Broken Ankles

Probably another round of compliance buyouts in the next CBA. Biding time I suppose.

What has this guy done to deserve tonight's game? We play the Kings at home on Saturday. Someone please defend RK's logic here.

Like this one, and really any on this album by "The Chairman".

More than 70% of his TOI is with Eichel or MoJo. This also factors that Marcus was injured, and decisions were made at 2C. RK has put him in a position to succeed.

This. Remember what Ralph said....'The past is not the present. It's the past. We will work with the present, and what you're doing today and what you're giving the team today will decide where your role is, what your minutes are, and how much you are playing a part in our process'. I agree wholeheartedly. Jeff earned his extension. Now he needs to keep earning his paycheck. He makes $9M/AAV. He needs be better.

When I read these names I’m reminded of Brewster’s Millions, Monty Brewster.

@Let's Go B-Lo u owe me $1.00.

Agree. And the bold is why I can take something positive out of a tie. Dahlin had a great game. Physical early. Moved the puck great when working 5v5 with Jacks line, and had two great saves at the blue line to keep the puck inside on the PP that tied the game. If I can have that Rasmus every game signed me up. Oh and the future of the Islanders organization took a stupid penalty with under 4 to play while the future of the Buffalo Sabers tied the game in the final minute, and outside one poor pass had another solid game. How many times was a brilliant game followed up by something less than acceptable? Now he brings it every night (or day).

It’s not absurd at all. And I’m not “bitching” about it. I like what RK has done with what is clearly a bad contract. Some of the best Lemonade I’ve tasted. What I stated was due to a bad contract, decisions must be made to mitigate the cap hit taken by one player. Giving long term contracts to both Larsson and Girgs and spending over $9m on a fourth line is foolish. Show me a Stanley Cup team that employs this logic. And one by choice, not circumstance. Both contracts are due in July and they were one year deals for a reason. If Larsson is extended it’s because he is versatile, could play third line if needed, and RK prefers centers. Aspland and Lazar could easily fill in on the fourth line in 2020 for about 1/3 of the cost and not miss a beat.

But Kyle (and his Albatross contract) is relevant to the conversation. The Sabres priority in the off-season is another top 6 player, preferably a Center. Whether a UFA or Trade, this position will demand a high AAV. Resigning Sam, and managing for futures. There was comments above about these are the type of players that Boston has. And while that may be true, Boston also sheds players like this when offered better deals. They have players like Wagner or Kurali. And players like Schaller, or Moore or Nash. But their contracts are for league mins, or $1.5M at the high end, and when they are offered deals from other teams in the $3.5+, they move on. We live in a salary cap era where decision are made based on priorities. For me I'm much rather substitute a Lazar and TBD on my fourth line to pay a higher end Center $7.5-8.5M and play top 6 minutes.

GLO AAV = $9.1M. This is way above a fourth line cost. I like them all, but if you have a $6M 4th (3rd?) line player, you need to make concessions elsewhere. You cannot have both come back on $2.25-2.5M AAV, or we an $11M 4th line for 2021 & 2022. If KO goes to LTIR, then it's a different story.

Funny. Asia was my first concert as well. I was in the seventh grade and went with kids from my school. No parents and an eye-opening experience with all the weed from the Yes fans who were much older. Other great concerts: U2 Joshua tree, Steely Dan, Rush, page/plant, Bush and No Doubt. I remember in the 70s as a kid that the patrons in Lower Gold dressed much nicer than our family. I was down to catch a puck then back to the orange. Seeing Guy Lafluer with the flowing hair was impressive. Sabres scoring 13 on the Cleveland Barons was a treat. The afternoon games before the Superbowls were a blast. Garcia’s for drinks before/after. Dressing up for the Halloween games. Chatting up Ed Kilgore in the Blues a few times. I also remember Saturday afternoon family/ open ice skates. I can’t fathom that idea these days. I remember the feeling the first time we had gold seats. I scrapbooked the stub, thinking life couldn’t be much better. Great topic, thanks for starting this.

Statistics meet Narrative. Narrative, meet Statistics.

We just traded a second and fifth for him. He has term and not a bad AAV. No.

I’m going to watch the Patriots failed fourth quarter drive between periods to keep the MoJo up.

Someone Tell Rob Ray Larsson is not playing with Vesey and Sheary. He thinks he was promoted. Or demoted. I can’t tell if Girgs, Larry and Okposo is line 3 or 4 anymore.

I like Skinner back on FL#2 and with MaJo and Asplund. Too few 5v5 minutes for Jeff lately.

Enough logical thought. This is a gosh darn fan forum. Over reactions are what we do best!

The Wild pass the Pred's in the Central Division. Makes our 4-1 loss seem a little more palatable.

I am honestly shocked that only PI added advanced stats to build his case. I'll add on to his petition for Scandella. 1.) The aforementioned +/- , impressive mark for a Buffalo D man. Better than Montour and Joki. 2.) Relative Corsi and Fenwick leading the D core with 50/50 O and D zone starts. Montour for example has worse numbers with a 60% Offensive zone start. 3.) Wins and Losses. Sabres are 12-6-4 with Marco in the line up. (He was injured in the Ranger game and missed a bunch of losses including Washington, NYI and two in SWE); And he literally saved the Toronto game by himself. 4.) With and without - check out 2018 vs 2019.

According to Hockey reference he has 1 takeaway with 16 Giveaways. That leads our Defensive core. Even more than Rasmus and I would have bet even money Dahlin had more. In fact his ratio of Take/Give is by far the worse. Love the potential but there are gaffes. And agree he won the trade so far.

His hair doubles for that which I use to clean my pots and pans.

Must be the new iPhone 11. Picture quality is superior.