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I think it's more frustration that we are sitting here watching other teams make moves while Botts hasnt made one yet after watching another season slip away

The Sabres 2nd, a prospect and BOGO might have worked too if Anaheim was so interested in taking back a cap hit. Of course when your drafting near the top like the Sabres are, teams don't want your 2nd just because it's close to being a first, they want your 1st....

The only reason doing nothing would be smart is because hopefully by the end of the season he's out of work and a new GM who should have already been in place by now would have the chance to pick and choose who they want to keep and let go of.

Sounds like he should be a pro wrestler with that name.....

Botts is still evaluating the roster...... So far the majority of the deals seem to be minor, moving around depth guys with a couple of deals seeing talented players being moved. Nothing huge yet, seems more Quantity over quality overall

The difference I believe, in those picks compared to the recent ones, they were picks in the bottom half of the drafts 1st round, the recent ones are in the top 10 of the 1st round..... Missing on players in the bottom half isn't that bad because that's were things get tough trying to get really good talent. If you are picking in the top 10, you need to get talent and hit on those picks which should be easier to get talent from I also think another factor is their dislike of the Canadian Hockey League players because they can immediately put them in Rochester. Your limiting your chances again by trying to stay out of that talent pool just because they have to play there if not in the NHL

But didn't Botts love Tage?

Better chance Scandella then gets flipped by Botts back to the Habs for a 7th.......

Everybody has a tradeable price, just depends on what your willing to accept for them. Someone may be willing to take Frolik for a 5th if the Sabres throw in a sweetner to the deal ( and not the ones that TG used to pocket/steal)

To be fair, they may have been hot with offers that weren't considered 'serious', or maybe there was an electrical problem in the office caused by Kane that made the phones overheat?

Why not? Maybe Botts is working on an even worse deal to get his next Tage and is hoping that the deal will make us all forget the ROR one, or atleast say that the trade wasn't as bad in comparison? He was willing to sign their former goalie after one good season in his early 30s....

I believe your right, because of their cap situation they need to unload someone and he appears to be the one most expendable for them

3-4 years? Recently Sabres fans have barely had to wait 3-4 weeks to say the trade was stupid...... As for Risto, of course his value is going down because teams looking for defense are making their moves already and getting others cheaper then what they Sabres asking price is so with less teams desperate for help or looking for help, his value will go down.

He's still working on evaluating the current roster before he makes any big decisions.......

Thats if you believe that Pittsburgh intentionally made themselves bad in order to obtain Crosby/Malkin/etc. and not that they were just a bad team trying to rebuild They did get lucky with the lottery after the strike year.......

To be fair, that's probably the guy other teams will want because of those exact reasons. Very few GMs and teams want to give you quality for your garbage. If there's a better player with better contract terms, that's what will get you the best return.....

I've been told many times you replicate it by losing intentionally to get the top draft pick.......

He survives only because theres no time left before the deadline to dump him and get someone new in place. If anything, if TP is smart, they instruct him the only players he can move are UFAs for picks and he is dumped by the end of the season so someone new can come in and do what they want with whats left of the roster.

For those prices, I hope they come painted.....

How did he get fleeced? He got rid of a player everyone wanted gone because he was sad and Botts got the guy he coveted in Tage! St Louis may have won the cup, but they won't have Tage on their roster.....

But you need to tank in order to get the best players to build around..... I think it's really helped Columbus that Elvis has entered the building and been pretty good. And we all know that every young hockey players dream growing up is to play in Columbus......

I'm a matter of a few weeks, Botts big trade acquisition ends up a healthy scratch......

I think there are a few breeds of players out there 1. Players who want to be on good teams with other good players to make things a little easier to win 2. Players who think/know they are the best so they are willing to go anywhere because they can carry a team themselves 3. Players who are in it for the $$$ and go where the money is the highest. 4. Players who are just happy to be playing a game they love and will play anywhere just for the opportunity to play the game 1 & 3 are the large majority of Pro athletes, 2 & 4 are basically Yetis and Unicorns......

I just checked on the game and saw Perlini got cut by a skate? Not a good year for players with ties to the Ice Dogs and skate blades......

I always wondered when they would get into vinyl wrapping them, since you can do it to vehicles and it's durable enough, why not goalie masks? A design can easily be created on a computer, printed, and wrapped onto the mask in no time. In this case, Campbell was brought in long term to atleast be the backup for the rest of the season, Johansson was brought in to be a short term fill in for an injured Ullmark with no guarantees he is here longer. Campbell is also the starter until Anderson is back and healthy. You can buy a product to change the color of your pads and gloves (Miller used them to quickly match his Sabres pads to team USA colors when he played in the olympics) I have some at home that I was going to use for mine to match my gloves to my pads but never got around to trying it out.