Believer

Well… That’s the end of the Oceanfront Hotels…

You know the old market saying… “Get a hunch, buy a bunch”… My bet is… this group brings you and others back…faster than you think

Amen… Dahlin passed up several shots… lost the puck or passed and we ended up losing the puck without a shot on goal…

Dahlin tried to do too much…Had many chances to shoot in regulation… Loses the window… Had one good shot in OT…Then turns around and is out of position on the Devils score… instead of charging the shooter… Not off to a good start this year… Less minutes might get his attention…

Saddling Granato with a selfish player who thinks he is a super star… when you have a locker room of kids learning together with the help of a handful of real pros… would be counterproductive… Adams won’t do it… unless forced by the Pegulas… Someone posted the given reality earlier… Eichel is a cancer… Good riddance…

Nope… No chance Adams lets Eichel anywhere near the Sabre locker room… The guy is poison… He would spoil the great chemistry this group is building…

Tokarski is not elite… but Tokarski is a gamer… He will win plenty of games…

Agree it is the Pegula’s call… If it were my decision, when Eichel and his Reps give up any claim to remaining contract compensation if he is unable to pass a team physical after the surgery he wants… he can have it his way… The Sabres retain all rights… Pass or fail, let any team outside the division make an offer…

Underappreciated… Tokarski was up to the task…

Bravo, Tokarski… Just solid…

Granato Factor…

Eichel doesn’t want to play for Buffalo any longer… He made it crystal clear in word and deed… All the wishful hoping to the contrary is magical thinking… KA is right to trade him when he gets a fair return… If not, Eichel may stay on the roster… but I wouldn’t let him near the locker room full of our positive young players… unless he did a very private apology to the team… and a very public apology to the Pegulas and Buffalo fans…

Looks like a pouty teenager to me…

Why is anyone surprised??… Where was Captain Jack’s public support for his teammates during their 18 game losing streak??… Not a word from him…

My bet is KA Will not get his pocket picked… and Eichel will refuse to go to training camp… Both good for the Sabres… If KA lets Eichel anywhere near the locker room, it will be a betrayal on his public statement that he “only wants players who want to be here”… and a setback to his credibility and to the rebuild… Give the “C” to a worthy player…

Yep… It will be painful to miss the playoffs absent a miracle… But Granato and the kids proved last season they can play exciting and entertaining… if not playoff caliber… hockey… It will be fun to watch them grow together…

KA can send him home… Let Eichel continue the healing and play beer hockey with his pals… If he stays in shape, more than likely a team on the cusp of the playoffs or making a run for the Cup will be willing to meet KAs deal… if he passes their medical… and doesn’t self-destruct in the meantime…

Jack In The Box… As in Press Box… Rename the yacht after his contract expires in five years…

My bet is Eichel is so frustrated… he made his Reps respond publicly to KA… The bridge is burned… Let the boy stew… Might do him some good… Get a little humility when he realizes he’s not as valuable as he imagined…

Magical Thinking from a couple of Boneheads… (What a team Eichel has working for him)… KA should hold his position… Sit Eichel out… Some team will meet his deal sooner than later…

The thing about sports-related surgeries is, it takes time to know… Ask Jim Kelly as he recovers from a second ankle replacement after the first surgery failed… Word of caution to Eichel… and any team who wants him…

Taking a page from the Bills… What took so long??

Maybe KA got a quick course from Beane… on Contracts & Contract Management…

Like I said… he knows the guy…

If the reports you say are true… must have been a reason, eh??… Maybe Eichel’s fighting Sabre Medical staff??… or abandoning his team during the 18 game losing streak, (as their Captain no less) rehabbing away from Buffalo??… Maybe Eichel’s sour grapes season-ending presser??… Props to KA if your reports are true… He had plenty of reasons to shop the guy… He knows him…