Byram has packed up his house and will be moved: After the Whistle

[The Jokeman]

2 hours ago, triumph_communes said:

The Byram trade was great. Mittelstadt is a bust. If we picked a guy with too much of an ego to skill ratio then trade him. Things to be mad about but this isn’t one 

Unless we end up getting some other team's Mittlestadt back when trade Byram.

[pi2000]

18 hours ago, jad1 said:

Not surprising.  Adams admitted that he didn't know where Byram fit in when he traded for him.  Kev has no plan to build a competitve roster aside from gathering shiny nickels.  

When your're offered Byram for Mittlestadt, you take that deal every day of the week... it's a no-brainer.  

[inkman]

28 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

When your're offered Byram for Mittlestadt, you take that deal every day of the week... it's a no-brainer.  

The premise is fine, it’s been the post trade execution that has been the issue.  Honestly, they should have played him with Dahlin all season and traded him for a coveted asset.  Instead they sunk his value giving teams clear visibility to his ineptitude away from a great partner.  

[7+6=13]

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

@7+6=13

Please stop with your eyerolls.   You recently said you would ignore me but I am seeing more negative emoji's the past few days.  

When you do this it comes off as antagonistic and next will be the insults.  

If you disagree with my comments try instead to make a viable and compelling counterpoint.   If you do not have anything substantial to offer then go back to ignoring me.   

I agreed to ignore you and you offered that you would too.  YOU broke the agreement, you hypocrite.

Save your thumbs down and heed your own rhetoric.

[JoeSchmoe]

18 hours ago, jad1 said:

Not surprising.  Adams admitted that he didn't know where Byram fit in when he traded for him.  Kev has no plan to build a competitve roster aside from gathering shiny nickels.  

Adams knew Byram's value. The value was that he was not on an expiring contract whereas Mittelstadt was up for a pay raise... I.e. he saved Terry a few $mill for the all important yacht, while placating the fan base into thinking that the trade might make sense in a few years time.

Another in a long list of shrewd moves by Adams that's kept him in a job despite 5 years with no playoffs.

[inkman]

1 minute ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Adams knew Byram's value. The value was that he was not on an expiring contract whereas Mittelstadt was up for a pay raise... I.e. he saved Terry a few $mill for the all important yacht, while placating the fan base into thinking that the trade might make sense in a few years time.

Another in a long list of shrewd moves by Adams that's kept him in a job despite 5 years with no playoffs.

I’m very discouraged at the thought of all of Adam’s moves may have ulterior motives regarding finances.  Many have intimated that hockey ops has no cash flow and they operate like destitute hobos, now I’m starting to wonder myself.  The kicker would be hearing Staal was brought in with no salary.  I’ll just stop paying attention all together. 

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, 7+6=13 said:

I agreed to ignore you and you offered that you would too.  YOU broke the agreement, you hypocrite.

Save your thumbs down and heed your own rhetoric.

Wrong again.  There you go with the name calling.  

You broke the agreement this Monday, May 5th at 12:47 and at 12:51 with you two eyerolls in the Friedman Thread, which is now shut down. 

I "thumbs downed" you after that for insulting another poster, something you do all the time.   Two other posters also had an adverse reaction to your response.  

Check the tickets .... 

Can you admit your are wrong?  

Edited 12 hours ago by Pimlach

[triumph_communes]

3 hours ago, Pimlach said:

This has nothing to do with Byram's ego to skill ratio.   He wants to play a big role, and he wants to lead a PP.   I want a guy like that.    The problem the Sabres have right now is the money tied up on defense already due to the foolish contracts given to Muel and Power.   

This was talked about after the trade was made.  We traded our best two way center at the time (Mitts) for a rental.  One year after the trade it is clear we got the better player, but in typical Sabres fashion they can't or won't fit him in. 

It is an issue because you can only have so many egos like that on a roster, just like you point out. Not all players have an ego and an ego isn’t mandatory to be an elite competitor. But it often goes hand in hand 
 

Mittelstadt is a bust. He was cast off from a good team after failing to slot into the role. He championed the Bruins tank. Imagine if he was still here, scary. 

Edited 12 hours ago by triumph_communes

[shrader]

17 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Wrong again.  There you go with the name calling.  

You broke the agreement this Monday, May 5th at 12:47 and at 12:51 with you two eyerolls in the Friedman Thread, which is now shut down. 

I "thumbs downed" you after that for insulting another poster?    Something you do all the time.  

Check the tickets .... 

Can you admit your are wrong?  

There are things called private messages.  Sometimes those are better.  And I'm only responding to you since you are the most recent post in this exchange.

[French Collection]

6 hours ago, inkman said:

The kicker would be hearing Staal was brought in with no salary

That’s what he deserves, call it an internship.

[Doohickie]

4 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

Unless we end up getting Mittlestadt back when trade Byram.

fify

[mjd1001]

If everyone is so sure Byram is better than Power (he might be), then the league should know that and they should get a better return, especially considering he's not locked into a big deal like power.