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He has a really hot GF when he played for Montreal. I think that was the highlight of his career.

He is and always has been a selfish, arrogant , Masshole. Nothing has changed. He never once took responsibility for his failure as leader in the poor performance of the team. I doubt he even understands it. He quit on the team, failed in his role, and now chooses to trash the fans. I was happy he was cut loose and I am very happy with the return thus far. Tuch provides more value to a winning culture than Eichel ever would.

The NHL is a bush league sport run by incompetents. It will never be taken seriously.

Nylander always struck me as entitled and possessing of a very poor work ethic. I was not all surprised he failed once those traits became apparent. I don’t know if he showed up like that or the organization somehow taught him that behavior, but my bet would be in the former given changing organizations did not help him.

Per Eichel today, he asked to be traded, before last season.

Will start in Rochester according to Adams.

If you have Hulu with Live TV it is included.

It seems to me that the Sabres actually treated Lehner quite well in his time in Buffalo, including supporting him through his mental issues. They received very little in return from Lehner and it seems pretty classless on his part for him to trash the organization now. At least he and Jack have that in common.

This is exactly right and in my opinion exactly what needs to happen with the Sabres. The supposed core is rotten. Despite unquestioned talent, and regardless of where the fault lies for where we find ourselves, Eichel and Reinhardt and Ristolainen are not going to lead this team anywhere but to further misery. They have proven themselves to be selfish and ultimately, losers. Time to move on. It will be difficult, and no doubt the return will cause a lot of cats to scream around here, but there is no other way. The assets invested in the underperforming core are sunk costs at this point. Take what you can get and move on.

Improvement was clearly not the point. Montour was an expiring asset with no future in Buffalo and they traded that asset for what they could get. The end.

Absolutely agree. It would be the height of insanity to start tearing down the team and rebuilding before replacing this coach and then evaluating players based on that change. If their plan is to rebuild the team around Ralph and his “philosophy”, they may as well just pack it in and sell the team. Now is the time to replace the coach and the offseason will be the time to structure a rebuild.

At this point, the Pegulas should sublease the Sabres to a real hockey organization.

I was almost sucked in to ordering the NHL streaming package today, something I swore off after the past few years. Thankfully, I resisted. It’s all I can do to follow this team based on box scores and game write ups. It would be unbearable to be subjected to actually watching the mediocrity the Sabre’s have become.

He is being paid $8 M per year to score goals. Nothing else matters. If he is not put in position to do that, the asset is wasted. He has never been and will never be a defensive minded player. Deal with that fact, if you are a real coach.

Nice analysis. Thank you. Their moves here (sign Lazar and Eakin, dump Larry) certainly rely heavily on Lazar continuing to show like he did last year and Eakin rebounding, but what they were doing was not working, and Larry is what he is at this point. No upside there and no reason not to try a different approach.

No doubt Alex will have an excuse ready. Glad to be rid of the drama.

Nylander's talent is immaterial at this point. There is little question that this is a guy who routinely failed to apply himself and, on his way out, chose to blame his issues on the team rather than his own immaturity and arrogance. Good riddance. He will never amount to anything.

Taking Skinner offJack’s wing should not be a consideration. They make each other better - any idiot can see that. (Except Housely apparently). Your point on Mittlestad is right on. He needed another year to bake. I hope they do not make the same mistake with Cozens.

Game 20? Bogo will not even be healthy enough to play by game 20. He will likely be good for 20 to 30 games after that.

This is unsurprising. The NHL is a joke. It's position as an afterthought in major sports is well earned.

I did not see anything reminicint of Lucic/Miller on that particular play. Yes, this team is too soft and easy to push around at times, but on that play, despite Nelson standing like a statue next to Zadorov, Scandella came right over and grabbed him around the head and pulled him to the ice. Reinhardt charged right over and dove into the pile and started punching Zadorov. Eichel and Skinner were also there and engaged. This was a far cry from the reaction to the Miller mugging which was pathetically non-existent and embarrassing. All that said, your general point is well taken.

Thanks for the clarification. The big issue for the Sabes is obviously salary cap, not the cash. Again, I hope he is alright, but at this point he should seriously consider retiring.

I certainly do not wish anything bad on the man, but the best possible outcome from the Sabres standpoint would be if Okposo retired and the Sabres reached an injury settlement with him. Probably the best thing for Okposo considering his concussion history as well.

That segment was actually hilarious.

If they had any trade value they would already be gone. Other team's scouts are not blind. Girgenson's and Larsson are waiver candidates at some point this season, and another injury plagued year from Bogo means buyout city for him.