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Gudas should of had to fight Kane, not get to wussy away to the dressing room. The Sabres played like butter knives, I guess without at least 1 of Larsson/Girgs the team can't play 5v5 with any consistency. (BUFFALO BUTTER KNIVES) I agree 100% and I'm in the same boat. His lack of emotion makes me feel both angry and sad. He was a player for Christ's sake, where is his inner fire!

Eichel = Hockey Vampire Confirmed!

If I can get another 1st for McGinn, I'd use that one. I'd be a tad torn unless we can get a similar D-man elsewhere

Only way i trade from 1 is for 2/3 and OEL/similar caliber defenseman. Since I doubt that happens, I'll just take Matthews and let enjoy having 2 elite and a great C under the age of 21.

O'Reilly's face after seeing Reinhart do so well in the accuracy shooting says, "I taught him to well..."

Horrid 1st period, they were beaten by a better team. But I must commend the team for never quitting and pestering the Panthers until the bitter end. McGinn scores there with 2min left and the last 2 minutes would of been insane. Reinhart > Eichel, but only because he's got a year of NHL training on his side. Next year just imagine how good Eichel will be if he improves as much as Reinhart has. Kane :worthy:

Fun opening

Wages wise, their costs rise. Wal Mart & the others would merely raise prices of goods and fire employees.Thus making more people worse off since anyone who had been making $15 an hour already goes from getting by a little bit to being impoverished. Not to mention running smaller businesses into the ground since they'd have little to do but take a hit.

3x3.25 to 3.5 probably gets it done. He's on pace for his usual numbers and he gets a small raise with the inflation of contracts.

This is where I'm at, had McGinn got a PS it wouldn't be so infuriating.

I see that, he actually made a nice play against Bergeron a couple times too.

Lehner in 20 years after multiple Cups and becoming a coach

Send this to Lehner's twitter or someone on the Sabres media people. They'd get a kick out of this I'd bet.

Furious, bad initial plays by Risto but the ref's mistake overshadows Risto's screw up due to to how outrageous it was. Team looked good and bad at various times, but deserves to at least get a chance to win which the ref denied us. Love Lehner's passion and he deserved a win. Eichel and Reinhart both played well, Eichel's play at the end of the third was awesome how he just outstrengthed that Bruin to make a chance. Reinhart played a second game in a row where he looked the part of a 2nd overall from start to finish. Loved his 2 goals.

Retained Salary, Takes a percentage of the cap hit. Then maybe we could get something for Legwand, granted I'd love for him to retire here and work at Harbor Center so that he can continue mentoring younger players.

As I've said from the start though, McGinn(50%) + 3rd should very much equal a 1st. He's be a quality player at a hair shy of 1.5mil. Weber(50%) could equate anywhere from a 3rd to a 5th. Granted you may be able to trade him and a 3rd to get a 2nd if you play your cards right. Carlo gets a 5th at best I'd assume. Legwand could fetch a ? Honestly I have no clue.

Burns to Buffalo, bring my kin home

PA I think you've finally lost it. This is a article about traveling to Buffalo for Leafs fans, obviously it will be made more Leaf friendly. Its meant to create business, not kill the Sabres; we've always had a large number flock across the border so why not induce them to stay awhile longer and spend in our city. If anything this helps Buffalo as a whole since we are cashing in on desperate Leaf fans. I'd love for us to have a full Sabre fanbase at a Leafs game but that isn't realistic. Any fan will eventually be swayed by the loads of cash Leafs fans are willing to give to see a single game. Literally I've been told that you can pay for your season tickets by merely selling your 2/3 Leaf games, and for most Sabres fans that is a great deal. Then you can cheer on your team for 38/39 games for pretty much parking costs. Unless you have enough money to pay off all those people's tickets, they will find a way to pay off those tickets, and Leafs fans tend to be desperate enough to foot the bill. Also, this has absolutely nothing with our Stanley Cup aspirations; these aren't playoff games, and rarely have Sabres-Leafs games mattered to much of anything in the past decade. Now PA, please end this endless hatred for all things Pegulas....... Critique is welcomed but remember they own the teams, and they kept them in Buffalo. They at very least deserve credit for that.

I miss 05-07 hockey where you had similar yet different to what we have now. Good riddance to the USSR, what I've seen of it is that it truly fit their country. Everything and everyone is merely a cog in the Soviet hockey machine. In the end our more gritty individualistic style won out. Their system while interesting to watch between our two sides but would of been a real bore if the entire NHL played that way. It would be hardline possession tactics intending on wearing down the opposition and passing 2 minutes for one shot. Mainly because both sides would require extensive patience and even further limiting of creativity. I'd love more skill but I'm not going to destroy defense to accomplish a higher score. Shrink goalie pads a bit. Don't let them wear puffy torso protection and I'd bet scoring would increase. Nothing radical.

McGinn & Johnson are the only two I'd be willing to send them since they are divisional opponents. McGinn, Johnson, and a 3rd for a Lottery protected 1st. If they miss the playoffs, Buffalo receives MTL's 2nd this year and receives MTL's 1st in 2017. BUF sends their 2017 4th back in that case. Interesting?

Thought about mentioning that, didn't know if it would of been noticed :)

Girgs seems to like the role of supporting a star. While he can do stuff, he's willing to not take the accolades and assist others. He seems to value winning more than anything. He works well with Eichel, like he had with Ennis, because he seems to just understand that at any moment the puck may find him or to be on the lookout for them to find space. Great win! The end was nailbiting but they definitely were tired so I'm only somewhat angry with their turtling.

So disappointing to lose yet again but on the bright side Eichel and Girgs looked great together and even Moulson looked less like a zombie out there. If I'm angry at anything it would have to be the refs on the softer calls against us yet our guys were hacked and slashed with nothing called from it. That and we have negative puck luck, that 4th goal was pure luck of it hitting Bogo's stick and going directly and cleanly to Miller. And the first was a bit of a lucky bounce but at least Gionta's sorta cancels it out. Stop pulling the goalie, our offense looks inept with 6-5. Eich and Girgs! :)

Unless Ennis = Shattenkirk I doubt I have much interest, not even mentioning he's another rightie.

Would Barrie even work here seeing as he's a RHD? Risto didn't look great on his offside which is why I'm asking. Not to mention the idea Buffalo taking Barrie due to contract problems would be hilarious.