OT - SabreSpace Gaffes and Goofs

[LGR4GM]

By somewhat popular-ish request, toss out some goof or gaffe that has occurred on SS. For example, I once said that ROR was not needed by Buffalo because Zemgus could fill his role for less moneys... yup I was wrong.

[BagBoy]

I was pretty lukewarm about getting ROR for the price tag he was demanding, also.

 

I was okay with the Leino contract (until he hit the ice).  Yeah, that one will be hard to top.

 

I was glad Regier matched idiot Kevin Lowe's offer sheet for Vanek.  Okay, we probably all were (at the time, of course).

 

What I DID get right was that letting Briere and Drury go elsewhere for ridiculous money was the right thing to do.

 

And we're off....

[Randall Flagg]

I was recently shocked to discover that Jack Eichel's name is actually John Eichel, because I had never heard of Jack being a nickname for the name John. I came to the board to give the exciting news, and everyone laughed at me :lol: 

 

Hockey-wise, everything I think is always right! Hahaha. I can't think of any specific outlandish goof (wanting Eichel to play with a shorter stick is NOT a goof until he tries it and fails miserably) but when I look back at the team I built in last summer's Sabrespace draft game thing, I cringe at some of the players I was so thrilled to get. 

[WildCard]

I was 100% convinced Grigorenko would be the next Malkin

 

I have a man crush on Mantha

 

ROR obviously

 

I thought Des was as good as Goligoski

 

Girgs could be a #2 center

[PASabreFan]

I thought it was a puck in Jack's back pocket.

[WildCard]

I thought Pegula didn't meddle

Edited September 21, 2016 by WildCard

[PASabreFan]

I though Pegula didn't meddle

:wub: :worthy: :angel: :flirt:

[Eleven]

I once said that firing Lindy wouldn't fix the team.

 

Oops.  Wrong thread.

[sabills]

Said it in the 10th anniversary thread, but I liked the slugs when they came out. At least we were back to the blue and gold!

[WildCard]

Said it in the 10th anniversary thread, but I liked the slugs when they came out. At least we were back to the blue and gold!

This one is awesome :lol: :beer:

[drnkirishone]

pretty sure i said something about Myers contending for the Norris with the sabres for the next 10 years.... opps

[dudacek]

I may have said something nice about Cody Hodgson in my past.

[inkman]

I've been right about everything I've ever said, here or elsewhere.

[SwampD]

I may have said something nice about Cody Hodgson in my past.

Yeah,… um,… me, too.

[WildCard]

I've been right about everything I've ever said, here or elsewhere.

The irony is amazing

[Brawndo]

I once stated Ville Leino would be the Sabres leading scorer in the playoffs. Oops

[dEnnis the Menace]

I've tried very hard, with some success I might add, to forget what I've said here that was wrong lol

[That Aud Smell]

I feel like we've had a thread like this before. Reason being: I've previously posted to the effect that, I'm such a wishy-washy, over-analytical skeptic that I'm not sure how I often I get something wrong. Because hedging.

 

That said, where I've wound up with the meddling issue is one that has, shall we say, evolved quite a bit. And PA deserves a chub* chug on the shoulder for that. I went from thinking it was sorta nuts to imply that Pegula was directly involving himself in pro personnel issue (beyond vetting the process and decision that his hired experts had made), to coming around to the idea that "meddling" was essentially synonymous with "owning," to much more recently thinking that, at least insofar as the Bills are concerned, the Pegulas may be up to their elbows in issues such as "hey, why don't we target Sammy 15 times a game?"

 

I posted something to the trial thread a few weeks ago. A quote from a GM involved in the Shea Weber trade (Pioli? No - that's an NFL guy - Poile? (sp?)) to the effect that he advised the owners what he'd done after the blockbuster-stunner was done. (One note: I've since looked at the Predators' ownership structure. They're owned by an LLC - not an individual (or two). That might have something to do with it, too.)

 

*Could've stricken it when I edited, but this was too good to delete.

Edited September 21, 2016 by That Aud Smell

[darksabre]

I may have said something nice about Cody Hodgson in my past.

I have a feeling I'm guilty of this as well.

[woods-racer]

I made no bones about wanting Sam in Rochester his first year, bus fume sucking and all.

 

I may have been wrong about him needing to go there.

[TrueBlueGED]

Myers > Karlsson > Getzlaf is my true all-timer.

 

I said Hodgson's contract was fine because even if he didn't get better he was already a #2 center, and that's what they get paid. I was half right, anyway...his contract was in fact in line with what second line centers got paid.

 

I said the Leino signing was fine because even if he flamed out at center, he was a top-6 winger.

 

I wanted to draft Nichushkin over Risto. In my defense, it wasn't because I disliked Risto...I just loved Nichushkin.

 

Aaannnddd Grigorenko. Oh, Mikhail, how you disappointed.

[sabills]

Does having a signed Gaustadt stick count for this? To be fair I didn't pay for it, I won it in an auction. That I paid for. Crap.

[inkman]

The irony is amazing

What's amazing is my ability to always be right

[Eleven]

I said the Kassian trade was bad.  Then a day later I corrected myself and said it was good.  So I was wrong on both.

[sabills]

I said the Kassian trade was bad.  Then a day later I corrected myself and said it was good.  So I was wrong on both.

 

What if I told you that in a battle between size and speed, both would fail?

 

ESPN's 30 for 30

 

Kassian for Hodgson:The Biggest Trade That Never Mattered

Edited September 21, 2016 by sabills