LabattBlue

- The Pegula’s need to sell the Sabres - Even if it means taking a step backwards, Risto, Jack and Sam should all go this off-season - Dahlin will never be a Norris contender. - Asplund and Borgen will be solid players for the 21-22 Sabres. - KBC will have in person attendance of under 10k on many nights in 21-22.

Pete Alonso is a Home Run Derby machine.

I would love to know what offers Adams has turned down for Eichel so far? If only I had his phone bugged. 😂

You can include that. I didn’t ignore it intentionally. Just don’t know what it has to do with being hired to be an NHL GM.

Is Pierre a worse choice for a FO job, than hiring a guy from a youth hockey academy to be your GM?

Stink, Stank, Stunk. 🤢

Less than 1/2 the voters want Power with either pick...me included. 😂

I always remember his stat line... 19GP 0G 0A ...but i don’t recall the bad knee injury. I just remembered him as a #1 pick who didn’t cut it. Thanks for the Titanic Tidbit. 👍

Morris Titanic also played his entire NHL career as a Sabre. 😉

...or it’s agent speak!

If that is the case, then Adams should ask for conditional pick(s) if Eichel plays more than 60 games or exceeds a certain point total.

I bet other GM’s aren’t as confident as you in terms of putting together a big trade offer for a guy with a NECK injury.

IMO...there is no way you are getting this for a broken Jack. No way.

I know but if he is disgruntled and wants out, what is the alternative. If you hold on him and showcase him the first month of the season, who has room in season for a $10 mil cap hit? Also, what if he becomes a negative force in the locker room? Make the best deal you can this summer and move on. Futures, conditional picks, roster players, short term cap dumps...have to hope that Adams and Karmanos can sort through the offers, and take the one that they believe will work out the best. 🤞

I wonder if an acceptable package would be a top prospect, and then multiple conditional 1st round picks based on how many games Eichel plays in the next season or two. That way both teams are protected.

So frustrating that I have followed the Bills and Sabres(and the Braves for the short time they were here) for 50+ years, and not a single championship between them...yet in Tampa they are about to celebrate their 3rd sports championship in less than 12 months...and if they didn’t have an idiot for a manager, they may also have added a WS Championship to that list. Sometimes being a sports fan is just not fair. 😞

I go back and forth between Beniers and Power. It doesn’t matter who I like(since I have no say), but I won’t go crazy if the pick is Power instead of Beniers.

I’m ready to turn the page even if it means more short term suffering. If Jack, Sam and Risto have tapped out, then I want them traded this offseason.

I didn’t say that, but if you don’t think he is involved with some hockey decisions, I don’t know what to say. For starters do the names Ehrhoff and Leino ring a bell? Am I supposed to believe that over the years he has backed off?

10 years of failure seems weird to me...and the problem starts at the very top.

Help me out...was Granato interviewed for a previous Sabres HC opening?

I know it is summer and has been very warm, but you are drinking way too much of Pegula flavored Kool-Aid. So you are okay with Terry “meddling” in day to day hockey operations?

I don’t care how much free reign Dahlin is given by Granato from an offensive standpoint. It all means nothing if he doesn’t become at least average in his own end...and IMO he has a LOT of work to do in order to reach that “average” point.

Indifference. That is my response to this hire. To anyone who can get worked up in a positive way over this meh hiring, you have survived this 10 year nightmare better than I have.

I wonder what NBC ends up doing with Katherine Tappen and Co?