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I thought it was a decent return. O'Reagan is a decent prospect, AHL rookie of the year in 2016. Played with Eichel and we get a 1st next season. My only regret is that we didn't trade more players.

The Stars make sense, I know the GM has said he wont be forced into a rental but it's a good opportunity for them as they are at the bottom of the playoff list..... Trade LW Evander Kane to the Dallas Stars for Dallas Stars 1st round pick in 2018, G Kheri Lehtonen (Salary dump), G Jake Oettenger, D Joseph Cecconi, LW Roop Hintz. Jake Oettenger is a great G prospect, we get the 1st, Dallas gets a top 6 and Dump Lehtonen's contract although he's playing well. Stars have 880K cap space, Lehtonen, plus we retain half of Kane's salary makes this deal doable.

I just hope the Kane deal isn't the only deal out there, I'd like to see Lehner traded and I hate to say it but Reinhart just doesn't look good at all, he is so plotting slow that I don't know if he'll ever be a sufficient player. Nathan Beaulieu is another guy, he could be depth for another team but he just looks lost here.This team needs an identity and they need to focus on Jack, how can they turn this guy into the true player he's capable of becoming.

I don't believe it's the coach, 1st it was Lindy Ruff being tuned out, then Dan Bylsma and now Phil Housley, the lunatics are running the asylum and it needs to be put to rest, Identify which players refuse to buy in and get rid of them, Kane is an obvious play, the guy is not a teammate, he is selfish and only cares about padding stats, I would get what I could and part ways, how and why it's taken this long to ship him is beyond me other than greed. I get that you want to get the most value for said player but if he's a detriment to your team during the process then he's doing more harm than good. Every single player not named Eichel/Ristolainen should have a price tag, we need speed around those players, speed is what will make this system work and guys like O'Reilly, Reinhart don't have the necessary speed to fit this system so it's time to bring in players who fit imo.

I heard on a coworkers sirius satellite sports channel (not sure which one), I caught the tail end of it but it said Colorado and Buffalo were talking a trade for Tyson Barrie, did anyone hear it also?

Enjoy them winning meaningless games? There is zero chance they make the playoffs but hey now we'll pick 9th or 10th lose a shot at an elite player because they need those 5 extra wins to tell themselves they're better than how their playing, what a crock of ######. I have watched less than a handful of games all season, they're unwatchable and should have stayed that way until the end like they were supposed to.

This is pretty much like all of Buffalo sports teams, they were well on their way at picking up a complete stud like Dahlin or Svechnikov and now go on a meaningless win streak only to knock themselves out of contention, winning meaningless games at the end of the season will do nothing. The core guys have been playing together for 3 seasons now, how much time do they need to gel with one another? I get that it's a new system but they should know each other by now, obviously something is broken, Botteril needs to fix it.

We need speed, TKachuck is out, he is more of the same that we already have, a slow skilled player with hockey IQ, we need Svechnikov, he is the speedy winger but he's also 6'2" and scrappy. If we fall out of top 2 I agree we will be in on a defensemen, hoping Boqvist as I think he's the next best defensemen not named Dahlin.

Something just isn't right with Evander Kane, maybe it was just a fluke in Winnepeg but they seemed to have flourished once he was traded, maybe the same happens here.

All I know is I'd take a bag of pucks just to get Lehner and his 4+ million dollar ass off this roster, this guy is borderline awful, I'm looking forward to watching Ullmark next season with hopefully Dahlin in front of him, or hear's an idea, trade Kane for a defensemen? I would take that over some low level 1st rounder from a playoff team.

First it's Bylsma who was ruining the kids, now it's Housley, it's looking like these guys are just not meshing well with each other. Time for a fresh perspective.

You people are trade happy, the kid is 19 and struggling, he has brothers and family who are playing or played in the NHL, I'd give this 1 time, can't just keep trading off assets and taking a hit, sometimes you have to be patient as these young kids get acclimated to the game.

You actually thnk Bettman would let the Sabres get Dahlin in the rigged lottery?

The NHL Draft in itself is strange, the lottery picks are done behind closed doors (Shady imo), then you have 18 year olds who are most likely not going to be playing for 3-4 years down the road, that being said I'm not sure that holds the same weight as the NFL. The kids coming up in the NFL are young adults (in their 20's), in the NHL it's teenagers who have a ton of growing up to do which should prompt the NHL to draft these kids when they're at least 20 so they can develop properly before being drafted and I'm sure the bust rate wouldn't be as high as it is.

What would have been worse would be if Bogo injured Kane and Kane was out 4-6 weeks with an injury.

I don't disagree but he just doesn't fit the system here one bit, maybe he'd be a good fit on the Kings? I just don't know how Botteril can keep him in this system, same with Okposo.

I actually think we have the right GM and HC for the first time in a long time. I just think we have the wrong personnel to run his system and to not make it seem like this team will be completely rebuilding I'd think they'll be trading pieces off bit by bit instead of selling the farm all at once but maybe I'm wrong, maybe they will go all in this year and sell off guys like Pomminstein, Okposo, O'Reilly and Kane or keep Kane and sell off the other 3, Lehner will most likely be gone also so they may as well trade him off before he walks for nothing and we can finally see our future goalie in Ullmark.

We need speed on the wings so Tkachuk wouldn't make much sense. Here is the scouting report on Tkachuck, decent speed, elite vision and hockey sense, sounds like all the slow skilled forwards we already have. https://www.thedraftanalyst.com/2018-nhl-draft/2018-draft-prospects/brady-tkachuk/ If were looking at forwards, the guy we need is RW Andrei Svechnikov, the guy has world class speed, size and one hell of a shot. http://www.mynhldraft.com/2018/NHL-Draft-Profiles/Andrei-Svechnikov

I can't say I disagree with you but on the flip side, this isn't the right system for him, it calls for getting to the oppositions end with speed and he just doesn't posses that but Duclaire does, in fact there was an article that said he had elite speed which could have him flourish and he's a LW, a perfect replacement for Kane. Maybe Reinhart as a 2nd line center, move O'Reilly to RW could save him but would Housley actually do that?

I think Housley's style can definitely work, we obviously don't have the right personnel, he requires a fast up tempo pace and we have slugs like Reinhart, Pomminstein, Moulson, we need to get much quicker. This team reminds me completely of Edmonton where they had all of the same types of players. I've probably said that line many times but I believe it to be true.

I don't know, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Reinhart isn't dealt if the price is right.

I can't believe there are still fans who can defend the play of Lehner, he is constantly letting in soft goals, fans in Buffalo love to embrace the mediocre, GM Murray got robbed when he gave up a 1st for Lehner, I just hope management can see this guy isn't good enough.

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I would expect if the Sabres got a decent offer for Reinhart then GM Botteril would definitely take the offer, he's most likely a 30 point per season player, I'm not so much concerned about his speed but his 11 points so far this season is quite alarming even for a new system, the guy is a former #2 overall pick and should not have to have elite players for him to succeed. IMO even more so then Reinhart I'd like to see Kane traded at the deadline or before, I know some on here are adamant about keeping him but the fact he's only had one 30 goal season for the raise he's about to get won't be worth it and I'd like the Sabres to cash in because once this kid gets the contract, I believe he'll never live up to it. I'd love for us to get a decent Dman with some years still left on his contract so we can then draft the Russian RW Andrei Svechnikov who is not only big, can score but he has great speed to boot.