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Should have definitely found a veteran partner/mentor for Power when they drafted him. Plus hired a Jay McKee type coach to work day and night with the D.

So what he's saying is Darche fired after one season? No way Islanders are that stupid unless Hagens is still there at 9. Then maybe. The SJ deal I could see happening.

I think you're missing some perspective on this. Zucker isn't really more rugged, he just comes from playing on different teams and he's only "rugged" relative to the softness of how the Sabres play. JJP has shown moments that tells me he'd be more rugged in a different system and coached differently. Consider E-Rod in Florida for example (I'm not comparing E-Rod to JJP skill wise, just how they played here how they play there). Zucker has also played for different teams and as a veteran he has been taught more defense so it's natural to him. Sabres haven't taught it to Peterka so what do you expect? Every young kid in the league wants to play offense and score goals. Defense is hard and boring. By the time Peterka is Zucker's age he will be a far better player and he will be just as rugged and defensive. Unless he stays a Sabre, then who knows.

Yes. His name is JJ Peterka.

Oh there's no reason to worry because you can rest assured Sabres will do far less than you expect (or want). That's pretty much an annual thing. The only major shake ups come with new GMs who get to tear down and start over. Every year we see rumors of trades involving Sabres and I think it's safe to say every year every team comes in like vultures and they kick the tires to see if anybody is available or if they can get a player for picks and prospects and why wouldn't they? 99% of those calls though are going to go absolutely nowhere. Byram will likely get moved as they won't want to meet his price for what he is. idk if they will get a good player back or not. Talk lately of Philly being interested. I'm not personally interested in anybody on their roster aside from Michkov, Sanheim and maybe Konecny none of whom are available. If it's somebody like York plus no thank you. Peterka disgruntled? who knows. Likely moved. We likely lose that deal. I have zero faith in Adams being able to do anything substantial with this roster. There's an old adage in the NHL. Tearing down and selling is easy. Building back up is hard. Adams has proved that is true one more time.

I meant extending Marchment beyond this season coming up. He's only got 1 year left I think.

Burakovsky to the Blackhawks might change the narrative of them drafting Martone to be Bedard's winger. JBot dumping money to pay Marchment I guess.

Just as an aside it doesn't really matter to Pegula if they lose a little money each year as the value of NHL franchises keeps rising and they also have expansion fees on the horizon. He's making a killing if he ever does sell it.

and as such the building is far from full isn't it? Merchandise sales? I imagine Sabres are near league bottom. Playoff revenue? They got none. The league can market just about anything but if your players are just there for the money you have a problem. There's that whole culture thing that I talk about too much and others bring up now and again but if your team culture isn't all about winning and hating to lose then you end up with a bunch of lazy mercenaries who have a good time and go home early in the summer. The term used here has been country club attitude. That becomes the culture and makes the team okay with losing. It's not what you want, and it's hard to change once it's taken hold.

Because of the team and the coaching around them. Yes, they are very talented players, but it's a team sport and you need structure and a defensive system and guys sticking up for other guys. It's the whole package and not just the attention getting stars. Reinhart is a good hockey player but Barkov is without a doubt the most underrated star in the league. He is an absolute beast that plays a full game and opens up a lot of space for his linemates. Ask yourself how does E-Rod look so good there? It's the team concept and the support around him. This has always been what the Sabres get wrong. Build the culture, the structure, the identity and when it's all in place insert stars and you will succeed. Drafting the stars and just saying okay go win is stupid and that's what they do.

Greer was picked up on waivers. So was Boquist who wasn't part of the final 3 but did play bottom line much of the year.

I will believe that more if I hear Peterka say it. Miller is most definitely less than ideal but he would fill a hole and it's a deep and glaring hole. Cuylle is a physical presence and I'd say 20 goal scorer where Peterka could be looked at as a 30 goal scorer. like every off season I want to add more physicality to the roster because as always I think it's a need. I do of course expect very little to happen that I will be happy with.

idk, and it's been a long time since I lived around there so times and type of ticket buyers does change. If Buffalo is like Canada though (and to some extent I think it is) then they should sell out with a winner. Canucks are not much better than Sabres and they don't provide much extra entertainment and yet that's a really hard to come by ticket. Is it really that different?

and we could use Tanner Jeannot. Point being we need to change the construction of the roster and the type of players we have to make a better rounded team. We do not need flashy perimeter players, we need grit and physicality to balance the perimeter shooters we already have.

My final thoughts on this are: Martone (who will already be gone but you never know) Martin (might still be there and he fills a need big time) Bear (a reach but also fills a need) Mrtka (if somehow all 3 are gone he's 3 years away but eventually might pair with Power) If Martin is still on the board and they take somebody like Eklund or O'Brien I will scream and I might just quit.

Well we will disagree on that. First let me say I liked Peterka from day 1 and I said early on I thought he would be better than Quinn from that so called kid line. I'd rather he was happy and was staying, but since the Sabres are the Sabres and if he has to go then I don't care about aiding other teams if you get a good return. I would be interested in a NY trade that centered on Cuylle and Peterka as the main pieces. If it was Miller and Cuylle for Peterka I'm definitely doing it.

I disagree with that. See your sentence in the old days the Aud was sold out every night. That was a winning team. I think in a market like Buffalo if the team was a winning team you'd be sold out with serious fans and it would be a hard ticket to get so you wouldn't have to concern yourself with casual fans at all. Markets like Vegas and Florida need to be more "entertaining" as they have many more tourists and casual fans to try to entice. I could be wrong, maybe it's changed since I lived back in Ontario, but I think Buffalo fans are starving for winning hockey. If this was a casual market the building would be totally empty by now.

Oh okay he'd probably be fine with that. I doubt Dallas would be overly interested in Peterka though. I think if you are trading him your targets are NY, NJ, Philly, maybe the Islanders. Ducks, maybe Boston or maybe try to entice Ottawa with a "he can play with Stutzle" pitch. Chicago might like him as a winger for Bedard too.

Well sure you can give them Clifton, I'm just saying we don't HAVE to move Clifton to do this. But it won't be happening. With Marchment moved I suspect they'll find a way to keep Robertson. I can't be bothered getting into these cap discussions. It's easy to get back under cap. You just give somebody away. Hey Philly you want Samuelsson for a 7th rounder future considerations? Boom, done. It's easy to off load players. If not him somebody else.

wtf? A third and a fourth for Marchment but we have Malentstyn for a second (last year). Genius. Well done Seattle.

I don't see why you'd have to move Clifton in this scenario if they are moving Byram as rumored. They are not cap crunched. Clifton would be overpaid, but we'd have depth.

You'd still be stuck with a disgruntled player though so it's a bad situation. One that they have created themselves but a reality all the same. I honestly don't know how you get out of it with constant half measures. It does seem to repeat.

Knock on Frederic in Boston was he checks out at times and tends to float. When he's on his game he can scrap and be a solid contributor but he had multiple stretches of nothing too. Always underperformed to expectations. Could the Sabres use him? Absolutely, and he would not have stood around like Samuelsson etc. but he's not a heavyweight either. Much better than Malentstyn but not worth the money being rumored. As for the bottom line, Florida's bottom 3 all made less than 1m this season and we could have had AJ Greer for free as he was a waiver pick up. Just saying.

I don't find Nashville getting Haula for cheap as weird. He'd be a bottom 6 upgrade here. Why not get him for next to nothing if you have the cap room? Flip him later if you want. He's a utilitarian player.

I like Frederic but that's crazy for him.