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Lot of mileage on that body plus roids plus coke plus lifestyle... Will miss him. What manager would you choose: Captain Lou Classy Freddy Vlassy Bobby the Brain Mouth of the South

USHL existed because Colleges dont want 18 year olds. They want kids to be more physically mature. Spend a year or two in USHL and then go to college. Now that they can play major junior in Canada, it will be interesting to see impact on other lesser junior leagues.

he has never been a number one center and his contract is worse than Powers

Gilbert was not a hard-working player. An extremely exciting player but never was the 200-foot player he needed to be for the team to win. Contrast him with Yzerman who completely changed his game to become an elite 200 foot player and the team won multiple cups. Your list of top five is particularly good. Do you think Crosby is starting to move up into that discussion? I love the way Crosby plays hockey, but not sure who he would displace. Lemieux maybe based on longevity.

what was context? Gretzky has said many times Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr were the best.

Thompson should never play center again for the sabres.

Rossi is the guy many on this board thought we should have drafted instead of Quinn right?

JJ gets first line minutes without earning them. On a decent team he is 2nd liner moving to third as he plays no defense. We should trade him if there are teams that think he will be a difference maker.

Samuelson, with that contract and injury history, is untradeable. Would you want him? Long term commitment to a guy who will be available half the time and soft as a marshmallow the rest of the time.

If he is not extended then KA must think he is a threat to him.

Because he has done so well in Toronto? What gives anyone the impression he is an upgrade? He hires people. When they fail he blames them and then gets someone else. Read Chelios's book where he makes fun of shanahan. Was obsessed with his image. Always kissing up to the media. His teammates did not like him due to that.

we would have to exceed the next highest bid by massive amount. Taxes in NY are a real detriment to Sabres and Bills. I now have this awful song in my head.

Greenway is the softest 6 foot 6 guy around. Benson takes bad penalties but that is not tough.

If you need a senior advisor your GM sucks. Our sucks. It is not a position you learn on the fly. You must be prepared and experienced already in an NHL front office. Unreal

Kreider was an extra winger who would not have played, and barely played, without injuries. He was there for leadership. Thompson and Tuch have a lot to prove as 3 zone players to make Olympics. Thompson on wing helps his chances. If the top two are Eichel and Mathews, there is no place for Thompson as center. Also no place for 30 percent on draws. Hopefully, he will be full time winger next year. Better for him and the Sabres.

he was not snubbed. Those games were always going to be remarkably close games with mistakes needing to be avoided at all costs. Thompson and Tuch are to mistake prone right now. Cannot be trusted especially in own zone.

zero reason to believe anything will be different next year. Unknown is Norris, but even if plays 82 games at all star level we still have issues playing defense and mediocre goaltending lol, not even 1 %. I agree with you. if we run this back out no chance

Byram is a very good player. Samuelson is highly overpaid and hurt all the time. What prospects do you think should be traded. What do you seek in return?

That is fast track to season 15 of no playoffs. UPL is too inconsistent, and Levi is proving to be a good AHL goalie and a backup in NHL. We need an NHL caliber goalie signed or traded for. Someone who can play 40 or 50 games.

he is 24. no longer a young goalie. He is a small goalie. Small goalies are an extreme rarity in the NHL. Successful small goalies are rarer. Saros from Preds was already a star by 23. Would have been up sooner but they had Renne. It is malpractice by Adams that he has not trade for a starting caliber NHL goalie. Cannot win without one. He still let's in soft goals. In the AHL. He has not proven it.

There is nothing in Ruff's background that says he will be an adequate general manager. The salary cap itself is an extremely tough thing to navigate for experienced people.

Is the success rate for College coaches coming to NHL high? I dont think it is. Very different coaching boys vs coaching men.

you think an AHL goalie and a forward prospect will bring us an elite goalie? If we add another forward prospect we could get macdavid or mackinon. the rare excellent post on this board. great analysis and great opinion on the dmen.

teams like Toronto, NY, Boston etc... can charge 5x what sabres do and they sell out the suites for a much higher multiple than that. Sabres do not sell out the suites today. Sabres are only team in NHL that offer the opposing teams a free suite to use. Only team. The report i referenced was only the tickets and suites not the purchases during the game. Prices for concessions are far higher in other buildings. The losses are an all in number. Do not doubt at all they lost that much. 30 million a year when your expenses are similar to the high revenue teams, but your revenue is far below is a realistic number. Would only be worse since COVID and the attendance being so low.

If you know someone in the league you can get the gate amounts. Published once a week to the teams. Same person who shares the gate amounts told me about Pegula...