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If the Sabres get Reinhart AND McDavid I will buy you a Happy Meal. Boy or girl version...your choice.

Did you watch the game?

If that's your summary, then you're making a pretty thoughtless jump from senseless gamble to a return to Regier-style management. I'm saying that the draft(s) and prospects are not going to get the Sabres to the Promised Land. There's no way it happens as things stand. GMTM is going to have to make more moves than a lot of people seen to be anticipating, and they will have to be significant. The Tank Nation view seems cavalier and short-sighted; that the next two drafts are going to solve this team's problems. So, really, you think a couple of 18 and 19 year old kids are going to put the offensive prospect pool over the top? And that the resultant roster is going to make it into the second round and beyond three years out? Your analogy assumes Buffalo gets the golden tickets two drafts in a row!

A solid win. I agree with the NBC dork that this was a statement game.

I don't give a sh*t, dude, it's the truth. You're so happy to watch this team fail and to what end? None of the projections for the future that are based on tanking and the draft make sense within a time frame of within 5 years.

You're still looking at 4-5 years for a team that can maybe survive the first round if this is what you expect them to rely on. It's not sensible.

First and second line offense. The Sabres are strong on D and, I think, in net. Neither of those get you a Cup without scoring.

I don't disagree...the Blues' D is looking lackluster, but, come on, we've seen Miller steal games for a much worse team.

Chicago is exposing St. Louis' weaknesses right now. If this game is any indication, there is no way the Blues make it to the finals. I don't know if I can watch much more of this. The Blues are being schooled and I'd say at least two of those goals are poor reads or over-commitments by Miller. I feel embarrassed for him.

Where is the first and second line talent?

This draft talk is all academic (at best). The reality is that the Sabres' offensive prospect pool is full of third-liners, and regardless of changes to the rules, there is only a certain percentage chance of landing a franchise player. If the Sabres do land a franchise player, they are still without genuine first and second line talent for three plus years ( factoring in development). This is an utterly ridiculous, long term gamble that no one with sense could possibly look at and be content with. I anticipate a lot of activity by GMTM over the next year.

If these assessments of the Sabres' pool are accurate, then they are definitely not going to rely on the draft to rebuild the forward lines. In fact, I would go as far as to say that Tank Nation is fooling themselves...period.

I guess I should add D'agostini and Foligno to my list as well.

Wasn't Byron a Sabre at one point?

Imagine this team playing right here without the likes of Leino, McBain, Hodgson, Weber, Tallinder, Scott, and Mitchell, but instead with young, hungry players with more talent than the above list. Could be a pretty good team. Or not.

I'm liking the Sabres newest youngsters.

OMG! Nolan isn't real! He's CGI! The cat's out of the bag!

Holy crap, McBain has wide teeth.

Hodgson must be confused and horrified seeing the hairs growing on his chest. That's why I think there's a chance they could ice an eighth place team next season if GMTM is on his game this summer.

The Sabres seem to have lucked out with goalies. If that is Lieuwen's game, then they're three goalies deep. That is a small consolation.

Hodgson thought he heard someone yell "candy" at the last second.

Okay, Lieuwen's style reminds me a little of Miller's.

OMG, Nolan, Leino and Hodgson as your forward pair? Foligno is playing like hot garbage tonight.

The Saybuhrs are starting to look gassed.

Hodgson; wondering if he should add extra sugar to his Cap'n Crunch cereal tomorrow morning to ensure an extra perky day.