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Nervous about the Amerks chances. Syracuse has a big physical team, and if they get by them Laval has given them trouble all season.

Cozens with the drive by let Domi cut to the middle. 😒

Wrong, Murray was willing to take big swings to try to improve the team. It’s mind boggling that a team with Eichel, Reinhart, O’Reilly, Kane, and Dahlin couldn’t make the playoffs. Unfortunately nobody knew about Lehner’s issues, and we got the worst couple of years of his career. I’d much rather have a GM like Murray than someone like Adams who clutches his draft picks like they’re his own kids.

It would be smart to give them a game to get used to their old line mates again before the playoffs.

A higher draft pick is worth more in a trade, which is what Adams should do with it this draft in a package for a veteran defenseman.

It stinks that Carolina sat a number of their best players and lost to Montreal, thus eliminating Columbus.

On Sabres Live today they discussed whether Kulich, who is eligible to play for the Amerks in the playoffs, should. Marty said he doesn’t think he should go back, he’s proven he’s a NHL player, and it would take the roster spot of another prospect. I think that’s ridiculous. He would greatly enhance their roster, especially if Kozak isn’t healthy to play. The Amerk fans deserve the best roster possible.

I’d rather have had O’Reilly, and a GM and coach who surrounded him with players who knew how to win a Stanley Cup, and his Conn Smythe trophy, as was the case in St Louis. For all his accomplishments Tage hasn’t gotten the Sabres any closer to the playoffs.

The team that gets the best player wins the trade, regardless of how many players are involved. Granted Adams had a proverbial gun to his head, but it was his decisions that got them to that point.

Christian Ehrhoff signed a 10-year, $40 million contract with the Sabres as a free agent in 2011 after two consecutive 14-goal seasons with the Vancouver Canucks. He was bought out by Buffalo after just three seasons in 2014, leaving the team with an annual payment of $857,143 for 14 years, and will receive checks through 2027-28.

We don’t necessarily need to just build through the draft, but use the high draft picks and prospects to acquire veterans to blend in with the younger players. And the higher the pick, the better the potential.

If he finishes strong then Adams should use him in a trade package to acquire a top 4 defensive defenseman. They have McLeod and Kozak to fill the bottom 2 center positions, with Norris and Kulick in top 2. And who knows if Östlund will push for a spot.