klos1963

Meet the new era, same as the old era.

I never understood why the Rigas' didn't pay Peca or any other players that we could have had. He was obviously a crook, using other peoples money, why not splurge on the team? Amazing to me how few people talk about our goaltending situation and how dire it is.

Depending on the goalie, sounds like an lot for Samson.

I would think nothing too serious is being discussed until the medical issue is taking the next step. How well did the 12 week rehab plan work? Still don't want to trade him. I understand the Rienhart and Risto are likely gone as they'll leave on their own after this coming season.

Correct, but are those the type of players that will make up better? Doubtful. The Sabres are becoming a halfway house.

He would sign here only if no other team in the league offered him a deal. Nobody in their right minds would sign here if they didn't have to.

We need to get at least one NHL above average goalie in these deals. We have no NHL caliber goalies on our roster right now.

8x8mil for Dahlin???? That's insane. He hasn't earned that yet.

Tkachuk is in the last year of his contract, right? That's a big risk thinking he'd want to re-sign with the Sabres. Edit : He's an RFA, so the risk is lessened.

If we hire the right coach, things could change, we do have quite a few high draft picks in the system . Trading our top players may prolong the agony a bit longer before we see that hope realized though. Getting a few goalies would really help.

Why are you fed up with them? They've never dogged it, Eichel was developing into a top center, 100 point pace in 2019-20, Sam has improved each season, consistent top 6 winger that would do well on any team. They're both pissed that the organization sucks, I'd be concerned if they weren't angry.

Well, you've convinced me.

This is a really stupid post, but i'll put my comment here anyway. Jack hasn't said anything in public since his end of the season interview, he didn't mouth off before or since, he didn't say anything out of line when he did speak. He's obviously upset with the organizations performance over the years and he's unhappy with his injury situation. That's all we really know. They'll probably trade him , Pegula probably sees an out from his contract and with people like you spreading this crap, he probably thinks it will ease the pain if the fans turn on Jack. Look at Jack, don't look at this clown show of an organization, entrusting someone with zero experience to trade away our top players.

Yeah, I remember hearing that ROR was a cancer too. This team will suck next season if we trade Eichel, Rienhart and Risto, add in not signing Ulmark and we'll be looking at #1 pick again.

Give me the Quinn era over the Pegula era any time.

That's the problem, why would any player who gets traded here sign a long term deal if they don't have to? I sound like a broken record here, but trade Eichel , Rienhart and Risto after trading ROR (and keep finishing last) and it will be near impossible to get quallity UFA's to sign here.

It's makes sense as things stand now, it's been royally f'd up. Let me state that i don't think it will help the team, but it's inevitable because it's a piss poor organization. I don't agree that we should trade Eichel.

I agree. It does make sense to trade them now, but it's a mess and won't get better because of the trades.

My point is Adams approach is BS. He's setting us up for when he trades our best players and we suck again. "They didn't want to be here", his job now is to make this a place to want to play. What quality FA will want to sign with Buffalo if we trade Eichel, Sam and Risto... and Ulmark leaves. It's crazy. Risto has been a good soldier, giving 100% all the time. I'm sure he's tired of being in Buffalo, but he's been a loyal , team player.

I'm guessing those players have no choice but to be here. Like I said, a player like Cozens is under contract and will be under team control for some time now.

I can't imagine if you asked any player if they want to be in Buffalo, they would say yes, but people like Cozens, Dahlin.... have no choice, they are under team control for a while.

We're likely drafting Power, so the loss of defensemen shouldn't matter. Plus if need be, we could try to get a dman in return for Risto.

Obviously if the Sabres prefer someone other than Power it makes sense to move down 1 spot. But why not acquire something instead of just dumping a player. If we end up trading Eichel, Sam and Risto, that makes our cap issues moot til Okposo is off the books on it's own.

I think all he has to do is ask for a trade and he'll be gone. But his health will dictate when and if that happens. I personally feel that he has already asked for that and the Sabres agreed, but asked him to not say it publicly so to not hurt their bargaining position. I think if he was staying, we would know that by now. I hope I'm wrong, I think it will be a huge mistake to trade him.

Contracts are legally allowed to be traded to another team. Things change, it happens all the time.