[Mark your calendar: Wed Aug 9]

GMJB paid him to take Eichel out again to gain the upper hand in contract negotiations.

probably.

[Mittelstadt - Hobey Baker?]

Let's sign butcher, so when Mitteldstadt wins we can have 4 Hobey Bakers.

[Ranking the Sabres: who are our most valuable assets?]

I would Eichell o Reilly, then Risto, then Reinhart.

[Sabres fire Ted Nolan]

Seriously? Anyone here tired of losing?

Yes, I am tired of losing. However, with this current roster, I do not see us making it far into the playoffs unless everything goes perfectly like it never does. His idea is decent. If we were to focus on the roster for 19-20 or 20-21, and trade all those for prospects from the first or second rounds, and getting an immense amount of talent down the road to be a cup contender. We already have our franchise player, now we just need the right surrounding cast.

[Front Page Redesign]

I must say, I did like the old one better, namely because of the whole right side which is now missing.

[dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread]

Yea, there's no sense fighting it: Matthews is going to be a top-10 player for the next 9-12 years. I hope everyone is prepared for some serious hate watching.

Man, why couldn't we have won the lottery last year? We would have by far the best center group in the league. Eichel, ROR, Matthews, Reinhart, Larsson, Girgs. Girgs/Reinhart at wing and/or trade one of the 6.

[Sabres pick #8 Casey Mittlestadt]

Nylander for a current good defenseman with a couple seasons under his belt, significantly more me up.

Or a current good LW with a couple seasons under his belt.

[2017-18 lineup prediction (the Original Lineup Thread)]

Anything to get Reinhart as 3rd center and "skate 3 lines" like in the Drury-Briere-Roy days

 

Pouliot - Eichel - Okposo

Girgs - ROR - Pominville

Kane - Reinhart - Bailey

Moulson - Larsson - Fasching

 

Heard Bailey as right shot can play left wing, could sub him instead of Girgs and get:

 

Pouliot - Eichel - Okposo

Bailey - ROR - Pominville

Kane - Reinhart - Baptiste

Girgs - Larsson - Fasching

I like the 1st one except for expecting 2 of the prospects to be ready right away.

[Sabres Development Camp July 8-11]

When does everyone expect Mitteldstadt to be NHL ready?

[2017-18 lineup prediction (the Original Lineup Thread)]

What I would like to see if we run three balanced lines:

 

Girgensons Eichel Okposo

Kane Reinhart Baptiste

Pouliot O'Reilly Pominville

Josefsson Larsson Fasching

 

Or if we run a traditional 1st/2nd/checking:

 

O'Reilly Eichel Okposo

Kane Reinhart Baptiste

Pouliot Larsson Pominvile

Girgensons Josefsson Fasching

Having O'Reilly as the 3rd line center is definitely intriguing. I think that I would like to see this happen as I see ROR as less dependent on his wingers being good, because he makes them better. Also, Pominville+ROR should get us a bunch of points. Also I like Kane with Reinhart.

[Playoffs, the only acceptable outcome]

Liger, i've been put of town for a week and I have been given this more thought and I'll ask some questions in return.

1) can a team with 3rd and 4th line centers of Larsson and Girgensons be truly considered a playoff contender?

2) is LW depth of Kane, Pouliot, Moulson and unknown good enough for a playoff contending team?

The more I think about these two questions, the more the Sabres look like an 82-87 pt team. Improved, but not good enough.

1) I believe that yes it is good enough. However, we could also move Reinhart to center, and send girgs to the LW. This would make the Lw/C stronger but weaken the RW

2) As is I do not think the Lw is strong enough, but if we sign Vanek it could become manageable.

[Jack Eichel: Predict His Upcoming Season]

I'm never good at these prediction things. But I'll just throw a number out there.....40 goals, 72 assists.....to much, not enough?

I would be ecstatic if this happened, but 112 points sounds a little high

[2017 Free Agent Frenzy]

Anybody want any of these?

http://www.spotrac.com/nhl/free-agents/left-wing/ufa/available/

[Jack Eichel: Predict His Upcoming Season]

12-17=29....

36GP

Pessimist much?

[2017-18 lineup prediction (the Original Lineup Thread)]

What if it was something like:

Kane-Eichel-Baptiste(if deemed ready)

Nylander(if ready)-ROR-Okposo

Pouliout-Reinhart-Pomminstein

Girgensons-Larsson-Bailey

 

Scandella-Risto

McCabe-Antipin

Baloo-Bogo

 

This is hoping that the young Guns step up a lot, and that we somehow get rid of Moulson.

Also with this, I like our 3rd line much better.

[2017 Free Agent Frenzy]

Personally I would like 1 or 2 more Lw signings. One to fill out our chart with Kane-pouliout-Girg and another to create competition/more freedom to trade Kane.

[Around the NHL 2017]

Calgary needs a quality goalie, and we could use a D-Man.  Perfect fit.  Maybe take Lack off their hands.

I'm definitely for trading Lehner if we can get someone to bite. Lehner can be a solid goalie but is useless in a shootout. Unfortunately I only made it to 2 games last year, and both ended with us losing in a shootout with Lehner not stopping a single shot.