RangerDave

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I first read his books like Red Cell and Task Force Blue. I was highly captivated at the daring, courageous, and to-hell-with-the-rules attitude he displayed in order to get the right things done. I couldn't read his books fast enough. I then read his autobiography Rogue Warrior and was hugely disappointed. As a real commander, he was a straight arrow, no nonsense boss who didn't allow dissent or alternative thought. He kicked people off the Seal Team for questioning a policy. A policy! Not even a direct order. He portrayed himself in his fictional books as someone who questioned everything. Either he was the antithesis of his book character, or he thought he was the only one allowed to disregard orders. Either way, he was highly disappointing as a person after the buildup of reading his books.

I don't know about that. The Pegulas just did sell their home! 🙂 Doesn't that usually mean they are moving? Terry and Kim Pegula sell waterfront condo in Buffalo - Buffalo Business First (bizjournals.com)

Well, if he's gonna get that far, he might as well complete the Gordie Howe hat trick with a fight, eh?

In order to make the playoffs, our goalies have to consistently outplay the opposing teams' goalies. They don't now. And it is obviously more difficult to find decent goalies than we all hoped it would be. That said, as Sun Tzu would say, "If you can't upgrade your goaltending, degrade the opponent's goaltending." Remember all of those trades the Sabres have done "for future considerations"? I say we degrade the opponents by giving them our current goalies as payment in full for those future considerations! "Hey New York, remember that we took Johnny Boychuk for future considerations? Well, we've considered it and here is Aaron Dell for you. Good luck with that!"

Why the "Rush"? 😉

I think the change of scenery he needs is for the Sabres to have better players, especially goaltending, around him. He is still a very talented, and young, player who will be an important part of a winning team here in Buffalo once we get the right other components. Trading him now would come back to hurt us when we get more (better) players later. I'd rather he learn from his mistakes here and commit to doing the things he needs to in order to get better as the rest of the team improves. I don't think he is a bad egg like some others we got rid of may have been.

If I give him a few frowny faces, does that drop him down below 10,000 so that I can then "like" him again so that I can be the 10,000 person to "like" him? Maybe we can all be the 10,000th person! 🤪 Thanks, dudacek! I really like your insights.

Are you sure she didn't think you said, "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"? That could earn a blank stare....

Ah, but Zemgus made an all-star team. Call me when Dylan has a better NHL pedigree than that! 😝

I don't blame Eichel for all of our woes. And the Pegulas surely have made many mistakes that have led us to where we are. However, I think this trade had to happen. It is the best for both sides. Eichel is a very gifted player, but the lack of success here has hampered his development into the top player that he can be under better circumstances. He does not deal with adversity well. Hopefully, the LVGK can provide the right scene for Eichel to be happy and successful. The Pegulas needed to remove the players that are unhappy, as that infects the entire team and leads to not achieving everyone's top potential. We need team-first players who root for each other. We also need leaders who can help smooth over the rough patches. Of course, the biggest thing that winning teams need to have is good management, including coaching. We have not had that in the Pegulas time and for that they are solely to blame. I am hopeful that Kevin Adams, although raw, is looking at how Beane built a winner with the Bills. Bring in skilled, but maybe not top tier, players who play the game hard no matter the circumstances. Trust the process. I am also hopeful that Don Granato is the right coach at the right time to take a bunch of young players and coach them up into skilled players who play hard. I've had hope for the Sabres before and have been disappointed, but I see the pieces coming together now for a good team in the near future. 🤞

The sad fact is that we were not a winning team with Eichel these last five years. I don't believe we would have been a winning team the next five years with Eichel. I hope a change of scenery allows him to fulfill his potential that he would never reach here. The best we can hope for is that Eichel helps the Golden Knights win and the players we have and will get in the trade help us win. I am rooting for the Sabres to beat LV in the Stanly Cup finals 4 games to 3 in a couple of years.

Can anyone guess how old I am from the fact that I first read this thread title as "Sabres trade for Johnny Bucyk's contract" and thought, "Man, we could use a player like that!"

The Sabres aren't very smart with their money. I would have not played for the team for only $1.24 million, saving them $10,000! I guess I should have read the pop-up announcing your post while I was finishing writing mine. Great minds think alike...as do greedy ones! 😄

I know nothing about the X's and O's of hockey. As just a fan, I have noticed that I am not seeing the interminable cycling of the puck back and forth behind the opponent's net like I used to see a lot last year. It drove me nuts. This year, not so much. That, in itself, makes watching the game more enjoyable. I don't know if it also translates into more aggressive play and therefore more wins or not.

I like to think of it as....staying one step ahead of the law! 😉

Born and raised in Depew. As an adult, I have lived in New Mexico, Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Georgia, California, Utah, North Carolina, Florida, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), as well as NY sites like Syracuse, Warrensburg and Saranac Lake. Last year, I moved back to Western NY for the first time in 39 years and now reside in Lockport. Good to be back home (although I do miss mountains...)

