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Refs screwed Florida. Listening to these league friendly announcers makes it all seem rigged for Tampa. It's such an obvious cheat on the cap. There is absolutely no way Kucherov JUST came off injury. Guy is in peak form. He must have been ready a month ago or more. Total cheat. Tampa for me is officially the Patriots of the NHL. ANYBODY but Tampa that's my choice for the cup. and Montour looked decent. wtf?

Everyone here hates Kim and Terry (and I'm not fond of them either) but to step back it's also possible they see things differently. Maybe, just maybe, they have felt that they have pampered and catered to Eichel and his whims for years and maybe when he made rumblings this past summer of being unhappy they said to themselves "Alright, I've had enough of this guy. He's unhappy? I'm paying him millions and he's won me nothing. Screw this guy. Enough with the demands. tear the whole f'n thing down and start again. Do something different this time Kevin. I'm sick of this crap." Just saying, it's possible.

I'm just not sure about his character. Not sure means just that, not sure. I'm not going to decide about him until I see him play NHL games. Remember, (and I don't want to argue about it here) I consider Reinhart a floater often too.

Wasn't that why he was fired in Pittsburgh for advocating rebuild time over one last run with Malkin and Crosby? I might have that wrong, but I thought that was the crux of it and I thus thought he was probably transferring the same type of rebuild plan to his hiring here. So trade Eichel/Reinhart instead of Crosby/Malkin but otherwise the same basic plan. maybe I have it wrong.

Man, how'd Minnesota get so good? One of those things with this covid hockey I haven't seen a single game of their's this year. Fast, energetic, full of grit, that's a much better hockey team than they were and gives me hope about how you can turn things in the right direction quickly. No wonder they ditched Staal. And to think some people here were proclaiming that trade a steal for us before the season started lol. That's a good hockey team and we never should have traded Foligno. Good to see our cast off Carrier still getting solid minutes with Vegas. Another fine decision from our past management. Every game in OT so far. I guess that comes from teams knowing each other so well this season. Some good hockey so far.

I think when Karmanos was hired it signaled a full rebuild. Nothing here makes me think any different.

I think Peterka will surprise people. He will develop into the more complete player. I'm still not sold on Quinn. Have to wait and see if he develops any grit or becomes a floater.

I wouldn't say that. He played well and drew 2 penalties. It does, however, emphasize that this is a team game, and any one individual will not take you to the promised land. It's always going to be about the entire team as a whole. Pay attention Sabres management............

I know. I'm excited with the possibility of finally righting this thing. My hope is that Adams will not single out one targeted problem, but rather cut out the entire core to be sure he removes all of the problems. It may turn out that he cuts out a piece that didn't need cutting, maybe just needed separating from another piece, but I'm hoping he will sweep it all, better safe than sorry. No half measures this time.

You obviously don't read my posts regularly. I was one of the first to say don't be fooled by the late season handful of wins etc. None of what i believe is based on that. What I believe, is that this core of star players we have had for several years now is an overpaid bunch of fair weather floaters. They are soft, spoiled and whiney and the team has gone to s##t with this group and I don't believe they are the right players to build a new direction around. The superstar top down model is flawed and the team has to be rebuild bottom up. No stars. Hard work and effort, and then the real stars will emerge.

I disagree entirely on your second sentence but I doubt we will ever agree on it so leave it there. As for this time, this isn't a tank. There's no stripping away the roster to nothing for a superstar. We will have a plethora of young talent coming in to join the youngsters we already have. It's a totally different scenario. Trading Eichel Reinhart and Risto is not a tank, it's a cleansing.

That was a good hockey game. Solid solid hitting. Winner of the series will be beat up bad I think. Heavy game. No way could our lot stand up to that.

Bruins moved Kuraly up to the 3rd line because Lazar was doing well on the 4th (argh!) He'd only become available if they do resign Hall and have a cap squeeze. Then he might leave for a few dollars more and some term. They'll lose him same way they lost Acciari and despite wanting him, they won't open the bank vault because they have a number of younger guys who are somewhat similar 3rd/4th line types. If they dump DeBrusk (who is 4th line now) they probably won't have the same money issues.

