TageMVP
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3 minutes ago, Thorny said:
By all means continue moving the goalposts. “Would welcome.” Ok. So he didn’t demand a trade outright until he got wind of Adams’ plan to rebuild: my point stands.
(and, that’s the final months of Botterill’s tenure during which Adams was already appointed by Pegula to spy, sorry, evaluate the team, correct? And Eichel was having dinners with Terry you said, right? It would defy logic to think Jack wasn’t aware of the specific writing on the wall that a rebuild was on the way during the last months of Botterill
Also, “cast in stone” is patently absurd. Since when is it not the responsibility of a GM to convince a player, especially your FRANCHISE player that you tanked for, to stay on board when he’s merely “open” to other opportunities? Give me a break. All the reports we’ve heard of Adams’ negotiations falling through, we know his ability to sell the destination is questionable at best. There’s no reason to act like your franchise player HAD to be moved, nm to the tune of a 5 year (at least) rebuild, because he said he was open to moving and you said “oh ok bye.”
Good response here. How many times has a player wanted to leave a team, but the coach, GM and the owner convinced the player to stay? I'd guess several times before, but thats not something that would get talked about if the player did end up staying. Wouldn't look good for the team that a player was upset.
A good GM/coach absolutely should be able to convince a player to stay or at least try harder than Adams and Botterill did. I go back to Botterill botching O'Reilly, too. I highly doubt he tried to convince O'Reilly to stay, he lost his love for the game? Help him rediscover it, Botterill. He gave up immediately which is sad because everyone knew how much of a trainwreck from top to bottom those teams were.
It's the GMs job to convince current and potential players that Buffalo is an excellent place to play. Adams and Botterill both failed miserably at that.
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I see the Sabres next year in one of the two wildcard spots.
Tons of people were upset when Adams traded Mittlestadt but they didn't fall apart without him. They finished the season 10-10 and that was with Skinner falling off in the second half of the season, an unhealthy Tage for basically the entire season and general regression from most of the teams besides Peterka and Luukkonen.
If Don Granato managed to get this team to 42 and 39 wins the past two years despite questionable decisions and strategies, I don't see how Ruff can't manage to get this team to 45 wins. I wasnt happy at all when they hired Ruff again, but even I can confidently say that he's a better coach than Granato.
They shored up the bottom six which should take pressure of the top two lines and Luukkonen. If Luukkonen manages to duplicate what he did last year and some of the big guns (Thompson, Tuch) get closer to where they where two years ago, I think they're at least a fringe playoff team.
Final prediction:
45 wins and 7th in the conference
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I'm fine with it, no offense taken.
Would rather fly under the radar and when we make the playoffs and beat the snot out of Florida in the first round, it will be all the sweeter
Nobody thought we'd do jack squat following the 05 lockout either, then look what happened...
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
4th line players average around 1 million across the league. Bruins for example are paying their 4th line 1 mil, 835,000 and 832,500 respectively for Jones, Kastelic and Beecher. We're already paying Lafferty 2 million for a likely 4th line role. How much do you want to keep overpaying guys for before it all collapses as the kids want their paydays?
Girgs was getting 3rd line money. It was a bad contract. A really bad contract.
Agreed, but what I meant is I could see Adams giving him 2m because he gave Girgensons 2.5 which was an overpay. Not that Malenstyn is particularly worth 2m, but that Adams has been overpaying lately (probably has to)
Besides, I can't see Adams trading a 2nd round pick for him and then immediately low balling him, if this does not end up going to arbitration
I hope neither Malenstyn nor Luukkonen go to arbitration. He sure is taking his sweet time with Luukkonen which I do not like at all. He botched Ullmark badly, don't want to see that again. Luukkonen is worth a solid, reasonable contract for at least a few years, in my opinion.
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53 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Who much does he want? Anyone know? He made $775K last year.
Give him a decent raiseIf Girgensons was worth 2.5m to Adams last year, over pay or not, (I lean towards overpaid) then Malenstyn is worth at least 2m in my opinion
It's plausible to argue Malenstyn is better than Girgensons, too.
