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I hope Toronto's stupid enough to take him.

Careful you don't break something when you fall off this bandwagon 🙂 At least wait until the rangers game to see if they play the same way or fall back into the usual with the monkey lifted off.

This is my fear. Nothing against him personally but a late season rise giving the false impression that everything is okay.

Well it certainly was nice to see a real hockey game for a change. I don't know how I feel about winning though. On the one hand yes, glad to see a win, but on the other the mark of futility means a greater likelihood of big changes that I think are still needed. I don't want there to be a thought that maybe it's not so bad and next year it'll be better, just blame it all on Kreuger. I don't want another year of the same. But this was fun. One thing to add though, and that's Hall is a complete waste of space (and money). When they all sucked he just blended in as one of the rest but now with many players working and skating his poor play really stands out. So many giveaways and such incredible disinterested ineffectiveness. He was our worst player and I doubt we get a lot for him at the deadline. Get him gone asap.

It's really odd. We are considerably faster than we were under Kreuger and it's hard to figure out why. I can't imagine Kreuger said "skate slow and don't move your feet" or could he have??? We still make some dumb passes and giveaways but we're definitely faster. Strange very strange. Then again, the Flyers kind of suck. Vigneault looking like a poor coaching choice.

More than some of his team mates have done. At least he blocked a shot 🙂 I was amused reading Staal talking about "putting the Buffalo experience behind him" when one of the reasons it was so bad was BECAUSE of him.

You should get that checked out.

Record breaking night. Come on guys you can do it!!!!!!!!! I mean how can they not. Casey is our #1 centre. He's "seizing the opportunity."

The Kings and Rangers are always being mentioned but I think that's just speculative. Both of those teams seem like they are already on an ascendency back to competing for the playoffs and have lots of young talent waiting so the only way they toss that aside is if they can fleece us for Eichel and we presumably aren't giving him away................hopefully. I could see a Boston trade if we accept mostly draft picks as they are desperate to rebuild offense and Krejci's just about done and they love Boston guys but that isn't likely either.

hockeywriters piece was reading had LeBrun saying Buffalo wanted a 2nd for Staal but nobody offered it so they took the 3rd and 5th. Also says they are looking for a 1st for Hall but he doubts we get it as it's a buyer's market.

Of course. Cornerstone of any successful franchise. I mean look at the Bruins. great solid organization but they've laid an egg in a few big drafts and as a result are starting to fade as the core ages. Happens to any team that fails in the draft. But you want to build a solid building you need a strong foundation first. That's what this new management could help bring us.

Bringing back the lunch bucket work hard philosophy that went with them would be a good start to a proper rebuild.

I think this is the key. If the organization does a visible reset and you have credible people on top and a new and clear vision/direction then there will be players who want to be part of that. Maybe at first mostly guys looking for a new start but it won't take long to be attractive again with the right type of leadership.

I think maybe you're nitpicking semantics. We all mean the same basic thing in that regard.

We're eating enough cap hits already. Philly has a horrible D, he is the worst. He might be worse than Montour. We could pick him up, but it would signal there's going to be no change in direction or philosophy here and we will keep losing just swapping out one bad player (Montour) for another. I'd rather they spent that money elsewhere.

It's not about size only it's about heart. It's about playing big not necessarily being big. Contrast then and now. Mike Peca, Tage Thompson. Need I say more (and I didn't even use the extreme of Danny Briere :))

It's true, but there is nobody on the team leading and showing the fire for him to catch. Oddly the no value players generally give more than the so called star value who aren't doing much to earn their money.

Eichel and the Sabres at this point is like a bad marriage. Maybe even an abusive one. You can keep hoping he will change (or she if you prefer) but it won't happen. Won't help to stay together for the sake of the kids either. They will pick up on the hostility and the depression. You can choose which (Sabres or Eichel) is the he or she. It really doesn't matter.

You trade ALL the UFAs from this s@#tshow. You can tell him you'd be interested in signing him next year and you can (if he's interested) and if he's not interested he would have left anyway. Better to get something and give him some playoff experience. Trade all the UFAs and the core stars. ALL of them.

Was just going to say that. Question answered.

Hall's always been looked at as a only plays when he wants to guy and it's clear he's floated this entire season. 10-1 he plays his ass off for whoever we trade him to so that he can get a big contract but pity whoever signs him as he could quit on them at any moment. If we sign him I'm out.

All this OT Dahlin hate is misplaced imo. He was fighting for the puck but had no support from his team mates. The other two guys were just standing around waiting. This is the sabres for years now. No team work. Just stand around and let the other guy do something. They all suck.

Unbelievable. Only the Sabres could blow that. No words.

He's a business man first and foremost. Harold Ballard said he was a Leaf's fan but ran that team into the ground for years because he was still making a buck.