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That's a positional thing with Power. As a D man he has to be bigger to be truly effective at an NHL level. Your choices are potentially good players, there's little doubt, but Power will be dominant. Pieterangelo on Vegas and even Weber on Montreal should give you all the convincing you need. Take either away from their team and they're not playing in these playoffs at this point.

This is what me and some others around here have been preaching for years. Is management finally figuring it out??????? See now, what IF Terry was watching the Bills, especially their D, saw the compete, saw it translate to wins and it suddenly dawned on him. Hey Kev, he said, I want THAT, but on skates. Get me that. It's possible.

Oh I know what you were thinking. I've visited Seattle a few times. I enjoyed it, but junkies everywhere. Still, less piss on the sidewalks than Portland.

Exactly. I actually think that's pretty good marketing. Can't wait for Grunge hockey.

That's fair. I was just thinking of the comparison to JBot. At this point it's too early to judge Adams but I think it's safe to say JBot and his staff drafted better than Murray. Not great, but better.

2 top picks in that are okay so still better than 2016. Or 2015 for that matter (after the obvious Eichel pick). So many bad drafts to choose from...........

Maybe you're right, but you can't compare NHL to NFL NFL is a much more valuable commodity. Well idk, but it's the Sabres, so the value is probably a little less than 49cents.

Forbes has the Sabres value (last year) at 385 million. So I think your number is a little high.

Oh don't tease me like this......................

This notion of "blowing it up" is silly to me. What exactly are we blowing up? There's nothing to "blow up". It's a big bag of ***** that's DEAD LAST in the league again. What exactly are you so desperate to hang on to??????? I don't want to get rid of anybody young. Just the old rotten core that has given us absolutely NOTHING and is not committed to being here or the team. You can debate who's fault that is but it doesn't matter. It is what it is, there is no foundation to build off of and there is simply no choice but to start over UNLESS you enjoy being dead last and want another decade of it. I don't.

Sorry, but I do question his work ethic and his desire. Regarding Hamilton and the justification of these players' attitude I totally disagree. WINNERS can scoff at the press and their critiques. Constant losers have to suck it up and take it. That's my view. Reinhart wants to make Hamilton look like an idiot? Win.

Rene Robert for Eddie Shack. probably the greatest trade the Sabres ever made. Hope he has a full recovery. One of the greats.

I think you'd have to give them Reinhart with Jack not Olofsson to get that much back.

I'm not sure what choice you have if you trade away the big 3, you can't dump it on a kid who has to develop still (like Cozens) I think you have to give it to KO since you know that in a short time it's free for a young guy to have. Otherwise who? My own thought would be give Nick Foligno a reasonable 3 year deal (I know he's fading) and give him the C until Cozens or someone else is ready. It has to be a FA signing in any event if not KO.

idk I think on the ice and off the ice are very different things. He does all the sick kids stuff and make a wish and lots of other local events and charities in Boston. People there love him so I think it's a bit of a uniform thing. He's the villain for other teams, for sure, but doesn't that also mean he got to them? Hell they love him so much in Beantown they even gave him a tv show for real men 🙂

So did this "meeting" actually happen?

Do tell. What kind of neighbour is he? Does he cut his own lawn?

My view is a little more cynical (shocking :)) . To me he will be chosen because 1. the fan base will accept the choice. 2. he's the cheapest option 3. he's set up to be the next fall guy. Likely a 2 year deal. If we win, great, rehire, bigger contract with term, new era, kudos all good. If we still lose (as we very well might with a young team) then KA gets a second coach before he's on the chopping block himself. Same old same old. If we were to bring in a big name coach we'd have to give term and then if we still lose what then? Who to blame besides the owners? KA has to take the fall in that case and thus, the choice of Granato is the safe and obvious one for all.

It's going to be Granato. Deep down you all know it.

You might, but you should consider one of the things Cassidy said about Taylor Hall. Roughly, he said he thought Hall was benefitting from the influence players like Marchand had on him. He felt that if he had a full season of watching how Marchand works out, prepares and leads he'd become an even better hockey player. So ya, you would kill him, and you are stuck being a fan of this shitshow.

Also, religious and committed as he might be in the weight room, doesn't mean he couldn't have gone to a buddy's house, maybe had a few and decided to show off and be stupid. There's no way to know, but IF (stress IF) he did injure himself in some off season dumb way and the Sabres know about it, it might explain their entire attitude towards him. But no way to know.

I would kill for a guy like Marchand to come in and lead this sorry sack of ***** we call a hockey team.

so is Jack's leadership.

All I know for sure is I don't want any more of this: and I do want a little bit of what they're talking about:

Indeed.