Carmel Corn

Quite simply, Buffalo may have to take on a bad contract in return to get rid of Muel

Agree....maybe a different choice of words vs. "better" (IMHO I would be inclined to use "Different"). An example of different might be a top 4 shutdown RHD could be a win for this organization. Another win might be a package that nets a true 1C or 2C. To your point, more muscle or better goalie is also a difference....for the better 😉

I want big defenders in our system as well, BUT I also want them to have a built-in mean streak. You can’t coach size….but you also can’t coach toughness. I’d rather have a 6-3 defender who instinctively wants to punish opposing players vs. a 6-5 softee who wants to play with finesse.

If a trade can be had for a top 6 player that immediately makes this team look more like the Panthers, I’m all for it….including moving JJP and a bunch of other younger/unproven players. That said, I also think it is dangerous for a pending RFA to be able to dictate (through his agent) an interest to be moved. Pending UFA’s like Tuch can make demands, but JJP should not be able to as a pending RFA.

Muel. Maybe both players just need a change of scenery.

Big moves and trades coming?!?! I’ll believe it when I see it. I might feel differently if the team showed any willingness to fire some assistant coaches, but since they’re all still there….why should anybody believe any significant player moves will happen?

The Sabres wouldn’t hire the very best coach in the entire world, even if that coach begged TP and KA to hire him. They are committed to naming Seth Appert as the next HC….whenever Lindy is done. It’s sad, but inevitable.

According to Friedman, Dallas is going to fire DeBoer.

I am pleasantly surprised for a change. I now wonder if there is any chance we may have an Elvis sighting in goal next season?

Maybe they’re the same height and weight?

Sorry, but to even think this is remotely a possibility is too hard for me to fathom. The only way Shanny ever gets a job in this joke of an organization is if he literally BUYS the team.

Nobody wants to stay….despite what they may say publicly.

Sadly, I don’t think it will stop there. I don’t see Tuch signing an extension and so we’ll have to settle for more saps in return for trading him. Byrum may also be moved for pennies on the dollar as well. No team in professional sports is more poorly managed than the Sabres.

Gee Terry and Kevyn…this is what your building sounds like when you have a championship caliber team playing. Maybe you should try doing that with your hockey team!

Shanny has hated Buffalo ever since we drafted Pierre instead of him.

Seems like there’s enough teams with cap space that a bidding war could ensue. I agree that $12M is not enough for Buffalo to get him. Pegula and Adams will look for cheaper options IMHO

Other teams have a lot of cap space. Part of me also thinks Pegula will not sign a high profile free agent after the Taylor Hall debacle

The Marco Scandella transactions come to mind!

The longer this goes on, the more I think NOBODY is coming as the Senior advisor. Pegula himself will assume the role (since he’s been already doing it).

Does an Ameoba have a brain?

PLUS…..requiring that the Tutor allow you (I.e. Terry) to sit in on all the sessions in order to make sure that you (the Dad) has input and is heard every session.

Very knowledgeable BUT………his voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. Dan is bad enough as a play-by-play guy and adding Marty for color may push me over the ledge.

Rosen was a poor pick to begin with, but to your question he simply isn’t the right piece that Buffalo needs right now. Other teams may need a young skilled forward who might bring some offense. The Sabres already have such pieces, but lack other ones that I hope we can trade for.

Cowardice is one of the words I associate with Pegula. He has been too afraid to face the fans and media to explain himself, but rather uses GMKA as his mouthpiece and fall guy. That’s not the only word I associate with him, but it fits him IMHO

GMKA will get fleeced…that or overpay to retain him