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Krug is a very good player, and in the abstract I'd be happy to add him to the lineup, but IMHO the Sabres need to allocate that cap space to a 2C or 2RW (or both) who is too expensive for his current team to keep.

First, welcome to the board! Second, I agree on Risto for Ehlers and would be willing to include a good-but-not-premium asset -- ie Mittlestadt, Borgen, Samuelsson, Smith or a #2.

I listened to it a little while ago -- good stuff. One interesting point Pagnotta made, IMHO, was that there are expected to be fewer top-4 defensemen available this offseason than goalies and forwards, which will help the Sabres if they trade Risto and/or Montour.

I would rather have Anderson, although I agree that he won't come cheap, either in trade assets or in the contract he'll want. And I think CBJ would only trade him to save cap space, so they won't be interested in Montour or Risto. Maybe Mittlestadt, a #2 pick and Borgen or Samuelsson for Anderson?

Not sure why, but now it's working on firefox. Thanks @SDS!

So, I can log in on my phone, but not on my desktop (running Firefox) or iPad. All suggestions appreciated.

Indeed. Further evidence that a SabreSpace committee would've done a better job. It's probably harder to spend as much as the Sabres have spent, and be as bad as they've been, than it would've been to spend less and be as bad. You're a kinder man than I am. But wasn't it JB's masterstroke move of Scandella for Frolik that put them into the overage?

Outstanding, and it gives me hope. Where's @MODO Hockey to bask in the awesomeness of the possibilities?

I too like Montour and am in no rush to give up on him. I just think there will be sufficient interest in Domi that it will require at least an asset at Montour's level to get him. I'm also in no rush to unload Mittlestadt for that matter -- he's young, cost-controlled and has upside -- but if another team wants him in a package for a #2C, I'm fine with including him.

I would give the Habs Montour or Mittlestadt (and probably both of them) for Domi in a heartbeat.

Jimmy Butler is one of my favorite NBA players.

Yes -- that was the humorous twist in my post you hoser. Swamp got it. It was funny. As for PA's post -- yes, I did think that Flagg's post contributed to the heat in that discussion, as did many others. Can we please go back to discussing hockey in here now?

Look at you getting the thumbs-up from @Eleven! Strange bedfellows, indeed.

I'd be curious to know whether the group that left was brought in by Russ Brandon and/or whether it was targeted for downsizing/reassignment as a result of KA's organizational review (if that review included the Bills' front office -- not sure about that).

As to the first bolded -- I agree with this description and would just add that determining the point at which a discussion should be moved is not something that's susceptible to mathematical precision. In this case, things went well beyond a discussion of the players' reaction, and got pretty heated to the point where 2 good, long-time posters left, so I thought it made sense to move it.

I will be pretty unhappy if the Sabres' biggest offseason acquisition is a defenseman and not a 2C, G or 1RW/2RW.

It wasn't really the question of whether NHL players have the right to speak their minds. Highly divisive and inflammatory stuff like race relations, which are intertwined with this shooting, should go in the politics club.

Serious question: do you not think the Bills are generally in a good place right now? And if you do think they are in a good place -- why is it not likely that the Sabres will eventually get there too?

Well, I'm not sure who chose that name and decor, but I also don't see what the problem is.

Do you think Labatt felt like your posts were "careful?" It sure looked like he got offended and left -- which has happened a number of times as a direct result of people (not just you) blasting away with politically-related ad hominem attacks in threads on the main board. Neo left and now it looks like Flagg has done so as well. If your point is that discussions of race relations aren't political, I think you're just splitting hairs. There's a reason the politics club was formed. Keep it there, please.

Moved a bunch of posts into the politics club.

He was being sarcastic you hoser.

OK, one more job, but remember we agreed no more extraction missions after everything got FUBAR in Moose Jaw and @MattPie and @Cascade Youth lost their you-know-whats. I'm getting too old for this sheeee-iiiittt.

I think Pittsburgh wanted a good, young, fast, relatively inexpensive forward who can score and pull his weight on a line with Crosby or Malkin before the window closes on this era, and that's what they got. I'd be interested to know what alternatives are out there fitting those parameters. Pitt gave up #15 overall and a prospect who is regarded as a potential bottom-6 winger -- so not a super-cheap price but not a high price either.

This seems logical but OTOH sometimes if you wait you lose the deal. I would guess both Toronto and Pittsburgh are glad they acted now.