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need to go buy snacks and beer now... brb

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

woah http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/entertainment/11590-potato-gets-490-million-views-youtube.html

Fear the Sky

Anybody else have a feeling Jack Eichel isn't going to do much this scrimmage and fans will leave disappointed? Seems like expectations have been set way to high for this. A sold out arena in July to watch an 18 year old kid? I have no doubt he'll be great someday, but the hype for this skate is just a bit over the top IMO, and that often backfires more often than not.

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I don't care if it's a live stream of a potato sitting on a table. If the fans want to watch it they should stream it, especially since this has been what everybody has been waiting to see (Eichel playing a game in a Sabres uniform) after 2 years of suffering.

This is a big slap in the face to Sabres fan who don't live in Buffalo. It's not like Pegula can't afford to put a live stream on the web for this. Whoever made this decision deserves to be fired. This is 2015, not 1997.

Are the Sabres doing the detroit prospect tournament thingy? i heard they might do something else?

Yeah I noticed that, good point. And either the goalies were severely out of position or he just makes them look foolish. However it's worth noting that he's creating that separation from the defender using his quickness, so there's that. I don't think a hulking defenseman will be able to keep up with him. Eichel is more powerful, but McDavid has that explosive quickness, change of direction we haven't seen by any player on the ice ever in the history of the game.

It's multiple choice, scantron, must use a #2 pencil only. hate to bring this up, I know it's over and done with, but Connor McDavid scored 5 goals the other day in a scrimmage. Watching the highlights, I couldn't help but feel jealous and a bit angry. He's so quick with the puck and explosive. While I'm thrilled Buffalo has Eichel, the comparisons between the two will never ever go away. We clinched Eichel on the second to last day of the season. If there were a few more games left, changes are we wouldn't have him, so we shouldn't complain, but I will anyway.

Quit taking Oxycodone half-way through the bottle because it was becoming something to look forward too, not to help with the pain, which was just about gone at that point anyway. Scared the out of me actually. It sneaks up on you and before you realize it, you've got a problem. That said, I'm manage to limit my cocaine intake to a reasonable level. *sniff sniff*

TM prolly gives them half the season to show something... Then he'll decide which way it goes from there, e.g. being buyers or sellers at the deadline. The thing is tho, there's not much left to sell. Maybe Gorges if he continues to struggle, or somebody like Weber or Foligno could be on the outs. That said I'd be shocked if this team us contending for a playoff spot at the mid way point.

3.8 per for Beleskey is reasonable, imo.

...add Baptiste and Bailey as well, Amerks looking pretty strong now.

Sabres sign Matt Donovan

Strange. Doesn't seem like a Nashville type guy at all.

I like Kassian, he'll be good for the Canadiens and their midget squad.

Stoll and Richards just signed with the Coyotes.

It makes no sense to trade for him if they're not gonna sign him. You'd think they would've had some agreement on numbers before executing the trade?

Who are the top 6? I'm guessing... kane, o'reilly, ennis, moulson, eichel?, reinhart????? Kane hasn't played a full season since 2010, and even then he missed 10 games. If, and that's a big IF, he can stay healthy he might get near 30 goals. O'Reilly had 28 goals a couple seasons ago, but dropped to 17 last season. What happened? Was 28 a fluke? He never even score 20 goals in his career before that season, dating back to when he was a 16 year old. Ennis, we all know Ennis. I'm hoping he has a breakout season, should hit 30 goals. The top line should be fine, but the second line could go any number of ways. Does Eichel center the second line? Girgensons? Reihart? Moulson seems like a lock, but who plays the other wing? Foligno? Girgensons? There are too many unknowns to make a prediction at this point.

They could improve by 25 points and still finish bottom 5 in the league. I expect a 15-20 point improvement. There will be injuries, who is the backup goalie, what if Lehner gets another concussion? Or Kane's shoulder acts up? Ennis and Girgensons have had injury problems. The moves they made are nice and in the right direction, but they still don't have that depth up and down their lineup to make a run at a playoff spot.

http://www.generalfanager.com/buyouts/299 This makes no sense. A credit in 2018, then $791k against the cap until 2022 even tho the contract was set to expire in 2019?

Mike Green is a FA. Sabres have the cap space and need someone to QB the PP.

Legwand is a pending UFA next season, so maybe they keep him around, hope he puts up some decent numbers, then flip him at the deadline to a contender for a 2nd or 3rd or bag of pucks or whatever. If he's terrible in camp, just cut him and use environmentally harmful fracking bucks to eat the contract.