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Is he a UFA?

It's a much better contract than what we paid Skinner.

Waddell's hands were tied in Atlanta by terrible ownership unwilling to spend to the cap. He has been a fine GM. Was he Carolinas GM when they decided not to give Skinner the big contract? if so that was another brilliant move.

Even with this partial lineup you have Montour playing out of position where he is ill suited to play. Just terrible roster management by Botteril. l All we have is LW and RD.

Marty is like Murphy for the Bills, they are both company men and never say anything critical at all. This is what is so shocking. I'm worried that even if they acquired a Center like Trocheck, Skinner's production might not improve. Botteril could ask him to waive his NMC, but he currently has negative value and can not be moved without giving up assets or taking a cap dump back.

Skinner was no steal. Carolina's GM who is infinitely better than ours determined that it was unwise to spend big money on a one dimensional sniper (with a concussion history) at the least valuable position. The results this year speak for themselves. We are now in possession of the worst contract in the league and Carolina is headed to the playoffs.

No doubt Leon should have been the pick, but there were no experts saying that at the time. Everyone was saying Sam Bennett or Reinhart. Thank god he didn't take Bennett

TM gets credit for bringing in Jack and Sam since it was an intentional tank. Botteril tried to win but was so incompetent he stumbled into Dahlin.

Cirelli's name comes up because supposedly Tampa is in such dire cap hell that they can't resign both Sergachev and Cirelli. I don't know if this is true or not.

If Cirelli is out for a long time than now is a good time for tampa to trade him for Risto Erod and Mitts. If only their GM was as stupid as Botteril

What's curious to me is that we plug a rookie into Skinner's role on the top line and he's suddenly amazing. Even Vesey starts scoring when he's on the top line. If a player like Skinner is useless without Eichel and Sam, than he is clearly not worth a huge contract.

Wow, I have never heard Marty so critical of any Sabres player. He went on and on about how poorly Skinner was playing with a poor attitude and taking stupid penalties. He felt that Skinner has not been putting in the effort and did not deserve to be rewarded by playing with Eichel. I'm very concerned that even with a 2C next year Skinner won't be an impact player.

This is the greatest article written about the incompetence of Botteril. As fans it is our duty to force the Pegulas hands. People attending the games must chant in unison loudly "FIRE BOTTERIL NOW' It's the only way this nightmare is going to end.

This

I think you may be the last Botteril supporter. I read a post on HF boards that sounded like you. If it wasn’t you posting than you have company.

Just utter and complete incompetence

I would not trade our !st round pick. I'm worried that Montour is going to get paid 6 million/year by us. I agree that to get a 2C we will have to trade MIller or Montour. I would prefer to keep Risto since he is the only physical presence on the wimpiest team in the league.

I don't think Montour sucks, rather he is a solid bottom 4 defensemen. I feel like Botteril overpaid to acquire Montour, and he is not much better than Guhle. We are also overstocked at RD and I think Botteril is going to overpay Montour on his new contract.

How much is Botteril going o overpay Montour in his next contract? He's already wasted a first round pick and a good prospect on him. I'm worried were about to see another Skinner contract coming.

Do you think Seattle would take him in the expansion draft? I highly doubt it. Unfortunately I think we have to protect him since he has a NMC.

Botteril does nothing well except coachspeak at press conferences. Otherwise he is utterly incompetent at every phase of his job. He has made one good move (Joker) every other move and contract has been atrocious including Skinner, which is now among the worst contracts in the league. Skinner currently holds negative value.

KO drives the net. Finally

It’s hard to know who is worse at their job Hutton or Botteril?

I wish TP was at this game watching this shitshow

The Skinner signing will prove to be a move worse than the ROR trade. I didn’t think that was possible. Botteril has outdone himself.