sabremike

Funny you mention Lee because while he's never leaving the island he is the exact type of player that we desperately need: his bread and butter is going to and staying in front of the net. Lacking that type of player just absolutely kills us.

Off the top of my head: Antipin and Pilut (you know, a guy who is basically the only guy that when paired with Risto (who is basically a laughingstock of the sport because he is so bad) made him a positive player and was rewarded by being buried in the AHL while worthless junk players were given spots in the NHL lineup for life no matter how bad they or the team sucked).

I can't understand why nobody can understand the very negative long-term ramifications of this: This team has to have the worst rep of any NHL team to European UFA's because of how many guys they have treated like crap. Why would any sane person sign here if they had any other option because they know if they come here they will be dicked around by our garbage clownshoes organization.

The problem is that he has shown he is completely incapable of knowing what players are ones you should acquire and which ones you shouldn't touch with a ten foot poll. In fact he actively targets guys who are in that last group. Short a miracle of biblical proportions we are going to get exactly the same this offseason and then when 20-21 ends up being the 10th Hindenburg in a row the Pegulas will somehow be unable to understand why.

Forget that: I can't think of a GM who did as much damage to a franchise as Botts did in 3 seasons and who probably destroyed them for the following 5 seasons since Mad Mike destroyed the Islanders. Even Chia is better on the bumbling dumpster fire buffoon scale then Botts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Peterman

Sure, let's waste ANOTHER season! Question for all of you OK with this: why weren't you all upset that the Bills didn't give Peterman 4 seasons as the starter? Botts is the Nathan Peterman of hockey GM's: completely incompetent and in way over his head. Why not go out and hire ***** Milbury or Chia as consultants to produce the shittiest front office in the history of North American pro sports.

You can also use it at the horrible and overpriced concession stand to buy food you by law wouldn't be allowed to give to the homeless (Thanks Jeremy Jacobs, shame of the city of Buffalo!).

They are literally the least successful NHL owners of the post 1991 era (Atlanta has an argument but I don't think they had a single ownership group that lasted 9 consecutive seasons). When the team misses the playoffs yet again next season because the Pegulas absolutely refuse to ever learn from their endless mistakes and midblowing terrible decisions the Sabres will have officially become the single worst franchise in the modern history of the sport. 10 seasons, no playoffs, no season even close. There is sadly a part of me that wouldn't mind seeing the Bills go 1-15 this season so that maybe people will finally give them the raking over the coals they richly deserve for turning what was once one of the most proud and respected franchises in the league (before they took over the Sabres had something like the 3rd best overall record of all time behind the Habs and Flyers) and turned them into a sad sack dumpster fire laughingstock. This franchise has not even played a single meaningful or important game of any kind in 9 years. To quote Richard Pryor: " How long? How long must this ***** go on???".

It's not OK because doing so is yet another act of malfeasance by our stupid and incompetent owners. It's another expression of their complete and utter contempt for the fans of this team.

Tl:dr- Botts got rid of a unicorn and put himself in a position where he need to find another unicorn. If Botts traded Jack straight up for Milan Lucic would that be enough to get his defenders to admit that he sucks and needs to go?

Problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!

He is going to score 20 per game. #TeamMagicGiraffe

Know that you recently turned 102 but would you be interested in taking the job?

I just acquired a sacred and holy relic on eBay for $3.25:

Unfortunately he has an abysmal track record when it comes to evaluating talent (seriously, go look at all his acquisitions. It's pretty much a disaster). Even worse is that he's been just as bad at cap management.

Happy Red Bull Wedding Day!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS THERE!!!!

I don't understand how ANYONE can be a Yankees fan.

Expect to see a more physical and hard hitting game from Tage this season:

At this point I'd settle for Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley being brought in to run things.

Given this organization's (and the current GM's) lengthy and disastrous track record of mishandling prospects everyone would be wise to greet this news with a very healthy dose of skepticism.

That was years ago before he was completely exposed and his value fell off a cliff.