It's not a terrible article at all. It might not provide "new" information but it does shift the focus to the real problem, and that is not the talent level of this so called core, but rather the culture they have failed to provide. You want to fix the team you have to cut out ALL the rot and restart with a new attitude. Nothing else will work at this point. Won't work.

That is actually a pretty good interview and I think his comments are spot on. It especially made me think about Eichel watching Hall on the Bruins. The Shawshank Redemption bit. That must actually be killing Jack to see Hall succeed there. He'd be wishing it was him and thinking why not me? I want that too. I wouldn't be surprised if that led Jack to talking to his agent and saying "how can I orchestrate my way out of here without looking like the villain" and hence the disconnect presser. As for Barnaby, he may be an idiot (lots of hockey players are idiots, and often worse, rich idiots) but I won't bad mouth him. He was a passionate Sabre who gave his all for the team and did what he could to stay in the league with limited talent. We could use a few Barnabys on this roster. A little heart and soul, not to mention entertainment.

Ya, that's reasonable. Gonna bet it'll take some serious convincing for the Pegula's to take on more dead money though. Don't think they feel the same urgency at this point that we do.

You really have to stop watching with a video game mindset where all you think about is numbers and statistics. It's also a game of passion and character. This is where we always disagree. So you can quote me stats and number of goals and zone time and possession and all the numbers you want forever, but the team will never win without building a new culture and that has to start with removing all the losers. Pretty much agree with this: https://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/buffalo_sabres/sullivan-time-for-sabres-to-hit-the-reset-button----again/article_0ab72182-9371-5b29-9166-c3cae76bde35.html

I don't like that Vancouver deal. Miller is a good player but I don't want Loui Erikson anywhere near the young team we will be building. Definition of a lazy hockey player. Unless we could take him for their cap, eat part of it and flip him away to someone else, but otherwise a big no.

Okposo isn't an issue to me as the contract won't last much longer. I'd give up a little to get rid of that Skinner deal, but I don't think he would leave and I don't think anyone will take that contract on. We're stuck with him. If he'd go, and they wanted to take on the contract, I'd give him to the Kraken for a bag of chips. Jalapenos.

I heard this too. Starting to look like my dream is coming true much to many of your chagrins. Of course everything depends on the return and the FA signing(s). Now if only there was a Skinner solution.....................

Well if he is a leader, it will likely be leading another team. Maybe we can trade them both (and throw in the tandem bike) to LA. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sabres-sam-reinhart-wants-to-play-canucks-west-coast

Maybe this was already posted somewhere. I'm usually a step behind, but I don't see it so here ya go. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sabres-sam-reinhart-wants-to-play-canucks-west-coast

Yup. Those are the two series I have picked to be the (likely) most interesting. St.Louis Colorado might be if the Blues have more playoff hockey in them. Not sure, haven't seen them play at all this year so going on the past. Isles Pens likely 1-0 2-1 boring as heck. I think the Florida series will be the best.

I know what you're saying, but I just don't see Reinhart being valued highly enough for that kind of bold antagonistic move. In the NHL today the GMs seem more all on the same page and not looking to rape and pillage other teams with offer sheets. I think it only happens in cases where you have a really young guy not at his perceived peak yet. Reinhart is at peak value now. Just as an aside, regarding Boston. I'm going to guess Krejci will take a huge discount to stay and he and Hall will basically flip salaries (looking at Hall's salary after half of it not being there. So maybe 7 to Hall and 3+ to Krejci. That is if they still click in the playoffs. That'd be funny if they did offer sheet and sign Reinhart. and resigned Hall. and then if Hall - Reinhart worked we'd all go wtf??? Not going to happen though. That brings to mind Sean Kuraly as an FA. There's a solid 3rd 4th line center to consider. His salary is pretty low so maybe it doesn't take all that much.

Yup. He's a possible. Czikis might be interesting as well. Not sure he's leaving NY but he's definitely a character guy. Point is there are a LOT of free agents this year. Any number of ways to rearrange the line up and add solid leadership.