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If Montour is out long-term we could be down 3 D we expected to be in our top 6.

This offseason is not exactly going as hoped.

Stl and SJ are in the conference finals meaning our two extra 1sts are somewhere between 28-31 with us retaining the worst of the two.

We haven't found a coach after being turned down by the top candidates

We also got the nearly worst case scenario in the draft lottery dropping from 5th to 7th.

Now we are adding big injury after big injury.  If I was looking for omens or reading tea leaves, things are not exactly looking up. (so far).

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5 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

If Montour is out long-term we could be down 3 D we expected to be in our top 6.

This offseason is not exactly going as hoped.

Stl and SJ are in the conference finals meaning our two extra 1sts are somewhere between 28-31 with us retaining the worst of the two.

We haven't found a coach after being turned down by the top candidates

We also got the nearly worst case scenario in the draft lottery dropping from 5th to 7th.

Now we are adding big injury after big injury.  If I was looking for omens or reading tea leaves, things are not exactly looking up. (so far).

Well, on the injury front, let's just hope Montour is ok. We know UPL wasn't going to be in Buffalo this coming season, and even Pilut wasn't a lock to make it out of camp. 

Could just be Bogosian missing from the top 6 to start. And really, if Botterill does his job, that's our 3rd pairing RHD. 

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4 hours ago, Thorny said:

 

Could just be Bogosian missing from the top 6 to start. And really, if Botterill does his job, that's our 3rd pairing RHD. 

Unless Risto is moved out, Bogo is already our 3rd pairing RHD behind Montour and Risto. A pricy one, albeit. But I’m not sounding the alarms yet unless Montour’s news comes back disastrously.  

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13 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

1) Bogo - hip surgery in April - out 5-6 months.  (Return Sept-Oct)

2) Pilut - shoulder surgery in May - out 5-6 months   (Return Oct-Nov)

3) UPL - hip surgery in April - out 6 months (Return Oct)

4) Montour - unknown injury - will he be ready for the start of season?

 

fify.

If this thread is going to hang around, we should probably post dates of injuries/surgeries and anticipated return dates.

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5 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

Imo Realistically this team is years away from being competitive.  Likely a lotto team again next year.  

This is probably not the thread to discuss this, but there is so much to still happen this off-season that we have no idea what the opening day roster will look like at this point other then it might be missing 3 guys we had penciled in on D.  I admit that isn’t a warm and fuzzy thought, but it may spur Jbot to bolder moves.

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59 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

This is probably not the thread to discuss this, but there is so much to still happen this off-season that we have no idea what the opening day roster will look like at this point other then it might be missing 3 guys we had penciled in on D.  I admit that isn’t a warm and fuzzy thought, but it may spur Jbot to bolder moves.

Thinking now he doesn't move risto and picks up another rd in free agency maybe not spending too much. 

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Looks like Montour is gonna be ok. So at this point we are still looking at, at most 2 Sabres players currently unlikely for the start of season, Pilut and Bogosian. 

Not ideal, but it’s an at-most third pairing guy (Pilut) and a third pairing guy (Bogosian).

You’d think that wouldn’t affect offseason plans, hopefully no more injuries. 

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