[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

Dawson Knox's hands are as consistent as your average cornerback. 

[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

3 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Going for 2 in the first quarter is the kind of coaching choice that could win me over since I firmly believe in never kicking extra points. 

I'm still sitting here stunned. 

[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

Just now, Randall Flagg said:

And there's a TD drive...with Nsekhe 

Yea Ford just can't play tackle. Doesn't have the feet. 

[Non Sabres Deadline Trades/Rumors]

17 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

The biggest issue for me would be once we re-sign Sam and Dahlin, we’d have Skinner, Jack, Reinhart, Point and Dahlin for nearly 50 mill. That leaves only 35 mill for 17-18 other players.

Meh. That's just the way it's going to be without the ability to circumvent the cap with backdiving contracts and phony years. 

[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

Not a great start for the offensive line. 

[2019-2020 Lineup]

Jack passes enough to feed two wingers. 

[Non Sabres Deadline Trades/Rumors]

24 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

My understanding is that Point and TB talks are stalled.  My guess is he wants a Marner type deal.  Is he worth it?  How would he perform on a lesser talented team?  Would you trade Mitts and Risto for him?  Can we even afford him long-term?  How would we come up with the extra 5 Mill to sign him? 

Opening Roster

Skinner Jack Reinhart

Johnasson Point Vesey

Olofsson Erod Thompson

Sheary Larsson Okposo

Girgensons

Dahlin Miller (until Montour returns)

McCabe Jokiharju

Scandella (until a Bogo returns) Borgen

I'd add a 1st to that, probably more, and not even think twice. 

[GDT: Toronto at Buffalo, 9/21/19 7pm, MSG WGR]

1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:

You shouldn't "worry" about Skinner's performance, but that's exactly what he looks like when he's not with Jack. It's exactly what he looked like last year without Jack. That's why I will continue to beat that drum hard.

 

Precisely. I'm not worried about them not playing together in the preseason because we know it works. But if we open the season without them paired up, I'll be pretty cranky. 

[GDT: Toronto at Buffalo, 9/21/19 7pm, MSG WGR]

8 hours ago, dudacek said:

Colin Miller could be a huge addition from what I’ve seen so far. 

I have a spreadsheet that could have told you that months ago ?

[2019-2020 Lineup]

I've seen enough, barring further trades/injuries:

Skinner-Eichel-Olofsson

Rodrigues-Johansson-Reinhart 

Vesey-Cozens-Sheary/Thompson

Girgensons-Larsson-Lazar

Dahlin-Miller

McCabe-Ristolainen 

Scandella/Nelson-Jokiharju

?Goalies ?

[GDT: Toronto at Buffalo, 9/21/19 7pm, MSG WGR]

5 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Risto and Johanssen in tonight for Sabres 

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Pick #7 Dylan Cozens (C)]

On 6/25/2019 at 9:06 AM, That Aud Smell said:

Getting caught up here. I can't believe we drafted the next Paul Gaustad with the 7th overall pick.

 

Wet blanket alert: Paul Gaustad would be an upgrade to our current middle-6 centers. 

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

So what do we think of Cozens today? 

He's better than Mittelstadt. 

[GDT: Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm 9/20/19, MSG WGR]

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 I have a weird feeling that both Botterill and Krueger have promises of more three years 

I don't think there's any way they get 3 years unless there's significant improvement over Botterill's first two seasons. 

[GDT: Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm 9/20/19, MSG WGR]

14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

I’ll be crucified for this, but I believe Cozens is the reason Botterill doesn’t feel any desperation to spend assets on a 2C. 

He won’t fill that role this year, but moving forward he might be the answer 

I won't shoot the messenger, but if that is Botterill's thinking, he probably won't be employed long enough to reap the benefits even if he's right. 

[GDT: Buffalo at Toronto, 7pm 9/20/19, MSG WGR]

Scorching hot take alert: Cozens is going to be a good NHL center before Mittelstadt. 

[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

38 minutes ago, Taro T said:

How many MM's of $'s did he piss away in the past 3 or so months?

Amazing.

And if even the Cheatriots don't want you / can't get you on the straight(ish) and narrow; nobody can.

Wonder if they found some merit to the sexual assault charges or if he was just too much a whackadoodle or both.

 

 

[Phase II Training Camp Lines]

Just now, WildCard said:

Pretty relative. It's easily manipulated though

No, not really. Humans are really bad at remembering. 

[Phase II Training Camp Lines]

11 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

Okay, Dahlin and Risto actually played more together than I thought, and the results weren't as bad as I thought. 220 minutes, 9 goals for, 10 against, positive expected goal share, negative shot share by a couple percentage points. I must just be remembering one particularly ugly game or something.

Human memory is terrible. 

[Around the NHL Summer 2019]

6 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Allentown is the mediocre white suburbs.

I eagerly await your ranking of Buffalo suburbs. Unless you mean all of them. 

[Around the NHL Summer 2019]

Just now, Randall Flagg said:

Chabot scored at a 64 point pace (55 in 70) for his 21-22 year old season as a defensemen. He's also not terrible defensively like other young defensemen (though don't watch the film from our 9-2 beatdown of Ottawa if you want to see the good side of his defensive play). Had he finished the season at that scoring pace, he'd have been top 5 in points from defensemen. He's gonna be outstanding, and that contract will be completely reasonable. 

And yeah, Dahlin is gonna be effin expensive 

I agree with this take. That said, there is certainly some risk that he sort of flatlines a la Ekblad. 

[Phase II Training Camp Lines]

1 minute ago, dudacek said:

Also, can we safely call this an A group?

Its got our top 4 forwards and our top 2 D. I count 13 surefire opening night guys.

Other group has McCabe, Sheary, and a ton of bubble guys like Casey, Tage, Vlad, Kyle...

Yes. 

[Around the NHL Summer 2019]

14 minutes ago, WildCard said:

We're gonna end up being better off just renaming the city after Dahlin

Well, if Terrell Owens can get a key to the city just for signing a 1-year deal...

[Brandon Montour Out for Rest of Preseason with a Hand Injury]

2 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Unless Botterill’s Asking Price is met

Right. There's no reason to turn down the trade you want just because Montour will miss a couple weeks. It's not like Montour's career just ended. 

[Buffalo Bills 2019-2020]

14 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Oh, no doubt have I said positive things about him, and I still think he's going to be very good, but it's not like I've replaced my Farrah Fawcett poster with one of Mitch Trubisky or anything.

No, you simply added a Trubisky fathead on empty wall space. 

[The Sabres Center Conundrum]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

I really think we are underselling how important our defensive rebuild will be to team success. Yes we need a center but again, we can't focus on that to the detriment of all else. 

If Botterill had gotten a 2c and had done nothing for the defense (no montour, miller, joki) we would be sitting here today lamenting how with Bogo on our IR we need Borgen to step up on defense and Nelson to play meaningful minutes and hoping that Risto finally got his ***** together. 

Do you really think Alex Nylander and the picks we moved for Miller would have been gone and irreplaceable if we had gotten a center? I think it's a stretch to assume acquiring a center would have prevented adding Miller and Jokiharju.