PerreaultForever

The contracts aren't really staggered either. We're spending next to nothing at the moment, and although we have a good lower pricetag on Thompson, all these prospects around the same age, if they are any good, they'll want to be paid around the same time and there won't be enough money to do that. Any team with a ton of high end talent (and high price) has to have a cheap bottom end. the luxury we have with all the rookie contracts won't last long.

Post trade deadline presser will talk about Stillman and how the moves they made were NOT trading their own pending UFAs. "I like our team and where it's headed" will be said repeatedly.

Who do you think is running this place, Steve Yzerman?

Ahhh, another Sabres staff member joins the chat 🙂 Seriously my friend, it is possible to do BOTH things.

I thought they played pretty good until it all fell apart at the end. They just couldn't break through the Boston D which is without a doubt the best in the league with the Orlov addition. Boston was simply much stronger on the puck and won most of the one on one battles. They're a playoff team, Sabres are not. Stillman was about what I expected. An unimpressive bottom pairing D man who makes mistakes when pressed. I didn't see the grit he's supposed to bring. Not tonight anyway. You guys must have been happy when Krebs took on Marchand (I told you he can become our version) and even happier when Lybushkin hit him into the boards and took him out of the game. That's your bright spot for the night. Sabres have to play harder than this and more physical to have any shot at a playoff spot. lastly, once again, I ask why is Comrie on the roster?

Yes. Hall on LTIR and Foligno on IR. Actual injuries too, not salary cap shenanigans. Someone like Bertuzzi became necessary given all the moves from Toronto and Tampa with those 2 out long term. I'm just amazed at how fast Yzerman pivots. Whether he makes the right moves or wrong ones (time will tell) the guy is definitely on the job and working hard.

A lot of Vancouver fans don't get it either as they want a rebuild. organization however insists it's not a rebuild it's a retool. The way they are going I'm glad we didn't bring Rutherford in as some wanted. They do seem a tad confused there.

Dream big.

King's rebuild moving along quite well I'd say.

Except he'd spend more time on LTIR after some of the hits and cheap shots Gretzky had to try to avoid. You can never compare players from one era to another. Too many things change. McDavid would have been hooked, held, slashed and generally abused far more than he is in today's game. Draisaitl would probably have held up better.

Makes me think Vancouver was in on the Chychrun negotiations and when Ottawa nabbed him they panicked and went for plan B. Yzerman with the quick pivot after the 2 losses to Ottawa.

For once we agree. I'm not just unhappy, I'm pissed off with this team again. We could have beat that so easily and still maintained the whole pipeline. Just give them Philly's 2nd with the conditional first and the later second and it's a better deal straight up. This team is so stupid. Earlier thread I said don't count Ottawa out just yet. Didn't realize it might be prophetic.

Rain on your wedding day? Undervalued him by not offering him what he was worth on the open market. Why ask? You already know.

Fair enough, but I don't think it was just a simple one thing or another "OR" . The original implication is that you keep all your picks and prospects for the future so you have that 10 years because of that. If you make some deals, like say give up a 1st and 2 2nds (you know what I'm referring to) you might make it this year but miss later. You're right, both are possible, but the likelihood of making it this year is going down by the second imo so I hope the 10 years comes to pass.

Was the irony of choosing a meme of someone who just recently died intentional?

It's not impossible, but the feeling I have, and I think many people have, is that these holes will sink us and we will miss by just a few points. Thus, when you look back on the year you have to think, if we'd had more D depth when Samuelson etc went down maybe we'd have saved a few points there. If we'd had a better goalie maybe we'd have stolen or saved a few points here or there, and maybe if we had a little more grit maybe we'd win one or two more down the stretch. Just a few points here or there with just a few small changes/additions. Missing by a slim margin is gonna hurt cause it could have been saved. Ultimately I think the team has done better than KA expected. Cozens leapt forward faster than he expected. Some things have gone right and so we are closer/better than he expected and so not making the moves is a mistake.

It's like Scream 6. Why make another one? But they do cause they can. But seriously, cause it's a pivotal moment and a big failure. These things matter.

Well then good news for the bruins game as they are coming off a west coast road trip and they looked thoroughly gassed tonight. Ullmark saved the game. They will be happy to be home and likely will take us too lightly. Sabres will need 60 minutes of speed though not just 15.

Yup, meanwhile Linus Ullmark scores a goal the other night and steals a win for the Bruins tonight despite facing 59 shots. KA blew it, but it's been talked to death.

translation - I won't be doing much of anything at the deadline or in free agency but please renew your tickets for next year anyway.

It's funny but those are the 3 things I said we needed before the season started (and possibly a 2 way 3C) and said they were missing an opportunity by not getting them. These holes have been there all year and are still there.

Well you don't make the playoffs with efforts like that. Last 15 minutes or so we decided to skate and if we'd played the whole game like that we'd have won easily, but we didn't. Flat, low event garbage for the first 2 periods. hard to believe they could drop off from the Washington game that much at this time of the year. I guess you blame the coaches and/or leadership for not drilling it in to them that you have to show up in this league every night and against everybody. Rubbish. Just plain rubbish. So disappointing. They should put Peterka onto the first PP unit instead of VO until Dahlin comes back. I'm also really hoping they take Bryson out if they play Stillman but watch, they'll sit Clague instead.

Well the landing spots are disappearing so if I was him I'd re-offer whatever my final offer is/was at the 11th hour just to see.

Just the leftovers. and there's still Chychrun........

Can't miss out on picking up the needed points in games like this. Should win them. Have to win them all. These way out of it teams though play loose and free and if you take them lightly they can still burn you. Just shut down their one line and we should be fine (or score 10).