I agree. I like Ray, but he is not very good at his job. Every other broad cast in every other league is hiring nice young, smart women to do color, id love to have us get one who played the game and can educate us on hockey's finer points. Ray is just, "they need to stop squeezing their sticks too hard" and other worthless comments
Thompson’s brother selected
Sabres winger Tage Thompson’s brother, Tyce, was drafted by the New Jersey Devils with the third pick of the fourth round. Tyce, a 19-year-old forward, scored eight goals among 25 points in 42 regular-season games as a freshman for Providence College, helping the Friars reach the NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo.
Am I demanding results now? Where did I ever say anything like that? I'm allowed to dislike this, right?
The tough call call would have been letting him walk and signing someone else cheaper, make a trade or something. ROR about to win the cup simply must have been a factor in this. JBott even said in his Housley firing press conference that we got Skinner because of ROR trade.
The point isn't about when they signed the contract, its that we had ROR under contract AND for fewer years to go. This millstone we just placed around our neck for the next decade will, I believe, damage the franchise, cost us salary flexibility and not make us much better. Again, I do hope I'm wrong
Damn right I'm biased! Not at the players, but by history. We have been burned so often, this just looks like a repeat to me.
Again, I hope I am wrong. But if this season goes bad, again, and Skinner scores 16 goals, JBott is gone
Under. I'm seeing the next Drew Stafford here. He will have 16 goals next year, doesn't kill penalties, doesn't hit and is showing that having a good contract year works.
I hope i am wrong, but I also hope it doesn't matter.
The real solution will be finding the good young players coming into the organization. I feel JBott really felt the squeeze from the ROR unfolding disaster of a trade and couldn't let Skinner walk. Damn, ROR is cheaper by 2mill a year?!? Ouch again!
How exciting it would/will be if Sabres were in this position to close out a team and win the cup!
Must be some fun fun times in St Louis right now. Hope they get the job done tonight
Whoever wins game three of a series usually wins the series. That's still a thing, right? Use to seem like a lock, but after all the come backs from being down 3-1 in series the last decade, I'm not so sure.