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Yeah, but all the "real" Indianapolis Colts fans didn't want them to get the no.1 pick last year. The tenth pick would have been just as good, maybe better since 4 or 5 wins would have given them momentum to take into the next season.

Improve into what? From a team that barely misses the playoffs to one that barely makes them? Assume the Sabres are never in a position to draft a Tavares or Toews or Kane or Landeskog or Crosby -- what is the plan for making us a contender? The top free agents aren't interested in coming here and signing free agents is iffy at best anyway. Our chances of landing top talent later in the draft are fairly low. I'm not seeing how our current team becomes a contender without a new franchise player or two.

Do they have any more Hodgson's over there?

1. You can't use the results from the last three drafts as proof that high draft picks don't help because those players are still nowhere near their prime. This isn't the NFL where a top pick can turn your franchise around immediately. 2. Some of the players that were drafted in those places are spectacular. Yes, the Islanders are still pretty bad but Tavares is a legit NHL star who should be the centerpiece of their franchise for at least a decade. Colorado got Landeskog two years ago and he's already their captain. If you want someone to build around, your best chance is at the top of the draft.

Tanking would give the Sabres the best draft pick they've had in 25 years and give us the first change in management in 16 years. A late run *might* get the Sabres into the playoffs (to face Pittsburgh in all likelihood) and should ensure that no major changes are made to the roster or management. So if you like how things have gone the past few seasons, definitely hope for a late run.

If Ruff does go to Tampa, it'll make Tuesday a lot more interesting. And next year he's in our division.

Erik Erlendsson (TBL beat reporter) just tweeted that Ruff is the leading candidate. Of course, even if he's the Lightning's pick, that doesn't mean he's interested. If I'm Ruff I probably just take the rest of the season off.

Well, that and the part where Buffalo fans love to crap on their most talented players.

Your first interpretation is what he was getting at.

Yeah, the visors concern from the NHL is legit. <_< Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie16m NYR and FLA have been told by NHL there will be no supplementary discipline for Rick Nash's hit on Tomas Kopecky.

:lol:

I certainly didn't mean to imply that we'd ever be able to get him. At this point, the most fun a Sabres fan can have is dreaming about players we'll never have.

Ironically, the hard-as-rock shoulder and elbow pads are probably making the game less safe by making it that much easier to concuss someone.

You're following the wrong team then. The Sabres have more bronze statues than Stanley Cup appearances.

I read all five books last summer. And as soon as I finished the fifth one, I went back and re-read the first one to see if I could find some clues about where this thing is going (and I think I did find what I was looking for). Pretty awesome series. George R. R. Martin has to stick the landing in the last two books though and make it all pay off. Unlike the Sabres, it's nice to get invested in a story with a plot that seems to be going somewhere.

I like that they have to start every one of these with "it probably means nothing." Like the GM from Phoenix would fly over to Buffalo, come to tonight's game, and talk to Darcy for "nothing." Probably they're both Game of Thrones fans and want to talk about what they think is going to happen in the next book. I'll go ahead and dream about the Sabres trading a veteran for Henrik Samuelsson, because that's all I have left at this point.

Trade Leopold for a 2nd round pick. Trade a 2nd round pick for a rental from someone else. Make sad, desperate attempt to make the playoffs and save Regier's job.

The Sabres being a sh-t team but never sh-t enough to actually be in a position to draft anyone special. Here we go again.

We found love in a hopeless place.... :wub:

"Thanks a lot, boys. This late season run is just what I need to stay employed here. Heck, another few wins in a row and Terry'll probably give me another contract extension. I've been thinking about getting a boat!"

Sweet. Now Darcy can cancel the fire sale.

Would a visor have helped?

A perfect deflection where he's partially screened? What goalie is stopping that? Are you new to the sport?

You can't possibly be serious in blaming Miller for that.

Give us Berglund!