Sabres Fan in NS

That was a short break @LGR4GM 😎

We have warm bodies. We need better / warmer bodies.

Here is the list of UFA goalies. The top part are signed and the bottom part are still available. https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/free-agents/goaltender/ufa/ Bernier, maybe. Dubnyk, maybe.

Chad is not saying that is what they are offering. He is asking if they did what would you do.

In any trade of Eichel he will be the best player in the trade. So, if you closely hold the old truth that you win the trade if you get the best player then the Sabres will not win this trade, even if the pieces received in exchange develop into very good players they are not likely to be Eichel good. So, we better come to grips with that if we have not already. The best we can hope for is the peices we get turn out to be good players and we strike gold on any draft pick.

What part? Ontario is a big place and much of it is not close to Buffalo atoll.

I disagree, you need a well balanced roster. IMO, no player needs to be elite. I stand by my statement ... you need excellent D and G and some very good forwards.

Defense wins championships, even in this era. If there is a Dman in the draft that is highly rated to be a 1st pairing guy in the future and you already have one it is the most reasonable to pick that guy number 1, if you are fortunate to have that pick. If Rasmus becomes a Potvin and Power becomes a Robinson, or Korab, or Shooney, the Sabres have their D studs. Cozens, with luck, will become a competent 1C and Mitts a 2C. We need one, or two (can you imagine), goalie prospects to develop into solid 1A and 1B NHL goalers and the Sabres are set.

I don't yet know enough about Power, or Krebs, but neither has played in the NHL at all (Power), or not much (has Krebs had a look yet?). Anyway, since Cozens IS an NHL player I would not consider him a prospect any longer. Sure, if it were not the Sabres, maybe he would not have had a look at te NHL last year, but still for the Sabres ... not a prospect any more.

This may actually be not far from the truth. If the rumoured offers from NYR are accurate (a big if) that tells me that they were, indeed, not very interested. What NHL team would not be interested, or excited, to add a player of John's skill? Not many, if any, would be willing to give up what he is worth in an open market and pay his salary in this cap era. Etc ...

CS12 at 38 years old finally has a major international championship to her credit. The Canadian Women won Olympic Gold on sudden death penalties against Sweden. Awesome!!

RIP Dusty

COVID is everywhere, so seems like it should be in every thread. Even though there are 2 threads dedicated to the topic.

I think he could be this teams Korab. Maybe even Schoenfeld.

Man I missed you for that week.

I don't believe for a second that it isn't more interwebs trash.

Woof!!

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The Sabres are not the only high drama club ... https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58108298 The off again, on again, Messi leaving Barca drama seems to be very much on again.

Is this where I am supposed to put anything that I am not sure where to put????? Anyway, I don't think Governor Cuomo will survive this.

It's Thurdsay again. Already. I suppose that's a complaint. Where is all the time going? Not surprisingly, this is the longest thread in SabreSpace history.

If we are at 242 after not even 4 months and I don't see John being traded any time soon and if we limit ourselves to one and only one post per day I can see this thread easily getting to the 500 page mark by the time a trade happens. I am convinced that a trade will not happen until John is healthy and playing again, so that other teams can see that there is no real risk in making a trade for him. I see a trade happening not long before his NMC kicks in at midnight on June 30, 2022, if at all.

And another thing to note ... This thread was started on April 16th. This has got to be one of the heaviest traffic threads ever at page 242 and counting about 3.5 months in.

There are many OT threads that are far longer, but that have been around a lot longer, so it seems that you are talking Sabre related threads. This has got to be one of the longest, if not the longest already. With no end in sight.

I guess we'll never know the details. 👀