LabattBlue

No one should be surprised. Hutton was due for one of his epic meltdowns...which are usually followed by one or two more.

Sell! Sell! Sell! ?

If any defenseman is traded other than Montour, I may blow a gasket. He is terrible, and his only future is becoming part of the Ice Capades. Bonus reason for wanting him traded...he has a face made for punching.

What a surprise. The bigger the outcry for a VP of Hockey Ops, the more the clueless dig their heels in.

I would trade Montour for top 6 forward help(add a pick or prospect), before any other Sabres blue liner. Just not a fan.

While I predicted a Leafs blowout prior to the game, nothing makes me happier than knowing all the Leaf fans are going home pissed off after the game. I hope the border traffic was horrendous That 3 goal burst may have been a top 5 highlight of the Pegula era.

Leafs 6 Sabres 3

I'll be shocked if he is playing hockey next October...at least at the professional level. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

Not that I am the typical target audience of the Amerks(in terms of attending games), but as someone in the eastern suburbs of Buffalo, I would probably attend 5 games a year if the arena was anywhere to the west/southwest of downtown Rochester and knock my commute time to 50-55 minutes(assuming good driving weather). That being said, the downtown location is central to all of Rochester, and I understand that it is perfectly located for the local fanbase.

If the Sabres decide to keep RIsto, build a group of 7 blueliners around Risto, Dahlin and Joker. Bogo gone, Pilut in Rochester and good as an emergency call-up, trade McCabe & Montour, keep Miller as a 6-7 guy. So 3 spots up for grab next season.

The Sabres are reeling and Hutton blows... Rangers 5 Sabres 1

I was just at a Dollar Tree. They had one register open, and I had one greeting card. Person in front of me had 50+ items, and had not yet begun checkout. You think she would say..."would you like to go ahead of me?". Nope. White trash at its finest. Some people just have no common sense, or an ounce of goodwill in them. ?

I guessed correctly. ?

Wouldn't bother me one bit. Not a fan, and it has nothing to do with him succeeding a legend.

Does RK hate Skinner?

I said "maybe". :) If I had to, I'd trade Girgensons before Larsson, but you are right, the stink that is on the players who have been around for the last several years, may never be washed off.

Hutton has had a few decent games since Ullmark got hurt. Probably about time for the wheels to come off...once again.

Even if it is for 5th round picks(or later), or even some Amerks reinforcements, I'm attempting to trade every pending UFA(except maybe Girgensons and Larssons) on the team by the deadline... Frolik Sheary Vesey Bogosian

Thompson is done for the year? Just saw a blurb in the BN. Too bad if so...he could have really benefited from a full year of playing in the AHL versus not even a 1/4 of a season.

If there was a compliance buyout that magically appeared in the off-season, I'm not sure who I'd rather use it on... A - Okposo 3 years remaining at 6mil per or B - Skinner 7 years remaining at 9mil per I'm leaning towards Skinner

I've listened to this several times, and I'm still not sure that this isn't one of those callers doing schtick.

I'd also add that we need energy players on the 4th line...such as guys like Foligno, Deslauriers and Carrier. ? Someone that when the team needs a shot in the arm, he is going to go out there and put a few players into the boards.

I'm not a Montour fan at all. His "freelancing" appears to have been reigned in by RK and staff, but he's just another PMD without much effectiveness in his own end. How many figure skaters does JB need on the blueline?

Probably not a good time to ask the question as most fans are disgusted with another season being flushed down the drain, but..how far away are they?

I can live with the mistakes as long as they are accompanied by the "holy ***** did you just see what Dahlin did" moments...even as a soon to be 20 year old. Instead the latter don't seem to be coming very often. I'll go out on a limb and say it's 50/50 he even becomes an NHL all-star at some point going forward. I'm not saying to trade him, but I don't see anything that suggests the Sabres will have to hand him a big contract come this summer or next. Even as early as last year, there were estimates of Dahlin getting an 8-10 mil contract. That is laughable. His play isn't worth half that...and the fact that Dahlin doesn't kill penalties AT ALL while even fellow youngster Joker does, says a lot about RK's feelings about Dahlin's play in his own end. With the PK sucking as bad as they have this year, don't you think RK would have thrown Dahlin out there just to see if he could make a difference?