality is we are about to field possibly one of the worst NHL rosters of all time. And the chances of getting Wright and winning the lotto twice in a row is slim. But at least we will get one of the top 3, who any one of them would of went number one overall this year.

You are not going to get more than 25 games out if Anderson. None of the other young guys are ready yet. Me thinks they are going to have to work a trade. Mindboggling we are in this situation.

There is no denying the team looked 10x better under The Don...and he had no practices (enough time to put in and teach his system/vision) and lots of key injuries, including no true NHL starting goaltender.

That was clear if you paid attention to what Granato did with them the last month or so of last season.

I don’t know what you mean by “that guy”, just pointing out a very possible scenario. I don’t see NY ponying up that kind of money.

Well let’s enjoy the last few seasons of having an NFL franchise.

It’s not even that. It’s the bigger picture of how we just jettisoned our entire rebuild from just 5 years ago… and not because those players were bad!

Granato will get them going.

It’s a clown-show now. And seems semi permanent.

The extend to which politics as taken over this pandemic is astonishing.

The Sabres do hold serious entertainment value in the NHL. Unfortunately not because we are an elite winning franchise with star players. It’s the sheer circus show of dysfunction that is mesmerizing.

Holy cow, this is maximum ugliness. This is so dysfunctional it’s gripped the attention of the entire hockey world.

They truly are. The fact That it looks like we didn’t even get a top prospect offer is insulting.