He deserves a raise indeed
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That's a hard no on Zegras for me. Talking about character issues, he's got all of them. Plus, he'd be another style of player we do not need. Soft
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1 hour ago, Taro T said:
???
You're in Buffalo; why go for a Detroit style pizza? Maybe you could find a Houston style chicken wing while you're at it.
And don't understand the comment about the Brew Pub thing. The Buffalo Brew Pub on Main just off Transit was something like the 8th in the country. Pearl St wasn't brewing in the 80's.
Lol @ chicken wing comment
Looks like Taro caught this triple dot guy makin stuff up
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56 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Since they got Ullmark I do not believe Ottawa is looking to trade Tkachuk at all. But, for the sake of saying it, IF we could get him AND sign him to an extension, then they can have ALL of those little prospects in Rochester. ALL of them. Rosen, Rousek, Kulich, Östlund and even the new guy Helenius. Because I just don't care about prospects any more. Especially little ones.
Not sure exactly what I'd trade for Tkachuk but I would definitely include Quinn or Benson in there if got the trade done
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Shouldn't have re-signed him. He's someone I've been wanting off the team for a while
3 million dollars? For what? He just got paid one million for each goal scored. Get him outta here
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34 minutes ago, Weave said:
Tkachuck is a center?
We signed Cousins this offseason?
Which multiverse are we in?
You called the topic starter out and then spelled Tkachuk wrong
Lol
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4 hours ago, Thorny said:
Thought not as much as me, apparently: I could not give 2 shites if Kyle “we aren’t saluting the fans anymore” Okposo and Sam “at least I called Kevyn Adams back” Reinhart win a cup. Who cares.
Ideally this series gets cancelled and no Cup is awarded
What would be ideal, for me, is that no team that currently does not have a cup gets a cup before the Sabres do. So by this logic, I want Florida to lose. Edmonton already has cups, don't care if they get more. I was happy that Vancouver lost for no reason other than them not having a cup
And I agree completely about your Florida point. I don't understand the narrative of people wanting ex Sabres to do well, and that's another reason I do not want Florida to win
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Just now, LGR4GM said:
I've said my piece. Since no one here makes decisions for the Sabres, I can only hope they are not dumb enough to think an extra 7% in faceoff wins will fix the craptastic pp they run.
I think you're missing the point on what's being said about faceoff wins
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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Talking to you is pointless. You're so convinced of your own infallible superiority on every topic why even bother.
Did he steal your favorite Sabres jersey or something
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The problem is all the centers on this team stink at faceoffs. There's no actual center by definition on the team
Speaking of, why is Tage a center still? Just move him to wing, that's how he plays anyway. Keep him on the 1st line if it's about line chemistry, just move him to wing
And acquire/trade for an actual playmaking/pass first/defensively responsible center, the Sabres don't have any of those
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1 minute ago, ... said:
All I see is a bunch of these with hockey sticks.
Their jerseys really are brutal
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What I think of the Sabres not making the playoffs for one million years
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13 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:
With the notable exception of the Triple Lindy reference, there is a lot of really poor comedy in this thread.
It's going to be a long F&$#ING offseason!
Your own username is a poor attempt at comedy
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3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Andrew. Burnette.
Brunette
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12 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Do they make the sweaters in sabres/Hulk Hogan yellow?
That woman's earring behind him looks like Ruffs earring
Lol
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This hire stinks
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Unbelievable that they hired him back. Sigh
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Great and when Ruff gets fired again they can hire Nolan back
And when Nolan gets fired again they can hire Granato back
What a cheap, lame, no due diligence done hire
Awful
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New coach could change everything
Looking forward to it
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Everybody
Bye bye
On the topic of our need for a top-6 upgrade
in The Aud Club
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Too soon to say Quinn produced first line winger numbers. While 19 points in 27 games is solid, those aren't first line numbers. Could he be a first line winger in the future? I wouldn't doubt it.
Regarding the topic, I would trade Benson or Quinn with my preference of Benson being traded if it involved someone like a Brady Tkachuk or Ehlers