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Man i know it will never happen , he would probably never come here but that would be a HC I would love to get here. https://www.nhl.com/news/pete-deboer-fired-by-dallas-stars-as-coach

I wasn't a fan of the Ruff hire then and still feel the same way now, my guy was Berube and I think it would have made a difference because there is no way he was keeping that staff that we had. Why would Ruff come here and not be able to pick his own assistants? Probably because nobody was clamoring for him any longer until the desperate Sabres came along. Maybe he can salvage this group but the knock on him in New Jersey was he didn't hold players accountable and we saw it so many times, Power was never benched for his horrendous defensive lapses but he'd bench guys like NAK/Lafferty etc. (Which I agree they should have been due to lack of bad play but so should Power and others). The entire hiring of Ruff was to bring fans back into the seats, they unfortunately couldn't give a crap about winning imo which was displayed when we had a 13 game losing streak.

What a terrible goal allowed, if that isn't goaltender interference than what is?

We need a starting goalie still, UPL is clearly a backup but knowing this regime we will definitely just bring up Levi again, ruin him and then send him back down... Rinse....Repeat.

Skinner to me was 1 of the worst of the playoff goalies. He’s played well as of late but I think he’s the biggest factor if the Oilers move on.

I'm going to guess nobody with any dignity will work under Kevyn Adams. Not 1 single firing after 5 years of failure... Oh my bad we got a new strength and conditioning coach.

Alot of parity in the NHL, same exact teams most likely going. The way this Panthers team is built they could be getting 3 more cups.

Where is he getting the information that he's unhappy? He never once said "A source told me" so I'm guessing he's just throwing ***** at the wall and hoping it sticks? Peterka's agent has even said that he hasn't asked for a trade. When I go to look up if Peterka wants out of Buffalo the only report everyone is this from Serivelli so unless I start seeing multiple from different sources I'm just going to take this as Frank is hoping this is true so he looks like he has sources.

RHD Dante fabbro could be a solid UFA pickup, 9 G, 17 A, 26 P, +23 and really had his best season to date especially defensively which we desperately need and he did it playing on the top line with Werenski so playing with Dahlin would be a solid 1-2 punch. Another name I'd love for Buffalo to trade for is Radko Gudas, I loved the way he played on Florida and he does the exact same on Anaheim, he's a heart and soul type of player, plays on the first line but would be an excellent guy to work with Owen Power imo. He's old at 34 and will be 36 when the contract is up and he makes 4M which isn't ideal but he plays excellent defense and was a +4 on an abysmal Ducks team plus he will literally take pucks to the head blocking shots on the PK and is 8th in hits. I know people are saying Mackenzie Weegar (I was also) but his salary is 6.25M which istoo much as I think we can get Fabbro for around 4.5/5M rangeon a possible bridge deal. Of course this would mean we would definitely have to deal Samuelsson or Clifton or both for all I care. Rasmus Anderson was absolutely terrible this past season and I think he was a -28 or something awful like that, he had a hard time to say the least.

Imagine you have 2 solid trade assets to trade that can change to team trajectory yet we have a GM who’s failed at his job 6 years in a row that’s the guy trading them. This team is completely ***** now and the foreseeable future imo.

Looks like I'll be ditching the Sabres soon and will be watching some playoffs again with the bandits next season. I watched the Bandits go down then go up, had a bit of a lull and then turned it up to championship level.

All we need is our own Bill Zito for a GM and we'll be set.

Rochester wins!!!! It's getting heated, Laval can't score so they're going full goon... Xhjakhai, Mailloux, Östlund all booted.

2 guys jump our dude and nobody helps him? This is looking very similar.

What a shot by helenius short handed

Definitely looked like a Sabres power play

So painfully true.

I get what you mean now with the cap space, I was thinking what player in free agency or a trade could they possibly get that will be better than Marner? I get it now, I'm Polish so it takes me awhile sometimes 😀

If Mitch Marner signs with another team then the Leafs will have let him walk without receiving any compensation. I just don't see that happening (although there may be nothing they can do about it if he doesn't want to be there). I would highly disagree that the Leafs think they're better off or equal without Marner in the lineup plus Matthews has been equally as bad in the playoffs.

I think the Maple Leafs will let Tavres sign elsewhere and re-sign Marner, I just don't see how you let a talent like that walk for absolutely nothing. Either way I think he would use us to get a better deal somewhere else, why in the world would he come here if he can get the same money elsewhere on a better team? The only plus I see is that he's Canadian and maybe being that we'd be closer to his home may be the only positve and literally the only positive.

Perhaps, we may never find out.

I'm not so sure about that, UPL the 2nd half of the season before we gave him the contract was playing at a very high level and we still didn't make it. Maybe if we had a goalie who played like that all season long perhaps but that would be requiring a top of the line goalie which I'm not sure will be available.

Agree to disagree.