Sabres Fan in NS

Masters and Ph.D in Stastics. Never knew there was such things. Bet he's the life of the party.

Never heard of this guy.

LOL!! I am patiently awaiting the inevitable. They sold their souls in that WC all those years ago, so never again will the England National squad hoist a major trophy. GO DENMARK!! ????? Actually, I am cheering for England in this one. I am awaiting their inevitable fall from grace, in spectacular fashion, in the final.

I share your fear of the playoff disappearing act, but attribute it to coaching and whatever. The big guys in Toronto, including JT, have not shown up properly prepared, or whatever, for the playoff ever.

Terrible news. 24 is so young.

I think this is correct. It has alwasy been that way. I remember when it was suggested that the Sabres offer sheet somebody (can't remember who) and someone pointed out that they could not because a compensation pick was not available. I can't remembe if it was becasue the Sabres traded it away, or traded for it.

Woof!! Yous are all way to fast for old and slow NS ...

Here is a link to the compensation ... https://thewincolumn.ca/2021/07/02/nhl-announces-2021-offer-sheet-compensation-tiers/

This may not be so far off as it sounds.

Which is what @kas23 is getting at ... if the Sabres match Samson, or whatever player, has no choice in the matter and has to stay a Sabre for whatever $ and term was in the offer sheet. And I agree with @kas23 that if Samson has no desire to stay then it is very unlikely that he will sign any offer sheet. He may gamble, if it is an outragous offer and he really likes the team making the offer, that the Sabres would not match.

I would gladly take Marner from The Great Satan. That other guy ?? ... not so much.

Skinner is a goal scorer that needs to be fed the puck. Alwasys has been and always will be. He was brought in here to score goals off a good feed from a good setup man. He will not create goals on his own and rarely sets them up for someone else. He's a finisher.

I just saw a very amazing stat ... England has not surrendered a goal all tournament ... 5 matches so far.

Have either of them actually said that they want out? I have not seen a report, or heard a report of that. Samson is RFA now. His contract expired on July 1st, no?

I like him. He's not a star, but he's not terrible and I think he fits the new Sabre mold pretty well. Seems like maybe KA specifically wanted him and made sure he was included. Are those Swedish Meatballs for the new coachie?

An @Eleven blame the phone moment ...

I know that you knew and I know the expression. 😉

Nothing ... it's all haram.

Not a fan of the 30th President?

I really believe that both will be Sabres long-term. Jack has a contract and I believe Samson will be signed to a cap friendly 7, or 8, year deal.

It's a good thing that I really like talking to myself ... lol!! Hey @Sabel79, we are running out of time for the highly anticipated humilition of this England squad. I have a sinking feeling that it may not happen this time around. I am counting on the Italians in the final, whom I picked to win this Euro from the start.

Jack. Maybe Samson.

Mostly, if not all, without Jack. That's the big difference.

Final now ... 4 - 0 England to face Denmark in the semis. Italy and Spain in the other. Both look to be good matches. I think Italy and England will meet in the final.

Now 4 - 0 ...