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I had a dream about this game 2 night ago. We won 11-4. Or, maybe it was 7-4.

I only have one question for them “when will the Sabres Embedded during the 13 game losing streak be released?”

It’s going to be a game of epic proportions.

I should know better by now, but I’m completely miffed that a GM could trade for $7.95M in damaged goods and there’s no repercussions. Was this truly the best trade out there? Would’ve been better to waive Cozens.

He did. But he’s mostly a non-mobile QB. He’s never had to rely on his bursts and doesn’t have to be a strong runner. His job is to take a few steps back and throw the ball. Outside of QB, Achilles injuries are usually death sentences in football. Look at Takao Spikes, Sam Cowert, and more recently, Tre White.

Yeah, probably. I knew he tore it once, didn’t realize he’s been pretty much done since then. There’s Duclair too, which is probably why Florida quickly moved on from him.

From what I read, I like Bear. The Achilles injury scares me. It may just be knowing what happened to Jack Quinn, but then there’s Erik Karlsson and Pacioretty. Here’s some literature about coming back from a torn Achilles: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11607746/

And just remember, it wasn’t long ago many were calling them a dumpster fire when they lost a 1st rounder for the Dadanov fiasco and Staios hired himself as the GM.

Agree, Ostlander doesn’t look too bad.

I wouldn’t even give him the 15 games. Quinn is probably at his highest value since being injured. Giving an extra 15 games would be a gamble unless he has a much different offseason than last summer. Trade him for a defensively-sound top 6 forward. We also have prospects coming out our ears who could probably replace at the same production, minus the injury concern overhang.

I would ship Quinn out. There’s a very good (not excellent) possibility he regains his past production. We’ve seen glimpses of this already. His value is at the highest it’s been post-injury, so would be a good time to sell and actually get the type of player we need. Preferably a defensively-sound one. We have plenty of excellent prospects in our pipeline to replace him, why roll the dice on a questionable one.

I know this is what has happened the last 3 seasons in a row. And I know recency bias is strong here, but I don’t think I’m on board with blowing things up. Firing everyone will guarantee more losing seasons. I don’t want them to run it back though. They need to go into this offseason with a different plan, starting with a structured conditioning program. Professionals enter the season ready to play. It takes the Sabres about 3-4 months to be ready to play. If Ruff wants to step aside, I’m fine with this. But, I want him picking the next HC, not KA or Terry. They also need a better plan for goaltending not named Levi. He needs another year in Rochester.

Yep. Actually surprised Gretzky is fairly low on this list: https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/which-player-has-the-most-game-winning-goals-in-nhl-history To compare, here is list of ENG leaders. You don’t have to search long to see Gretzky’s name. https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=nhl+empty+net+goals+leaders+all-time

Zucker is streaky. When he’s on, he’s on. As for Norris, would love for KA to explain if he knew of this mystery injury prior to trading for him. And if not, why it wasn’t disclosed at the physical. I like the concept of Greenway, but I don’t think we should’ve signed him. His worst ability, which is on display very often, is availability. Dude is constantly injured.

Your right. My bad. Was thinking of Inkman.

The Sabres are winning right now. You argued in another thread Novikov getting called up shouldn’t displace a roster spot on defense, which I agree with. It would be the epitome of Sabres hockey of the last 14 years for an AHL call-up to displace someone in the middle 6. Östlund is very likely better than anyone on our 4th line. If he want to move up the lines, he can earn it.

I see him more of a luxury or lotto pick at this point. I could see him getting picked in the later half of 1st round by a perennial playoff team. Or maybe 2nd round.

I approve. He has earned this. It should be a message sent to all players. You do well, you get rewarded.

Ummmm, he has had discussions with a different GM about a player under contract. I get the agent did not mention JJP directly and I don’t know if this quote was taken out of context, but if said during the discussion of JJP, it’s implied he’s talking about him.

The Agent wouldn’t comment on the situation out of respect tor the Sabres and the process, then he goes ahead and provides an inflammatory comment. By the way, isn’t this tampering? Is that a thing tolerated in the NHL?

There’s plenty of teams (approx 50%) with young players that spend to the cap. There’s really no lasting costs to negotiating a contract with one of these player. It’s not a tangible expense outside of possibly being a waste of an effort. You put in an offer sheet for 2 players, you’re bound to get one. In this case, they hit the jackpot and got both. As Armstrong put it, even if his mother was GM of Edmonton, he still would’ve done it. Why? Because he’s not afraid to make his team better. https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap/_/year/2024/sort/cap_maximum_space2

The dude is a young goalie. No way he shoulders the load for the Sabres next year unless the Sabres get serious on adding a couple veteran defensive defensemen. That said, I don’t think he shoulders be in Buffalo if he is not playing the majority of games. He needs to play. Unfortunately, we’ll probably be stuck with UPL again, but we need a vet who is not >35 to compete with him. If the Caps can get Logan Thompson for a couple 3rd rounders, we should be able to get something comparable. But I won’t hold my breath.

Their GM stuck out his nuts big time with the offer sheets and it has worked out handsomely for them. I expect this will open the flood gates of OSs.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting GM, especially given it’s doubtful KA will be fired. His value is more in guiding KA not to do stupid things.