98 and 0 97 and 1, baby! 😁

I agree we need better goaltending to compete today. I don't know what Adams has tried to bring in, either through free agency or via a trade, or if he is pinning his hopes on an Eichel trade. Unless I can see what his realties have been, I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt. But, hey! I'm an optimist! 😀

I would not pin our lack of success squarely on Jack's shoulders. There is plenty of blame to go around, from players, to coaches, to management, to ownership. It was a hot mess. (Hopefully "was" and not "is"!) But I would want my captain to rise above that and lead his team to do the best they can with the hand they are dealt. In my opinion, Eichel did not do that. Eichel, if healthy and on a winning team, would obviously help that team win. Just don't put him in a leadership role. It doesn't suit him, at least not at this point in his life. If I thought we could keep Reinhart here after this season, I would have made him a good offer to stay. I just don't think that was going to happen. And, again, if we were a winning team, having a Ristolainen on our team would be a very welcome piece. I wish we were there and Risto could be that piece for us. If, if, if..... it's sad.

I agree that would be ideal. I just don't think we are in an ideal moment of time right now. I will actually be happy to see Eichel go. He is a very skilled player, but has not been a good teammate, and in my opinion, a lousy captain. He has not been a good leader and the team has not gone anywhere with him in the lineup. His bad attitude and outsized opinion of his worth has not helped us win. I was sorry to see Reinhart go, as I thought he played hard and was skilled. He is one of my favorite players. Unfortunately, I do not think he would have signed with this team after this year. So, trading him for the assets we did, when his value was as high as it was likely to get, made a lot of sense. I also liked Ristolainen. He can be a very valuable piece of a winning team. Unfortunately, the Sabres are not a winning team at the moment. His toughness on a losing team does not buy us enough to overcome his weaknesses. On the right team, it probably does. Trading him was probably good for him and for the Sabres. If Adams is getting rid of players who don't want to be here and/or players who don't figure to be around when we start winning, I don't see the negative in that.

I really hope they are not tanking. I know the two sports are different, but I liken what Adams is doing to what McBean did with the Bills. They sold, traded, or cut the rotten core out of the team, even if they were highly paid high draft picks. They weren't tanking. They were just looking to start with decent players who have the right attitude and build up from there. They did not bring in splashy free agents, just middling free agents who had the right skills and right attitude. Then, they drafted well - wherever their picks were. IF that is what Adams is doing, I support him 100%. IF, on the other hand, he is trying to field a bad team in order to get a better draft pick, he is another in the long list of moronic managers of the recent Buffalo Sabres who think drafting XXX 18-year old kid is better than drafting YYY 18-year old kid and will make them a better team soon.

I am tired of losing. IF they can get a goalie that helps them win now, they should would jump at the chance. The youngsters on the team need to find joy in playing now, not 3-5 years from now (as do us fans). If we can get a goalie that is great for the next 5 years, that is the length of the rest of Eichel's contract, and bridges us until the prospects get good. I don't think even a healthy, happy Eichel has them winning now, without a goalie who can win now. That said, I don't know of any team that has a spare great goalie that they would give up in a trade for Eichel. But, I don't know of any team that would give up a 1C of equal value to Eichel either. Why would they? I don't think any team is going to give up anything but prospects for Eichel. They are interested in getting their team better now. That means not giving up an equal asset that they need now. I don't have a lot of faith that an Eichel trade is going to make us better anytime soon. And I am dreading being a fan for the next 3-5 years while our gained prospect assets, #1 OA pick, and prospect goalies all get decent. That is a lot of hopefuls that may not pan out (and have historically not panned out). Whatever is takes to win now, we need to do it. Pinning hopes on prospects is getting very old. Screw the #1 OA. That plan has not worked at all for us. With the Bills, I used to say not "Wait 'til next year!", but "Wait 'til the year after next, because we are gonna still suck this year!" With the Sabres, I say, "Wait 'til 5 years from now!" And that sucks.....

That is my question. Is there a goalie out there that you would trade Eichel for straight up? I think it is possible we have enough players to make the playoffs, sans Eichel, IF we had a good goalie to back them. I am resigned to the probability that Eichel will never play for the Sabres again. If that turns out true, what would be the piece, or pieces, we would need in return to get back to the playoffs? A goalie, in my mind. It may not lead to long term success, but I would settle for a playoff team for a change now. I'll worry about 2 to 3 to 5 years after we reach that plateau.

While this is certainly true, I can think of at least a half dozen times the Sabres brought in or paid a forward who fell off a cliff afterwards, too. (cough...cough...Skinner...cough) I am thinking more along the lines of an established goalie, not a prospect. Someone in the same tier as Eichel who has been good for some years. Eichel is injured now, so there is no guarantee that he will be back to elite status, either.